Joke for the Day (Seeds of Ananda!)
Joke for the day (Seeds of Ananda!)
I want you to know the power of Ananda (Bliss) which liberates you from the dilemmas of the mind and depression of your Being; which gives tremendous freedom in the inner and outer worlds!
- THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM
January 1
Latur Singh and Chanda Basu were discussing the finer points of their respective backgrounds. No matter what points Latur brought up, Chanda would say that his background offered the same thing, only better. Finally Chanda said, "Alright Latur, tell me at least one thing that your background offers that my background has lesser of." Chanda said, "Modesty perhaps?"
Blissful
Virtues when compared help us grow better. Anything else when compared is merely a waste of time in our own growth.
- THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM
Jamuary 3
Nithya Pathni and Ananda Pathi were celebrating their fifty years of marriage. Pathni presented the latter with two shirts for the occasion. Pathi was very touched and declared that they would go out for dinner instead of cooking at home. It was a very tender moment for the two. Pathi freshened up and to make his wife happy, wore one of the gift shirts and appeared from his room. Pathni looked up and smiled, paused and snarled, "So the other shirt's no good?"
The greatest challenge is to make another totally happy, because happiness can never be achieved from outside, it is something that happens inside oneself. It can happen only when one is blossoming from within!
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Blissful
Ananda Pappaiah was enthusiastically explaining to a group of people how very identical his twin daughters were. "How do you tell them apart?" he was asked. "Oh! the blonde one always wears her hair well!" he replied.
Sometimes, we miss the most obvious of things and go in search of the remote ones. This is how we waste our precious time!
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Nitti Mudaliar was driving along a dark village road. He decided to follow the car in front of him to play it safe. Suddenly the lead car stopped and he crashed into it. "Why didn't you signal that you were going to stop?" he screamed out. "Inside my own garage?" yelled back the driver!
It helps to know that each one's path is different. To follow another on his path and to blame him at the end of it is mere folly!
> - THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM
Blissful
January 6
At an old age home, the inmates were asked, "Why do you think God has allowed you to reach the age of ninety?" Bhilai Mansoor responded, "To test the tolerance of our relatives."
If we bring a little awareness into our lives, we will be able to see the different dimensions to a situation. This will help us to be balanced and not lop-sided in our conclusions.
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Jameary 7
30 years of marriage and his nagging wife was dying. Ananda was sitting in the room quietly surrounded by relatives. A close uncle caught his hand consolingly and said, "Don't let yourself suffer, you have tried your best." Ananda quietly replied, "I've suffered 30 years, I can suffer a few more hours."
Blissful
Life is not about making the other the right person, it is about becoming the right person. If this is understood, there will not be any suffering.
- THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM
Nithya Madhu was a school teacher. One day, she was walking along with a friend in her school campus and was greeted by many students down the corridor. She would smile at them and say under her breath, "The same to you." After a while the friend asked her, "Why do you always say that?" Madhu replied, "After all, I've been a student myself and I know what they are thinking!"
Experience is always the best teacher!
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Blissful
Jamuary 9
Nithya Ameeta was very weary of her husband's activities and got jealous very easily. Everyday, the latter's clothes would undergo inspection and the slightest hair discovered would trigger off an ordeal. One day, she found nothing on his clothes and burst into tears: "You have started going out with bald women!"
The human mind invents worries because worry is nothing but an axis for it to revolve. Without worries, it would feel insecure and without support.
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Jamuary 10
Sikar Shareef was confessing to a friend: "You know, after all these years of publishing books, I've realized that I don't have any knowledge of writing." Asked the friend, "Are you going to stop writing?" "Oh no!" replied Sikar, "I have become too famous now!"
Be, Blissful
Anything sells today, because man is searching for the Truth so desperately and so unknowingly that he is willing to try anything that comes his way in order to find it.
- THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM
Jamuary 11
Sagar Pillai decided to get married and started looking out for a girl for himself. No matter which girl he brought home, his mother disapproved. Finally, he found a girl who resembled his mother in looks, attitude, habit and dress sense. He brought her home and his mother fell for her. Unfortunately for him, his father hated her!
We continuously collect images from all that we see around us. We constantly compare reality with these images and feel disappointed. Unless we throw out these images, we will not be able to enjoy the real beauty around us !
> - THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM
Jamuary 12
20, Blissful
Nitti Mudaliar was stranded in an island for many years. Suddenly one day he saw a ship responding to his signals and he jumped for joy. The ship docked and the captain of the ship came to him and handed him a pack of newspapers. He added, "I would suggest that you read these first and decide if you still want to be rescued."
Very often, although we feel opposite pastures are greener, the truth might be that we are better off as we are. We often wait to get to the other side to realise this.
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Blissful
Jamary 13
Neetu Patel suddenly felt that she was working too hard in the house. One day, she let go and screamed at her husband, "Anyone would think that you've employed me as a cook for you in this house." Unnerved, he replied: "They wouldn't, not after they've eaten the food."
Any work given to us, if taken up as a meditation can produce the most fulfilling results. We don't do this and therefore neither see the desired results nor feel good about ourselves.
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Ananda was scrambling for attention at the counter of an exceptionally crowded grocery store. Exasperated, he left the store, walked to a telephone booth and made a call to the store's tele-order section. He read out the list of items he wanted and got a prompt response about their availability. When asked for the mailing address, he ordered them to be delivered at the telephone booth opposite the store.
A little creativity can turn around any difficult situation. Meditation can help kindle the creativity in you!
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Jamary 15
Blissful
Barsi Rajan came into the doctor's room asking for attention. "Doctor, I swallowed a gold coin two years back; you simply have to get it out", he said. The doctor was stunned and exclaimed, "Why my son! you should have come to me immediately, not after two years!" Replied Barsi, "Well doctor, I was not in need of the gold coin at that time."
We most often miss the golden opportunity when it presents itself to us and later scramble to find it.
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