Makara Jyothi

Manu was an atheist. He used to ridicule his friends who believed in God.

One day a sage visited their village. The whole village had assembled to seek blessings from this sage. Manu was also present in the crowd. His main intention was to test the wisdom of the sage.

When his turn came to seek the blessings of the sage, he asked the sage,

"Sir, have you seen God"

"I see him everywhere and in everything", said the sage

"Can you show me?", asked Manu

"Will you please close your eyes and extend your arm?", asked the sage

"Dear Master, I have come from far to seek your guidance!", said Harihar to the old monk.
"What guidance can I give you?", asked the monk.
"I want to reach the state where I desire nothing.", said Hairhar.
"I see." pondered the monk.
"If you wish to be free of all desires, why do you desire the state of desirelessness?", asked the monk to Harihar "Stop desiring the state of desirelessness and you will be desireless" completed the monk.

Received the following message from a friend by email.

Thought I must share this with everyone:

If you think you are unhappy, look at them

If you think your salary is low, how about her?

Chitrasena was a learned brahmin priest.  Once while crossing a river on a boat, he happened to chat up with the boatman.  Chitrasena was very proud about his knowledge of the scriptures.
"Have you read the Vedas?" asked Chitrasena to the boatman.
"No, sir", replied the boatman.
"You have wasted 25% of your life.  Never mind, have you read the Upanishads?" asked Chitrasena
"No, sir.  We are not fortunate enough to afford it." answered the boatman.

In the world today, meditation is considered one of the most effective stress busters.  However, there seems to be many different defintions of Meditation - some say its concenteration, focus, chanting a mantra and many many approaches to meditation.  But what exactly is meditation?

Sometime ago, there was a furore in India over idols of Ganesha drinking milk all over India.  People started to flock temples to witness these 'Miracles'.

I wonder why Ganesha being a god needs miracles to convince his followers.  I am sure he has been blessing them since eons without as much as a public display of his powers. Why then would he choose to do a miracle to prove his existence? Does he need to prove his existence at all? and To whom?

"O, enlightened master, how do I dispel the darkness of ignornace within me?", asked the disciple to his master.

"Does darkness exist? What is darkness?", asked the master.

"Well, dont you witness darkness in the night, every night? How can you then suggest that darkness does not exist?", asked the confused disciple.

Mattu was a successful business man in the town. He was very popular and known for his highly principled life.

He suffered from a disease in which he could no experience pain at all. His life did not know what pain was. Everyone envied him. He simply could not feel pain.

When he was 40, he partnered with an international business house and was about to take his business globally. After having signed the contract papers and a dinner in a swank hotel, he returned home.

The God that I know - knows not anger or peace,
Knows not pride or prejudice,
Knows not fear or favor,

God is beyond Law, yet he follows all the laws,
is beyond all emotions, yet he showers his kindness.

God neither gives nor takes,
God neither makes you win nor lose,
God neither wants anything from you nor wants to give you anything,
God neither loves you nor hates you,
God neither sees a sinner or a saint in you,

It was an unusally sunny day. My vehicle had broken down in the middle of a deserted highway.

Wondering what to do, I started to slowly walk towards the nearest village which was about a mile away.

The sun was right above the head and was striking very hard on me. I think the temperature must have been around 38 degrees.

I had almost walked the distance and was near the village, when out of sheer exhaustion, I collapsed - half faint and half awake.