Velik potepuški pes se je znašel v nenavadni sobi:
vse stene so bile od vrha do tal prekrite z ogledali. Ves presenečen je v trenutku spoznal,
da ga je obkrožila cela tolpa psov. V jezi in strahu je začel kazati zobe, renčati in lajati.
Psi okoli njega so, normalno, ponavljali za njim: renčali so in kazali zobe. Da bi se ubranil
pred napadom, se je pes začel vrtoglavo hitro vrteti okoli svoje osi, dokler ni s vso silo planil
v enega od namišljenih napadalnih  psov. Napol mrtev in krvav se je sredi razbitega ogledala zgrudil na tla.

Če bi ob prihodu samo enkrat prijazno pomahal z repom, bi ga vsi psi sprejeli prijazno.

Človek vedno najde tisto, kar pričakuje, da bo našel.


PS: Z repkom migat, z repkom migat ...  

My mother had a below-knee amputation as a result of having diabetes and
smoking all of her life. When she was regaining consciousness in Recovery Unit,
I smiled at her and said:
"Well mum, how does it feel to have one leg in the grave?"
She laughed out loud.
Till the day she died, she told that story to her friends and each time, she laughed again.

dr. Patch Adams
(o katerem je bil posnet tudi odličen film)

http://www.chy.com.au/patch.htm

Zgodbica o moči

Majhen deček se je v sončnem sobotnem jutru igral na peskovniku pred svojo hišo. S seboj je imel veliko majhnih, plastičnih avtomobilčkov in tovornjakov vseh barv in velikosti. Medtem ko je ustvarjal ceste, mostove in tunele, je globoko v mivki našel velik kamen. Skoraj majhno skalo. Previdno in marljivo jo je odkopal in jo poskušal dvigniti. Pa ni šlo. Nekaj časa je razmišljal, potem je sedel na mivko, se s hrbtom in rokami uprl ob majhen kamniti rob, ki je ločeval peskovnik od zelenega travnika pred hišo, s svojimi drobnimi nožicami pa ob kamen in potisnil. Kamen se je premaknil. Čisto malo. Spet je storil isto in z velikim naporom in vztrajnostjo premaknil kamen prav do roba peskovnika. Pa mu še vedno ni bilo všeč. Kamen je še vedno kvaril podobo cest, mostov in tunelov, ki jih je deček želel ustvariti na mehkem pesku. Poskušal je znova. Dvignil je kamen in ga poskušal skotaliti čez majhen rob peskovnika, na travnik. Pa ni šlo. Kamen je bil močnejši od njega. Mali se vseeno ni predal. Spet je sedel na tla in z istim postopkom kot prej porinil kamen ob rob. Da bi ga izrinil čez, si je želel. Kamen se je res malo dvignil, potem se je spustil na tla, kjer je že prej ždel, tako da je prekril še prstke na drobnih dečkovih nožicah. Malemu so se orosile oči. Vse to dogajanje je skozi okno hiše pozorno opazoval njegov oče. Tisti trenutek, ko so dečku solze spolzele po licih, je nad seboj zagledal senco. Bil je njegov oče.
»Sin moj, zakaj nisi uporabil vse svoje moči, ki ti je bila na voljo?« ga je vprašal.
Deček mu je solzno, s tresočim se glasom odvrnil: »Oče, uporabil sem prav vso svojo moč in voljo.«
»Ne, sin,« mu je prijazno in nežno odvrnil oče.
»Nisi uporabil vse svoje moči, nisi poklical mene na pomoč.«
Ko je to izgovoril, je oče prijel kamen in ga z lahkoto odstranil iz peskovnika svojega sina.

Transformation Tarot
28. Self-Acceptance


Heart's-ease in the king's garden


You cannot improve upon yourself. And I am not saying that improvement does not happen, remember--but you cannot improve upon yourself. When you stop improving upon yourself, life improves you. In that relaxation, in that acceptance, life starts caressing you, life starts flowing through you. Nobody else has ever been like you and nobody else will ever be like you; you are simply unique, incomparable.

