Love is great

A woman came out of her house and saw 3 old men with long white
beardssitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said
"I don't think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have
something to eat. "Is the man of the house home?", they asked.
"No", she said. "He's out."
"Then we cannot come in", they replied.
In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had
happened.
"Go tell them I am home and invite them in!"
The woman went out and invited the men in. "We do not go into a
House together," they replied.
"Why is that?" she wanted to know.
One of the old men explained: "His name is Wealth," he said
pointing to one of his friends, and said pointing to another one, "He is Success,
and I am Love."
Then he added, "Now go in and discuss with your husband which one
of us you want in your home."
The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was overjoyed.
"How nice!!", he said.
"Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!"
His wife disagreed. "My dear, why don't we invite Success?"
Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house.
She jumped in with her own suggestion: "Would it not be better to invite Love?
Our home will then be filled with love!"
"Let us heed our daughter-in-law's advice," said the husband to his wife.
"Go out and invite Love to be our guest."
The woman went out and asked the 3 old men,
"Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest."
Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other 2 also got up and followed him.
Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success:
"I only invited Love, Why are you coming in?"
The old men replied together: "If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us
would've stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever He goes, we go with him.
Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!!!!!!"

Are girls wiser than boys ???

One day, a girl, 16yrs old, heard from her mother that if she does a regular prayer for 4 yrs, a divine "Angel" would come to her in her dreams & give her 3 boons (Vardaan). So she decided to do it. She completed 4 yrs successfully, doing prayer regularly.

Now it was a day for "Angel" to come. So she slept earlier with thoughts in her mind to ask. And, really an "Angel" comes in her dreams. Now this is the dialogue between them.

Angel: O Girl, you prayed to me regularly within last 4 yrs, so I am very very happy with you. I will complete any of your 3 wishes. You can ask anything you like, but there is one condition.

Girl: Condition!, what is that?

Angel: You have a boy-friend?

Girl: Yes.

Angel: When you were doing a prayer, he was waiting for you, so he also sacrificed same as you. Moreover, he didn't know anything about boon and all, so he is also eligible for the boons. So whatever you will ask, he will get 10 times more than that of you. If you are agreed, then proceed for the 1 st boon.

Girl: (After thinking for some time ...): Yes, I am ready.

Girl: 1st, make me 10 times richer than the richest person in the world.

Angel: But your boy-friend will be 10 times richer than you.

Girl: It's OK.

Angel: Be as you wish!

Girl: 2nd, Make me 10 times more beautiful than the most beautiful girl
in the world. Angel: But your boy-friend will be 10 times handsome than the
most handsome boy in the world.

Girl: It's OK.

Angel: Be as you wish.

Angel: Now the last boon remains.

Girl: O Angel, please give me a MILD HEART-ATTACK.

Angel: What? Are you sure!

Girl: Yes. Very sure!

Angel: Be as you wish.

Think friends,

what happened to her boy-friend, he got a severe heart-attack & died at once, while the girl remained alive. Thus, the girl became the world's most beautiful girl and the richest one, too.

Moral of the story: So intelligent the girls are! Girls are really more intelligent than we believe about them to be. So be careful boys!

Now, girls please stop reading ... boys continue till the end of the post

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Dear boys, don't worry, actually what happened is something different than what you all think! Actually,the girl's boy-friend got a heart-attack, 10 TIMES MILDER than that of the girl. So the boy-friend lived longer than the girl, being world's richest and the most handsome boy.

Moral of the story: Dear boys, the girls are not really that much intelligent than what we believe them to be. So don't worry if you think that you have girl-friend,intelligent than you.

Hey....I told u girls not to read......

Mother is Great !!!

A little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she
was fixing supper, and he handed her a piece of paper that he had been
writing on.
After his mom dried her hands on an apron she read it,
and this is what it said:

For cutting the grass : $5.00
For cleaning up my room this week: $1.00
For going to the store for you : $0.50
Babysitting my kid brother while you went shopping : $0.25
Taking out the garbage : $1.00
For getting a good report card : $5.00
For cleaning up and raking the yard : $2.00
Total owed :$14.75

Well, his mother looked at him standing there, the boy could see the
memories flashing through her mind.

She picked up the pen, turned over the paper he'd written on,
and this is what she wrote:

For the nine months I carried you while you were growing inside me :
No Charge.
For all the nights that I've sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you:
No Charge.
For all the trying times, and all the tears that you've caused through the
years :
No Charge.
For all the nights that were filled with dread,and for the worries I knew
were ahead :
No Charge.
For the toys, food, clothes, and even wiping your nose : No Charge.
Son, When you add it up, the cost of my love is : No Charge


When the boy finished reading what his mother had written,
there were big tears in his eyes,
and he looked straight at his mother and said,
"Mom, I sure do love you".

