In the world today, meditation is considered one of the most effective stress busters.  However, there seems to be many different defintions of Meditation - some say its concenteration, focus, chanting a mantra and many many approaches to meditation.  But what exactly is meditation?

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Sometime ago, there was a furore in India over idols of Ganesha drinking milk all over India.  People started to flock temples to witness these 'Miracles'.

I wonder why Ganesha being a god needs miracles to convince his followers.  I am sure he has been blessing them since eons without as much as a public display of his powers. Why then would he choose to do a miracle to prove his existence? Does he need to prove his existence at all? and To whom?

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"O, enlightened master, how do I dispel the darkness of ignornace within me?", asked the disciple to his master.

"Does darkness exist? What is darkness?", asked the master.

"Well, dont you witness darkness in the night, every night? How can you then suggest that darkness does not exist?", asked the confused disciple.

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Mattu was a successful business man in the town. He was very popular and known for his highly principled life.

He suffered from a disease in which he could no experience pain at all. His life did not know what pain was. Everyone envied him. He simply could not feel pain.

When he was 40, he partnered with an international business house and was about to take his business globally. After having signed the contract papers and a dinner in a swank hotel, he returned home.

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The God that I know - knows not anger or peace,
Knows not pride or prejudice,
Knows not fear or favor,

God is beyond Law, yet he follows all the laws,
is beyond all emotions, yet he showers his kindness.

God neither gives nor takes,
God neither makes you win nor lose,
God neither wants anything from you nor wants to give you anything,
God neither loves you nor hates you,
God neither sees a sinner or a saint in you,

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It was an unusally sunny day. My vehicle had broken down in the middle of a deserted highway.

Wondering what to do, I started to slowly walk towards the nearest village which was about a mile away.

The sun was right above the head and was striking very hard on me. I think the temperature must have been around 38 degrees.

I had almost walked the distance and was near the village, when out of sheer exhaustion, I collapsed - half faint and half awake.

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Sirish was a beautiful deer that roamed the forest in the Sahyadri ranges in western ghats. Through out his life he could smell a sweet smell around him.

He spoke to a couple of animals in the forest. Do you smell that perfume? he asked. All the other animals ridiculed him. Some said, he was hallucinating, some said he was mad and many just behaved nicely in front of him and ridiculed him in his absence.

Years passed by..the perfume smell only got stronger and Sirish had learned through experience to keep it to himself.

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I would like to share with my readers, an incident that is supposed to have actually happened during the days of Buddha, the modern God of self-realization.

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This is not a story. I am writing about something that has occured to me of the so many interactions I have had with people. It makes me wonder.

Let me share an incident with you that triggered this thought in me....

One of the days at office my collegues and I were having an aimless chat when we decided to listen to one of the audio narrations of Deepak Chopra, who happens to be a powerful speaker on spirituality and its essence.

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A Cuckoo and Peacock were best of pals. Every time both of them met, the Peacock used to show its beautiful dance to the Cuckoo. Slowly, but steadily, the Peacock became very popular in School, in the neighborhood, in the club.

The Cuckoo was happy for its friend but very dejected. The Cuckoo went through a depression - it was dark and not as beautiful as the Peacock. It wanted to dance as gracefully as the Peacock.

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