Counting People's Word

There is great power in the words that we utter. It is believed that words are so powerful that when repeated with emotion, they will bring us that which we are affirming.

The following story demonstrates what can happen when we use words in a discouraging manner, and what can happen when we "turn a deaf ear" to those words that could ruin our dreams or goals.

Two Frogs

A group of frogs were traveling through the woods when two of them fell into a deep pit. All the other frogs gathered around the pit. When they saw how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead.

The two frogs ignored their comments and with all their strength they tried to jump up out of the pit. The other frogs kept telling them to stop jumping because they were as good as dead and it will be useless better they keep their energy so they can live little longer. But those two frogs keep jumping and trying. All other frogs keep saying that "come on give up its too high for you guys better keep the strength so you both can live little longer". At this moment finally, one of the frog start to listen to them and give up  and accept the death while other frog keep jumping. He continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the crowd of frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and just die. He jumped even harder and finally made it out.

When he finally got out, All the other frogs get surprised and asked him why he didn't listen to them?" The frog explained to them that he was deaf. He thought they were encouraging him the entire time. The more they shouted the more inspiration he got and keep jumping with his full strength.

"Hotei"

"Hotei "  believed to be The god of contentment and happiness, guardian of children, and patron of bartenders. Hotei has a cheerful face and a big belly. In Chinese he known as Budai or Putai and  in Japan as  Hotai and for the rest of the world we know him as a Laughing Buddha. The statue we see of laughing budha is actually statue of Hotei. Although Many Westerners confuse Budai with Gautama Buddha. I first heard about him from my "Guru". He used to say "laugh like  Hotei". Later on i found a proverb "Laugh like Hotei". Thats always make me curious to know more about Him and his life. He carries a large cloth bag over his back , one that never empties, he carries all his belongings in a bindle wherever he goes.  He also stuffs the sack with donations of food and clothing from laymen and candy to give to children. Indeed, the Japanese spelling of “Hotei” literally means “cloth bag.” He also holds a Chinese fan called an oogi  (said to be a “wish giving” fan   moreover in the distant past, this type of fan was used by the aristocracy to indicate to vassals that their requests would be granted). 

His large, fat stomach is a symbol of happiness, luck, and abundance and many believed that if one rubs the belly of laughing Budai, it brings good luck and wealth

Legend says that Hotai was not use to talk, his massage was just laugh and smile. While he entered any village with his sack he start to stare at the people looks lame and sad and start to laugh. With laughing sometime he fell on ground and keep laughing. By watching him laugh there everyone start to laugh and its spread among people to people and from villages to villages. people there always wait for him when hotei will come and bring the good luck and happiness.

There’s a Zen story about Hotei.  When someone asked  him “What’s the meaning of Zen?” he put his sack down on the ground and saying nothing. Then when he asked  him again “How he will  understand Zen?” he picked his sack on his back up  again and walked away. What a  Clever Hotei!  without saying a word Hotai simply gave him the wisdom of zen  that is— letting go and dropping off whatever we’re holding and this is actually the significance of zen and by carrying his sack on his back he gave the massage that this is the way to learn zen — that do your job that you have to. 

In western culture, the laughing Buddha is often referred to as the "fat Buddha." As a jolly fat man who frequently distributes candies and presents to children, Ho Tai most closely resembles what Westerners think of as Santa Claus. However, his tidings of good fortune can be enjoyed year round. Ho Tai is also considered the patron of bartenders and restaurant owners and is frequently seen displayed prominently in Asian restaurants. Overindulgence in food and drink are often credited to the influence of the laughing Buddha.

"Banana" an Amazing Fruit

Not only is it fun to say the word banana, it is fun to type too. Filled with deliciously sweet firm-creamy flesh, bananas grow individually packaged in their own easy to open yellow wrapper. In the practice of color therapy, even their bright yellow coloring is known the induce happiness and humor.

Bananas contain tryptophan, an amino acid that the body uses to make serotonin, a chemical produced in the brain that improves your mood and increases your happiness level. Rich in vitamins B6, B12, potassium, and magnesium, bananas help people trying to give up smoking recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal. Banana’s high levels of B-vitamins are also known to improve nerve function. Bananas can reduce stress by providing potassium that normalize the heartbeat and regulates the body's water balance. Experiencing high stress lowers our body's potassium levels rapidly, bananas help to raise those levels back to normal..

Containing three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose when combined with fiber, gives an immediate, continuous boost of energy. Research has shown that consumption of only two bananas is capable of fueling an intensive 90-minute workout. Subsequently providing increased energy and the ability to prevent and recover from a large number of illnesses; bananas are the number one fruit of choice for today’s leading athletes.


Heartburn victims rejoice, bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so try eating a banana next time a fire rises up from within. Expecting mothers can snack on bananas to keep blood-sugar up and avoid constant morning sickness. Bananas are the only raw fruit that can be eaten to reduce and repair the damages cause by chronic ulcers. Substances found in bananas help activate the cells that make up the stomach lining, producing a thicker mucus barrier protecting against high levels of stomach acids. Protease inhibitors are compounds found in bananas that have been found to assist in eliminating ulcer causing bacteria.


