hapiness is just acceptance of presence...

Osho Says: "It is said that a French prince visited a jail. In honor of the royal guest, the prison warden offered to release any prisoner the prince might designate. T

o pick out that prisoner, the prince began interviewing each of the men privately, asking, "Why are you here?" "I'm innocent, my lord!" cried one. "I've been framed!" pleaded another. Perjury, prejudice, injustice and oppression were reasons given by the convicts for their being in prison.

Only one man told a different story. "Your highness," he replied, "I deserve to be here and I have no complaint. In my time I have been a wicked, desperate murderer. It is a great mercy, both to society and to myself, that I am here."

"You wicked wretch!" the prince replied. "What a pity you should be confined among so many honest citizens. You admit yourself that you are evil enough to corrupt them all. I can't allow you to remain in their company another day. Guard! This is the man I wish released!"

Once you accept the reality, you are relieved, released; the prison exists no more. So don't try to be humble! Just know that ego arises. What can you do? You are not creating it. It is just like when a wave moves: in the wake another wave follows it upside-down -- that is the wake. It is natural.

When there arises a big mountain, a valley follows it. The valley is nothing but the mountain upside-down. It is part of it. When you move, in the wake your shadow, your valley, follows. You simply accept it!

Mountains are not crying tears that 'why do valleys exist?' And neither are waves worried. The very idea that you have to get rid of the ego is wrong. Drop that very idea! When ego arises, simply note the fact that the shadow is falling -- and remember not to get identified with it; remember that you are separate. This is enough.

And the true humbleness is born out of this realization. It is not an effort against the ego that brings humbleness. If you fight the ego, it can bring you a certain type of humbleness -- but then there will be another ego arising and that will be the ego of the humble person.

The pious ego: "I am the most humble person in the world. Nobody is humble in comparison to me. I am at the top." Again the ego has arisen. Ego will always arise whatsoever you do.

Doing brings ego. Ego is the shadow of action. And there is only one thing that is not doing and that is awareness, watchfulness. The only thing that is not part of the world of action is pure awareness.

No shadow is created by pure awareness. It is so pure that light can pass through it -- it is transparent and no shadow is created. Shadow is created by solid things. The more solid a thing is, the more shadow it creates. Your body creates a shadow; your mind also creates a shadow -- the ego is the shadow of the mind.

If you become more aware, if you simply watch the mind, its functioning, its mechanism, then you are moving beyond the mind. You become just pure awareness, transparent. Then there is no shadow. So just laugh at it. And if it tries to seduce you, have a good laugh! at your own absurdities. But don't become a warrior and don't start fighting with it."

gOOD bAD

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sUGAR cAN kILL sOMEONE - dIABATIC

vENOM cAN sAVE lIFE - vACCINE

sUGAR cAN sAVE  lIFE wHEN  sOMEONE iS dYING dUE tO sTARVATION

vENON cAN kILL sOMEONE wHEN iNJECTED bY kOBRA

sTOP jUDGING, sTOP  pREJUDICING

sUGAR hELPED yOU oVER tHE lIFE, aLL sUDDEN yOU fOUND dIBATIC aND sUGAR bECOMES eNVY.  wHOLE lIFE wE hATE sNAKES, bUT sNAKE cAN gIVE uS lIFE sAVING vACCINES. gOOD bAD aRE oUR iLLISIONS wE cREATED sINCE cHILDHOOD. oUR dEFINITION oF gOOD bAD dEPENDS hOW wE aRE nUTURED bY fAMILY aND sURROUNDINGS. tHAT aLL oUR hABITS, nOTHING nEW.

lIFE iS iNFINITY, aLWAYS fRESH, aLWAYS nEW. gET rEADY TO tRY nEW tHINGS eVERY mOMENT, aT mAX yOU wILL dIE. bUT lIFE iS bEYOND aLL 

"UBUNTU: I Am Because We Are.

An anthropologist proposed a game to children in an African tribe. He put a basket full of fruit near a tree and told the children that whoever got there first won the sweet fruits. When he told them to run, they all took each others hands and ran together, then sat together enjoying their treats.

When he asked them why they had run like that when one could have had all the fruits for himself, they said, 'UBUNTU, how can one of us be happy if all the other ones are sad?' ('UBUNTU' in the african culture means: We Are Defined By Our Compassion And Kindness Towards Others,I Am Because We Are.)

Being simple....

“Drink water from the spring where horses drink. The horse will never drink bad water. Lay your bed where the cat sleeps. Eat the fruit that has been touched by a worm. Boldly pick the mushroom on which the insects sit. Plant the tree where the mole digs. Build your house where the snake sits to warm itself. Dig your fountain where the birds hide from the heat. Go to sleep and wake up at the same time with the birds – you will reap all of the days' golden grains. Eat more green – you will have strong legs and a resistant heart, like the beings of the forest. Swim often and you will feel on earth like the fish in the water. Look at the sky as often as possible and your thoughts will become light and clear. Be quiet a lot, speak little – and silence will come in your heart, and your spirit will be calm and full of peace.”

Saint Seraphim of Sarov

Nature is talking to you, are you listening?