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March 7
Ananda was walking towards a sugarcane factory. He stopped to ask a passerby the way to it. The man said that he did not know and moved on. The man however met a friend further down and stopped to ask him if he knew where the sugarcane factory was. The friend replied, "I don't know. But wait ... could he have possibly meant the confectionery factory?" The other man said, "But of course, that was what he would've meant." Both of them screamed out to Ananda and he went up to them. "Didn't you mean the confectionery factory?" they asked him. Ananda thought for a while and replied vaguely, "Well, perhaps yes. Do you know the way to the confectionery factory?" The men looked at each other and nodded their heads, "Well, we don't know the way to that either."
In our journey, we need to ask our questions to someone who knows the answers. Most often, we miss the Master in this and follow the mass of ignorance that takes us nowhere.
March 8
Nithya Madhu took her little daughter for an interview for admission into school. The girl was falling short by a year for the age requirement, but Madhu felt that she would manage. She told the teacher, "Ma'am, I think my daughter can manage the test although she is not yet six." The teacher looked at the child and said, "Simply tell me whatever comes to your mind." The child looked at her mother and asked, "Mamma, do I have to speak cogent sentences or disjointed words?"
Children are more intelligent than grown-ups because of lesser conditioning. Only, they need to be allowed to express more freely.
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Nithya Kanthi was expecting her seventh baby and was complaining of her weak state to her friend. The friend said to her, "Kanthi, you need to stop with this one." Kanthi replied, "Well, tell me how else will I keep the last one from being spoilt?"
If our complaints are investigated deeply, they are merely consequences of our own ignorance or lack of intelligence. In a way, our troubles are our invited guests although we see them as uninvited ones!
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Blissful
Nithya Twinkle and Ananda Twinkle were identical twins who decided to have fun one night. They dressed up as identically as they could and went to a party. They sat together sipping from the same glass. A drunk passed by them, stopped and turned around. He rubbed his eyes and continued staring. The twins laughed and told him, "You're not mistaken, we are identical twins!" The man exclaimed, "But all four of you!"
Man is such that even when the Truth presents itself clearly to him, he sees it distorted through the mist of his ignorance. Inner intelligence alone can dispel this mist.
Blissful
March 11
Barsi Rajan was the only available doctor in his village. An old cobbler visited him one day complaining of stomach ache. He examined him and told him sympathetically, "Ayyah, you have only a month to live, your condition is beyond any medication." Two months later, Barsi was walking down the road when he saw the old cobbler happily attending to his work looking much healthier than ever before. He asked him what happened and the cobbler replied, "You told me I have only one month to live, so I decided to enjoy myself. I ate 20 of my favourite dosas and I became better after that!"
The next day, an old tailor visited Barsi with a stomach ache. He promptly advised him 20 dosas. The following day, news broke that the tailor had died. Barsi wrote in his book: 'Dosas are good for cobblers but not for tailors'.
We need to observe and hear with our intelligence, not with our mind. Then, the Truth will never elude us!
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March 12
Blissful
Nithya Manu suddenly found that his eyes were popping and his ears were ringing. He visited a doctor who examined him and suggested that he get a tonsillitis operation done. Manu agreed, but the condition prevailed even after that. He visited another doctor who examined him and said that he needs to get his teeth pulled out. His teeth were removed but the condition remained unchanged. One day, he went to the tailor to get some shirts done for himself. The tailor took his measurements and wrote down his collar as 'sixteen'. Manu intervened, "fifteen! not sixteen." The tailor said, "Sir, the correct measurement for you is sixteen." Manu insisted that he wore fifteen all along. The tailor said, "Alright Sir, we will take it as fifteen. But let me warn you, if you wear a fifteen collar, your eyes will pop and your ears will ring."
In our quest for the Truth, until we find the Master, we allow ourselves to be guided by the mass of ignorance and tread the paths that lead us nowhere.
Blissful
Nithya Madhu was driving her new car when she knocked down a cyclist. The policeman asked her, "Madam, how did you manage to knock him down in broad daylight and that too with hardly any traffic on the road?" Madhu replied, "Well, I could barely see through the safety-first stickers on my windshield."
