Choice-less Actions….

“I don’t know how to act in the presently. If I act in one way, certain problems surface. if I stick to another route, other problems come up. If I stop doing both, there's a bigger problem. I'm confused!”

“Dear! Sit in a corner and ponder over for a while with a sincere question pointed at you.. 

'Why am I here in this situation at this point of time?'

If you do thus, it'll be sure evident to you in short time that you are in this situation today, because you constantly deviated from 

‘Right Actions’

Over a long period and it is high time you stop deviating thus and start living in the right way….

And that right way forever is…. Constantly remembering the 'Original Purpose' of all my actions; the more deeper I can perceive this 'Original Requirement'; the better would be the situation.... Thus, it is evident to me that I am for a purpose here this moment at this place…. Why not I start doing that 'Particular Action' straight away let what protests may come from around…. Here, I should manage all these hurdles nicely without yielding and at the same time without arguing on that….


If more protest comes from outside, I should be more strict in sticking to my actions till it is point of balance where in I perceive immediate physical threats…. If physical threats are imminent, let me pause till the threats subside and start actions once again with full vigor…. As I proceed thus in this direction, more and more grip I will have on the situation with every bit of 'Right Action' and soon in time the very initial protestors alone will be appreciating this 'My Royal Path!'

Thus alone you should be progressing in your life, with the discharge of these


'Choice-less Actions'


all the time and that way, whatever may be the end result, Peace is sure the Gain!”

Taking Care in the Right Spirit....

A man in his mid forties was an active man.... He was doing well in his job and had a good family life.... He was further managing his finances reasonably good and was active in his investments.... He was ready for any amount of exertion both physical and mental as he had a strong conviction that serving the people involved and working hard in his profession were the best ways of living in the world as then he would be the man of real freedom.... No doubt, he was correct! But there was a problem that was simmering for quite some time for which he could never find a right answer.... His problem was….

• His boss always pointed him out, often thrust more work at him and thus was never satisfied.... 
• His family, often expected him to be giving out and doing more.... 
• His friends and relatives expected him to be more careful and thoughtful in all investments as he was not in pace with his contemporaries.... 

Thus, he was sad….

During this time, once he happened to meet one of his close friends who was a man of certain clarity and who understood life in the right spirit.... Naturally, in the discussions the man came out voluntarily with his problem and further, at the insistence of his friend explained the same in detail…. The friend heard all of that, smiled at him and said, “Dear!  A simple issue which you could have resolved long back and thus could have been at peace all these days, you really missed all these days….” The man looked at his friend unable to understand what he was speaking....

The friend continued….

“Look my dear! You have a life….True life in front…. And you have to live that at Base Level at all costs! That is what Mother Nature expects you to do and that is your bounden duty....  Please live for yourself first at that Base Level, not for anyone else…. Then only for others as per your duty and thus you can really help them.... Further, while discharging your duties, please forever remember that....

• You can do only one work at a time.... 
• You are not working to satisfy the whims and fancies of people with whom you are interacting..... 
• In certain intervals of all your bounden duties, your own take care and relaxation ride over any priority people are talking of....  
• Where, all of you have to share something during discharge of your bounden duties, you are neither less nor a written off personality!” 

While leaving, the friend smiled and quipped, “But, while doing all this, never ascertain your right verbally at anytime as that is not at all required; instead simply live through it, that’s all!”

The man at last found a Right Solution to his Perennial Problem!

It is worth a 'Trial' in this direction!

I heard this story in my childhood.... 

Once a horse race was conducted between two horse owners in a peculiar way, the condition being the owner whose horse loses by trailing behind will get a prize!  May be a peculiar proposal but the problem is how to conduct the race? Both horses do not move at all when the start signal goes! As the organisers were struggling in finding a solution, a wise man gave a suggestion…. Exchange the owners of horses on the horses…. Now the race became practical and there was one winner, the other loser!

The inference here is.... I always want to win and I will do the best under the 'Ownership' feeling!

The same Concept is further stressed here …. 

