Friday, August 02, 2019

Quotes to ponder upon - written by me

These are some of the quotes which I had written and posted on twitter and posted in twitter. Just posting it here. 

1. We are born to be happy. The experiences and the life tries to change us and make us feel different. But our inherent nature is to be happy.

2. 'I' is born and dying innumerable times. That I is for the thoughts at that time. And when the thought dies, that I dies. A new I is born.

3. The moment of dis-identification with anybody or any object is bliss. Those moments are few but worth.

4. Do not take life too seriously. It is all cooked up story in your mind. Be free be your true self.

5. Stop living your life through your thoughts. Take the reign of your life from your thoughts. Observe your thoughts. Thoughts will vanish

6. Use your mind. Let not mind use you.

7. Life changes in split of second. Do not be bogged off by the current situation or problem. It will change.

8. My body is so closely coupled with my mind. A bad/negative thought immediately affect the body. Trying not to be the mind.

9. A person's attitude and behaviour can be checked by seeing how he does a small task. Big task will be done similarly.

10. Try to derive happiness from small things. If you wait for bigger things, you will miss all these intermediate happiness.

11. Look behind the dense fog of thoughts which is becoming denser as you grow. You will be surprised to find the real you.

12. Why wait. Life is right here and now. Be in the present. Do not be a pendulum of past and future. Just be.


13. If you are doing a work, or just started a work, the premise to start should be positive. No point in doing halfheartedly.

14. Do not be attached to a particular outcome or the moment. You never know the next second the scenario is changed.

15. There is no beginning and no end. The consciousness was there and will always be there. The body and the mind are just means

16. If you become pure from heart, you will not be able to think bad or do bad to anyone even if the other one is bad to you.

17. Deep inside, you know very well whether you are right or wrong. You can lie to others but you cannot fool yourself.

18. Some people are not too happy during great times and not too sad during bad times. Neutral, Well in control. Sthirpragya.

19. Life energy is there within you and it wants to come out. It has huge power and potential. Do not stop. You will become Life

20. Time is a relative term. It is not absolute. Mind plays very well with the time. Beyond mind you will feel timelessness

21. Interpretation of a situation / problem gives you trouble more than the situation itself.

22. When you are at peace with yourself, things start happening. Surrender and be the part of the universe. Do not resist.

23. If you think life is an exam, then it is not over till it is over. Be in exam till last minute, attempt as much as you can.

24. There is no beginning and no end. All is in the mind. Dwell upon the question of "Who am I". Someday you will be left with just I

25. Cold call is like coffee which became cold. Initially you do not like it. But after calling so many people you get knack of it.

26. Your mind keeps running your fear again and again on the mind screen. Consciously you need to dis-identify with the mind

27. Is there anything to loose in life? When we got the life, we didn't have anything.

28. The problem arises when one has something in mind to compare with. If the situation is given and one accepts it fully, then no problem.

29. Question your assumptions. You take your assumptions to be hard truth which might not be true. Break your assumptions and find the new you.

30. You will certainly fail in the event in which you do not participate. Participate to increase your chances and who knows you can be winner.

31. Life is not fair. It will not be always. You cannot give this as an excuse. Do what you really want. There are many examples who have done it.

32. One should treat his thoughts box like a database. In a program we do call database when there is data required. The data doesn't flow always. Similarly thoughts should not be retrieved every time, only when required.

33. One can easily connect to genuine smile of another person. God's gift.

34. Evolution theory- Few generations from now human will be born with head completely down because of looking down while using smartphone

35. Sometimes in silence, I feel whether I am seeing or I am being seen

36. We are balloons filled with water floating in an endless ocean. The real self is water. Some realizes and some live as balloon.

37. If the mind is free from clutter, I am at peace. Mind is like a sheep grazing anywhere and everywhere. Just observe and be.

38. Things and activities are destined to be done. Why interrupt by putting so much of mind. Put your mind inwards. Doer is sufferer.

39. All is in the mind. You just need to observe your mind and correct your thoughts wherever it is going wrong. Be the observer.

40. If one is moving out of a place, he roams around and cover all good places. Why doesn’t he do good deeds before moving out of the body.

41. cd ./ Go to the root drive of your life. You will find the purpose of life.

42. What if we forget time and just live. Live freely without waiting for tomorrow and without having the guilt that yesterday has passed. Be.

43. Imagine you aren't there. In an instance you'll feel more like observer and will think if I am not then whose body is it. Are you the body?

44. Do we really need anything to be happy? Aren't we already happy? We add a desire which makes us unhappy till the desire is fulfilled. Happiness is the period after a desire is fulfilled and before another desire arises.

45. You have the capability of divine creation in your hands. You need to let divine take over you and get yourself out of the way.

46. Why do we always look for the end? Always trying to go to the end will one day take you to the end of the life making you realize that in the middle life was present. Stay right in the middle of the moment. Do not try to look for the end.

47. It is wise to take the first step and test the water to cross the river rather than just waiting at the bank and thinking that you will be able to cross the river. Not trying to cross the river will strengthen the fear and taking the first step may change everything.

48. Do not play against life / universe. Play along with life / Universe. Then suddenly you will realize things start working for you and you will be at peace. Life is there to support you. Best utilize the life.

49. Treat life as the last 15 minutes of an exam. You have to perform at your best in the limited time. And the exam is going to end.

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