A Great Recovery

There once lived a middle class man. He worked in a factory on the outskirts of his village. He got a fair pay, but the conditions in the factory were terrible. It was a damp, suffocating job to work in a factory. And on top of that, he had to stay in there for hours together. Because of the terribly managed factory, many workers would fall ill one day or the other. One such day occurred to this man. He fell ill. He thought he would feel better after a day, but it didn't occur so. The intensity of his illness just increased day by day. By the fourth he had had enough, he told his family to call the wise old sage who lived in the village. The sage visited his home in the evening, when he was asleep. He checked the patient, and then told the family some treatment. The next morning, the man woke up to the sound of laughter. He called over his son and asked him what the laughter was all about. His son replied that mother had brought a joke book, and was reading it. Every now and then she would come across a great joke and would laugh and seeing her laugh the others would also laugh. The rest of the day went quite jocund. Everyone was smiling as if they had been visited by a joker, and they talked with a positive conduct for the whole day. At one point in the day, the man's daughter accidentally knocked over a dish braking it into several pieces. The mother looked as if she was about to scold her daughter, but out of nowhere, started laughing. The day came to an end, and the next morning the man woke up feeling all better. He was surprised how fast he had recovered after the sage's treatment. Out of curiosity, he went to the sage and asked him what medicine he had given him to make him recover. The sage replied to his question, "I didn't give you any medicine."  
The man was surprised, "Then what did you give?"
"You might have noticed your previous day went quite differently."
"Well.... yes. It did go a bit different, everyone at my home was laughing and smiling, they seemed to be in quite a happy mood." the man replied, wondering how the sage must've known about his different day.
"Exactly. That was my treatment. I had told your family to be in a happy, jocund mood for the day. Their positive mood, encouraged your body to recover faster. If you had stayed in a negative mood because of your illness, your family would have too, which would have not made you recover at all."
The man was very thankful to the sage, not only had he cured him, but he had also demonstrated the power of positivity.
*walking home from M Prakash*

An A+

A teacher was once explaining a few things that were going to come in the upcoming unit test. Just as she was, she overheard a student say, "Why do we always have to work to get something? I wish we could get anything in this world without working." She went up to the student and told him that he wouldn't be happy if he achieved something without working hard for it. The student disagreed. The following unit test, the teacher spoke to that same student and told him to not give the test. The student was puzzled. "Why would a teacher ask him to not give a test?" he thought. He had to say yes, cause it would be wrong to say no to a teacher. The test was over by the end of the day and the result of it would be given the next week. On the day of the result, he had a glance at his report card.... and was surprised when he saw an A+ written in bold letters without even giving the test. He was happily surprised, but for some reason, his happiness was incomplete and tasted a bit sour. There was something in his mind that bothered him. He was deep in his thought when the teacher came and sat next to him. She said, "See how you feel? You're not really happy with what you got, right? You see, there's no substitute to hard work. The harder you work, the more happier you'll be when you achieve something. If you don't work at all, you might end up feeling like you are right now ~ like you don't deserve the grade and anyways, if there was a substitute to a hard work you probably would've been feeling happy right now." The teacher's words somehow made sense to him, and from that day onwards, he got an A+ in almost every test he gave, not by any substitute but by pure hard work.
*seminar*

The First Idol

The idol I saw in the sky that day,
A long wisp of white with not a tone of grey.
A seamlessly coloured rainbow made its way through the white,
Emphasizing its beauty, majesty and sight.
A long river of white in a land so blue,
Left but meandered thy grace through.
A pleasure it was to stand there and see,
A never-ending show hosted by thee.
The idol I meant when I saw it then,
Was a painting of the Lord, being painted once again.
*Walking towards my bus stop watching the scene*

Man couldn't find the answer to life after death, so he said live life to the fullest cause we might not have another one.

There is no harm in believing a blind faith that causes no harm. ~ God

An acquaintance might ask you, "Could you please run with me?"
A friend might ask you, "Could you please run so I can run with you?"
*exercise with Hritwik*

Life is a postulate, it can be described, compared but just not defined.
*M Prakash Math, Rohit*

He who prefers hunger over the loss of a living thing is a vegetarian.
He who prefers the loss of a living thing over hunger is a non-vegetarian.

Muting a class

A teacher was once teaching a class. She was a new teacher, and the students weren't really co-operating with her. The moment she would stop speaking, the students would start talking and make a commotion. Some of the students even shouted on purpose. The teacher tolerated the noise to some extent, but then the class just went out of control. The teacher tried to get the students to keep quiet, but to no avail. She yelled "Please keep quiet!" many times, but it went unnoticed. At last when she couldn't find a better way to get her students quiet, she said, "Sex!" just loud enough for the first bench to hear her, but surprisingly it seemed to have an effect on everyone. The whole class went dead-silent hearing the unexpected word. "Okay, so now that I have all your attention and silence let's continue from where we left off." And with that, she continued teaching the class without any disturbance.