Give a garden to a man and say that it is not his own, he soon turns that into a graveyard; but give him a graveyard and say that it is his own, he turns it into a garden!

It is right that we have to do the 'Best' all the time, but it is equally known that while doing in this way, we often suffer from the problems of fear, worry, anxiety and tension in us.… To say in simple words….’We are constantly stressed!’  Because of this again the 'Best' from us stops or the 'Quality' waters down.... It is truly a sad state…. Then what is the solution?

Now, for a while, why not we think the other way? i.e., If a garden is given to me, I try to maintain it in the 'Best' possible way and take care.... Here, my energies continuously go in the direction of betterment around instead of destruction and in this process definitely no stress is felt in me most of the time....

The reason behind this gain is the force of the fact in Nature that ‘Nothing belongs to me!’  As I am made of belongingness, this disowning is not easy.... But it is worth make a trial of disowning something for some time!

When a miser felt that why not he carry his gold with him when he leaves the world, some one remarked that there is no way as that melts....

The fact is that we cannot carry anything with us.... May be, a few times, what I build or accumulate here will be utilized by my own so called opponent after I leave!

If that is all my hold, why should be I so much determined in calling ‘My own’ all the time, and accumulate every where?

It is said that a cow is worshipped because it gives while living!

And where disowning starts, giving invariably follows....

We embrace Democracy with all jest and shun Dictatorship or Authoritarian Rule, because in Dictatorship the Ownership exists where as in Democracy there is no True Owner!

The understanding should be…. Let my thoughts of doing towards winning, gaining and accumulating be constantly replaced by a single thought of doing the 'Best' in the given situation and lighten the 'Rest' if not zeroed!

This way the Stress is sure 'Out' and Peace is 'In' without a say!  

Each is a 'Gem' around in his / her 'Own Way!'

A man was a weird personality and that was what everyone around talked of.... He never used to do one work straight…. Further he used to be indisciplined, rough in his dealings and used to cause certain nuisance around…. He was thus branded as an irresponsible and unsocial personality.... And people used to criticize his actions most of the times..... Thus all around him had written him off as not at all a useful Personality at any point of time….

Suddenly, there was a requirement of attending to a person who had become seriously sick and certain Special Works had to be done in respect of the sick man.... The man had to be handled in a way that many around found too sensitive to do....

The so called weird man all the while standing there suddenly asked, “What is the requirement?”

Someone said sarcastically, “What is the use of you asking this question? You cannot do one straight work in normal times.... Can you handle him in this grave situation?”  Rest, all around kept silence showing their concurrence to the sarcastic remark made....

The man without a wait, straight away went to the sick man, started doing that very basic Work which was very much required at that point of time and thus was of a Great Help to the sick man in no time.....

All were aghast with that Work so nicely handled by the written of man which they thought that an experienced man in that line alone could do.... But they conveniently forgot the simple Truth there that for such sensitive works more than experience the 'Will Power' was very much needed....

Observing this Unique Activity, a wise man thought, “God always bestows a Special Capability on each individual that becomes truly useful in times of certain crisis which most of the times never felt at all.... Further, the Almighty always positions all individuals in such a way that the 'Right Help' comes from such a man to the man requiring that 'Help' and nothing less.... And here, all around so well trained by man made mechanisms waiting to help out would never match with that particular individual’s Skill.... A Unique Built-in Mechanism in Nature!" 

The 'Little One' around….

• A child faces the world next through his / her own appearance and expression.... These are original to each child and he / she never modifies the same easily for surroundings except for self protection.... 

• The child is all inquisitive to learn the maximum when he / she thus faces the world.... The opinions / beliefs are the least mostly for existence and he / she is all open to learn from the surroundings through questioning, questioning and only questioning…. Nature is invariably the Right Teacher in this Scenario.... 

• The child never forms opinions about good and bad.... He / she knows only to smile at all around him / her and that smile is a natural outcome of the feeling of Oneness in Nature.... A thief who came to the house to rob, having finished the job by keeping the inmates under threat and was leaving the place, when happened to glance at the child among the inmates, the little one in no time extended a broad smile at him.... 

