Krishna on Knowledge

Humility, pridelessness, nonviolence, tolerance, simplicity, approaching a bona fide spiritual master, cleanliness, steadiness and self-control; renunciation of the objects of sense gratification, absence of false ego, the perception of the evil of birth, death, old age and disease; nonattachment to children, wife, home and the rest, and even-mindedness amid pleasant and unpleasant events; constant and unalloyed devotion to Me, resorting to solitary places, detachment from the general mass of people; accepting the importance of self-realization, and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth -- all these I thus declare to be knowledge, and what is contrary to these is ignorance. The Geeta 13:8-12

Karma - Project Management of Life

Karma is, for all purposes, project management of life - project being all things we need to do, management being how. If we applied best business practices to our personal lives and relationships, relationship retention scores will improve, ROI on emotional investments will be high and chances of being happy for longer brighten, so it makes sense to act best at home and when off work than not.

Take those MBA, PMP, Black-belt skills and lessons to heart and build love and relationships on them as love and home don't deserve or need less than business. Education refines so seek refinement.

Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid, but know that that means prudently, sensitively, kindly bold or mighty forces could also crush. And since it's all here and now, the cause and effect as real as squandered or earned promotions and profits, be cognizant, manage expectations, and give more - just enough is not enough.

You

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If you hold a mirror up to you, you will see the face of the person who will lead you to God or away from Him, and in that mirror, if you look hard, you will also see not just you, but also the people you have made happy, and those you’ve made sad.
That mirror is the holiest of holy books, because what it shows is the eternal truth about you.

Happiness

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Happiness is the pre-requisite to a healthy, mature, loving relationship with God.

The unhappy reach to God in want, not in love and celebration, making theirs a conditional, need based supplication teetering from hope to despair, often questioning and mostly dissatisfied.

To be happy is in our own hands – to a very large extent, if not entirely, and the basic simple, steps to happiness are:

1. Physical Fitness: healthy, fit body to afford and enjoy what we want most

2. Intellectual Refinement: open, trained mind equipped to adapt to and accept reality and change

3. Financial Independence: essential self respect and dignity tools that elevate life from survival to living it up

4. Emotional Satisfaction: secure bonds of faith where love is born and nurtured and adversities handled with equanimity.

So BE happy.

It is in your hands. It’s in your head. It’s in your grasp.

Work very hard at it, and when dealing with Emotional Satisfaction work gently, giving more than you expect to receive because it all comes back manifold, and if it doesn’t then it’s a wasted emotion with wrong person(s).

When you hit the peak of all 4 you will be real close to seeing God.

Diwali

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ॐ श्री गणेशाय नमः

ॐ ऐं ह्रीं क्लीं चामुण्डायै विच्चे
ॐ श्री महालछ्मयै च विदमहे विष्णु पत्न्यै च धीमहि तन्नो लछ्मी प्रचोदयात्
ॐ ह्रीं अष्टलछ्म्यै दारिद्र्य विनाशिनी सर्व सुख समृध्दिं देहि देहि ह्रीं
ॐ कुबेरः त्वम् धनाधीशः गृहे ते कमला स्थिता । माम् देवीम् प्रेषयासु त्वम् मद् गृहे ते नमो नमः
May Lakshmi give you wealth and happiness. May Krishna give you excellence and tact. May Ganesha give you wisdom and discretion. May Hanuman give you strength and faith. May Saraswati give you knowledge. May Shiva give you peace and stillness. May Ram give you humility and love.
And may you be able give it all back to make the world, your life and your home a better place.
Happy Diwali

What does it take to be happy

Loads of things, but it also takes being satisfied with what one has.

Today was a happy day for me.

Last night was -7, and by this morning the snow had piled deep around, and high on top of my car. There was no way to get out. I had to cancel my meetings, and was stuck in the house.

Its a temporary house. On the water with fantastic views of the bay and the mountains. And today it was also a house with no food, except for some almonds, raisins, Diet Coke and orange juice. The cheese that was there was mouldy, and the microwave would not work, so there was no scope of a quick cup of Earl Gray.

Since I was in Seattle over the weekend, and went straight to Vancouver from there I didn't have the time to go grocery shopping, so it was what it was.

The day went by fast, and beautifully. I ate drank what was there plus drank of the view and total silence broken by the sound of the waves and the rustle of the wind. Felt God like a tight hug, and found that I could be happy even when stranded in the snow, hungry.

Now if this were a routine it would be drudgery, but being stranded in life is only a part of life, so during those days being happy makes life enjoyable - because this day and bad days shall pass too - but how they're handled will have a lot to do with who I am and how I handle life. Ultimately it comes to making lemonade or crying over life's lemons.

Song of the day

Mauja Hi Mauja

(by the way that's not moza hi moza which means socks and socks)

Whatever ails will ail till it has to ail, so why waste here and now, this place, this time, this company, this view, this feel for what is not here (or is), so lift up your hands, jiggle your hips and spirits, kick the blues away and let there be Mauja Hi Mauja

Balle balle.. Mauja Hi Mauja, Sohniye, Hai, Mauja Hi Mauja

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