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Knowledge and Wisdom

Knowledge is Learning Something Every Day.  Wisdom is Letting go of Something Every Day. ~ Zen Proverb ~
Why are You Bored with Your Work??? Good piece...... It is due to Your Attitude. If the Attitude is Correct, You can go on doing the same work for Fifty Years.  When you consider Your Work as a Duty, a way of Serving Others, it NEVER becomes Dull. It is ONLY when You think of it in terms of Your Own Development or Pleasure that work becomes Intolerable and Monotonous. It is actually far easier and more Motivating to work for Others than for Yourself. This is the 'Secret of Karma Yoga' which few Understand and are able to Apply. This is the Difference between Karma and Karma yoga. You Create Karma when You Act with Yourself in Mind, with Your Personal Desires and Problems as a Motivation. When You act, not for Yourself but as a Service, an Offering to Others, the Mind is Freed and You Experience the Benefits of Karma Yoga." - Swami Satyananda (Bihar School of Yoga)
My list of complaints about the Yoga Studio (136.1) that I go to.... "All these lovey dovey notes from members/teachers of the Thiruvamiyur studio are making me sick. I have to tell the truth and set the record stratight about absolutely terrible impact of going to 136 for a year and a half. Here are some changes that have happened in my life that are shocking... 1. I used to enjoy sleeping till 7am, but now it is 4.45am for me so that I can get to the 5.45am class in time! 2. I loved sulking and enjoyed my grumpiness, but alas those moments are few and far between. 3. I used to read the newspaper, TIME magazine, fiction, but now all I read are books on Yoga. Find myself starting chapter 6 of the Bhagwad Gita. This is plain ridiculous! 4. I loved the high that the clear drink - vodka brought, but now, sipping coconut water from 136.2 (outside Alwarpet) is the depths that I have sunk to. 5. Conversations about people (gossip), random topics interested me, but now, I run fro...