tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post3506217039234578277..comments2024-03-28T21:08:32.637+05:30Comments on Tomichan Matheikal's blog: Beyond the SelfTomichan Matheikalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-5941152171345666242013-08-21T07:31:55.335+05:302013-08-21T07:31:55.335+05:30Fine. But I'm only talking about genuine inten...Fine. But I'm only talking about genuine intention with concern. Not the murderer's excuse.wingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12629140307669198833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-66060075367672688482013-08-20T15:13:00.749+05:302013-08-20T15:13:00.749+05:30Pride is one of the seven cardinal sins, Jack, acc...Pride is one of the seven cardinal sins, Jack, according to the Catholic catechism. I recited those sins and their counter-virtues umpteen times as part of my childhood religious instruction. But my pride never vanished. :)<br /><br />Yes, the Art of Giving comes with much effort. But one can always make a beginning. Even a small beginning can make much difference. In spite of pride, you know.Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-60111125028241237462013-08-20T14:59:53.147+05:302013-08-20T14:59:53.147+05:30Sir,I feel,the gist is acceptance from within.. ca...Sir,I feel,the gist is acceptance from within.. can only allow us to love and be compassionate :) One needs to feel content while performing Art of Giving .. and I have seen people being proud rather :) hence discontented !! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-14156135214112266392013-08-20T06:44:52.911+05:302013-08-20T06:44:52.911+05:30Wings, when I questioned the relevance of Vipassan...Wings, when I questioned the relevance of Vipassana, I was questioning its relevance for students who are not even anywhere near serious thinking. Taking Vipassana to young people who haven't even realised the need to maintain silence while prayers are being recited is like teaching differential calculus to one who is suffering from discalculia. <br /><br />Intention is a slippery ground, wings. Even the murderer can justify his deed applying the logic of intention. "The road to hell is paved with good intentions," says the proverb.Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-70543125362310150742013-08-19T21:09:56.592+05:302013-08-19T21:09:56.592+05:30Even if, sir, you don't agree with me, the sam...Even if, sir, you don't agree with me, the same concept attracted me to Vipassana. Sometimes coming forward to help others is looked at as poking nose. That's what I wonder and silently smile at when they say so. <br />One more philosophy is nature sees our intention or volition not obviously words or actions though they are congruent to our thought process. Because sometimes our actions are easily interpreted according to others' maturity levels. So at heart if we have a good intention, I think, we need not fear anything. My it be a strong criticism or whatever. wingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12629140307669198833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-62571246327635998422013-08-19T18:23:15.526+05:302013-08-19T18:23:15.526+05:30There are a whole lot of self-actualisation psycho...There are a whole lot of self-actualisation psychologists. <br /><br />You are the second one here to mention Frankl. Maybe, soon I'll have a look at his 'Search for Meaning'.Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-83222212256082262972013-08-19T18:03:53.034+05:302013-08-19T18:03:53.034+05:30Great read. The word 'self-actualization' ...Great read. The word 'self-actualization' reminded me of Victor Frankyl's book, 'Man's Search for Meaning.'Would love to read this book (The Dalai Lama's cat) one day. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16686143581799642824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-84246360149767592022013-08-19T15:59:24.626+05:302013-08-19T15:59:24.626+05:30Glad to have you here. Glad to have you here. Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-43228578926476945822013-08-19T14:41:26.052+05:302013-08-19T14:41:26.052+05:30Agree with you..:-) Nice write-up..:-)Agree with you..:-) Nice write-up..:-)A Homemaker's Utopiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308210441252274508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-91220819324384895222013-08-18T16:36:58.698+05:302013-08-18T16:36:58.698+05:30Most religions would teach love and compassion as ...Most religions would teach love and compassion as basic principles or as duties of man. <br /><br />I'm fairly familiar with Frankl's views though I haven't read Man's Search for Meaning yet. I would like to read it. Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-21411485801243071502013-08-18T16:33:54.269+05:302013-08-18T16:33:54.269+05:30Glad you liked it.Glad you liked it.Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-15605149516900434672013-08-18T16:32:02.623+05:302013-08-18T16:32:02.623+05:30Good read ! Hindu principles also advocate achievi...Good read ! Hindu principles also advocate achieving a level of knowledge where there is no 'other', so loving oneself and loving others become one and the same thing. I recently read Viktor Frankl's Man Search for Meaning. Suggest reading if you get a chance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-42841769510916189852013-08-18T16:00:57.655+05:302013-08-18T16:00:57.655+05:30Real happiness lies in giving :)
Nice read!
