Saturday, February 24, 2007
Thoughts
Thoughts - when we identify with them and listen to them - make us who we are. So, when it comes to how we live our lives, we often have thoughts that tell us we are incapable of being responsible for how we live it. Alice Walker put it nicely: "The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."
Watch these thoughts and learn to create a distance from them so that they don't become the ruler of our lives.... This distance grows through meditation, which is simply going inside into the silence, where vast reserves of energy, creativity and aliveness reside.
©2007 Subhan Schenker
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Why "Spreading Democracy" Doesn't Work
Even if we were to give the Bush Administration the best of intentions in invading Iraq, it would still be a huge failure because the idea of "spreading democracy" is one that won't fly. Leave it to the Indian mystic Osho to give us a huge insight into why forcing freedom on these people doesn't work! Here's what he says:
“When slavery is by choice it is freedom, but if freedom is without choice it is slavery. Freedom and slavery are clearly demarcated entities. If we have chosen slavery of our own will it is freedom, but if freedom is imposed upon us it is slavery.”
Osho
Forcing anything on people virtually demands resistance!
“When slavery is by choice it is freedom, but if freedom is without choice it is slavery. Freedom and slavery are clearly demarcated entities. If we have chosen slavery of our own will it is freedom, but if freedom is imposed upon us it is slavery.”
Osho
Forcing anything on people virtually demands resistance!
©2007 Subhan Schenker
Monday, February 05, 2007
Doctors & Mechanics (A Joke) 2-5-07
A mechanic was removing a cylinder-head from the motor of a Harley motorcycle when he spotted a well-known cardiologist in his shop.
The cardiologist was there waiting for the service manager to come take a look at his bike when the mechanic shouted across the garage: “Hey Doc, want to take a look at this?”The cardiologist, a bit surprised, walked over to where the mechanic was working on the motorcycle. The mechanic straightened up, wiped his hands on a rag and asked, “So Doc, look at this engine. I open its heart, take the valves out, repair any damage, and then put them back in, and when I finish, it works just like new. So how come I make $39,675 a year (a pretty small salary) and you get the really big bucks ($1,695,759) when you and I are doing basically the same work?”The cardiologist paused, smiled and leaned over, then whispered to the mechanic: “Try doing it with the engine running.”
The cardiologist was there waiting for the service manager to come take a look at his bike when the mechanic shouted across the garage: “Hey Doc, want to take a look at this?”The cardiologist, a bit surprised, walked over to where the mechanic was working on the motorcycle. The mechanic straightened up, wiped his hands on a rag and asked, “So Doc, look at this engine. I open its heart, take the valves out, repair any damage, and then put them back in, and when I finish, it works just like new. So how come I make $39,675 a year (a pretty small salary) and you get the really big bucks ($1,695,759) when you and I are doing basically the same work?”The cardiologist paused, smiled and leaned over, then whispered to the mechanic: “Try doing it with the engine running.”
