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Silence

Silence , belongs to all of us — it is who we are; it is what we are. If we are going to bring true healing to our world, we are going to have to learn to live within this essence... silence. I am not saying silence as the absence of the daily noise around you, i mean the pure silence within you,silence which is with you, the core of your being.In Silence, we open to life and life opens to us, life reaches towards us and touches us in the centre of our heart. The Silence beyond words, the Silence of mystery, the Silence of the soul, of the heart,Silence which knows the present moment.Knowing such Silence is knowing ourselves. This Silence is the real teacher,Knowing your Self is freedom. Silence is within our breath. It is there like music between our thoughts. It is the light within our eyes.It is in the rhythm of waves, in the innocence of children, it is within the kindness of one person to another. If we touch life through Silence, life touches us back, intimately, sensually. Throu...

Chanakya's quotes - relevent even today!!

If Chanakya lived today, people will just deride him as pessimistic, crooked, wily, etc. A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and Honest people are victimized first. --applies even outside politics. Look at road accidents, majority of the people killed were just following the law when some duffer drove either drunk or rashly or both. Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous. Never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you. There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no Friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth. --What will proponents of the "unsinkable ship" say?? There's a reason why USA is best friends with Pakistan ;-) and why Thirumavalavan is friends with Ramadas? As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it. Once you start a working on something,don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest. The fragran...