Bhagavad-Gita - Part 1

(To be sung like Jingle Bells…)

Driving through the heart
Four horses pulling cart
Over the field ego
Laughing all the way
Rid us all suffering
They make our spirits bright
What fun it is to laugh and sing, Making life so light

Oh, sing along sing along
Krishna’s divine song
Oh, what fun it is to learn Gita from Krishna
Oh, sing along sing along
Krishna’s divine song
Oh, what fun it is to learn Gita from Krishna

Serving all with love
Mind thinking always right
Daily I meditate
With Krishna by my side
Seeing Him in all
Misfortune never at all
I surely reach Him, dance with Him forever in my heart… (Oh, sing along sing along)

I am what I think
It changes by the mood
Sattva Rajas Tamas
I can make it right
Praying everyday
Chanting Krishna’s name
I surely reach Him, dance with Him forever in my heart…(Oh, sing along sing along)
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“One can become whatever one wants to be if one constantly contemplates on the object of desire with faith.” – Bhagavad-Gita
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One day, a cat dies of natural causes and goes to heaven, where he meets the Lord Himself. The Lord says to the cat, "You lived a good life, and if there is any way I can make your stay in heaven more comfortable, please let me know."

The cat thinks for a moment and says, "Lord, all my life I have lived with a poor family and had to sleep on a hard wooden floor." The Lord stops the cat and says, "Say no more," and a wonderful, fluffy pillow appears.

A few days later, six mice are killed in a tragic farming accident, and all of them go to heaven. Again, the Lord is there to greet them with the same offer.

The mice answer, "All our lives we have been chased. We have had to run from cats, dogs, and even women with brooms. Running, running, running; we're tired of running.  Do you think we could have roller skates so that we don't have to run anymore?"

The Lord says, "Say no more" and fits each mouse with beautiful new roller skates.

Week later, the Lord stops by to see the cat and finds him snoozing on the pillow. The Lord gently wakes the cat and asks him, "How are things since you got here?"

The cat stretches and yawns, then replies, "It is wonderful here. Better than I could have ever expected. And those 'Meals On Wheels' you've been sending by are the best!"
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Needle Over Scissors

A king wanted to honor a Sufi saint with fervor
Invited him to his court with respect and honor
He offered gift of golden scissors, in his praise
Saint respectfully denied the gift with dignified poise
He asked for a simple steel needle instead
When given, he took it with joy, bowing his head
Curious king, asked him the reason for his choice
‘I made a choice between that, which separates
And that which surely connects and unites.
O King! In life, choose your friends likewise’
Long sermons  are not the ways of the wise
When simple acts and words of wisdom will suffice
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Happiness is sure when you don’t take pride to your head and failure to your heart!
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Two drunken friends were driving home. The first started screaming: - Jim, watch out for the wall, watch out for the waaaaall! Baaaaam! They hit the wall. The next day in the hospital the first man asked his friend: - You good for nothing, I've been screaming for you to watch out, why didn't you? Jim answered him: - IT WAS YOU DRIVING!!!
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Nature's Culture

Nature’s nature is to symbolize God’s divine culture
     So learned the seers who abided in its motherly nurture
Fire that grows upward is symbol of divine energy
     Leaned seers daily invoked it to create social synergy
Water that flows down is symbol of holy amenability
     Visionaries of culture offered it for peace and serenity
Earth that is firm is symbol of firmness and solidity
     Great seers worshiped it for graceful life of stability
Air that forever in motion is symbol of constant activity
     Deep thinkers summoned it for vigilance and creativity
Space spreads and houses all is symbol of divine vision
     Creation of vast abodes of God is for life of holy revelation
Know that nature is above, around, beyond and within us
     Treasure it, cherish it, and protect it, conforming to its laws
What it offers is far beyond anyone’s comprehension
     Live with humility, we are only guests in Lord’s sacred mansion
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Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
- Khalil Gibran
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There were two guys working for the city. One would dig a hole -- he would dig, dig, dig.

The other would come behind him and fill the hole -- fill, fill, fill. These two men worked furiously; one digging a hole, the other filling it up again.

