One day Chuang Tzu and a friend were walking by a pond. “Look at the fish swimming about,” said Chuang Tzu, “They are really enjoying themselves.” “You are not a fish,” replied the friend, “So you cannot truly know that they are enjoying themselves.” “You are not me,” said Chuang Tzu. “So how do you – Read More –
sages
August 6, 2013
HOW DO YOU KNOW?
July 31, 2013
NO ISOLATED ACTIONS
One day Nasrudin was walking along a deserted road. Night was falling as he spied a troop of horsemen coming toward him. His imagination began to work, and he feared that they might rob him, or impress him into the army. So strong had this fear become that he leaped over a wall and found – Read More –
July 27, 2013
UBUNTU
Ubuntu (South African Philosophy: “I Am Because We Are”) embodies the spirit of human kindness…of looking after one another. In the words of (the great) Nelson Mandela, “Ubuntu does not mean that people should not enrich themselves, the question therefore is: Are you going to do so in order to enable the community around you – Read More –
July 2, 2013
THE BLAME GAME
June 28, 2013
WHY ASK WHY?
Upon meeting a Zen master at a social event, a psychiatrist decided to ask him a question that had been on his mind. “Exactly how do you help people?” he asked. “I get them where they can’t ask any more questions,” the Master answered. -Zen story — I understand from my parents that I was – Read More –
June 22, 2013
SONGS OF MIRA
Living with that guy, how could you have not gone nuts; I bet he even lied, the coward. I know why God comes to this earth as a man, in hopes of redeeming that gender. God knows he owes us women — big time, for the way those brutes usually act. – Mira Mira – Read More –