Detachment

 

A lesson from animal world

 

Mirror

 Mirrors can be very deceiving. The following picture is interesting as it can be described in both a positive and a negative way.

• Positive; No matter what you are, see yourself as an emperor of your life
• Negative; The Devil can't see his own narcissism 

Respect

 

Azra aur Murtaza ki kahani - Jaun Elia ki Zubani

 In one of his rare interviews, Jaun Elia mentioned a true story from Amroha, India. This account played an essential role in his personality formation.

In his neighborhood, a girl named Azra was engaged to a boy named Murtaza. Nikah was done, but rukhsati was pending. They were in immense, deep love with each other. One day, Murtaza died. When Azra learned about his death, she did not cry but went into isolation for months on the upper story of the house. Her food was served by servants and family there. She rarely came downstairs.

Woh mukkamal pathra gai

One day, out of the blue, she came downstairs in an extremely happy mood. She took out her favorite suit and put perfume and gajra on herself. Everyone was shocked and surprised and asked her what had happened. She said, "Murtaza came into my dream and said he would take me with him soon." Everybody thought she had gone crazy, but she died in a few days.

Jaun says this event enormously affected him and changed his outlook on love and life.

How you pick the right thing to change - 70/30 rule

While going to board a flight, this book caught my attention and was a great read for a four hours flight.

What Got You Here Won’t Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith

 In a way, I can see why people have problems choosing what needs fixing. In golf, for example, it is common wisdom that 70 percent of all shots take place within 100 yards of the pin. It’s called the short game, and it involves pitching, chipping, hitting out of sand traps, and putting. If you want to lower your score, focus on fixing your short game; it represents at least 70 percent of your score. Yet if you go to a golf course you’ll see very few people practicing their short game. They’re all at the driving range trying to hit their oversized drivers as far as they can. Statistically, it doesn’t make sense because over the course of 18 holes, they’ll only need their drivers fourteen times (at most) whereas they’ll pull out their short irons and putters at least 50 times. Athletically it doesn’t make sense either. The short game demands compact delicate small-muscle movements; it is much easier to master than the violent big-muscle movements of driving off the tee. Nor does it make sense competitively. 

Actually, the whole book is a great read to improve oneself.

Father and Son

 

Empty!!

Last summer, I took a solo train journey across Central Europe. I shut off my work phone and used my personal cell phone just for travel needs. I decided not to communicate with anyone for 10 days and purely indulge in travel. It was a meditation and pilgrimage to my inner. 

 One evening, while roaming Salzburg, Austria, as I came out of Mozart's home, I noticed this marvel at one corner of the city.

 

One of my fav - Poet: Mubarak Siddiqui

 

What matters in life

 

What will men never get about women?

 What will men never get about women?

(someone posted on Quora)

Until high school, I thought the most beautiful girls always preferred the stud—a handsome guy with great hair and a fit body, the one with blue eyes, the kind you see in teenage movies.

Then, my reality started to crack.

I saw hot girls with odd-looking guys. Strange-looking guys. Men with outdated sense of fashion, if any. Men who needed to see the barber quickly.

“What the hell is going on?”

Society teaches us money and looks get you ass. And in a way, they are. But having those things does not guarantee success with women.

You can look fit and fresh, have a good job or run your business, be well-spoken, and still not get the girl. Reality is too dynamic and unexpected to be bound by rules.

Your attitude, confidence, and approach to life matter much more.

When you’re happy, everybody wants a piece of that happiness.

In the past ten years, I have met all sorts of men. The ones who “made it” with women were guys who had a life and were happy about it. Guys who had good intentions for the people around them.

They weren’t caught up with the latest pickup technique.

They shared their good vibe. The laughs and humor. The sense of comfort and calmness around them. And they kicked ass.

For Agnostics

 

Jibran on Love

 

Murshid says!

 

Iqbal on uinverse

  اقبال ۔۔

‏اس کھیل میں تعیینِ مراتب ہے ضروری

‏شاطر کی عنایت سے تو فرزیں، میں پیادہ

‏بیچارہ پیادہ تو ہے اک مہرۂ ناچیز

‏فرزیں سے بھی پوشیدہ ہے شاطر کا ارادہ