Two Thoughts / Tales for Today

Here are two thoughts or tales to keep in mind as you move through your day…

Smiles per Hour

Speed is calculated as “Miles per hour”;

but life is calculated as “Smiles per hour”.

So live in such a way as to increase your smiles,

and get extra mileage in life.

Comment: Indeed the yogis speak of how the attainment of sukha (happiness) and a’nandam (bliss) are the key aims in life, not anything else. With that one achieves everything. Whereas all other so-called attainments (wealth, status, power etc) are mere side-shows in the hope of becoming happy and being ensconced in bliss. We should always be true to ourselves and follow our most innate desire: Achieving happiness and experiencing bliss.

What Have You Gained

Someone once asked Buddha, “What have you gained from your years of meditation and mental training?”

Buddha answered, “Nothing at all. However, I will tell you what I have lost through my years of meditation and mental training: Anger, depression, insecurity, burden of old age, and fear of death.”

Comment: Through meditation and focusing the mind on a high ideal, then naturally those less desirable qualities (fear, shyness, greed, anger etc) fall by the wayside. The goal is never to overcome fear or anger, yet by meditating on a sublime ideal then those degrading attributes automatically loosen their grip on the mind until they are gone from your personae entirely.