Accept this, love this, celebrate this--and in that very celebration you will start seeing the uniqueness of the others, the incomparable beauty of the others.

Love is possible only when there is a deep acceptance of oneself, the other, the world. Acceptance creates the milieu in which love grows, the soil in which love blooms.


I have heard:
A king went into his garden and found wilted and dying trees, shrubs and flowers. The oak said it was dying because it could not be tall like the pine. Turning to the pine, he found it drooping because it was unable to bear grapes like the vine. And the vine was dying because it could not blossom like the rose. He found Heart's-ease blooming and as fresh as ever. Upon inquiry, he received this reply:

"I took it for granted that when you planted me you wanted Heart's-ease. If you had desired an oak, a vine or a rose, you would have planted them. So I thought that since you put me here, I should do the best I can to be what you want. I can be nothing but what I am, and I am trying to be that to the best of my ability."

You are here because this existence needs you as you are. Otherwise somebody else would have been here!--existence would not have helped you to be here, would not have created you. You are fulfilling something very essential, something very fundamental, as you are. If God wanted a Buddha he could have produced as many Buddhas as he wanted. He produced only one Buddha--that was enough, and he was satisfied to his heart's desire, utterly satisfied. Since then he has not produced another Buddha or another Christ.

He has created you instead. Just think of the respect that the universe has given to you! You have been chosen, not Buddha, not Christ, not Krishna. You will be needed more, that's why. You fit more now. Their work is done, they contributed their fragrance to existence. Now you have to contribute your fragrance.

But the moralists, the puritans, the priests, they go on teaching you, they go on driving you crazy. They say to the rose, "Become a lotus." And they say to the lotus, "What are you doing here? You have to become something else." They drive the whole garden crazy, everything starts dying--because nobody can be anybody else, that is not possible.

That's what has happened to humanity. Everybody is pretending. Authenticity is lost, truth is lost, everybody is trying to show that he is somebody else. Just look at yourself: you are pretending to be somebody else. And you can be only yourself--there is no other way, there has never been, there is no possibility that you can be anybody else. You will remain yourself. You can enjoy it and bloom, or you can wither away if you condemn it.

Trenutek za razmišljanje

Prepričani smo, da bo naše življenje lepše, ko bomo poročeni, ko bomo imeli prvega otroka ali drugega. Potem smo razočarani, ker so naši otroci premajhni, zaradi tega ali onega menimo, da bo boljše, ko bodo odrasli. V nadaljevanju smo ogorčeni zaradi njihovega mladostniškega obnašanja. Prepričani smo, da bomo bolj srečni, ko bodo prebrodili to starost. Mislimo, da se bomo počutili bolje, ko bo naš partner rešil svoje probleme, ko bomo zamenjali avto, ko bomo šli na čudovite počitnice, ko ne bomo več prisiljeni delati. Toda, če ne bomo pričeli s polnim in srečnim življenjem zdaj, kdaj bomo? Vedno se moramo spopadati s težavami vseh vrst. Zato je potrebno sprejeti to realnost in se odločiti biti srečen, ne glede na to, kaj se bo zgodilo.

Alfred Souza pravi. "Zelo dolgo časa sem imel občutek, da se bo moje življenje kmalu začelo . pravo življenje! Toda vedno so bile ovire, ki jih je bilo potrebno premagati spotoma, nekaj nerešenega, nek posel, ki je zahteval še več časa, dolgovi, ki še niso bili poravnani. Potem bi se življenje začelo. Nazadnje sem razumel, da so bile te ovire življenje."

