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In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed for his knowledge and   wisdom and therefore held in high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher 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 really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second filter,  the filter of GOODNESS. ...

At a social gathering many years ago, Winston C. had been drinking a bit much, as usual.  Lady Astor approached and said "Sir, you are drunk." He replied, "Madame, you are ugly."  She replied, "You are a disgusting drunk." He responded:  "Yes, you are probably correct, madame, but in the morning I shall be sober and you'll still be ugly."                                                         ************************************              Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.      - Victor Borge   <><>        Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.      - Mark Twain      <><>      ...

Once there was a small kid on earth.  One fine day it came to know that god is distributing apples to humans in his place at heaven.  The kid was so happy to receive that news and it went with lot of enjoyment to heaven to get the apple from god. There was a big queue standing to get apple from god and this kid also joined in that queue.  While it was standing, it was fully excited and thrilled for the fact that it is going to receive in person from god's hands. Its turn too came and the kid showed it's both the hands to receive apple.  God gave the apple but unfortunately the tiny hands couldn't hold that big apple.  Apple fell down and got wasted in mud. The kid got so disappointed.  The ministers near the god informed that if the kid likes to have an apple from god again then it has to again follow the queue.  Having waited for so long the kid didn't want to return back to earth with empty hands so it decided to wait again in the queue. This time the queue ha...

Fascinating information for those of you who may be interested: and for those of you who are not attracted by Indian lore, do read the first three paras, at least!                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It is amazing how much Western science has taught us. Today, for example, kids in grammar school learn that the sun is 93 million miles from the earth and that the speed of light is 186,000 miles per second. Yoga may teach us about our Higher Self, but it can't supply this kind of information about physics or astronomy. Or can it? Professor Subhash Kak of Louisiana State University recently called my attention to a remarkable statement by Sayana, a fourteenth century Indian scholar. In his commentary on a hymn in the Rig Veda, the oldest and perhaps most mystical text ever composed in India, Sayana has this to say: "With deep r...

A short Story by Arun Gandhi  A favorite story that Grandfather liked to tell us was the story of an ancient Indian King who was obsessed with the desire to find the meaning of peace. What is peace and how can we get it and when we find it what should we do with it were some of the issues that bothered him. Intellectuals in his kingdom were invited to answer the King's questions for a handsome reward. Many tried but none could explain how to find peace and what to do with it. At last someone said the King ought to consult the sage who lived just outside the borders of his Kingdom:  "He is an old man and very wise," the King was told. "If anyone can answer your questions he can."  The King went to the sage and posed the eternal question. Without a word the sage went into the kitchen and brought a grain of wheat to the King.  "In this you will find the answer to your question," the Sage said as he placed the grain of wheat in the King's outstre...

Don't just have career or academic goals. Set goals to give you a balanced, successful life. I use the word balanced before successful, Balanced means ensuring your health,relationships, mental peace are all in good order.   There is no point of getting a promotion on the day of your break-up.  There is no fun in driving a car if your back hurts. Shopping is not enjoyable if your mind is full of tensions.    "Life is one of those races in nursery school where you have to run with a marble in a spoon kept in your mouth. If the marble falls, there is no point coming first.. Same is with life where health and relationships are the marble.  Your striving is only worth it if there is harmony in your life. Else, you may achieve the success, but this spark, this feeling of being excited and alive, will start to die. One thing about nurturing the spark - don't take life seriously.  Life is not meant to be taken seriously, as we are really temporary here.  We...

W hy Some Men Have Dogs And Not Wives: 1. The later you are, the more excited your dogs are to see you. 2. Dogs don't notice if you call them by another dog's name. 3. Dogs like it if you leave a lot of things on the floor. 4. A dog's parents never visit. 5. Dogs agree that you have to raise your voice to get your point across. 6. You never have to wait for a dog; they're ready to go 24 hours a day. 7. Dogs find you amusing when you're drunk.. 8. Dogs like to go hunting and fishing. 9. A dog will not wake you up at night to ask, "If I died, would you get another dog?" 10. If a dog has babies, you can put an ad in the paper and give them away. 11. A dog will let you put a studded collar on it without calling you a pervert. 12. If a dog smells another dog on you, they don't get mad. They just think it's interesting. 13. Dogs like to ride in the back of a pickup truck. And last, but certainly not least:...