Inspirations Thoughts And Quotes

[Medallion Stallion]

This Shabad is by Bhai Gurdaas Ji in Vaars Bhai Gurdaas on Pannaa 1

puCn gl eImwn dI kwzI mulW iekTy hoeI]

pushhan gal eemaan dhee kaazee mulaa(n) eikat(h)ae hoee||

Qazi and maulvis got together and began discussing religion.

vfw sWg vrqwieAw lK n sky kudriq koeI]

vaddaa saa(n)g varathaaeiaa lakh n sakae kudharath koee||

A great fantasy has been created and no one could understood its mystery.

puCx Kol ikqwb nUM vfw ihMdU kI muslmwnoeI]

pushhan khol kithaab noo(n) vaddaa hi(n)dhoo kee musalamaanoee||

They asked Baba Nanak to open and search in his book whether Hindu is great or the Muslim.

bwbw AwKy hwzIAW SuB AmlW bwJo dovyN roeI]

baabaa aakhae haazeeaaa(n) shubh amalaa(n) baajho dhovae(n) roee||

Baba replied to the pilgrim hajis, that, without good deeds both will have to weep and wail.

ihMdU muslmwn doie drgih AMdr lYx n FoeI]

hi(n)dhoo musalamaan dhoe dharagehi a(n)dhar lain n dtoee||

Only by being a Hindu or a Muslim one can not get accepted in the court of the Lord.

kcw rMg kusuMB kw pwxI DoqY iQr n rhoeI]

kachaa ra(n)g kusu(n)bh kaa paanee dhhothai thhir n rehoee||

As the colour of safflower is impermanent and is washed away in water, likewise the colours of religiosity are also temporary.

krn bKIlI Awp ivc rwm rhIm kuQwie KloeI]

karan bakheelee aap vich raam reheem kuthhaae khaloee||

(Followers of both the religions) In their expositions, denounce Ram and Rahim.

rwh SYqwnI dunIAw goeI ]óó]

raah shaithaanee dhuneeaa goee ||aa||

The whole of the world is following the ways of Satan.

[Medallion Stallion]

:WW:

[OhTwadi]

Ab qb Avru n mwgau hir pih nwmu inrMjn dIjY ipAwir ]

ab thab avar n maago har pehi naam nira(n)jan dheejai piaar ||

I shall never ask anything else of the Lord; please, bless me with the Love of Your Immaculate Name.

nwnk cwiqRku AMimRq jlu mwgY hir jsu dIjY ikrpw Dwir ]8]2]

naanak chaathrik a(n)mrith jal maagai har jas dheejai kirapaa dhhaar ||8||2||

Nanak, the song-bird, begs for the Ambrosial Water; O Lord, shower Your Mercy upon him, and bless him with Your Praise. ||8||2||

[2desi]

"If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live."

Martin Luther King, Jr., Detroit, Michigan, June 23, 1963

[OhTwadi]

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." --Albert Einstein

[JustME]

The Secret

One day, one friend asked another,

"How is it that you are always so happy?

You have so much energy,

and you never seem to get down."

With her eyes smiling, she said,

"I know the Secret!"

"What secret is that?"

To which she replied,

"I'll tell you all about it,

but you have to promise to

share the Secret with others."

"The Secret is this:

I have learned there is little I can do

in my life that will make me truly happy.

I must depend on Waheguru to make

me happy and to meet my needs.

When a need arises in my life,

I have to trust Waheguru to supply

according to HIS riches.

I have learned most of the time

I don't need half of what I think I do.

He has never let me down.

Since I learned that 'Secret', I am happy."

The questioner's first thought was,

"That's too simple!"

But upon reflecting over her own life

she recalled how she thought a bigger house

would make her happy, but it didn't!

She thought a better paying job

would make her happy, but it hadn't.

When did she realize her greatest happiness?

Sitting on the floor with her grandchildren,

playing games, eating pizza or reading a story,

a simple gift from Waheguru.

Now you know it too!

We can't depend on people to make us happy.

Only Waheguru in His infinite wisdom can do that.

Trust Waheguru!

And now I pass the Secret on to you!

So once you get it, what will you do?

YOU have to tell someone the Secret, too!

That Waheguru in His wisdom will take care of YOU!

But it's not really a secret...

We just have to believe it and do it...

Really trust Waheguru!

In everything you do, put Waheguru first, and Waheguru will direct

you and crown your effort with success .