Ta način zaznavanja stvari nam pomaga razumeti, da ne obstaja sredstvo, da smo srečni, ampak je sreča sredstvo. Posledično moramo okušati vsak trenutek našega življenja in okušajmo ga še bolj, če ga lahko delimo z nam drago osebo, z osebo zelo drago za preživljanje skupaj dragocenih trenutkov življenja. In spomnimo se, da čas ne čaka nikogar. Zato prenehajmo čakati, da bomo končali šolo, da se bomo vrnili v šolo, da bomo shujšali 5 kg, da se bomo zredili za 5 kg, da bomo imeli otroke, da jih bomo videli, ko bodo odšli od doma. Prenehajmo čakati, da bomo začeli delati, da bomo šli v pokoj, da se bomo poroči, ločili. Prenehajmo čakati petek zvečer, nedeljsko jutro, poletje, jesen ali zimo, da bomo imeli nov avto ali novo hišo. Prenehajmo čakati, da bomo zapustili to življenje, da se bomo ponovno rodili in se odločimo, da ni boljšega trenutka, da bi bili srečni kot je ta trenutek. Sreča in radosti življenja niso cilji, temveč eno potovanje. Misel za danes: delajmo, kot da ne potrebujemo denarja; imejmo radi, brez misli na to, da bomo lahko trpeli; plešimo, kot da
nas nihče ne gleda.

Sedaj dobro razmisli in skušaj odgovoriti na ta vprašanja:
1 - Naštej 5 najbogatejših oseb na svetu.
2 - Imenuj 5 zadnjih zmagovalk tekmovanja Miss univerzum.
3 - Imenuj 10 dobitnikov Nobelovih nagrad.
4 - Imenuj 5 zadnjih zmagovalcev nagrade Oskar za  najboljšega igralca ali igralko.

Kako ti gre? Se spomniš redkih ali nobenega. Ne sekiraj se. Nihče od nas se ne spomni najboljših od včeraj. In aplavzi gredo, trofeje se zaprašijo, zmagovalci se pozabijo!

Sedaj odgovori na ta naslednja vprašanja:
1 - Naštej 3 profesorje, ki so ti pomagali pri tvojem formiranju.  
2 - Navedi 3 prijatelje, ki so ti pomagali v težkih trenutkih.  
3 - Misli na nekatere osebe, ki so povzročile, da si se počutil nekaj posebnega.  
4 - Navedi 5 oseb, s katerimi preživljaš tvoj čas.

Kako ti gre? Bolje? Osebe, ki zaznamujejo razliko v našem življenju, niso tiste z najboljšimi poverilnicami, z veliko denarja ali boljšimi nagradami. So tiste, ki jih skrbi zate, ki skrbijo zate, tiste, ki so na vsak način s tabo.

Razmislimo trenutek. Življenje je zelo kratko! Ti, na katerem seznamu si? Ne veš. Dovoli mi, da ti pomagam. nisi med slavnimi, vendar si med tistimi, ki se jih spomnim, da jim pošljem to sporočilo.

Pred nekaj leti, na para olimpijskih igrah v Seattlu, je bilo devet atletov, vsi mentalno ali fizično prizadeti, pripravljenih na startni črti na 100 metrov. Ob strelu pištole so pričeli tekmovanje, ne vsi s tekom, toda z željo, da bi prišli na cilj in zmagali. Medtem, ko so tekli, je majhen deček padel na asfalt, naredil nekaj kozolcev in pričel jokati. Ostalih osem je slišalo fantka jokati. Upočasnili so in se obrnili. Ustavili so se in se vrnili nazaj. Vsi. Neka deklica z Downovim sindromom se je usedla poleg njega in ga začela poljubljati in govoriti: "Se sedaj počutiš bolje?" Takrat se jih je vseh devet objelo in odšli so proti ciljni črti. Vsi na stadionu so vstali in ploskanje je trajalo nekaj minut. Ljudje, ki so bili prisotni, še vedno pripovedujejo zgodbo.

Zakaj? Ker v naši notranjosti vemo, da gre najvažnejša stvar v življenju onstran zmage za nas same. Pomembna stvar v tem življenju je pomagati drugim zmagati, tudi če to pomeni upočasniti in spremeniti
naš tek.

