ஜெகதீசன் கந்தசாமி

Dream is not what you see in sleep. It is something that does not let you sleep. ~ Abdul Kalam

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. ~ Eliot

Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do. ~ Benjamin Spock

Your problem is never really your problem, your reaction to your problem is your problem. ~ Brian Kinsey

There are two primary choices in life to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them. ~ Denis Waitley

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. ~ Goethe

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. ~ Jim Ryun

If You Love Someone . . .
If you love some one because you think that he or she is really gorgeous ...
then it's not love..
it's  -  Infatuation . . .
If you love some one because you think that you shouldn't leave him because
others think that you shouldn't ... then it's not love..
it's  -  compromise . . .
If you love some one because you think that you cannot live with out his touch ....
then it's not love ..
it's  -  lust . . .
If you love some one because you have been kissed by him ...
then it's not love..
it's  -  inferiority complex . . .
If you love some one because you cannot leave him thinking that it would hurt his feelings ..
then it's not love ..
it's  -  charity . . .
If you love some one because you share every thing with him ...
then it's not love..
it's  -  friendship . . .
but if you feel the pain of the other person more than him even when he is stable
and you cry for him ..
that's -  LOVE . . .
if you get attracted to other people but stay with him without any regrets..
that's -  LOVE . . .
If you let him go knowing that he has to go but he doesn't want to..
that's -  LOVE . . .

A man and his girlfriend were married.  It was a large celebration.
All of their friends and family came to see the lovely ceremony and to
partake of the festivities and celebrations.  A wonderful time was had by all.
The bride was gorgeous in her white wedding gown and the groom was
very dashing in his black tuxedo.
Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.

A few months later, the wife comes to the husband with a proposal:
"I read in a magazine, a while ago, about how we can strengthen our marriage."
she offered.

"Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit annoying
with the other person. Then, we can talk about how we can fix them
together and make our lives happier together."

The husband agreed.  So each of them went to a separate room in the house
and thought of the things that annoyed them about the other.  They thought
about this question for the rest of the day and wrote down what they came up with.
The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their
lists..

  "I'll start," offered the wife.  She took out her list.  It had many items on it. 
Enough to fill 3 pages, in fact. As she started reading the list of the little annoyances,
she noticed that tears were starting to appear in her husband’s eyes.

"What's wrong?" she asked.
"Nothing" the husband replied, "keeps reading your list.."

The wife continued to read until she had read all three pages to her
husband.  She neatly placed her list on the table and folded her hands
over top of it.

"Now, you read your list and then we'll talk about the things on both
of our lists."  She said happily.

  Quietly the husband stated, "I don't have anything on my list. I
think that you are perfect the way that you are. I don't want you to change
anything for me. You are lovely and wonderful and I wouldn't want to try
and change anything about you."

The wife, touched by his honesty and the depth of his love for her
and his acceptance of her, turned her head and wept.

   IN LIFE, there are enough times when we are disappointed, depressed
and annoyed. We don't really have to go looking for them. We have a
wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why waste time
in this world looking for the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can
look around us, and see the wondrous things before us..?

  I believe that WE ARE HAPPIEST WHEN we see and praise the good and
try our best to forget the bad. Nobody's perfect but we can find perfectness
in them to change the way we see them.

  - We are not trying to condone what is bad. Correction does much, but
encouragement does more. "The blue of heaven is larger than the clouds . . ."

-- Unknown

முகம்கூட பாராமல் முடிவேதும் தெரியாமல்
இவளோடு ஒரு சொந்தம் உருவானதே...

மண்ணோடு மரித்தாலும் அனல்கொண்டு எரித்தாலும்
உயிர்கொண்ட உன்னுருவம் மறையாதே...

An old Cherokee is telling his granddaughter about a fight that is going on inside himself. He said it is between two wolves. One is evil: Anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority and ego.  The other is good: Joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith. The granddaughter thought about it for a minute and then asked her grandfather, "Which wolf wins?"

The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one I feed."

