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Aisha Chaudhary: Singing in the life boat #INKtalks - YouTube Like Voltaire, she believes a shipwreck gives us an opportunity to sing in the life boats. Little Aisha Chaudhary, the first INK Youth Fellow, teaches us a big lesson even as she is battling a life-threatening medical condition. All...

"I arrived at the address and honked the horn. After waiting a few minutes I honked again. Since this was going to be my last ride of my shift I thought about just driving away, but instead I put the car in park and walked up to the door and knocked.. 'Just a minute', answered a frail, elderly...

Dealing With Difficult People - YouTube

Inspiring stories for welcoming life's Difficulties -- Ajahn Brahm Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung?: Inspiring Stories for Welcoming Life's ... - Ajahn Brahm - Google Books Found it useful ...there are many stories for free on the above page....take time to go through, they are really...

Two types of friends The Buddha has described two types of friends, Kalyana Mitta (the good friend) and Papa Mitta (the evil friend). A famous stanza in the Dhammapada says, "Do not keep company with evil friends or those who are mean. Associate with the good and bold friends. The Buddha has...

Fear of Pain Written by Ajahn Brahm Fear is the major ingredient of pain. It is what makes pain hurt. Take away the fear and only feeling is left. In the mid-1970s, in a poor and remote forest monastery in northeast Thailand, I had a bad toothache. There was no dentist to go to, no telephone...

I have become a little weak mentally and i need some good wishes/prayers to become strong again. May we all come out of this suffering and live a happy peaceful life.

It is good to be ambitious, but never let your ambition takes what is important to you. Here is a short story which I read in Ajahn Brahm’s book. It is an eye-opening story which majority of us can relate in this fast-paced globalized world. Enjoy! In a quiet Mexican fishing village, an...

You know, in today’s world, a technology is omnipresent in our lives. We are so much bombarded with the web-2 technologies, social networking services and mobile services etc - we do not notice that we breathe, eat and live. Even we forget to appreciate the good jobs done by our parents...

The reason we have Social Anxiety is not Important. Our attitude towards it IS. People who overcome problems are the one's with right attitudes. You will have problems in Life. Everybody does. You can treat them as terrible torments, or as challenges to be overcome. If you regard them as...

Agitation Restlessness is often a cover-up for some deeper experience taking place in the unconscious. We humans are great at repressing things. Rather than confronting some unpleasant thought we experience, we try to bury it. We won't have to deal with the issue. Unfortunately, we usually...

Law of the Garbage Truck One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches! The...

Success Without Stress - YouTube found it really useful.

Retreats - YouTube According to Ajahn Brahm, everyone deserves a 'retreat' - to pause mentally and physically. Retreating from the busyness of life leads to moments of silence, peace and contentment. This in turns helps to instill qualities that make one's life more meaningful and fulfilled...

Wanting For Nothing - YouTube

Was just wondering in what direction we take lives...! I had absolutely no ambition in life as a kid and was happy ,and now i don't have the means to achieve my ambitions and i am unhappy. What should we do in life? Just make money like everyone else and get so worked up that we spend the...

I just spent the week with three of my Proteus colleagues, teaching management and leadership skills to a group of 60 smart, dedicated professional women through a program called Rising Leaders. One of the core management skills we taught them (this was the group’s choice) was listening. I was...

People can stare at you for all kinds of reasons. I am of Middle Eastern appearance so whenever there has been a terrorist attack by Islamic extremists somewhere in the world, people stare at me a lot more in public. They probably think I'm entering bomb detonation codes into my mobile phone...

If you are feeling too low or too self-conscious....can you go out of your anxious ways(let it be there) and help someone in REAL need?Could be your mom who needs groceries or a beggar who needs a meal. Don't take too much burden though...a small act of kindness. please tell me how it...

Serve and Be Hopey - YouTube Ajahn Brahm explains how he maintains his energy in his very busy life. It is fuelled by the inspiration that arises when serving others. While it seems counter intuitive, going the extra mile when tired and low, releases energy and happiness. You might want to go...