Limitations

Just a few things I have found interesting that would be nice to incorporate into our day to day lives.

Quote: “There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.” - Albert Einstein

The holding back - Usually we tend to look back and feel less of ourselves or avoid doing what is required of us, taking into consideration bad experiences from the past.

Story:

A man once noticed an elephant being tied to a pole using normal rope and was wondering why the elephant who could easily break away made no attempt to free itself, so he decided to ask the mahout himself. The mahouts' explanation was that when the elephant was just a baby it was tied using the rope which was enough to restraint the animal then. The animal had attempted to escape many times but has failed to free itself and the notion that it the rope is too strong for it to break away has been with the animal ever since. The animal who is now a strong adult elephant still holds onto that memory and does not know about how easily it can break away.

What has to be realised is that you do not have to search for answers elsewhere, the wisdom is with you itself and is waiting to be found. This was explained in one of the talks I watched as a scenario where a man who goes around asking for money whereas the money is in his pocket itself. All he has to do is to reach into his pocket and take it. Wisdom comes with the realiasation that you do not have to seek answers elsewhere but through oneself.

- May all beings be well and happy.