Albert Einstein and Professor on God

(Below short story was circulated in internet but do not know whether it was true life incident of Albert Einstein but still content is good)

In 1902, a professor asked his student whether it was God who created everything that exists in the universe?
Student replied: Yes

He again asked: what about evil ?
Has God created evil also?
The student got silent....

Then the student requested that may he ask a question for him?
Professor allowed him to do so.

He asked: Does cold exist

Professor said : yes ! Don't u feel the cold dear
Student said: I'm sorry but your are wrong sir.

Cold is a complete absence of heat..
There is no cold, it is only an absence of heat.

Student asked again: Does darkness exist ?
Professor said: yes !

Student replied: you are again wrong sir.
There is no such thing like darkness.
Its actually the absence of light.

Sir ! We always study light & heat, but not cold & darkness.
Similarly, the evil does not exist.
Actually it is the absence of love, faith & true belief in God.

That student was Albert Einstein...!!!

Triple Filter by Socrates

Triple Filter
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In ancient Greece, One day a person met the great philosopher Socrates and said, "Do you know what I just heard about your friend?"

"Hold on a minute," Socrates replied.

"Before telling me anything I'd like you to pass a little test.
It's called the Triple Filter Test."

"Triple filter?"

"That's right," Socrates continued.
"Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you're going to say.
That's why I call it the triple filter test.
The first filter is Truth.

Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"

"No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it and..."

"All right," said Socrates.
"So you don't know if it's true or not.

Now let's try the second filter, the filter of Goodness.
Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?"

"No, on the contrary..."

"So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him, but you're not certain it's true.

You may still pass the test though, because there's one filter left, the filter of Usefulness.

Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?"

"No, not really."

"Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither true nor good nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?"
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Friends,
Use this triple filter each time you hear loose talk about any of your near and dear ones.

Peace of Mind by Buddha

 

Once Buddha was traveling with a few of his followers.

While they were passing a lake, Buddha told one of his disciples, "I am thirsty. Do get me some water from the lake."

The disciple walked up to the lake.

At that moment, a bullock cart started crossing through the lake.

As a result, the water became very muddy and turbid.

The disciple thought, "How can I give this muddy water to Buddha to drink?"

So he came back and told Buddha, "The water in there is very muddy. I don't think it is fit to drink."

After about half an hour, again Buddha asked the same disciple to go back to the lake.

The disciple went back, and found that the water was still muddy.

He returned and informed Buddha about the same.

After sometime, again Buddha asked the same disciple to go back.

This time, the disciple found the mud had settled down, and the water was clean and clear.

So he collected some water in a pot and brought it to Buddha.

Buddha looked at the water, and then he looked up at the disciple and said,

"See what you did to make the water clean. You let it be, and the mud settled down on its own, and you have clear water."

Your mind is like that too! When it is disturbed, just let it be. Give it a little time. It will settle down on its own.

You don't have to put in any effort to calm it down.

It will happen. It is effortless."

Having 'Peace of Mind' is not a strenuous job, it is an effortless process
So keep your mind cool and live a great life ahead...

Live in the Moment

A man died...

When he realized it, he saw God coming closer with a suitcase in his hand.

Dialogue between God and Dead Man:

God: Al-right son, it’s time to go
Man: So soon? I had a lot of plans...

God: I am sorry but, it’s time to go
Man: What do you have in that suitcase?

God: Your belongings
Man: My belongings? You mean my things... Clothes... money...

God: Those things were never yours, they belong to the Earth
Man: Is it my memories?

God: No. They belong to Time
Man: Is it my talent?

God: No. They belong to Circumstance
Man: Is it my friends and family?

God: No son. They belong to the Path you travelled
Man: Is it my wife and children?

God: No. they belong to your Heart
Man: Then it must be my body

God: No No... It belongs to Dust
Man: Then surely it must be my Soul!

God: You are sadly mistaken son. Your Soul belongs to me.
Man with tears in his eyes and full of fear took the suitcase from the God's hand and opened it...

EMPTY!!

With heartbroken and tears down his cheek he asks God...


Man: I never owned anything?
God: That’s Right. You never owned anything.

Man: Then? What was mine?
God: your MOMENTS. Every moment you lived was yours.

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Life is just a Moment.
LIVE THE MOMENT 
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The cockroach theory for self development

The cockroach theory for self development

Beautiful speech by Sundar Pichai (Senior VP at Google)
an IIT-MIT Alumnus and Global Head Google Chrome:
 
At a restaurant, a cockroach suddenly flew from somewhere and sat on a lady.
She started screaming out of fear with a panic stricken face and trembling voice,she started jumping, with both her hands desperately trying to get rid of the cockroach.

Her reaction was contagious, as everyone in her group also got panicky.