And then he took the pen and in great big letters he wrote:
"PAID IN FULL"

Cockroach Theory

At a restaurant, a cockroach suddenly flew from somewhere and sat on a lady. She started screaming out of fear. With a panic stricken face and trembling voice, she started jumping, with both her hands desperately trying to get rid of the cockroach.

Her reaction was contagious, as everyone in her group also got panicky.

The lady finally managed to push the cockroach away but …it landed on another lady in the group.

Now, it was the turn of the other lady in the group to continue the drama.

The waiter rushed forward to their rescue.
In the relay of throwing, the cockroach next fell upon the waiter.

The waiter stood firm, composed himself and observed the behavior of the cockroach on his shirt.
When he was confident enough, he grabbed it with his fingers and threw it out of the restaurant.

Sipping my coffee and watching the amusement, the antenna of my mind picked up a few thoughts and started wondering, was the cockroach responsible for their histrionic behavior?
If so, then why was the waiter not disturbed? He handled it near to perfection, without any chaos.

It is not the cockroach, but the inability of the ladies to handle the disturbance caused by the cockroach that disturbed the ladies.

I realized that, it is not the shouting of my father or my boss or my wife that disturbs me, but it’s my inability to handle the disturbances caused by their shouting that disturbs me.

It’s not the traffic jams on the road that disturbs me, but my inability to handle the disturbance caused by the traffic jam that disturbs me.

More than the problem, it’s my reaction to the problem that creates chaos in my life.


Lessons learnt from the story:
I understood, I should not react in life. I should always respond.
The women reacted, whereas the waiter responded.

Reactions are always instinctive whereas responses are always well thought of, just and right to save a situation from going out of hands, to avoid cracks in relationship, to avoid taking decisions in anger, anxiety, stress or hurry.

Pebble Story

Many years ago a farmer in London had the misfortune to owe a huge sum to a money lender.The Moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer's beautiful daughter. So he proposed a bargain.

He said he would forget the farmer's debt if he could marry his daughter.
Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the proposal. So the cunning money-lender suggested that they let providence decide the
matter.

He told them that he would put a black pebble and a white pebble into an
empty money bag. Then the girl would have to pick one pebble from the
bag.

If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife and her father's debt would be forgiven.
If she picked the white pebble she need not marry him and her father's debt would still be forgiven.
But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into jail.

They were standing on a pebble strewn path in the farmer's field. As they talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. As he picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two black pebbles and put them into the bag.

He, then, asked the girl to pick a pebble from the bag.

Now imagine that you were standing in the field. What would you have
done if you were the girl? If you had to advise her, what would you have
told her?

Careful analysis would produce three possibilities:

The girl should refuse to take a pebble.
The girl should show that there were two black pebbles in the bag and expose the money-lender as a cheat.
The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself in order to save her father from his debt and imprisonment.

Take a moment to ponder over the story. The above story is used with the hope that it will make us appreciate the difference between lateral and logical thinking.

The girl's dilemma cannot be solved with traditional logical thinking.
Think of the consequences if she chooses.

The above logical answers.
What would you recommend to the girl to do?

Well, here is what she did:

The girl put her hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble. Without looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles.
"Oh, how clumsy of me," she said. "But never mind, if you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I picked."

Since the remaining pebble is black, it must be assumed that she had picked the white one. And since the money-lender dared not admit his dishonesty, the girl changed what seemed an impossible situation into an extremely advantageous one.


MORAL OF THE STORY:Most complex problems do have a solution. It is only that we don't attempt to think.

Awareness

Religion is all about awareness .If u r aware u r religious person .

Let Me tell u a story 

Once there was a king who wanted to find out what is truth . So he went to a saint living in a small hut outside his kingdom .The saint told him that " if u want to learn  u will have to live  here and do what I instruct u If u r ready  I can give u the answer ." The king agreed .

The next day the saint saw him a wooden rod  and told him that he will struct him with that rod at any time of the day and he(the king) will have to defend himself . For a moment the king thought that the saint was mad . But then also he agreed . Now the saint used to come at any time of the day and  beat the king with that rod . The first week was very tough for king to defend but soon he began to defend himself because it was a do or die situation for him .  We also learn the things very fast when we read few hours before the exams as it is a do or die situation for us .Then after one month the king was able to defend all the blows from the saint no matter how hard the saint tried because he used to remain alert the whole day .

 The next day the saint came and told him that now he would beat him with that rod even at night  when he is sleeping .The king was shocked but then also he agreed because he wanted to find what is the truth or true  religion .Such should be the intensity of every student to know the answer .  The first week was very tough for him . The saint used to come at mid night and beat him . But after that the king began to defend  the blows . His sleep began to be like that of dog . In our scriptures there is one verse which says that the sleep of a student must be like that of  a dog , deep as well as sensitive . The dog will wake up immediately if he hears the foot steps even at midnight . In few months the king was very well trained himself .The saint could not blow him because he used to remain aware in the sleep also .

