Source “Sometimes you have to go to the darkness to find the light.” David Goggins grew up living in fear. At school, he experienced incessant bullying and racism. At home, he suffered physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his own father. “The most important conversation you’ll ever have is the conversation you have… Read More »
Source : Few Zen stories contributed by Govind bhagwat. After winning several archery contests, the young and rather boastful champion challenged a Zen master who was renowned for his skill as an archer. The young man demonstrated remarkable technical proficiency when he hit a distant bull’s eye on his first try, and then split that arrow with his second… Read More »
Source One day a sadhu went to the river to bathe. There he noticed scorpion struggling in the water. Scorpions cannot swim and the sadhu knew that if he did not save the scorpion, it would drown, therefore carefully picking up the scorpion, the sadhu rescued it from drowning and was just about to set… Read More »
As told by Sri Sri Paramhansa Yogananda Ji A lioness, huge with an unborn baby lion in her body, was growing weak from lack of food. Roaring with sadness and hunger, and heavy with the baby lion, the lioness fell asleep at the edge of the forest near a pasture. She woke up to the… Read More »
by Peter Bregman. We were 15 kayakers and three support rafts — and scouted the rapid from the right bank of the river. So far, I hadn’t been feeling myself on this trip. The water was bigger than anything I had paddled before, and now even small rapids — waves I could normally surf for… Read More »
Source Right from our childhood, we all have heard about the famous sayings – “As you sow so shall you reap”, “What goes around comes around”, and the renowned Newton’s Law “Every action has an equal and opposite reaction”. But have we ever questioned or thought about the law behind this which functions to give good for… Read More »
Source Once upon a time there lived in India two friends–Mr. Sham, a rich man devoted to worldly pleasures, and Mr. Honest, a poor man devoted to seeking God. They both lived with their families in a large double house. Mr. Sham was a shameless, unprincipled, godless rogue, whereas Mr. Honest was a conscientious, upright,… Read More »
One youngster comes to me very depressed and asks this question “Why is God creating so many difficulties for us? How to handle stress?” I tell this youngster to reflect on this beautiful story: A man goes to a shop, picks up a beautiful cup and says “my god this cup is so beautiful” and… Read More »
By Joel Marion “Ordinary people believe only in the possible. Extraordinary people visualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is impossible. And by visualizing the impossible, they begin to see it as possible.” – Cherie Carter-Scott. After finishing fourth, just out of medal contention in the 1500 meters of the 1952 Olympics,… Read More »
Merry Christmas to you all. Spread Happiness and Give Joy to Others. On Christmas Eve a young soldier feeling trapped in London during the 2nd World War was very lonely and sad to be away from his family and home. As the war still raged on in London this was a very dangerous time and… Read More »