Sometimes we talk of a matter more than getting down to doing it right. Action is ultimately more important than discussion.
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March 1
Nithya Twinkle asked her father one night, "What is the meaning of the word guaranteed?" He replied, "It means that something is made well and it will last for a long time." That night before going to sleep she called out, "Good night guaranteed father!"
The mind looks for security in all that it sees. A Master throws you upon the utter insecurity of life, because those who find nothing else will find God.
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March 15
Sikar Shareef declared that he was tired of his house and called up his realestate friend to give an advertisement to sell it. A week later, he called up the friend after reading his ad in the paper. "Listen!" he said, "I've changed my mind. After reading your advertisement I'm convinced that this is the dream house I've always wanted!"
All what we have IS all that we need to make us happy. However, we need reminders about this from fresh avenues and fresh perspectives. One thing - true happiness never comes from outside, it comes from inside us.
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Blissful
The teacher asked her students, "Where do you think hell is?" After a while, Little Ananda raised his hand answered, "I think it is in my Dad's study room." The teacher was amused and asked him why he said that. Little replied, "Every time I go in there, Dad says - get the hell out of here!"
Children are like a sponge that seamlessly absorbs the water it is in. When in the right waters, they will expand effortlessly!
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March 17
Bhilai Mansoor was seen walking with a walking stick that was too high for him. A nephew suggested to him, "Uncle, why don't you cut off a few inches at the bottom? It would then be right for you." Bhilai replied, "Well, but it is this end that is too high!"
Our mind is so programmed that it becomes difficult to break from it and think laterally. To break free from this mental setup, we need to drop our mind first!
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March 18
Ananda Pathi was suddenly seen attempting to dive off a bridge. He was stopped and asked, "why are you attempting to die?" Pathi replied, "My wife ran away with my best friend, and I miss him so much!"
A wife can be a man's best friend if both of them look at each other with no foregone conclusions and no preconceived images.
o Blissful
March 19
Nithya Kanthi pointed to her husband at a party and told her psychiatric friend, "You know, my husband thinks he is a traffic light. He keeps shutting and opening one eye." The friend said, "Alright, let me go and talk to him." "Wait!" cried Kanthi, "the light is now against you!"
One who analyzes the expression behind a deep experience, will feel the same experience behind that expression.
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March 20
Nithya Madhu finally decided to get married. Her cousin came along and asked her, "So, does he look good?" Madhu replied, "You won't take a second look at him." The cousin continued, "Does he earn well?" Madhu said, "Yes, but he won't spend any of it." The cousin asked, "Does he have any bad habits?" Madhu replied, "Oh yes! He smokes and drinks." The cousin finally asked her, "If there's nothing nice to say about him, why are you marrying him?" "Well," replied Madhu, "he's always traveling and I'll never get to see him!"
Marriage needs to be a communion between two hearts, not a convenience between two people.
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Blissful
Ananda Pathi came home from work one day to find his wife in an awful mood. "I finally managed to train up the maid to do all the work and she has now quit!" she screamed. Pathi asked sympathetically, "For what reason?" She replied, "Well, you are the reason! She claims that you spoke so rudely to her over the telephone that she felt she needed to guard her self-respect and therefore quit." Pathi was baffled and blurted, "But I thought I was talking to you!"
Never take anyone or anything for granted. Every single thing is a gift from Existence, which needs to enjoyed with gratitude.
Blissful
Latur Singh pulled up the maid: "In spite of me telling you not to tell what time I came in last night, you have told your mistress." The maid replied, "Sir, I promise I did not tell her the time. She asked me and I told her that I was too busy cooking breakfast to see the time when you entered the house."
Some people are so simple and straight forward that they can't even be trained to speak lies! It is better to leave them undisturbed.
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March 2
Durg Chander was leaving his beautiful wife alone in the house for a week and traveling for business. Before leaving, he did all the grocery shopping, paid up all the bills and ensured that his wife would not have to leave the house for anything. He finally locked her inside the house and gave the key to his neighbor, a trusted friend. He told him, "Please do not allow anyone inside my house." The friend took charge of the key. Durg left and had traveled a few kilometers when he found the friend frantically trying to overtake him in a car. He was crying out, "You gave me the wrong key!"