RESNIČNA ZGODBA O DVEH TENORJIH


TO JE ZGODBA, ZA KATERO JE NAJBRŽ SLIŠALO LE MALO LJUDI …

GRE ZA DVA OD TREH VELIKIH TENORJEV  – LUCIANA PAVAROTTIJA, PLACIDA DOMINGA IN JOSÉJA CARRERASA, KI SO S SKUPNIM PETJEM OBNORELI SVET.

TUDI LJUDJE, KI NIKOLI NISO OBISKALI ŠPANIJE, VEDO ZA SPOR MED KATALONCI IN MADRIDOM, ODKAR SE KATALONCI BORIJO ZA AVTONOMIJO OD DOMINANTNE ŠPANSKE CENTRALE V MADRIDU.

PLACIDO DOMINGO JE MADRIDČAN, JOSÉ CARRERAS PA KATALONEC.

CARRERAS IN DOMINGO STA TAKO LETA 1984 POSTALA POLITIČNA NASPROTNIKA.

OBA STA BILA ZELO POPULARNA IN SO JU VABILI POVSOD PO SVETU. TAKRAT STA ZAČELA V POGODBE ZA NASTOPE VNAŠATI DOLOČILO, DA BOSTA NASTOPILA LE, ČE TISTI DRUGI NE BO VABLJEN.

LETA 1987 PA SE JE CARRERAS MORAL SOOČITI Z BOLJ NEUSMILJENIM NASPROTNIKOM KOT JE BIL NJEGOV RIVAL PLACIDO DOMINGO.

PRESENETILA GA JE STRAŠNA DIAGNOZA: LEVKEMIJA!!

NJEGOV BOJ Z RAKOM JE BIL TEŽAK. POLEG TRANSPLANTACIJE KOSTNEGA MOZGA IN TRANSFUZIJ KRVI JE IMEL ŠE ŠTEVILE DRUGE TERAPIJE, ZARADI KATERIH JE ENKRAT NA MESEC POTOVAL V ZDRUŽENE DRŽAVE.

ČEPRAV JE ŽE IMEL DOKAJ VELIKO IMETJE, SO VISOKI STROŠKI TEH POTOVANJ IN MEDICINSKIH POSEGOV IZČRPALI NJEGOVE FINANCE, KER POD TEMI POGOJI NI MOGEL NASTOPATI.

KO JE BIL NA KONCU Z DENARJEM, JE ODKRIL V MADRIDU FONDACIJO, KI JE IMELA EN SAM NAMEN - DA POMAGA BOLNIKOM Z LEVKEMIJO PRI TERAPIJAH.

S POMOČJO FONDACIJE “HERMOSA” JE CARRERAS PREMAGAL BOLEZEN IN SE VRNIL K PETJU.

PONOVNO SE JE POVZPEL NA SVOJ VISOKI IN ZASLUŽNI POLOŽAJ TER SE POSKUSIL PRIKLJUČITI FONDACIJI.

KO JE BRAL NJEN PROGRAM, JE ODKRIL, DA JE NJEN USTANOVITELJ, NAJVEČJI VLAGATELJ IN PREDSEDNIK PLACIDO DOMINGO.

KASNEJE JE ODKRIL, DA JE PLACIDO V ZAČETKU USTANOVIL TO FONDACIJO Z NAMENOM, DA PRAV NJEMU POMAGA PRI ZDRAVLJENJU. ŽELEL PA JE OSTATI ANONIMEN, DA GA NE BI PONIŽAL ZARADI SPREJEMANJA POMOČI OD NASROTNIKA.

NAJGANLJIVEJŠI DEL TE ZGODBE PA JE NJUNO SREČANJE …      

CARRERAS JE PREKINIL IZNENADENEGA PLACIDA PRI ENEM NJEGOVIH NASTOPOV V MADRIDU, PONIŽNO POKLEKNIL PREDENJ IN GA PROSIL ZA ODPUŠČANJE TER SE MU JAVNO ZAHVALIL.