A man was watching from the sidewalk and couldn't believe how hard these men were working, but couldn't understand what they were doing. Finally he had to ask them.

He said to the hole digger, "I appreciate how hard you work, but what are you doing? You dig a hole and your partner comes behind you and fills it up again!"

The hole digger replied, "Oh yeah, must look funny, but the guy who plants the trees is sick today."
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Egonomics

Ego dies when
    pain is accepted like pleasure
    failure is welcomed like success
    rejection is received like reception
    losing is acknowledged like gaining
When there is no more
    appeasing of the mind, it is lost
    arguments with ego, it is silent
    fighting with self,  you are your Self!
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When you realize yourself as less than a point in space and time, something too small to be cut and too short-lived to be killed, then and then only, all fear goes. When you are smaller than the point of the needle, then the needle cannot pierce you – you pierce the needle! – Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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An absentminded professor and two of his colleagues were driving down the highway at a very slow speed. A policeman pulled them over and explained that driving so slowly on the highway could be hazardous. The driver pointed out the sign that read "20." He explained that he was going 20 mph because of the sign. The policeman pointed out that the sign indicated they were driving on Highway 20.

Somewhat embarrassed the professor apologized and promised to be more observant.

As the policeman turn to walk back to his car, he noticed the other two professors in the back looking scared to death! He asked the driver, "What's wrong with them?"

The driver replied, "We just turned off Highway 105."

Eyes of the Wise

Before bidding final goodbye to Master

      asked the student, ‘how to make life better?’

Placing four glasses filled with water

     ‘Watch it now, and learn’ said the Master

Dropped a small stone into the first one

      it sunk in the water all the way down

A cotton ball he dropped in to second

      it sucked the water within a second

A portion of mud mixed in the third

      changed the water into slushy dirt

Spoonful of sugar into the last

      made water sweet, and vanished fast

‘Not like the first’, said the student

      ‘living dead, useless, not prudent

Like the cotton, just taking from all

      is not the life, you taught me after all

Living in sin, and polluting the world

      is the way of one arrogant and proud

Let me live a life that brings sweetness

      working hard, keeping God as witness’

Smiled the Master, ‘You know the way of the wise.

       ‘Seeing the world not just with the eyes!’

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“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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One day a man is walking down the street when he sees an old man with a nice looking dog, he goes over to the man and asks: 'does your dog bite?'

The old man replies 'No never'. When the man bends down to stroke the dog, it immediately takes a snap at his hand. The man yells, 'I thought you said your dog does not bite!’

 'I did' replies the old man, ‘but this isn't my dog!'

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Eat to Live!

Favorable food to your body is the medicine for health
Fitness comes to those who take food like medicine
Only eat when hungry, not when dishes are delicious
Obesity is caused by blowing-off the digestive fire
Over-eating is primary cause of imbalance of wind, bile and phlegm
Optimum food is decided by the mind not the tongue
Digest the food eaten, before going for the next meal
Delightful eating decreases the reasons for disease!
(Inspired by the couplets on ‘medicine’ in Thirukkural by Thiruvalluvar  (2nd Century BC))
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Beware the hobby that eats. - Benjamin Franklin 
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“Doctor, you told me I have a month to live and then you sent me a bill for $1,000! I can’t pay that before the end of the month!”

“Okay, then you have six months to live.”
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Be Rich with No Wealth!

Though lack of wealth, rich are those –
Hands that help knowing when and how
Heads bow to the wise to serve and know
Mouths that speak nothing but the truth
Broad shoulders with valor and strength
Hearts that remains still in rapture
Ears that engage to listen to scripture -
Nature of great men, all should covet
Sings Barthrihari, the royal poet
(inspiration from Neeti Shatakam – 65 )
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Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness. - Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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A man moved to a mountain top to get rid of the hustle and be alone. One day he heard a knock at the door and no one was there but then he looked down and there sat a snail and it said "it is quite cold out here can I come in?" the man shouted "NO why don’t you all understand I want to be alone!" and he kicked the snail down the mountain. One year later there was a knock at the door and no one was there and then he looked down and there again sat a snail and it said, "What did you do that for?"
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