When one moment comes, the other is gone already. For this simple moment, look at how much fuss we create! How much violence, ambition, struggle, conflict, anger, hatred, just for this small moment! We are traveling through this world and waiting to unlock our own potential. Life is only available at this present moment. The […]
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It Is Not About The Quantity But The Quality In Life
Getting charmed by the numbers in the form of material or people is normal behavior. It takes a mindful thought to shift perspective, “Don’t be quantitative.” It is about quality, not quantity. One cannot accumulate life and measure it in quantity. Happiness cannot be measured; neither love nor sadness. There are no boundaries except the […]
Manifesting Faith Can Make A Real Difference
The sales of anti-depressants are skyrocketing these days. Despite having more comforts than our ancestors used to have, we are still struggling to find happiness in our lives. Accumulation of wealth is not filling our voids but putting more holes of confusion in our minds. Many businesses are based on human doubts and fears e.g., […]
An Ancient Zen Story About Work and Rest
This is an ancient Zen story based on master Lao Tzu’s teachings. It is said that an old follower of Lao Tzu, who was 90 years old, was pulling water from the well with his young son. Master Confucius happened to pass by. He saw them working and went up to the old man and […]
Sharing a Story on Ignorance
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.” ― Socrates One time when Confucius was traveling to East China, he came across two young boys arguing with each other. Confucius asked them about their argument. One boy said, “I believe that the rising sun is closer, and the midday sun is further […]
Let me hear you say I love myself!!
We human beings believe in the immortal institution of love. We are constantly seeking and trying to love people around us, unconditionally. While trying to climb this mountain of unconditional love, we tend to forget loving ourselves. Sad eh? We have so much love reservoir within us, but unfortunately, it is strictly reserved for someone else. We see […]
Mind and Awareness – An Ancient Zen Story
This story is an ancient Zen story which I would like to share with you beautiful readers. It is a story that we can relate to if we are on the path of developing mind awareness. After ten years of hard-work, Tenno became a Zen teacher. One day, he went to visit the famous master Nanin. It […]
Escape
An ancient Sufi parable Let me share a story with you today. I read this story in Osho’s book Secret Series. The story goes like this, a rich merchant in Baghdad sent his servant one day to the marketplace to buy food. But after a few minutes, the servant returned looking panic-stricken. “Master!” he cried. […]
Just Two Words – A Story to Stir Your Mind
Once in awhile, we come across saying ‘Think before you speak”. Words play an essential role in our relationship with others. There is a very inspiring zen story I am going to share with you; it is called ‘Just Two Words.’ This story is from James Khan; you can read more stories here Once upon […]
Chuang Tzu Said Words are Useless
A beautiful story to inspire my beautiful readers, I hope you enjoy reading it. This story is Chaung Tzu Story. I have recently read inspirational quotes and stories by Taoist Chuang Tzu. The story goes like this… Duke Hwan of Khi, first in his dynasty, sat under his canopy reading philosophy. And Phien, the wheelwright, […]