The lady finally managed to push the cockroach away but ...it landed on another lady in the group. Now, it was the turn of the other lady in the group to continue the drama.
The waiter rushed forward to their rescue.

In the relay of throwing, the cockroach next fell upon the waiter. The waiter stood firm, composed himself and observed the behavior of the cockroach on his shirt. When he was confident enough, he grabbed it with his fingers and threw it out of the restaurant.


Sipping my coffee and watching the amusement, the antenna of my mind picked up a few thoughts and started wondering, was the cockroach responsible for their histrionic behavior? If so, then why was the waiter not disturbed?

He handled it near to perfection, without any chaos. It is not the cockroach, but the inability of the ladies to handle the disturbance caused by the cockroach that disturbed the ladies.

I realized that, it is not the shouting of my father or my boss or my wife that disturbs me, but it's my inability to handle the disturbances caused by their shouting that disturbs me.
It's not the traffic jams on the road that disturbs me, but my inability to handle the disturbance caused by the traffic jam that disturbs me.

More than the problem, it's my reaction to the problem that creates chaos in my life.
Lessons learnt from the story:

I understood, I should not react in life.

I should always respond.

The women reacted, whereas the waiter responded.

Reactions are always instinctive whereas responses are always well thought of, just and right to save a situation from going out of hands, to avoid cracks in relationship, to avoid taking decisions in anger, anxiety, stress or hurry.
A beautiful way to understand ..... LIFE.
✌✋

Danger of Helping & Over Protecting Kids

A man was an avid Gardner... Saw a small butterfly laying a few eggs in one of the pots in his garden since that day he looked at the egg with ever growing curiosity and eagerness. 

The egg started to move and shake a little. He was excited to see a new life coming up right in front of his eyes. He spent hours watching the egg now. The egg started to expand and develop cracks.. A tiny head and antennae started to come out ever so slowly. 

The man's excitement knew no bounds he got his magnifying glasses and sat to watch the life and body of a pupa coming out. He saw the struggle of the tender pupa and couldn't resisit his urge to HELP. He went and got a tender forcep the help the egg break, a nip here a nip there to help the struggling life. And LO! The pupa was out the man was ecstatic! 

He waited now each day for the pupa to grow and fly abt like a beautiful butterfly, but Alas that never happened the larvae pupa had a oversized head and kept crawling along in the pot for the full 4 weeks and died! Depressed the man went to his botanist friend and asked the reason. 

His friend told him the struggle to break out of the egg helps the larvae to send blood to its wings and the head push helps the head to remain small so that the tender wings can support it thru its 4 week life cycle, in his eagerness to help the man destroyed a beautiful life! 

Struggles help all of us, that's why a wee bit of effort goes a long way to develop our strength to face life's difficulties! 

As parents, we sometimes go too far trying to help and protect our kids from life's harsh realities and disappointments. We don't want our kids to struggle like we did.

But Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Dan Kindlon says that overprotected children are more likely to struggle in relationships and with challenges. We're sending our kids the message that they're not capable of helping themselves.

To quote clinical psychologist Dr. Wendy Mogel:

"It  is  Our  Job  to  prepare  Our  Children  for  the  Road...,  &  Not  prepare  the  road  for  Our Children..."😊

All parents. Do read it.

Who is Happy???

A Crow Lived in the Forest and was absolutely satisfied in life. 

But one day he saw a swan...

This swan is so white and I am so black...crow thought.

This swan must be the happiest bird in the world.

He expressed his thoughts to the swan. 

"Actually," the swan replied, 

"I was feeling that I was the happiest bird around until I saw a parrot, which has two colors. 

I now think the parrot is the happiest bird in creation." 

The crow then approached the parrot. 

The parrot explained, 

"I lived a very happy life—until I saw a peacock.

I have only two colors, but the peacock has multiple colors." 

The crow then visited a peacock in the zoo and saw that hundreds of people had gathered to see him. 

After the people had left, The crow approached the Peacock..

Dear Peacock, 

You are so beautiful. 

Every day thousands of people come to see you. 

When people see me, 

they immediately shoo me away. 

I think you are the happiest bird on the planet.

The peacock replied, 

I always thought that I was the most beautiful and happy bird on the planet. 

But because of my beauty, 

I am entrapped in this zoo. 

I have examined the zoo very carefully, and I have realized that the crow is the only bird not kept in a cage. 

So for past few days I have been thinking that if I were a crow, 

I could happily roam everywhere.

That's our problem too. 

We make unnecessary comparison with others and become sad. 

We don't value what has God given us. 

This all leads to the vicious cycle of unhappiness. 

Value the things god has given us. 

Learn the secret of being happy and discard the comparison which leads only to unhappiness...🌻🌻