Let The Life Flow

Why spend time on meditation? Thanks to Praveen. This is the question he had put to me last year after I came back from a 20 days course of   Vipassana . I had not answered because I myself had not reflected. However last week the question came back to me and I myself was ruminating over it. By law of nature I came across an old issue of ‘Aha Zindegi’ where I read the following story. A person say Dinu skilled in woodcutting went to a wood trader and asked for job. He got the job and was happy with his employer and his salary. So he made up his mind to do the work diligently and sincerely. The Employer gave him the axe and showed the place of work. On the first day of his work he did cut 18 logs. The employer praised him. Inspired by the appreciation Dinu worked very hard the next day, but he could cut 15 logs. Next day he worked even harder but could manage to cut only 10 logs. And this process continued on the fourth day when he could bring only 8 logs. He was c...

8th Jan 2010 Manish had asked me about the name of my house. I had no name for it. My house number is J3. After coming to the colony when I looked around I found many a house in my neighbourhood have names. I started thinking how significant the name of a house is. When I started thinking in this line I actually looked the house beyond the brick and cement building. I suddenly felt as if I am meeting the house for the first time. I started looking at the personality of the house. Looking around I realised that it is the only house in the neighbourhood with Pink exterior. In fact I am the only owner who has retained the original pink colour. After taking possession from the builder, rest house owners have gone for other colours. Looking around I felt good to see this Pink House of mine. Won’t it be good to call the house Pink House? In fact that is the visible distinctive character which will be noticed by a person who is approaching it for the first time. Don’t we notice people from ...