• The child is amidst various forces around which may be protective or a threat, but moves freely without an iota of knowledge of these beyond except for the immediate need and safety requirements.... 

• The child is the Future Promise to the Nation and would be a Ruler tomorrow at one of the various Levels in the Society around.... And that Future Ruler does the job in front with dedication and love only when he / she as child receives the same from the Caretaker and others at large.... 

So, the next time.... Whatever may be the problems with me / the turmoil in me, however busy I may be and wherever I may be, whenever I come across a child with an explicit innate curiosity, let me spend a moment in reciprocating that through a smile and a wish in my heart for the betterment of the little one in his / her future life and truly speaking out, it costs nothing for me!

What is my 'True Contribution' here?

To a comment that being a Great Personality He was having a small addiction, the Great Saint said, “Let it be there in this life…. Else what is the interest for this body to continue living on this earth?”

That was the 'Simplicity' of the Master who accepted the deficiency in Him ‘AS IS’ never speaking of Himself as great….

The Contemporary Philosopher was approached by his disciples for His acceptance to form an Association of them with He, as the Head but the Great Saint refused permission for the same saying instead of good, evil may prevail around such Associations…. Subsequently, when the disciples had gone ahead with their proposal as their own Right of Expression and formed the Association, He instantly proclaimed, “As the Official Head, I hereby dissolve the Association!”

That was the 'Openness' and 'No Ownership' feeling of the Great Man as he preached the same….

Another Great Personality said…. "If all living beings of the Universe stand in a queue in the descending order as per their skills and strengths, I would like to stand behind the smallest and the weakest….”

That was the 'Humility of Expression' with the Great Man….

When I thus hear about the simple Proclamations and Assertions of the Great People, let it be.... either in accepting their own short comings, showing their 'No Possessive Attitude' or 'Worldly Interest' etc all of them ultimately leading to the Unique Way of expressing the 'Selfless Attitude', let me too contribute 'My Bit' in this direction without an exception and further be ready to do more if possible and thus be 'Blessed' in this life!

The Missing Link in all Welfare Activities....

A king thought thus…

“There is no point in saying that my people in my Kingdom should prosper when I do not allocate money for their welfare and development in sufficient amounts.... There is always a tendency on behalf of Rulers to allocate meager amounts for the welfare and development and expect people to grow and prosper.... This can happen only when the King truly allots a big chunk of budget for these activities.…

But where big amounts are involved, invariably there will be corruption and misuse and these amounts are likely to be diverted into personal pockets unless proper checks are kept on spending and the corrupt Officials are booked in time and punished mercilessly….

The picture thus being crstal clear, I will allocate sizable amounts towards these programs in this year and follow up the spending simultaneously proclaiming stringent punishments for those who try to pocket these funds so that the monies go into the right hands!”

The king discussed the matter with the Minister who cautioned him on the likely failure of the ambitious plan in some quarters even if followed up with all vigor..... The King felt bad for the Minister's pessimistic approach but paying no heed to the advice, simply had gone ahead with his proposal....

Some time had passed....

Slowly, the King noticed that at the back of the whole process, certain groups of people were quite relaxing with the funds released where as certain other groups were starving without any development at their end…. And he could not understand why it happened….

The Minister made some quick enquiries and presented the details to the King.... He said, “Your Highness! All the time, Your Majesty had strictly ensured that huge sums are allocated and no one can pocket the funds; that's all! Here, the funds were available for the Programs and the Officials could not touch them for their personal use as they were strictly monitored for any misuse of these amounts....  In the process, they became dull and took no interest in proper distribution of the funds.... So when the year end approached and they have to tally the accounts through spending, they simply dumped the funds in easy areas close to them on excess welfare and development…. Meaning…. The people in these areas were given everything plenty and thus they started relaxing with the excess.... The groups with meager release of funds were suffering with the shortages as usual…. Your Highness had for gotten to ensure the proper distribution among all which surely needs taking certain definite pains by the Officials and doing the related activities beyond their own self interests and that devotion was missing!”

