5 steps

Maitri, Karuna, Mudita, Prem, Ahimsa!

Problems

You desire a solution

For problem Y

You desire, struggle and suffer

as solutions are limited

But there is a solution

for the problem of you being person X

For whom problem Y exists

and a million other problems

You are bound to being person X

who is bound to problem Y

along with a million others

You want freedom for person X

Why not want your own freedom?

Find who person X is

Answer points at who you are!

See that answer

See it clearly

Live that answer

Freedom ensues!

Spirituality Reader

A friend wanted suggestions on interesting books of various genres to read that point towards the need for / explain spirituality. I prepared a list of modern day books (means I did not include many of the classics that were written millennia ago) that helped me. Here it is, in no particular order:

1.) Case against the global economy and for a turn towards the local - edited by Jerry Mander

2.) Everyone loves a good drought - P. Sainath

3.) Confronting Consumption - MIT Press

4.) Ishmael - Daniel Quinn

5.) Hind Swaraj - M.K. Gandhi

6.) Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh - Helena Norberg Hodge

7.) Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle

8.) One straw revolution - Masanobu Fukoka

9.) Economy of permanence - J.C. Kumarappa

10.) Happiness hypothesis - Jonathan Haidt

11.) Happiness - Mathew Ricard

12.) Dialogue with death - Eknath Eshwaran

13.) Think on these things - J. Krishnamurthi

14.) Freedom from the known - J. Krishnamurthi

15.) One minute wisdom, One minute nonsense - Anthony de Mello

16.) Song of the bird, Prayer of the frog - Anthony de Mello

17.) Call to love - Anthony de Mello

18.) Stop sleep walking through life - Devdas Menon

19.) Flow - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

20.) Leadership and self deception - Arbinger Institute

21.) Anatomy of peace - Arbinger institute

22.) Tao of Physics - Fritjof Capra

23.) Synthesis of Yoga - Aurobindo

24.) Elephant whisperer - Anthony Lawrence

25.) Gorillas in the mist - Dian Fossey

26.) Legacy of Luna - Julia Hill

27.) A new earth - Eckhart Tolle

28.) Small is beautiful - E.F. Schumacher

29.) The Razors edge - Somerset Maugham

30.) Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Richard Bach

31.) Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse

32.) Prophet - Kahlil Gibran

33.) Awakening of Intelligence - J. Krishnamurthi

34.) Left to Tell - Immaculee Ilibagiza

35.) Peace is every step - Thich Nhat Hanh

36.) Summerhill - A.S. Neill

37.) Madman - Kahlil Gibran

38.) Animal Farm - George Orwell

39.) Guru Vachaka Kovai - Muruganar

40.) Ancestors Tale - Richard Dawkins

41.) Alchemist - Paulo Coelho

42.) Karma Yoga / Gnana Yoga - Swami Vivekananda

43.) Talks with Sri Ramana Maharishi - Munagala Venkataramiah

வழியொன்று அருளாயோ

உழன்றும் உணராமல் - எங்கும்

சுழலும் மனதை கரைத்து

உண்மை துளியும் அறியாமல் - தமக்கே

பொய்யுறைக்கும் புத்தியைத் திருத்தி,

ஆதவனை பல கோடியாண்டுகளாய் - உழலாமல்

சுழலும் புவியைப் போலவும்,

நன்மை தீமை உண்மை அறிந்தும் - மழலையைப்

போல் சிரிக்கும் ஞானியை போலவும் வாழ,

திக்கின்றி திசையின்றி திரியும் - இவனுக்கு

வழியொன்று அருளாயோ,

சான்றோர் மட்டும் அறியும் - புறச்

சான்றிதழ் ஏதுமில்லாதவனே!