Blood Pressure: This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it the perfect food for helping to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.

Constipation: High in fibre, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.

Depression: According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin - known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.Now we know why monkeys are always happy.

Hangovers: One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.

Heartburn: Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body so if you suffer from heart-burn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.

Morning Sickness: Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.

Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.


PMS: Forget the pills - eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer, trypotophan.

Smoking: Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking, as the high levels of Vitamin C, A1, B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.

Stress: Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalise the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water-balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be re-balanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.

Strokes: According to research in "The New England Journal of Medicine"eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!

Temperature control: Many other cultures see bananas as a "cooling" fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand, for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.

Ulcers: The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronic ulcer cases. It also neutralises over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.

"LETS GO BANANAS"

Lets eat bananas like Minions LOL

Minions Banana Movie FUN

Sufi Stories

The substance of Sufism is the Truth and the meaning of Sufism is the selfless experience and actualization of the Truth. The practice of Sufism is the intention to go towards the Truth, by means of love and devotion. This is called the tarikat, the spiritual path or way towards God. The sufi is one who is a true lover and true believer  who by means of love and devotion moves towards the Truth, towards the perfection which all are truly seeking. 
Sufis have referred to their parables as "Teaching Stories." 
According to Essential Sufism, "most Sufis believe that the great religions and mystical
traditions for the world share the same essential Truth." Sufi teaching stories have been 
used by the mystics and spiritual teachers(masters) to help people understand the same essential Truth.

Sufi stories are always my favorite. I personally learn a lot and its keep inspiring me throughout my life journey. Here i am sharing few them.  

When to be Practical  

As three travelers crossed the mountains of the Himalaya, they discussed the importance of putting into practice everything they had learned on their spiritual journey . They weer so lost in their conversation that it was only late night that they finally realized that all they had with them was  just a piece of bread.

They decided not to discuss who deserved to eat it rather they left the decision in the hands of the god. They prayed that, during the night  a superior spirit should indicate who should receive the bread.

The following morning, the three men rose together at sunrise.

"This is my dream," said the first traveler. "I was taken to place I had never visited before, and enjoyed the sort of peace and harmony . In the midst of this paradise, a wise man with a long beard said to me: "you are my chosen one, you never sought pleasure, always renounced all things and in order to prove my allegiance to you, I should like you to try a piece of bread."

"That's very strange," said the second traveler. "For in my dream, I saw my past of sanctity and my future as a master. As I gazed at that which is to come, I found a man of great wisdom, saying: "You are in greater need of food than your friends  for you shall have to lead many people and it will require strength and energy so eat the bread."

Then the third traveler said:

"In my dream I saw nothing and went nowhere and found no wise men, poor me. However, at a certain hour during the night, I suddenly woke up And I ate the bread."

By hearing this other two get furious.

"Come on brother why didn't you call us before making such a personal decision?"

In reply he said  "How could I? You were both so far away, finding masters and having such holy visions! Yesterday we discussed the importance of putting into practice that which we learn on our spiritual journey. In my case, God acted quickly and make me awake dying of hunger!"  "LOL"

Something is Better Than Nothing

Once a Sufi master was walking down the street. On his way he found a miserable man sited down the corner of the street. Seeing master the man held up a tattered bag and moaned, "All that I own in this wide world barely fills this miserable, wretched sack, please help me"

"Too bad," said the master and with that, he suddenly snatched the bag from the man's hands and ran down the road with it.

Having lost everything, the man burst into tears and more miserable than before he start to walked alone the path. Meanwhile master quickly ran around  and placed the man's sack in the middle of the road where he would have to come upon it.

When the man finally saw his bag sitting in the road before him, he laughed with joy and shouted,  " Oh my god! My sack! I thought I'd lost you! I feel so happy now".

Watching through the bushes, Master chuckled. "Well, that's one way to make someone happy!"  "LOL"

"There is no deficiency of food we just need to stop wasting"

One-third of food produced globally every year does not reach human mouths - it is either lost in transit or wasted by consumers themselves. This amounts to a staggering 1.3 billion tonnes every year. These chilling figures are contained in a report called 'Avoiding Future Famines' released by the United Nations Environment Programme at the recently held Rio+20 summit in Brazil on sustainable development.

Consumers throw away 222 million tonnes of food in edible condition every year in North America and Europe. While the total food production of Sub-Saharan Africa is 230 million tonnes per year. These wastage food can feed them all.

Based on a study last year by a group of researchers from Swedish Institute of Food & Biotechnology (SIK), and the Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO), the report says that food loss or waste occurs right through the food supply chain - from farm to dining table. But in medium- and high-income countries, a higher share of food is really wasted, meaning it is thrown away even if still suitable for human consumption. In low-income countries food is mainly lost during the early and middle stages of the food supply chain; much less food is wasted by consumers.

