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• A comment on Conversation: Which story is the shortest story of 3 words ?

  Jun 10 2012: a man, a woman and the apple
  
  Or let me try again... a boy, a girl and the apple store

• A comment on Conversation: What is your favourite quote and why?

  Mar 18 2012: "Happiness..more or less" - Richard Ashcroft
  
  "Less is more" - Steve Jobs
  
  "Why so serious" - The Joker, The Dark Knight
  
  "The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage." — Mark Russell
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  A comment on Conversation: What is your favourite quote and why?

  Mar 18 2012: "The more i see the less i know, the less 'i know' the more i see."
  
  The first half of this quote motivates me to keep exploring and the second half, which i added to it, is just to keep myself reminded of the fact that i see, learn & live the most when i see, learn or live like a child.
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  A reply on Conversation: Do Self Realization and Self Creation happen simultaneously?

  Feb 11 2012: Mr Shah,
  
  Two amazing thoughts by you which made my journey further interesting are that mostly what we call self creation is self manifestation and thinker is always independent of thoughts. I can imagine what you meant by self manifestation, this resolved a personal situation... though i do feel the need of appreciation, but i seldom feel good when people appreciate any thing done/created by me. Because, what others feel creative is (now i realize) a known manifestation to me.
  
  I think i should remember that tendency to control self also leads to control things beyond my control. A bit of acceptance there would allow me far more time to remain focused on things which i can do. Thank you. Its good, i think that is why we need friends, to remind us of some forgotten thoughts at the right time(like the sky through the window) and also provide with a fresh perspective, like, i am independent of thoughts...i am a medium through which my own chosen thoughts pass...experiencing them & allowing them to to pass through is important than trying to change/control them. A bit of acceptance & patience will help me.
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  A reply on Conversation: Do Self Realization and Self Creation happen simultaneously?

  Feb 11 2012: Colleen !!! you are wonderful as ever.
  
  I love the way you simplify things and stop my mind from chattering.
  
  I think i am getting confused because when i try to mix pleasures of realizing & creating self together, i tend to control some of my thoughts/actions and accept some of them rather than just liberate myself from right or wrong.
  
  I will give you a small example of contradiction, which happens with me almost everyday. When i am approached by beggars on street, i think by giving them something i am promoting it & making them habitual of begging and i also think that in the moment he/she needs it or perhaps its the job he/she is unwillingly doing just like most people in the world. So, i resort to my feeling in the moment, if i feel like i give, if i dont feel like i dont. But i feel bad for allowing my feelings to govern the situation than any logic.

• A reply on Conversation: Do Self Realization and Self Creation happen simultaneously?

  Feb 11 2012: No, it sounds uncomplicated. Your efforts in bringing in clarity here is much appreciated.
  
  Request elaborate on "To be a thinker who is not confused may require to understand the instruments of thinking and the thinking entity." Thinking comes easy to me, the problem is that it comes easy to me, so i end up thinking all possibilities and to the extent that each possibility seems right, even the contradictory ones. Is "truth" the only instrument for thinking or its one of the instruments?
  
  Thank you.

• A reply on Conversation: Do Self Realization and Self Creation happen simultaneously?

  Feb 10 2012: Thank you very much Mr Shah. Then why do i feel so much stress, contradictions* and pain? Am i at the stage of the car which is just trying to start on its battery & fuel and is yet to derive momentum? Or is it always going to be this much effortful? How long does it take for life to stop giving contradictory thoughts/results and become predictable? At what stage a path begins to prove itself the rightly chosen one?

• A reply on Conversation: Do Self Realization and Self Creation happen simultaneously?

  Feb 6 2012: Thank you so much Don. Would love to know the details of the process you went through in last three weeks. It will mean a lot to me in getting perhaps a different perspective.
  
  Thank you,
  Manuj

• A reply on Conversation: Why do we chase happiness?

  Jan 25 2012: Pierre, Thanks for your brilliant & in-genuine inputs. True, at times, i feel i am wasting my time here. Perhaps, i am "chasing" answers which exist within or which i will find as i move ahead, without having the need to define/label them.

• A comment on Conversation: Spirituality is the back bone of guaranteed happiness

  Jan 25 2012: Fountain,
  
  I feel, i understand the essence of your question.
  
  Allow me to confuse you..
  
  I saw a film called Bronson. Its about one of the most famous prisoners in UK. This guy found/believed that his true self was being a criminal. He was happy to be one. The prison was like a hotel to him. Its an interesting experience to watch this film as far as being true to your real self is concerned.
  
  If spirituality, means only that much, then yes, i guess it may keep a guy content/satisfied. But, it may or may not lead to to a deeper connection with others, as you asked. It depends if one's true-self is aligned with others-self also.
  
  If spirituality also includes the acceptance of self and others and also acceptance of a constant change in ourselves, others and environment, then also it may keep one happy.
  
  The challenge here is in understanding three words... spirituality, real-self and happiness. All of them mostly remain undefined/evolving.
  
  Your problems do not end here. If you take a scientific approach, you may find that science, psychology & philosophy, which try to "prove/define/label" make you feel that now you know, but, very next day there's a new discovery in these things which leaves you blank again. So these things are also evolving and at times quite a contrast to their previous definition.
  
  Guarantee? It depends on all above mentioned variables and much more.
  
  Now, allow me to simplify it..
  
  Yes.