I am That

 Boredom !! A common word in our day to day life. All are bored. Stay at home moms are bored, working professionals  are bored, students are bored and even kids under 5 are bored, utterly bored. Reason to be bored- same cleaning, same job, same books, same games , same programmes on tv and there is nothing new. Note the point - 'Nothing New'!! For something new to happen , someone has to create it. Only when we stop being 'creative', there is boredom. When we don't enjoy what we are doing 'We are bored'. We are caught in a pattern. Our pattern is fixed. This could be applied to any activity, person or things in our day to day life. As Osho puts it - "You come to the house, you look at your wife in a particular pattern that has become fixed. You may not observe – you are not observing many things. The wife may be happy but you have become fixed with an idea: ”My wife and happy? – it is impossible!” She may be happy but you cannot see. You have a pat...

A special post for the valentine season. This story has been taken from Paulo Coelho 's blog . An awesome eyeopener !! Here it goes.. A master asked his disciples:‘Why do we shout in anger? Why do people shout at each other when they are upset? The disciples thought for a while, and one of them said‘Because we lose our calm, we shout for that.’ ‘But, why to shout when the other person is just next to you? ‘Isn’t it possible to speak to him or her with a soft voice? Why do you shout at a person when you’re angry?’ The disciples gave him some other answers but none satisfied the master. Finally he explained: ‘ When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to hear each other through that great distance.’Then the master asked:‘What happens when two people fall in love? They don’t shout at each other but talk softly, why? Becau...