A beautiful example to drive home the lesson of equanimity

"When a well is dug, the earth that is removed from the pit forms a mound by the side. The mud in the mound is the same mud that was in the pit. Praise and calumny are like the mound and the pit, and are essentially of the same origin. Realizing this, the mind should be trained to develop equanimity in terms of man's relationship with and existence in society."

-- Bhagawan Baba (Summer Showers, 1979, pg 157)

Know where you are headed in life

Got this message y'day in my mail. Quite a thought-provoking one! And it did reiterate my thoughts too!

 

On this day of your life, Aarthi, I believe God wants you to know...

...that if a man does not know what port he is steering

for, no wind is favorable to him.

Seneca said that, and it is true. You have to know

where you are going in order to get there. This may

seem simplistic, but many people have no idea where

they are going in life--much less where they are

headed on the Journey of the Soul.

Yet these are things that have to be decided, not

discovered. Too many people are waiting to discover

what they should decide; to chance upon what they

should be choosing. Are you one of them?