A Comedy of Errors....

###  A serious class was being conducted for the Commerce Students on Stock Markets.... The topic of discussion for the day was IPOs....The Instructor initiated the lecture and just casually asked the class, “Any one knows when a Company goes for an IPO?”

“When the Company funds are mis-used and spent away by the unscrupulous Management beyond a limit, to get the required Working Capital for running the minimum day to day business of the Company in the Financial Year, the Promoters go in for an IPO and raise funds from the public” was the instantaneous answer….

###  The members of a Management Office had a novel idea of improving their image.... Accordingly, a ‘Complaint Box’ was set up in front of their Office with a Caption, 'You are requested to give your Complaints without any hesitation.... We wish to genuinely attend to all of them and give you a trouble free Service!'

In a few days the box was full.... The Committee Members when glanced through the complaints made, soon found that they really had no idea of resolving the different issues brought out for a solution.... To circumvent this deficiency, they had another great idea, “Why not take suggestions from them to correct all these and capture the ideas?”; indeed a clever motive!

Accordingly a 'Suggestion Box' was set up by the side with a Caption, 'Your Valuable Suggestions for improvement are needed!' Next day itself the box was full…. When the Committee Members happily opened the Box, all the suggestions had one common message, 'We suggest change of the present Management!'

###  An Orator was invited to speak on the promotion of a Standard Sanitary Product which essentially was a replica of purity as the Manufacturers' claimed….He was given a paper just to read out as he might not know the subject in detail.... The man kept the same in his pocket, relaxed for a while and approached the dais....

As usual he made his beginning…. “…….Your good health forever is our primary concern.... For the same reason, our Product is made totally in a pure uncontaminated environment where we pay the highest attention for the basic hygiene…. In our ultra clean Laboratories where you do not find a speck of dust, we diligently….” and took out the chit given to him from his pocket and started reading.…"collect the dirty garbage from all the corners, segregate the same into the dry and the wet garbages, keep the dry one in a corner to dispose off at the end of the week, take the wet and further segregate all the green smelly portions…..”

At this point of time, the Manager ran to the dais, pulled the Speaker from there and saved the situation.... On enquiry, it was found that the Speaker carried a similar chit in his pocket to be given to his servant boy in his house before leaving which he forgot to do....

The 'Help' around....

A young man had a tough problem in life.... As he was trying his best to resolve the issue, his elder brother happened to visit him and helped him in that process.... The young man was highly relieved.... Subsequently, he encountered another conflicting issue.... That too had got his brother’s help in time!  Life went on that way and a few years passed by....

Suddenly the young man had the toughest problem with him and he thought that he was gone forever.... But strangely, the brother did not turn up but only made a verbal enquiry in respect of the difficulty the young man encountered.... The young man was really sad and felt that his brother did not really care for him.... He could somehow resolve the issue himself and was recovering from the damage.... After a few weeks, his brother visited him and made a personal enquiry regarding the problem....

The young man was really annoyed.... He straight away shot at him,  “You helped me so nicely on two occasions, what prevented you from coming to my rescue on this occasion which every one around felt as the toughest problem of my life?”

The brother smiled and told him thus, “Dear! You are totally mistaken.... We are only doing our jobs independently all the time and have to continue doing that way only.... Meaning, I never came to you to help you in a special way.... I was continuously doing my duty.... On two occasions, I happened to be with you, on the third; somewhere else....  And when I was with you, I did what was required at that moment; that's all.... Neither less nor more! 

If you truly understand, life is like a journey going on continuously.... Imagine, we are on an urgent errand and are traveling by train.... Suppose on the way, a co-passenger falls sick and the train is to be detained there for some time....   We still whole heartedly extend all our help required in that direction and never think of reaching our destination in time by neglecting the sick passenger!  But at the same time, none of the passengers will get off specially at an intermediate station to help out some one in need on the platform....  In a similar way I was doing my actions all these days and continue to do even now....” 

The young man was taken aback by the openness and clarity of thoughts of his brother!