There is no dearth of exploitation. But once again - Trust even if you are exploited!
Blissful
Boss Ananda was training the new boy at the store. He told him, "Remember one thing - the customer is always right!" The boy nodded and enthusiastically started the day at work. Soon, Boss noticed that customers were walking in but leaving without buying anything. He asked the boy what was happening. The boy replied, "They keep telling me that the prices are high and I tell them that they are right!"
Most often, we catch the words but miss the truth in what is told to us. It is then that the misunderstanding starts. Intelligence is needed while interpreting what we hear. Only then can we progress in our path.
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Blissful
Churu Kiran visited the doctor and told him, "My wife does funny things in her sleep like talking, walking and arguing!" The doctor said, "Don't worry Sir, there are appropriate medicines to cure these things." Churu exclaimed, "Oh no doctor! She is so interesting in that state, I want you to prescribe something for me to keep me awake!"
Patiently hear out a person before suggesting the solution. Else you will be wasting time in giving the wrong solutions!
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March 26
Sikar Shareef was with his two friends at a party. They made a wealthy trio and spent most of their time boasting about their wealth. Suddenly they spotted a diamond stone on the floor. One of them said, "Oh, its not mine." The second said, "It's not mine either." Sikar said, "It must be mine. I am missing a cufflink!"
It's good fun to be able to flaunt professionally, but only when it is done like a lotus in a pond - untouched by the waters although neck deep in it!
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March 27
Sagar Pillai went to the store to buy the latest and most sought after invisible hair nets for his wife. The girl at the store handed him a packet of them. He asked, "Are you sure these are invisible?" The girl replied, "Of course Sir! We've been selling them all day and we've been out of stock for the past one week."
Advertisements and media are dream-sellers to people, who buy these dreams and get fooled without even realizing it!
Blissful
Little Ananda got his examination answer paper in class. The teacher wanted to know if anybody had any doubts in the corrections. Little went up to the teacher with his paper and asked her, "Ma'am, what is this that you have written at the end of my paper?" She replied sternly, "I've written that you should write more clearly."
We need to remove the speck in our own eye before we see the speck in the other's. Once we start practicing this, we will all be engaged in correcting ourselves and the whole world will simply transform!
March 29
Nithya Kanthi took her little son to the eye doctor as he was complaining that he couldn't see well in class. The doctor examined him and gave him the prescription. It read, "Haircut!"
The exact solution to a problem can be perceived by very few. You are lucky if you go to them first before you go to anyone else!
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March 30
Blissful
Nitti Mudaliar went to a doctor for psychiatric treatment. The doctor asked him, "Do you ever hear just voices without anyone in the vicinity?" Nitti nodded. The doctor asked, "When does this happen?" Nitti replied, "When I answer the telephone."
In some situations, in order to get the right answer to a question, the question needs to be reviewed. Most often, the answer is reviewed!
Blissful
March 31
Boss Ananda instructed his new secretary, "My family keeps calling up and disturbing me at office. They will tell you that their call is very important. Just tell them that that's what they all say." His wife called one day and said, "I need to urgently talk to him, I am his wife." The secretary promptly replied, "That's what they all say."
It will not do if we blindly apply what we hear. We need to apply it with some intelligence to make it work for us.
Moti Ankur came to the theatre with two tickets. The man at the door looked up and asked, "Where is the other person?" Ankur replied rather embarrassed, "Well actually, I find it difficult to manage with one seat and so I bought two tickets. They are both for me." The man looked at the tickets and said, "OK Sir, but you're going to have a problem. The tickets are numbered fourteen and eighteen."
A task that is well planned but poorly executed will not bring the desired results. Execution is as important as planning.
Blissful
Nithya Twinkle and Ananda Twinkle were seen crossing the road. The former was leading the latter who had her eyes closed. One woman on the road asked Nithya if her sister was blind. She replied, "No! this is a routine for us. She keeps her eyes closed till we reach the movie theater and when we reach the theater, she opens her eyes in the dark and finds the seats for us!"