-Unknown

There was one great master, a Buddhist master, Nagarjuna.  A thief came to him.  The
thief had fallen in love with the master because he had never seen such a beautiful person, such infinite grace.  He asked Nagarjuna, "Is there some possibility of my growth also?  But one thing I must make clear to you: I am a thief.  And another thing: I cannot leave it, so please don't make it a condition.  I will do whatsoever you say, but I cannot stop being a thief.  That I have tried many times--it never works, so I have left the whole sport.  I have accepted my destiny, that I am going to be a thief and remain a thief, so don't talk about it.  From the very beginning let it be clear."
   Nagarjuna said, "Why are you afraid?  Who is going to talk about your being a thief?
     The thief said,  "But whenever I go to a monk, to a religious priest, or to a religious saint, they always say, 'First stop stealing.'"
     Nagarjuna laughed and said, "Then you must have gone to thieves; otherwise, why? Why should they be concerned? I am not concerned!"
      The thief was very happy.  He said, "Then it is okay.  It seems that now I can become a disciple.  You are the right master."
       Nagarjuna accepted him and said, "Now you can go and do whatsoever you like.  Only one condition has to be followed: be aware!  Go, break into houses, enter, take things, steal; do whatsoever you like, that is of no concern to me, I am not a thief--but do it with full awareness."
        The thief couldn't understand that he was falling into the trap.  He said, "Then everything is okay. I will try."
         After three weeks he came back and said, "You are tricky--because if I become aware, I cannot steal.  If I steal, awareness disappears. I am in a fix."
          Nagarjuna said, "No more talk about your being a thief and stealing. I am not concerned;  I am not a thief. Now, you decide! If you want awareness, then you decide. If you don't want it, then too you decide."

          The man said, "But now it is difficult.  I have tasted it a little, and it is so beautiful--I will leave anything, whatsoever you say.  Just the other night for the first time I was able to enter the palace of the king.  I opened the treasure.  I could have become the richest man in the world--but you were following me and I had to be aware.  When I became aware, diamonds looked just like stones, ordinary stones.  When I lost awareness, the treasure was there.  And I waited and did this many times.  I would become aware and I became like a buddha, and I could not even touch it because the whole thing looked foolish, stupid--just stones, what am I doing?  Losing myself over stones?  But then I would lose awareness; they would become again beautiful, the whole illusion.  But finally I decided that they were not worth it."

 

 

From Awareness The Key to Living In Balance by Osho.

Two traveling monks reached a river where they met a young woman.
Wary of the current, she asked if they could carry her across.
One of the monks hesitated, but the other quickly picked her up onto his shoulders, transported her across the water, and put her down on the other bank. She thanked him and departed.

As the monks continued on their way, the one was brooding and preoccupied. Unable
to hold his silence, he spoke out. "Brother, our spiritual training teaches us to avoid
any contact with women, but you picked that one up on your shoulders and carried
her!"

"Brother," the second monk replied, "I set her down on the other side, while you are
still carrying her."

ரெட்டை ஜடை
வெள்ளை ரிப்பன்
வெள்ளிக்கிழமை மட்டும் பூ

கட்டங்களுடன் சட்டை
குட்டைப் பாவாடை
கருப்பு ஷூ

உடன்

வெள்ளை சாக்ஸ்க்குள்
ஒளிந்தவாறு
வெளியே தெரியாமல்
கான்வென்ட் போகிறது
புதுக் கொலுசொன்றும்...

- Unknown

பூக்கள் பூக்கும் தருணம் ஆருயிரே பார்த்ததாரும் இல்லையே
புலரும் காலை பொழுதை முழு மதியும் பிரிந்து போவதில்லையே

நேற்றுவரை நேரம் போகவில்லையே உனது அருகே நேரம் போதவில்லையே
எதுவும் பேசவில்லையே இன்று ஏனோ எதுவும் தோன்றவில்லையே
இரவும் விடிய வில்லையே அது விடிந்தால் பகலும் முடியவில்லையே

வார்த்தை தேவையில்லை வாழும் காலம் வரை பாவை பார்வை மொழி பேசுமே
நேற்று தேவை இல்லை நாளை தேவையில்லை இன்று இந்த நொடி போதுமே

வேரின்றி விதையின்றி விண் தூவும் மழையின்றி இது என்ன இவன் தோட்டம் பூப்பூக்குதே
வாள் இன்றி போர் இன்றி வலிக்கின்ற யுத்தம் இன்றி இது என்ன இவனுக்குள் எனை வெல்லுதே

இதயம் முழுதும் இருக்கும் இந்த தயக்கம் எங்கு கொண்டு நிருத்தும்
இதை அறிய எங்கு கிடைக்கும் விளக்கம் அது கிடைத்தால் சொல்ல வேண்டும் எனக்கும்

எந்த மேகம் இது எந்தன் வாசல் வந்து எங்கும் ஈரமழை தூவுதே
என்ன உறவு இது எதுவும் புரியவில்லை என்ற போதும் இது நீளுதே

யார் என்று அறியாமல் பேர் கூட தெரியாமல் இவனோடு ஒரு சொந்தம் உருவானதே
ஏன் என்று கேட்காமல் தடுத்தாளும் நிற்காமல் இவன் போகும் வழி எங்கும் மனம் போகுதே

பாதை முடிந்த பிறகும் இந்த உலகில் பயணம் முடிவதில்லையே
காற்றில் பறந்தே பறவை மறைந்த பிறகும் இலை தொடங்கும் நடனம் முடிவதில்லையே