PLACIDO MU JE POMAGAL VSTATI IN S PRISRČNIM OBJEMOM POTRDIL ZAČETEK VELIKEGA PRIJATELJSTVA.

V NEKEM INTERJUJU JE REPORTER PLACIDA DOMINGA VPRASAL, ČEMU JE TAKRAT USTANOVIL FONDACIJO “HERMOSA” , SAJ JE POLEG POMOČI ‘’NASPROTNIKU’’, POMAGAL TUDI EDINEMU UMETNIKU, KI MU JE BIL KONKURENCA.

NJEGOV ODGOVOR JE BIL KRATEK IN JASEN: “NE MOREMO SI DOVOLITI, DA IZGUBIMO TAK GLAS."

Free Hugs Campaign

http://youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4

"I have heard a beautiful story - I don't know how far it is correct, I cannot vouch for it.

In paradise one afternoon, in its most famous cafe, Lao Tzu, Confucius, and Buddha are sitting and chatting. The waiter comes with a tray that holds three glasses of the juice called "Life," and offers them. Buddha immediately closes his eyes and refuses; he says, "Life is misery."

Confucius closes his eyes halfway - he is a middlist, he used to preach the golden mean - and asks the waiter to give him the glass. He would like to have a sip - but just a sip, because without tasting how can one say whether life is misery or not? Confucius had a scientific mind; he was not much of a mystic, he had a very pragmatic, earthbound mind. He was the first behaviorist the world has known, very logical. And it seems perfectly right - he says, "First I will have a sip, and then I will say what I think." He takes a sip and he says, "Buddha is right - life is misery."

Lao Tzu takes all the three glasses and he says, "Unless one drinks totally, how can one say anything?" He drinks all the three glasses and starts dancing!

Buddha and Confucius ask him, "Are you not going to say anything?" And Lao Tzu says, "This is what I am saying - my dance and my song are speaking for me." Unless you taste totally, you cannot say. And when you taste totally, you still cannot say because what you know is such that no words are adequate.

Buddha is on one extreme, Confucius is in the middle. Lao Tzu has drunk all the three glasses - the one that was brought for Buddha, the one that was brought for Confucius, and the one that was brought for him. He has drunk them all; he has lived life in its three-dimensionality.

My own approach is that of Lao Tzu. Live life in all possible ways; don't choose one thing against the other, and don't try to be in the middle. Don't try to balance yourself - balance is not something that can be cultivated. Balance is something that comes out of experiencing all the dimensions of life. Balance is something that happens; it is not something that can be brought about through your efforts. If you bring it through your efforts it will be false, forced. And you will remain tense, you will not be relaxed, because how can a person who is trying to remain balanced in the middle be relaxed? You will always be afraid that if you relax you may start moving to the left or to the right. You are bound to remain uptight, and to be uptight is to miss the whole opportunity, the whole gift of life.

Don't be uptight. Don't live life according to principles. Live life in its totality, drink life in its totality! Yes, sometimes it tastes bitter - so what? That taste of bitterness will make you capable of tasting its sweetness. You will be able to appreciate the sweetness only if you have tasted its bitterness. One who knows not how to cry will not know how to laugh, either. One who cannot enjoy a deep laughter, a belly laugh, that person's tears will be crocodile tears. They cannot be true, they cannot be authentic.

I don't teach the middle way, I teach the total way. Then a balance comes of its own accord, and then that balance has tremendous beauty and grace. You have not forced it, it has simply come. By moving gracefully to the left, to the right, in the middle, slowly a balance comes to you because you remain so unidentified. When sadness comes, you know it will pass, and when happiness comes you know that will pass, too. Nothing remains; everything passes by. The only thing that always abides is your witnessing. That witnessing brings balance. That witnessing is balance. "

Excerpt from "The Book of Understanding" by OSHO.

http://astrodreamadvisor.com/OSHO_Quotes.html