Real happiness lies in giving :)<br />Nice read!<br />On A Good Lengthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15737726010855821194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-694705300403207742013-08-18T13:46:56.646+05:302013-08-18T13:46:56.646+05:30Putting into practice? That's exactly what I ...Putting into practice? That's exactly what I meant when I wrote "Very simple. And yet very difficult." People have become preachers. I am familiar with religious leaders who ask others to make sacrifices while they themselves live in opulence. Practising what you preach is the most difficult thing today. Instead, the religious leaders encourage people to donate money to them so that sins can be forgiven. Everything is purchased and sold. Commerce. That's all. That's why the problems keep mounting. ...Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-36057621933562401092013-08-18T13:32:39.944+05:302013-08-18T13:32:39.944+05:30Most of the problems we face now arise from the fa...Most of the problems we face now arise from the fact that we have not stopped to ponder and think about the people around us. Be it terrorism, naxalism, poverty . . . it's all because the haves don't care about the have-nots. Instead more time is spent on theorizing it. I wish we can put this into practice. Jeevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14805862105396943161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-44903384822003173362013-08-18T12:28:37.106+05:302013-08-18T12:28:37.106+05:30You are correct Sir.You are correct Sir.JRDashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13841202395073303909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-79456581138895200082013-08-18T10:33:59.751+05:302013-08-18T10:33:59.751+05:30Dash ji, have you heard the story about a woman wh...Dash ji, have you heard the story about a woman who was searching for her lost earring? She was searching in the front yard of the house where her neighbour joined her in the search. After a thorough search which was futile, the neighbour asked, "Are you sure you lost your ring here?" "No, I must have lost it inside the house," said the neighbour. <br /><br />"Why are you then searching here?"<br /><br />"Because there's no light inside the house."<br /><br />Human pursuit of happiness is quite akin...Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-48643919946968758632013-08-18T10:31:23.498+05:302013-08-18T10:31:23.498+05:30And Einstein has been mentioned as a self-actualis...And Einstein has been mentioned as a self-actualised person, by Maslow. <br /><br />Thank you for adding that quote. It plainly asserts what all self-actualised people learnt: we need very little and happiness has nothing to do with how much we possess, or what position we hold, or what others think of us. Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-87172558233057681672013-08-18T09:40:58.845+05:302013-08-18T09:40:58.845+05:30This art of giving or sharing your experience to o...This art of giving or sharing your experience to others always started in home. I don't know when I had learnt to write 1st Alphabet "A". How much satisfaction and pleasure this learning might have given to my parents. I understood that when I became a father only. My Son's attempt to learn and write "A" and seeing his effort and accomplishment to learn this small small initiations in life could help me understand the immense satisfaction that could have have given to my parents too. Happiness always an in-ward feeling and we search many a times in outer orbit. JRDashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13841202395073303909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-87864676155460549312013-08-18T08:18:02.538+05:302013-08-18T08:18:02.538+05:30 yes ,Real happiness lies in giving.
A table, a ... yes ,Real happiness lies in giving. <br /><br />A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?<br />Albert Einstein English linkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06548225792126408227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-1746897975549089972013-08-18T08:04:06.027+05:302013-08-18T08:04:06.027+05:30Life can be very simple if we all learn to be pass...Life can be very simple if we all learn to be passionate about meaningful things... thanks. Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-33905282361933585602013-08-18T00:25:13.934+05:302013-08-18T00:25:13.934+05:30So true, I couldn't agree with you more.
&quo...So true, I couldn't agree with you more.<br /><br />"Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it."Ranjana Jhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628639592860871304noreply@blogger.com