'Americans throw away 25% of food'

In Europe and North-America, a total of 280-300kg of food is wasted per capita every year. In Sub-Saharan Africa and South/Southeast Asia per capita food wastage is 120-170kg per year.

This aggregate wastage figure is made up of loss or wastage at different stages: farming, post harvest, processing, distribution and consumption. In developing countries, more than 40% of the food losses occur at post harvest and processing levels, while in industrialized countries, more than 40% of the food losses occur at retail and consumer levels, according to analysis done by Jenny Gustavsson of SIK.

Per capita food wasted by consumers in Europe and North America is 95-115kg per year, while this figure is only 6-11 kg per year in sub-Saharan Africa and South/Southeast Asia.

American consumers throw away 25% of all food they purchase while British consumers throw away roughly one-third of their purchased food due to factors such as over-purchasing in response to marketing offers and obeying expiration dates labelled on products, according to the UNEP report.

There can be “Future Famines” and it will not be cause of deficiency of food it can happen because we waste too much food. There is always more than enough resources for each one of us in this world and it will be like this if we don’t stop wasting right now.

Field of Pure Potentiality

The field of pure potentiality is a state of pure consciousness and pure consciousness is pure potentiality; it is the field of all possibilities and infinite creativity. Pure consciousness is our spiritual essence. Being infinite and unbounded is also pure joy. Other attributes of consciousness are pure knowledge, infinite silence, perfect balance, invincibility, simplicity, and bliss. This is our essential nature.

Our essential nature is one of pure potentiality. When we discover our essential nature and know who we really are, in that knowing itself is the ability to fulfill any dream we have, because we are the eternal possibility, the immeasurable potential of all that was, is, and will be. The Law of Pure Potentiality could also be called the Law of Unity, because underlying the infinite diversity of life is the unity of one all pervasive spirit. There is no separation between me and this field of energy. The field of pure potentiality is our own Self. And the more we experience our true nature, the closer we are to the field of pure potentiality.

How can we apply the Law of Pure Potentiality, the field of all possibilities, to our lives? If we want to enjoy the benefits of this field, if we want to make full use of the creativity which is inherent in pure consciousness, then we have to have access to it. One way to access the field is through the daily practice of silence and meditation, Spending time in nature will also give us the access to the qualities inherent in the field: infinite creativity, freedom, and bliss.

Practicing silence means making a commitment to take a certain amount of time to simply Be. Spending time each day in meditation we can have it. Through meditation we will learn to experience the field of pure silence and pure awareness. In that field of pure silence is the field of infinite correlation, the field of infinite organizing power, the ultimate ground of creation where everything is inseparably connected with everything else. Practicing this pure silence everyday we will connect with the origin source of the thought we will connect with our own soul with our higher self and that will give us the access of field of pure potentiality.

“General mind discuss people, average mind discuss

Events, great mind discuss ideas and greatest mind acts in

Silence”

We must learn to get in touch with the innermost essence of our being. This true essence is beyond the ego. It is fearless; it is free; it is immune to criticism; it does not fear any challenge. It is beneath no one, superior to no one, and full of magic, mystery, and enchantment.

Where is your paint can

A man landed a job painting the yellow line down the center of the highway, by hand. After three days his foreman complained about the job he was doing. “Your first day out, you did great,” he said. “You painted that line for three miles. Your second day wasn’t bad. You painted two miles. But today you painted only one mile, so it looks like I will have to fire you.”

On his way out of the foreman’s office, the employee looked back and said, “It’s not my fault. Everyday I got further and further from the paint can.”

After reading this story online I laugh a lot and then suddenly another thought came into my mind that how we complicate our lives at work and at home, if we are lacking insight into how we create additional stresses in our lives.  Such a simple solution carry the paint can with you then no need to come back for it but indeed we do this in real life. Here I want to share another story   

A man was driving when he saw the flash of a traffic camera. He figured that his picture had been taken for exceeding the limit, even though he knew that he was not speeding. Just to be sure, he went around the block and passed the same spot, driving even more slowly, but again the camera flashed. Now he began to think that this was quite funny and get so excited he drove even slower as he passed the area again, but the traffic camera again flashed. He tried a fourth time with the same result. He did this a fifth time and was now laughing when the camera flashed as he rolled past, this time at a snail's pace. after Two weeks later, he got five tickets in the mail for driving without a seat belt.

LOL.. and now this is happen when we forget to think in real excitement.

Even famous people do mistake like this in simple things. Sir Isaak Newton famous scientist had two dogs one was little big and another one quite small. Once he wanted to make a house for the dogs. So he brought the carpenter to make a house for the dogs. While he was making it Sir Isaak Newton came and advised the carpenter to built two doors for the  house one is big and another one small. So from the big door the dog which is big will enter and through the small one will be for the smaller one . Then carpenter get surprised and asked him if he made one big door both dog can enter easily. Hearing this Newton start to think why its not came into his mind.

Doing mistake in life is the most common things we all do but the problem is  not to learn from it and doing the same mistake again.