[JustME]

About ten years ago, a young and very successful executive named Josh was traveling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit too fast in his sleek, black, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE, which was only two months old. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something.

As his car passed, no child darted out, but a brick sailed out and -- WHUMP! -- it smashed into the Jag's shiny black side door! SCREECH...!!!! Brakes slammed! Gears ground into reverse, and tires madly spun the Jaguar back to the spot from where the brick had been thrown. Josh jumped out of the car, grabbed the kid and pushed him up against a parked car.

He shouted at the kid, "What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing?!" Building up a head of steam, he went on. "That's my new Jag, that brick you threw is gonna cost you a lot of money. Why did you throw it?"

"Please, mister, please...I'm sorry! I didn't know what else to do!" pleaded the youngster. "I threw the brick because no one else would stop!" Tears were dripping down the boy's chin as he pointed around the parked car. "It's my brother, mister," he said. "He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up." Sobbing, the boy asked the executive, "Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me."

Moved beyond words, the young executive tried desperately to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. Straining, he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief and wiped the scrapes and cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be OK. He then watched the younger brother push him down the sidewalk toward their home.

It was a long walk back to the sleek, black, shining, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE -- a long and slow walk. Now, Josh never did fix the side door of his Jaguar.

He kept the dent to remind him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his attention.

had a real lump in my throat after reading this................ :mellow:

[JustME]

The Professor and the Student

An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with

God, The Almighty.

He asks one of his new Muslim students to stand.....

Professor: You are a Muslim, aren't you, son?

Student: Yes, sir.

Prof: So you believe in God?

Student: Absolutely, sir.

Prof: Is God good?

Student: Sure.

Prof: Is God all-powerful?

Student: Yes.

Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would

attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn't. How is this God good then? Hmm?

(Student is silent.)

Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fella. Is God

good?

Student: Yes.

Prof: Is Satan good?

Student: No.

Prof: Where does Satan come from?

Student: From...God...

Prof: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?

Student: Yes.

Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct?

Student: Yes.

Prof: So who created evil?

(Student does not answer.)

Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world,

don't they?

Student:Yes, sir.

Prof: So, who created them?

(Student has no answer.)

Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell

me, son...Have you ever seen God?

Student: No, sir.

Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?

Student: No, sir.

Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any

sensory perception of God for that matter?

Student: No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.

Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?

Student: Yes.

Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your GOD doesn't

exist. What do you say to that, son?

Student: Nothing. I only have my faith.

Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.

Student: Professor, is there such a thing as heat?

Prof: Yes.

Student: And is there such a thing as cold?

Prof: Yes.

Student: No sir. There isn't.

(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)

Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little

heat or no heat. But we don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which

is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a

word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not

the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.

(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)

Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?

Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?

Student: You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light,

normal light, bright light, flashing light....But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and

it's called darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness isn't. If it were you would be able to make

darkness darker, wouldn't you?

Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?

Student: Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.

Prof: Flawed? Can you explain how?

Student: Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is

death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite,

something we can measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and

magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the

opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is

not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor. Do you teach your students

that they evolved from a monkey?

Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.

Student: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument is

going.)

Student: Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove

that this process is an on-going endeavour, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a

scientist but a preacher?

(The class is in uproar.)

Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's brain?

(The class breaks out into laughter.)

Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelt

it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable,

demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do

we then trust your lectures, sir?

(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face unfathomable.)

Prof: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.

Student: That is it sir... The link between man & God is FAITH. That is all that keeps things

moving and alive.

[Azaad]

If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what's more, you'll be a man, my son.

Rudyard Kipling

[Azaad]

From the Simpsons:-

Homer: Marge? Since I'm not talking to Lisa, would you please ask her to pass me the syrup?

Marge: Dear, please pass your father the syrup, Lisa.

Lisa: Bart, tell Dad I will only pass the syrup if it won't be used on any meat product.

Bart: You dunkin' your sausages in that syrup homeboy?

Homer: Marge, tell Bart I just want to drink a nice glass of syrup like I do every morning.

Marge: Tell him yourself, you're ignoring Lisa, not Bart.

Homer: Bart, thank your mother for pointing that out.

Marge: Homer, you're not not-talking to me and secondly I heard what you said.

Homer: Lisa, tell your mother to get off my case.

Bart: Uhhh, dad, Lisa's the one you're not talking to.

Homer: Bart, go to your room.