How big is the Earth?

A Guru once asked his students, "How big is the Earth?"
The students thought for a while.
After sometime, one student said, "The Earth is about 6,000 km across."
"I asked how big the Earth is, not its diameter." said the Guru.
Another student jumped up and said its about 3,000 km across.
"I can say the same again, I asked how big the Earth is, not its diameter or radius or anything such."
Another student then said, "Its a bit bigger than Venus."
"How big is that?" the Guru reflected the student's question.
The Student couldn't say much. The Guru gave the students a day or two to think.
Two days later the students came back still with a blank mind. The Guru said he'd give the students a hint.
"If I gave you just a slice of a mango, would you be able to get an idea of how big the whole mango is?"
The student replied in a chorus, "Yes."
"Then do the same with the question."
The guru gave the students another three days to think.
Within those three days he got all sorts of answers, but none of them were correct.
Some said, that the Earth is as big as God's Palm, some said it was as big as it is, they said anything and everything they could think of. Finally on the fourth day the Guru decided to tell ~ rather show ~ them the answer. As the students were curiously waiting for the answer, the Guru started to tell them probably the most unexpected yet true answer.
"Children, look at the sky. Look how nicely you can see those scattered high altitude clouds against the blue background. Now, lie down on the ground and picture the sky upside down. Observe the curvature of the sky or should I say, the curvature of the Earth, notice how grand and massive it is.
The students did as they were told.
"Now tell me, how big is the Earth?"
One of the students said amused, "It's.... It's HUGE!"
Just the answer the Guru was expecting.

~ This can be observed beautifully on a day when their are cirrus clouds in the sky.

हर एक मनुष्य का ऐसा दिन होता है,
जब वह दिन इतना खुशीत होता है की वह हँसता नहीं रोता है,
उस दिन उसे ठीक से याद नहीं होगा,
क्योकि वह दिन उसका जम्नदिन होता है।

The Child's Question

Once while studying, a child asked his brother why he should study sincerely.
His brother replied, "You should study sincerely so that you do well in exams."
His brother's answer made no sense to the child, "Then why should I do well in exams?" he thought, but he didn't say much and went back to his studies.
At school he asked his teacher, "Why should I study sincerely?"
His teacher replied, "So that you get a good career."
The child wasn't satisfied with the answer he had got.
He he asked his father, "Why should I do well in exams?"
His Father replied, "So that you get a good career."
"The same old answer!" he thought. "Then why should I get a good career?" he asked in more curiosity.
"If you get a good career, you will get a good amount of money, then you'll be happy."
His father's answer confused him, he thought, "I like watching clouds ~ that makes me happy. Then why should I study, do well in exams, get a good career and then be happy? Its easier to watch clouds and be happy rather than do all that and then be happy." 
That following summer, he went to his small native village. There he saw a Guru teaching children.
He asked that Guru, "Why should I study sincerely?"
The Guru replied, "You should study sincerely to get more knowledge. Acquiring good knowledge will get you closer to removing the blindfold on your eyes, which has been tied to each and every one of us, which will enable you to see life more clearly and live it to the fullest."
The child may not have understood the true meaning behind the Guru's words, but he was surely satisfied with the answer he had received. The impact of the answer grew, just as his age did. 
*Don't Sprint the Marathon*

Thousands of lives are lost just because two men couldn't settle their argument. ~ That is war.

The boy's wish

A young boy was once granted a wish by a wise old sage. The boy said he wanted some more time to think and said he'll ask for a wish the next day. The following day he came to the same tree where the sage was the previous day and waited till the sage opened his eyes. The sage, without opening his eyes, told the boy to tell him his wish. The boy had one last thought on what he was going to wish for and he then said, "I'd like to be my best friend for a day. I'd like to see my own self with someone else's eyes. Sometimes you just can't see your own faults with your own eyes, and for that reason I'd like to see myself once through the eyes of my friend because he's the only one who's mostly always with me." The sage, expecting a less humble answer, was a bit surprised by the boy. He gave a the boy a magic mantra fulfilling the his request.

Simplicity is the key to even the hardest answer.

A hungry man can do his work faster.
*hungry while doing hw*

Entertainment is what we do to pass time, fun is what we do to enjoy.

