June 27, 2006
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Who knocked down the walls of Jericho?
“Please, sir,” replied Jenkins. “It was not me.”
The teacher was very annoyed. He went to the headmaster and said, “I have just asked Jenkins who knocked down the walls of
The headmaster said, “I have known the Jenkins family for years, and if he said it wasn’t him, it wasn’t.”
Now the teacher was even more annoyed. He phoned the Minister of Education and said, “I asked a boy in class who knocked down the walls of
The minister was silent for a second, and then said, “Listen, I am fed up with complaints from your school. Get the walls repaired, and if there are more complaints I am going to shut that school down!”
Information is not bad in itself. But if information becomes so powerful that your mind goes on and on and you cannot switch it off, then it becomes a problem. If the mind cannot relax, then thinking becomes a disease. In this state, intelligence is not there. So take charge! Let your mind be your servant and not your master.
Do you remember the last time you try to prove your point at the cost of your relationship with others?
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I like this
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If the mind cannot relax, then thinking becomes a disease. In this state, intelligence is not there. So take charge! Let your mind be your servant and not your master.
reminds me of this quote
Control the mind as a slave and it will be very
helpful to you. Know this trick from the outer
Guru. Control the slave, love the slave, keep
it quiet. Don’t trouble the mind and don’t let it
trouble you. This is how to control the mind.
– Papaji
Can’t remember I gave up being right so long ago. Judi
Good post. I enjoyed it. We’ve definetly had quiet a journey. My mind and I. Yeah, definetely good post.
I never try to prove my point! *background snickering*
yes.. this morning on my drive to work.. some not so intelligent person tried to cut me off.. he flipped me off after almost hitting me… I smiled.. I dont thing he and I will ever be friends:)
Last night, shopping for a replacement car for my daughter. (Her old one died a permanent death. Rods through the engine or something like that.) We all managed to get at odds with each other regarding what would be the wisest purchase and who was or was not being realistic.
LOL. Such is the function of family, to constantly keep each other aware of the possibility of differing opinions.