Man finds such arduous methods of training his mind and body to gel with the surroundings. All he needs to do is drop the idea that he needs to gel; he will automatically gel!
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Blissful
Latur Singh was a lion-tamer and his wife hated him coming back home late in the night. Latur was terrified of listening to her endless chiding. One night after working late at the circus, he was scared at the thought of going back home late. He got into the lions' cage and slept with them. The next day morning he woke up to find his wife standing outside the cage. She glared at him and snarled, "You coward!"
Human beings become more fearsome than wild animals when they lose their compassion for people. The danger is - they don't even realize it!
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April 5
Bhilai Mansoor demanded to his colleagues: "Who was it who called my wife a nasty old woman?" One of them came forward and challenged him, "It was I who said that. What do you want to do now?" Bhilai meekly replied, "I want to congratulate you. I've been holding that opinion for years and have not had the courage to tell her."
When Man needs courage only to believe in and merge with Existence, he searches for courage to sustain his very existence!
Blissful
Ananda Pappaiah was telling his friend, "You know, I had an uncomfortable train journey yesterday. I get sick in the stomach when I sit traveling backwards in the train." The friend asked, "Why didn't you exchange seats with the person sitting opposite you?" Pappaiah replied, "Well, there wasn't anyone sitting there to exchange."
Y our mind has become such a programmed device that you are unable to break free and think laterally. Drop vour mind and allow a little awareness to step in; the solutions will stand out!
Blissful
A hurricane was shaking the vicinity and Nithya Pathni and Ananda Pathi were fast asleep. Nithya woke up Ananda, "Dear, seems like our house is going to be blown away; you don't seem to be bothered." Ananda mumbled, "Go back to sleep. In any case, we are only renting it."
Worries are of different types and of different degrees. We laugh at each other's worries while the Cosmos laughs at our idea of worrying itself! After all, worry is nothing but a direction for our mind to dwell.
Churu Kiran and Chanda Basu lived together. One day, they found a cover stuck to their door which contained free passes for a movie in town. They tried guessing who might have sent the passes but couldn't. However, they went for the movie and returned, to find their house robbed of all the valuables. There was also a paper stuck at the door that read: "Now you know who!"
Anything including a crime needs to be well planned to get well executed. Of course, a crime is a crime at the end of the day; it gets no laurels for it.
Blissful
April 8
Nithya Madhu was saying bye to her weeping daughter at the latter's wedding. She told her not to cry. The daughter asked her, "Ma, why should I stop crying? After all, I am going out all alone with a man I hardly know." Madhu asked her, "Didn't I do it with your father?" The daughter shot back, "You did it with Papa, not with any stranger!"
Sometimes, we fail to see others' problems because we take them for granted. Never take anyone for granted.
Blissful
Ananda Pathi and Nithya Pathni were fast asleep when the door bell rang. Contrary to routine, Ananda Pathi woke up and answered it. He came back laughing loudly into the room. His wife asked him what the matter was. He explained, "I wore your night suit to save time and went to open the door. I got the milk from the milkman and also a kiss with it! His wife must be having a night suit just like yours!"
Sometimes, we completely miss the truth in what is being presented to us; like how people catch the priest but miss God!
Nithya Manu was tried in court for a crime. He gave one look at the jury and declared, "Sir, I admit I am guilty." The judge exclaimed, "But the case hasn't even started!" Manu replied, "Well, I am in front of an all-woman jury. I can't even win my wife, where am I going to win 12 women!"
Getting defeated is alright. A defeatist attitude is what is not alright.
Blissful
Barsi Rajan was treating a chronic gambler. After a year of treatment he was convinced that the man had dropped the habit. He told him, "I think you have dropped the habit. We will stop the treatment here." The man replied, "Good news doctor. Shall we go out for a treat?" Barsi asked jovially, "Are you going to treat me or should I treat you?" Pat came the reply, "Get a deck of cards and we will cut for it!"
To try to change man's chronic habits, his mental setup needs to be changed. Meditation is the key to this.
