Technical and practical rightness!!

 A teacher teaching math to a class of 6-year old’s, asked a boy called Arnav in class “Arnav, If I give you 2 mangoes and 2 mangoes, how many will you have?” Arnav said, “5.” The teacher said, “Arnav, if I give you 1-2 2 mangoes and 1-2 2 mangoes how many will you have?” “5,” replied Arnav.

The teacher was upset but remembered that Arnav’s mom had said that Arnav does not like mangoes, he likes strawberries. So, she changed her example. “if I give 2 strawberries and 2 strawberries, how many will you have?” ”4, “replied Arnav.

Oh, the teacher was pleased by the change of strategy. Just to confirm that Arnav had understood his math right, she asked Arnav again, “Arnav, if I give you 2 mangoes and 2 mangoes, how many will you have?” Arnav replied, “5.” The teacher now was annoyed, “how can 2 and 2 strawberries be 4 and 2 and 2 mangoes be 5?” Arnav replied, “I already have 1 mango in my bag madam.”

Who was right?

Was the teacher wrong? No, because 2 plus 2 is 4.

Was Arnav wrong? No because 2 plus 2 is 4 and 1 mango in my bag makes it 5.

Is it not a fact that all kinds of conflicts come because of the gap between technical and practical rightness? The teacher was technically right. Technical rightness means to see the obvious. Technical rightness means to see what is visible, and Arnav was practically right. Practical rightness means to see beyond the obvious. Practical rightness means to see beyond what is visibly seen. Practical rightness means to see the hidden mango.

Ladies and Gentlemen very often, all our conflicts come because the gap between the technical and practical rightness.

Whenever you find that your spouse is not loving you enough, yes you may be technically right, he or she may not actually love you that much. But are you, practically right? Practical rightness means to see the hidden mango. Why is he or she not loving you?

Your child may not be listening to you and technically you are right, you child is not listening to you, but are you, practically right? Practical rightness means to try to see the hidden mango beyond the obvious, why your child is not behaving right.

The next time you see someone not fit into your definition of what is technically right, please do not be judgmental. Go beyond the obvious. Go beyond the seen, and try to look for the hidden mango which will truly help you to understand the person and resolve the conflicting situation that you are in.

Thank you!! 

Take charge of our mind!!

 Walking with lions casually can probably be easy when the lions are tamed, when we have experts who can deal with them around us and take charge of any untoward situation that may happen. Otherwise, we all know that the lion is an extremely powerful strong and a ferocious animal, and we dare not go close to a lion. But the same lion, with all its strength, power, ferocity and influence as the king of the jungle, can be helplessly disturbed and frustrated.

Any guesses who can frustrate a lion?

A tiny little bird!

Sometimes a bird may come and sit on the back of the lion; scratch it, tickle it or pass on it. And to say nothing of driving away the bird, the lion cannot even reach it at times. And even if somehow the lion can reach it, the bird just flies away.

We as human beings, have our power in the society that we live in as well.

Our power comes from money, position, fame, influence, talent, skill. But just like the lion has the bird which can disturb him. We have that one bird which can leave us helpless, hopeless, sleepless, extremely frustrated and disturbed. That bird which is our constant companion is our mind. The greatest power in the world is not money or riches, position and influence.

The greatest power in the world is our ability to take charge of our mind it on and direct it to where we want it to be and not get directed by the mind.

All mental health issues, depression, pressure, negativity, anxiety, stress, loneliness, worry come from the inability to deal with the mind.

Spirituality and meditation is that practice which helps us to take charge of the mind, to train it and be empowered to live a life which is peaceful, mindful and joyful.

Mind your Mind.

Thank you!!

Beautiful story inspired me a lot!!

 

In the middle of a beautiful city, there was a museum. The floor in the museum was laid with marble tiles, and right in the center of the foyer was a huge marble statue as a part of display.

Many people from all over the world visited the museum every day and admired the beautiful crafted statue.

One night, one of the marble tiles on the floor started talking to marble statue, “Hey statue, we are originally from the same town. We were picked up from the same mine, transported on the same lorry, brought to the very same sculptor. Why then do people from all over the world come all the way here just to step on me while they admire and praise you so much? This is so unfair.” The marble statue replied, “My dear friend, oh tile do you remember how both of us sat their side by side in the sculptor’s workshop in our original forms as marble blocks? And do you recollect how the sculptor chose to work on you first? He started using his tools on you simply to turn you into a masterpiece. But you resisted. You started falling apart.”

“of course, I remember,” said the marble tile, “I hate that guy. How could he use those sharp tools on me? It hurts so badly.” The marble statue continued, “That’s right, when you couldn’t take the pain of his tools, he decided to give up on you and started working on me instead. I knew at once, that if I had to be something different, I would have to bear the pain. Thinking so, instead of resisting I bore all the pain of the sharp tools he used on me.

My friend, there is a price to everything in life. Since you decided to give up halfway, you cannot blame anybody who steps on you now.”

Life as a sculptor, wants to make masterpiece out of you. The question is whether you are ready to handle every test, every hard knock, every trouble, every failure; all the pain that comes from these sculpting tools and become a masterpiece. Or do you grumble and crumble down to simply become a tile. That is what decides whether people step on you or admire you as you become a role model for someone to emulate.

Thank you!!