But now the king realized that in the last few months he used to remain totally aware and that gave his mind so much of peace .When u r totally aware ur mind gets peace . For thousands of years man has been searching for peace and happiness in others . But he has not found yet  because the reality is that that peace and happiness is inside us .It looks strange at first but just be aware when u feel happy from where does this happiness and peace is comming . It is not coming from that beautiful girl or from handsome boy but from a beautiful soul residing in you . The king realized it and bowed down to the saint .

Usually saints give teaching not through words but through their actions and deeds . The saint told the king that now u have understood what truth is u can return the kingdom . So in the evening on the day before he was going to depart , they were sitting in the veranda . The king thought that the saint took a very tough tect of him so let me see how aware he(the saint ) himself is . So he decided that he pick up the wooden rod with which the saint used to beat him and  strike the saint from behind . As soon as he was going to stand up , the saint said " Hey dont try to pick up that rod , I am too old to defend myself " . The king was puzzled  and bowed down to the saint asking him how he(saint) read his(king's) mind . The saint said  : - "Just live here for few months and I can teach u that also ." 

Such is the power of  meditation  and this is what true religion is !!!!!!!! 

Love - from a different angle

Once there was a  tree .It was very big and had

so many branches, fruits and flowers .A boy used to

play near the tree . Though the tree was very big ,The tree

loved the small boy very much . U can love only when

u forget that u r very big .If u insist that u r something

u cannot love .The tree was unaware of its hugeness so it

could love that small child.

The branch of the tree were very high but the tree

lowered its branches so that the boy could catch it and

swing on it .And remember only LOVE can come down

without thinking about its ego. Every day the boy used to

come ,sleep under the tree ,play and swing on it branches.

The tree was filled with great joy when the boy used to

come .

But as the boy grew up he very rarely visited the

tree . Everyday the tree longed for the boy .One day the boy

was passing by the tree . The tree called the boy and

asked him "Why don't u visit me everyday as u used to

come in childhood and play under my shade" . The boy replied

"Don't talk in a childish  way .Now i am a grown up man .

Now i don't find any happiness in u .In today's world

happiness lies in Money .If u can give me money i can

come to u everyday " . This is the difference :-the ego

always ask for something and love is always ready to sacrifice.

The ego will only come to u if u can give something to it.

The tree replied "We don't keep money as u human beings do.

Money is just a small piece of paper for us . Yes we keep love instead

of money we can give u that in abundance.Even then if u r not

satisfied then there are so many fruits and flowers on me.

U can take them if u want and sell in the market and make

money . But remember do visit me again"The boy quickly

climbed the tree and took all the fruits and flowers from

the tree and without even thanking the tree went to the

market to make the money.

Even then the tree was happy thinking that it was able

to help the boy in making money.Love always feels happiness

when it can share something which it has .

Days passed . The boy was never seen . The tree was

longing for boy's visit .One day the boy came to the tree

with a sad face . The tree asked him "what is the matter ?" . The

boy replied that "He need to make a house and he has no

money to buy it." The tree replied "U can cut my branches

and make a beautiful house from my wood." The boy was very

happy .He quickly brought the axe and cut the branches of the tree

and prepared a beautiful house from it .Again the tree was

very happy that it was able to help its love.

After so many days , the boy again came to the tree and asked

"if u can give me ur trunk so that i can prepare a boat

and go overseas with my family ." The tree agreed .The boy

cut its trunk and prepared a boat from it.Then he never came

back. Even then the tree used to think that the boy might not

have been drowned in the sea . It used to ask boy's friends

if they can bring some news about the boy .The tree became old

and week but still it wanted to know whether the boy was

happy or Not.

Unfortunately , this is the end of the story .U might be

thinking that I have done injustice to the tree by

making this story a tragedy . But in real life also the same thing

happens more frequently  .It is very rare that the person

whom u love , loves u back .But even then I don't think

that by loving someone who betrays u or does not love u back

is waste of time .It requires great courage to love someone who

does NOT love u back in return and only the most courageous people can

do that . And i am not talking about impractical things .

Jesus did it .Socrates did it .Gautam Buddha and Mahavir did it.

Love is not a business . In business ,u give something and

expect something in return .But

in love u cant do that .Otherwise ur love is just a

material thing just like business. Spiritual Love never

expects anything in return.

-I wish such type of LOVE develop in all of us.

With Love to all my Frnds ,

Raithatha Yash

Director of Aspire Institute