Dog & Bone

Have you ever watched a dog gnaw at the bone?
After he has eaten all the meat it continues to gnaw. Its difficult to part.
And its really the dogs saliva & blood that is there.

After having bared the piece to bone , the dog should have dropped it. Constant gnawing & chewing makes his mouth to bleed and then he is amidst his saliva & blood.

Its like when the purpose of an object is accomplished we must drop it. If we hope to find more useful ness and be possessive of something that has outlived its purpose we will tend to result in pain.

Kids do something similar to ice lolly sticks trying to extract the last bit of flavour and never drop till they start tasting the wood which is far from pleasant.

We all need to learn to drop before the unpleasantness comes in. And we can learn from our & other peoples experience we will spare ourselves the pain.

The combinations

Every book you read is just another combination of the 26 alphabets (Only if you only read books in languages that use the English alphabet of course.)

If you think this is cool, remember that every piece of organic material on Earth - human brains, plant leaves, mushrooms, a zebras - is coded for using different combinations of the same five nucleotides.

Brings us back to the point every thing in made of one or more the 5 elements - Earth, Water, Air, Fire & Ether

Success

"I thought success was a corner office; until I got the corner office.
I thought success was a big salary; until I got the big salary.
I thought success was an important title; until I got the important title.
I thought success was the house, car, and mountains of stuff; until I got all of those.

While it is certainly okay to achieve the office, salary, title and other ‘things,’ I learned that, for me, true success is waking each day with the self-respect, happiness and fulfillment that comes from being able to honestly look at myself in the mirror and say, 'Today I did my best to be my best."  

Now from a different point of view : Success is bringing a smile to someones face or enabling someone to have a sigh of relief or re instilling faith or just giving hope.

Success is adding value : some interpret this as material value addition , some knowledge addition or incremental satsang opportunity

Now a spiritual point of view : Success is moving a step closer to our true self...closer to divine ...closer to Moksha

FANTASTIC WORDS

Interesting :

The most selfish one letter word.
" I "
✂Avoid it.✂

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The most satisfying two letter word.
"We"
✌Use it.✌
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The most poisonous three letter word.
"Ego"
Kill it.
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The most used four letter word.
"LOVE"
Value it.
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The most pleasing five letter word.
"Smile"
Keep it
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The fastest spreading six letter word.
"Rumour"
✖Ignore it.✖
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The hard working seven letter word.
"Success"
Achieve it.
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The most enviable eight letter word.
"Jealousy"
↔Distance it.↔
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The most powerful nine letter word.
"Knowledge"
Acquire it.
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The most divine ten letter word.
"Friendship"
Maintain it....


Now lets give it a spiritual bend...

1. I - the I , me , myself approach is self centric and takes you away from divine
2. We - Nothing that "God & I " can't handle. The most powerful WE
3. Ego - Source of many problems
4. Love - its our natural ability & source of energy
5. Smile - often heard costs nothing, but invaluable
6. Rumour - all spiritual masters & books say - stay away from gossip and conversations that reap no good
7. Success - has different interpretations - money, health, friends, or a blooming garden. As someone said - if you can be the reason for a smile! or make someone breathe a sigh of relief !! or just leave the world with a positive contribution !!!
8. Jealousy - is an out come of what I think is success and when the others have it !
9. Knowledge - the source, the means & the journey with no end 
10. Friendship - you have to be friends with yourself and then with others.

God an explanation for those who know Hindi