Blissful
Ananda's friend got married and he presented him with a puppy dog as a gift for the wedding. Two months later, Ananda visited the friend and asked him how different life was after two months of marriage. The friend replied, "Just a small difference - when I got married, the pup used to bark and my wife used to fetch the newspaper, but now my wife barks and the pup fetches the newspaper!"
The barking starts when you realise that reality is different from the images collected and kept inside yourself. Drop your images and watch how beautiful the whole world becomes!
Three men came together to start a business. They decided to include God as a partner. They fixed a small percentage of the expected profit as God's share. The business grew and yielded unexpectedly high profit. God's share suddenly seemed too high to be given away. One of them suggested that they would place a small vessel and throw up all the money. Whatever fell inside the vessel would be God's and the rest would be their's. The second man suggested that they place a big vessel and throw up all the coins and whatever fell inside would be their's and the rest God's. The third one finally said. "No, lets do it this way. Anyway God is sitting above us. We will throw up all the money. Whatever he wishes to take let him take; whatever falls down is ours!"
Our attitude towards God or the Cosmos needs to be one of gratitude and nothing else and most definitely not a business deal!
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Blissful
Sikar Shareef wanted to get rid of his wife. His wife had a cat and he thought he would get rid of both. Thinking that he would start with the cat, he caught the cat, took it ten miles away, dropped it in an unfamiliar place and came back. When he reached his house, the cat was standing there waiting for him. The next day he took the cat to the other side of the town, 20 miles away. He dropped it, and within one hour he saw the cat standing in front of the house. The third day, he took the cat, put it in a gunny bag, tied it, drove for a couple of hours going all directions and reached a forest-like place. He dropped the gunny bag and started driving back. A couple of hours later, he rang up his wife, "Dear, is the cat in the house?" She replied, "The cat is here. Where are you?" The man said, "Can you please somehow find out the way back from him? I have lost my way."
Man is the only animal who has lost the connection with nature, with Existence altogether.
Blissful
Nithya Manu sat down for meditation. He barely closed his eyes when the maid walked in with noisy anklets. He screamed at her for the disturbance. The next day, he sat down for meditation again and the lady tip toed in with lesser noise this time. All the same, he opened his eyes and screamed at her. The third day, he sat down for meditation and waited to hear the anklets!
We have only our own inner state to be blamed for any disturbance felt. No outer noise can disturb us if our inner state is solid and peaceful.
Nitti Mudaliar was walking with his Master towards the city when they passed by a lake. A beautiful lady was standing near it and requested them to help her cross the river. The Master carried her across, left her there and returned. As they were nearing the city, Nitti could not contain himself and blurted out, "Master! How can you as a Master touch or carry a lady in that fashion?" The Master replied, "I left her there a long time back, why are you still carrying her!"
When we force moral conduct upon ourselves, we will only feel suppressed. It has to flower from within. Only then will it become our very nature.
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Worry Ananda was all alone in his apartment when his friend walked in. They started talking when his friend asked him, "Worry, you seem upset about something, what is the matter?" Worry replied, "I am just wondering what might replace automation."
Although we outwardly seem distressed at worries, in reality, worry is the food for our ego. That is why we nurture worries secretly!
Blissful
April 18
Bhilai used to sit every day in the beach from morning to evening watching the people in the beach. Another man who noticed this, went to him and asked what he was actually doing. Bhilai replied that he was searching for a woman to be his wife. The man was shocked at this reply and asked him why he had never searched in his youth. Bhilai replied that he has been searching from when he was 30 years old. The man was astonished and asked him what sort of a woman he was searching for and he replied, "I am searching for a perfect woman. I found one woman who matched what I had in mind but it didn't work out well with her." The man asked why, for which Bhilai replied, "Well, she was searching for a perfect man!"
We all collect images from media and watch 'reality' continuously hoping to find a match for these images some time. It would be a good idea to drop these images and welcome reality instead!
Nithya Manu wrote to his girlfriend: "I will bend the sky to make a bow and use the rivers as arrows using which I will pluck the moon and bring to you as a gift". The postscript at the end said, "I will meet you this Friday if it doesn't rain."
Most often, we all say things that we don't really mean. This is where the problem starts in practical life.
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