Three Disciples and a Great Master

When I was talking to someone today, I realized for a while they were not paying attention to my words. Of course, even I might have done the same thing sometimes. This reminded me of a story which I read sometime ago in one of the blogs I follow, about three disciples and a great master.

This is story of a great Master who was testing his disciples for imparting the required knowledge. So, he brought three skulls and asked his disciples which one of the skull belonged to a great saint. 

The first disciple looked at the skulls, took them in hand and then he pointed at the one which weighed the most. 

The second disciple came and showed the one which was shining as that of the saint. 

The third disciple took a long thin grass stem and put in one ear of a skull and it came out of the other ear. 

He interpreted that the skull belongs to an ordinary man, because whatever he heard through one ear, he let it out through other ear.

We see in our daily life many people that do not respond and we keep saying to them, "did you listen to one ear and let it out through the other ear?" 

Now, on to the second skull, he put the same thin grass through the ear it came out through the mouth of the skull. 

For this he explained that whatever the person heard through the ear he could not hold it for himself and had comfort only after telling someone. I am sure we commonly do this; I wonder if this is how the word ‘gossip’ came into existence! 

Back to the story, the same way, he put the thin grass into the ear of the third skull, this time the stem passed through one ear and went down the neck. 

The disciple was quick to explain that this skull belongs to the saint because whatever he heard took everything into his heart and understood well. 

Now we know what it takes to become a saint. Looking at the understanding and great explanation of this disciple, the master bestowed his wishes on the disciple and suggested him that he should carry on his journey in the real world. We hear so many things everyday from so many sources. Honestly, how many times have we paid attention while hearing to somebody? Don't we choose to spread the words before understanding? I wonder how our skulls would shape up! Honestly, I am the one among them who follows very few in my life and this is the one. Keep sharing.

Urs,

Unnecessary But Fascinating Facts

We learn something useful everyday and think we gained some knowledge. I came across some interesting facts, which may not be useful but are fun to know. Here are some unnecessary but fascinating facts collected from internet which are cool to read at leisure.

• The largest number of children born to one woman, who was a Russian peasant is 69.
• “Bookkeeper” is the only word in the English language that has 3 letters that consecutively repeat.
• The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
• Turtles can actually breathe through their butts.
• 315 entries in Webster’s 1996 dictionary were misspelled.
• A kangaroo can only jump if its tail is touching the ground.
• A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off - it dies from starvation
• A giraffe can run faster than a horse, and can live without water longer than a camel.
• Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite
• Polar bears are left-handed.
There are more Chickens than Human in the World.
• Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.
• February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
• If you keep a Goldfish in a darkroom it will eventually turn White.
• Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.
• The brain continues sending electrical wave signals for 37 hours after death.
• The loudest creature on the planet is the blue whale. Its record is 188 decibels!
• Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.

These Facts might not important, Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.

Urs,

Pain and Blessings

I happened to read this from one of the blog, I cannot help sharing this in my blog:

Arthur Ashe, the legendary Wimbledon player was dying of AIDS which he got due to infected blood he received during a heart surgery in 1983. From all over the world, he received letters from his fans, one of which conveyed:
"Why does GOD have to select you for such a bad disease"?
To this Arthur Ashe replied:
"The world over -- 50 million children start playing tennis, 5 million learn to play tennis, 500,000 learn professional tennis, 50,000 come to the circuit, 5000 reach the grand slam, 50 reach Wimbledon, 4 to the semi final, 2 to the finals, when I was holding the cup I never asked GOD 'Why me?'. And today in pain I should not be asking GOD 'Why me?'

We count our pains, but not our blessings.
We never remind ourselves the best we have, but always crib about the ones we could not get. Somehow we cannot show gratitude of what we have, we are always in the look out of something better.

Urs,

Lesson In Life

A wise man once sat in the audience and cracked a joke.. all of them laughed like crazy..

After a moment he cracked the same joke again & a little less people laughed this time...

He cracked the same one again & no one laughed !!!

Then he smiled and said ''when you can't laugh on the same joke again & again then why do you keep crying over the same thing over & over again''

FORGET the past and MOVE ON .........

Urs,