Comments on: Accept Responsibility for Your Own Life http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2008/accept-responsibility-for-your-own-life/ feel deeply alive, every single day Wed, 16 May 2012 19:13:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Abdul Wahab http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2008/accept-responsibility-for-your-own-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1693 Abdul Wahab Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:52:10 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=32#comment-1693 Great blog., we can learn many things to the related posts, i would say thanks to the people who took part for the best. Regards. Abdul Wahab. Great blog., we can learn many things to the related posts, i would say thanks to the people who took part for the best.

Regards.
Abdul Wahab.

]]> By: Fatima http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2008/accept-responsibility-for-your-own-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1556 Fatima Thu, 28 May 2009 09:53:09 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=32#comment-1556 Thanks for the great post. I found it just when I needed it. I'm looking forward to reading more of your writings! Cheers Thanks for the great post. I found it just when I needed it. I’m looking forward to reading more of your writings!

Cheers

]]> By: Doctor Buffer http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2008/accept-responsibility-for-your-own-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1309 Doctor Buffer Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:05:07 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=32#comment-1309 Theres nothing that puts a smile on my face quite like my cat walking in the window with a bird in its mouth. I can do 35 pushups ill be over here gloating the next two weeks if all goes according to plan good luck. Theres nothing that puts a smile on my face quite like my cat walking in the window with a bird in its mouth. I can do 35 pushups ill be over here gloating the next two weeks if all goes according to plan good luck.

]]> By: Abhishek http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2008/accept-responsibility-for-your-own-life/comment-page-1/#comment-811 Abhishek Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:58:22 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=32#comment-811 I really like your blogs and have recommended the link to couple of my friends. I am taking up the challenge of 100 push ups. Thanks for giving us the link. Will keep you posted on my progress? How's your 100 push ups going on? Thanks again. I really like your blogs and have recommended the link to couple of my friends.
I am taking up the challenge of 100 push ups. Thanks for giving us the link. Will keep you posted on my progress?
How’s your 100 push ups going on?

Thanks again.

]]> By: Sunday Round-up 13.07.08 « Experiments in Living http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2008/accept-responsibility-for-your-own-life/comment-page-1/#comment-810 Sunday Round-up 13.07.08 « Experiments in Living Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:04:00 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=32#comment-810 [...] An Amazing Mind has a story about birds and a direct message for us all: Take responsibility for your own life [...] [...] An Amazing Mind has a story about birds and a direct message for us all: Take responsibility for your own life [...]

]]> By: Peter http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2008/accept-responsibility-for-your-own-life/comment-page-1/#comment-809 Peter Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:11:00 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=32#comment-809 Hmh...apparently I managed to comment a wrong post. The above was meant for the uberman post. Hmh…apparently I managed to comment a wrong post. The above was meant for the uberman post.

]]> By: Peter http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2008/accept-responsibility-for-your-own-life/comment-page-1/#comment-808 Peter Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:08:00 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=32#comment-808 Good post, but I cannot understand how you would find extra hours to be boring? For me, no amount of time would be enough to do everything I'm interested in. There are just too many interesting things to learn about.<br/><br/>I've read a lot about polyphasic sleeping, and really the only reason I'm not doing it, is that there are no guarantees that it won't have a negative effect on my health. Good post, but I cannot understand how you would find extra hours to be boring? For me, no amount of time would be enough to do everything I’m interested in. There are just too many interesting things to learn about.

I’ve read a lot about polyphasic sleeping, and really the only reason I’m not doing it, is that there are no guarantees that it won’t have a negative effect on my health.

]]> By: Anand http://vladdolezal.com/blog/2008/accept-responsibility-for-your-own-life/comment-page-1/#comment-807 Anand Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:49:00 +0000 http://vladdolezal.com/blog/?p=32#comment-807 Wonderful post. I loved the story about the man traveling. It reminds me of what I read in a book once: <br/><br/>I can tell you from my experience – Existence is always showering upon us. There is such abundance! But we are so well trained in the discipline of discontent! We have become so insensitive to what we receive. We always want more because someone or the other has more, because comparison has become an unconscious process within ourselves; because we don’t know how to live a fulfilling life with a center within ourselves.<br/><br/>A small story:<br/><br/>One man was doing rigorous penance in a jungle for God to appear.<br/><br/>God condescended and appeared before him. He told him to ask what he wanted.<br/><br/>The man was overjoyed and said that he was a landlord and had lost all his wealth and that he wished to become wealthy again.<br/><br/>God took pity on him and said that the following day, if the man ran from dawn to dusk, all the area covered by him would be his.<br/><br/>The Man was extremely happy.<br/><br/>The next day he started running even before dawn.<br/><br/>He ran as fast as he could.<br/><br/>Close to noon, hunger beckoned but he didn’t pay heed and kept running.<br/><br/>Early in the evening, thirst and fatigue gripped him but he was goaded on by the thought of the neighboring landlord who owned many acres of land. Pictures of all his wealthy contemporaries came to him and he ran on.<br/><br/>A little before sunset, he felt giddy and weak but managed a few more steps.<br/><br/>At twilight, he faltered…and fell dead.<br/><br/>This is how we all live our lives. We run the race without even stopping to think why we are running! We run because everyone else is running! Shankaracharya beautifully describes this as ‘thatha kim, thatha kim…’ meaning ‘what next, what next…’ We are all the time thinking ‘what next’. This is what causes us to run. Wonderful post. I loved the story about the man traveling. It reminds me of what I read in a book once:

I can tell you from my experience – Existence is always showering upon us. There is such abundance! But we are so well trained in the discipline of discontent! We have become so insensitive to what we receive. We always want more because someone or the other has more, because comparison has become an unconscious process within ourselves; because we don’t know how to live a fulfilling life with a center within ourselves.

A small story:

One man was doing rigorous penance in a jungle for God to appear.

God condescended and appeared before him. He told him to ask what he wanted.

The man was overjoyed and said that he was a landlord and had lost all his wealth and that he wished to become wealthy again.

God took pity on him and said that the following day, if the man ran from dawn to dusk, all the area covered by him would be his.

The Man was extremely happy.

The next day he started running even before dawn.

He ran as fast as he could.

Close to noon, hunger beckoned but he didn’t pay heed and kept running.

Early in the evening, thirst and fatigue gripped him but he was goaded on by the thought of the neighboring landlord who owned many acres of land. Pictures of all his wealthy contemporaries came to him and he ran on.

A little before sunset, he felt giddy and weak but managed a few more steps.

At twilight, he faltered…and fell dead.

This is how we all live our lives. We run the race without even stopping to think why we are running! We run because everyone else is running! Shankaracharya beautifully describes this as ‘thatha kim, thatha kim…’ meaning ‘what next, what next…’ We are all the time thinking ‘what next’. This is what causes us to run.

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