- Brain Graft
There is a lot of scientific talk that we may get a whole bran grafted from one to another! Do not forget the brain is just tissue. It will respond to stimulus - but will not think, nor feel, discriminate nor decide. The “I" has to do it. You see me with your eyes and hate me. Another looks through his eyes and loves me. Will changing eyes change your heart too?
- Diversity, Unity and Humility
Standing on the ground you will perceive trees to be of different height.
Fly aloft and they will appear to be of the same height.
Lie down and they will appear sky-high!
- Karma
All past karmas are blended and we are the product of that blended karma.
It is like this: take a glass of water; add to it a teaspoon sugar and pepper; stir it well and then taste it.
It is not possible to say 'this is the taste of sugar or pepper' - they are mixed up.
They are both there, no doubt, but not one apart from the other.
One of the corollaries of this theory is: can it be that our good actions can to a great extent mitigate the effect of evil actions, just as the pungency of pepper is mitigated by the addition of sugar.
- Inner Motives
Of all things the most difficult is to scrutinise, the inner motives. Saints have said that if the motives are alright, the actions are also good. Gurudev Sivananda emphasised that we should always scrutinise the inner motives. Work and service assume a new significance when we do this. Suddenly, instead of working or serving, we are 'self-realising'. An inner awareness develops from scrutinising the inner motives.
- Sincerity
Beware of the man who demands that you should set an example - he does not mean to follow you! He wants to hide his own viciousness and keep your wisdom at a respectable distance by sealing your lips with the words "your life should be exemplary before you preach." Even if your conduct rises up to his expected exemplariness, do you think he will follow you? No.
He will applaud you, garland you - and go his own way, unaffected by your example! Truly, he is setting you an example. Go your own way all the time and if people are sincere they will follow you anyway!