A Voice From The Inner Self
My mother used to share a story when I was small. It is from Bhagwadgita. Now, the beauty of these books is, in one story they have thousands of stories to learn from. So once all the members of Swarg (Heaven) were discussing that human beings have a big ego and humans are designed to see lesser side of something. …
We all know this. We sit and talk and what do we talk about mostly? About someone? We laugh about someone, we express our feelings which are generally not so positive about someone and we feel happy. Went to meet a friend and she talked about another one from our class, then we went down for a coffee and again …
One gentleman who was always standing strong against every time was crying. He was 50 years old and felt he was tired. he was tired as his son was not healthy. he was tired as e had to pay some money to his friends. His business had gone up and had come down which had left him in debts. His …
Two sisters grew up together and got everything same. They had a happy life. However, the way they viewed the world, it was very different. For one, if people are doing something bad, they are bad people. For another one, if someone is doing something, there must be a reason. One viewed this world as a bad place and one …
I am not enough is something I have heard from many people. When we were small, we were told how good or bad we were in comparison to someone else. We were also told to behave or else some Aunty would think bad of us. In trying to make us civilized they trained us to see from other’s eyes. In …
Met an iron lady. Why iron? Because she was made up of steel. We all receive share of life in various forms at various times. But for some the challenges are bigger and they are always there. One challenge would end and another would be knocking at her door. So many times she would want to break and sit on …
I grew up in a huge joint family. Almost everyone talked about everyone. We were told to take every step with caution or else it would be talked about. It was such an imprisoned life. All the time you are worried what others would think of you or would talk about you. An imprisoned person would always be tormented and …
Few years back I was sitting next to sea and I tasted one drop of it. Then one more and like that few more. Every drop tasted same. So the whole ocean is same. If I need to know ocean, I do not need to know whole ocean, I can know only few drops and then I would know whole …
One guy wanted to get married to a girl he loved but he wanted his parents to approve of it. They did not and after waiting for 10 years, he agreed to get married as per their choice. His relationship with his new wife was not a good one and he always blamed his parents for finding such a girl …
One lady who was always in rivalry with her sister in law tried putting her down. She accused her falsely for many things and one day the younger one took divorce after three years of marriage. The gentleman got married again and this time the new one was not a simple one. She was one step ahead of her elder …
A lady told her son always that be a good boy. One day when he was able to stand and understand, mother what is a good boy, she told him that one who is always honest. And why do we need to be honest? Because it makes you strong, it gives you courage and this is the way. She further …
Our mind creates our life. We have been told this secret. A happy mind creates happy life. A conflicted mind creates conflicted life. I have been reiterating this over and over again. Our mind creates life. But often what happens is our life starts creating our mind and life gets out of control. One small incidence and our whole day …