The Family of Shadows

Welcome to the House of shadows. Here resides the well-known Family of Shadows. There's Father and Mother Suffering. Their three daughters Desire, Pleasure and Passion and their three troublesome sons Disease, Death and Deceit. As beautiful the three sisters may be, inside they are the true silent and unseen cause for human suffering. Desire leaves you craving for more, upsetting you if your desire is not fulfilled. After desire is through with you, from behind her come Pleasure, who discriminates between what you like and what you don't, leaving you in misery when you are not in a state of being pleased. From Passion you get on the bright side, love, but also hate is seen in her shadows. The three sons are quite a troublesome threesome. There's no escaping them, even if you make it past Deceit, it'll unfortunately be impossible to get passed Disease and Death.
*the prince who became a beggar*

A wise old sage once said, "One of the many unknown mistakes man has made, is count knowledge in marks and grades, then discriminate between those who get good marks and those who don't."

Immediate Response

The human mind is programmed in such a way that it just cannot lie to itself. When you're all alone, try asking yourself something. Say you ask yourself, 'Who is my best friend?' The first person that comes to your mind after you ask the question, (or sometimes even before you ask it) will be the answer ~ whether you like it or not. Deny the answer as much as you want, but deep inside the truth will silently haunt you unless and until you accept it. This ability of the brain can be quite useful, but it's up to you to decide where to use it. Another interesting thing about the mind is that if you're going to do something, you start hearing things in your head. Well, not literally but something in your mind might starts telling you that what you're about to do is right or wrong. You've been on the computer for over 3 hours, and something in your mind keeps telling you to get off. Your in the kitchen trying a new recipe for the first time, and after you add that flour in the mixture, you start getting a feeling that you were supposed to put some water in first. It's pretty great isn't it? Well that's because it's said ~ and believed ~ that this 'voice' you hear is the voice of God telling you the right thing to do. After all, God is the divine power within us. 

The punishment any sinner deserves the most is that of being arrested by guilt

True Happiness

A wise sage once asked a rich man, "Why should you work?"
The rich man replied, "To progress"
"Why do you want to progress?" asked the sage.
"To get more money."
"Why do you want money?"
"To live a happy life."
"So does that mean money can buy you happiness?" the sage asked.
"Well, yes, it does."
The sage gave an inward frown and left. Later he met a middle class man, he asked him too, " Why should you work?"
"To get money," replied the middle class man.
Expecting the more direct answer, the sage asked, "Why do you want money?"
"So that I can fulfill my basic needs and have a happy life."
"So does money buy you happiness?"
"Hmmm.... I guess it does."
The sage was disturbed with the man's last answer. He proceeded further. The sage later came across a poor mill worker. He asked him the same too, "Why should you work?"
The mill worker replied, "To get money."
"Why do you want money?"
"To fulfill my family's basic needs."
"That's it? You don't want money to be happy?"
"Money doesn't buy me happiness. Having people who love me and who I love does. And fulfilling their needs is my happiness."
The sage felt satisfied with the mill worker's answer. He replied, "You are indeed a noble fellow. Love is an eternal creation of god, and provides happiness like no other. May God bless you." He blessed the man and left.

Happy Rock

As stupid as it may sound, a rock is always happier than any given person at any given moment. It never dies, so it won't be afraid of death. It's certainly not afraid of spiders or any other fears. It never falls sick, so it won't have to worry about germs, or suffer due to illness. A rock doesn't have any needs or wants. So if any of them aren't fulfilled, they don't have to be deprived of it cause they don't even have any wants or needs. So if there's nothing that makes a rock sad or suffer, what could a rock possibly be other than happy?

Achieving something that was your idea, gives joy like no other.
*I luv blogging*

Even if you judge yourself by your present, others may judge you by your past.
*Rohit*

Mother Invention

Out of all the inventions man has made, one of them predominates all the rest. It is such a versatile invention, it just can't be compared to any of the others. It can be a unit through which you can judge how much one works. It has the ability to tell you how much an object is worth. It has even created a language, in which the customer can easily understand the seller. It has been a gift given to dear ones. It has even served as a token of gratitude towards the helpful, or as a helping hand towards the needy. It has been known by many many names, dollars in one land, rupees in another. As great as any invention may be, any invention always has a drawback or two. This mighty invention has become so powerful, its shortage of which may bring a wealthy man residing in a posh mansion to the poverty-stricken streets of the poorest of villages. It has earned so much prestige that it has been compared with the ever-eternal element of time and has even put a price tag on knowledge. It has been proven that people are the most possessive when it comes to this invention. It has caused so many problems and issues of national threat, giving corruption its bad name. It is the reason to social apartheid between the rich and the poor, and also the reason due to which one might see beggars on the road. Because of this invention, we have got superpowers in this world. It has caused exploitation of not only land, but also us people. This invention not only is a want, but now it is a need. What a mighty yet evil invention man has made. The mother of all inventions this invention is, the invention of money.

Man has converted three basic needs ~ food, clothes, shelter ~ into one ~ money.