If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until you can hardly bear to look at it.
A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts it will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
-- this was said famously by Roald Dahl
Dimma told me that the face is the mirror of the mind and the eyes are the windows to the soul.
I just came back from meeting C Mashi. Whatever you predominantly feel reflects on your face. Your character shows.
In a conversation you can always tell how the other person is feeling while talking to you.
Good thoughts are not just to look beautiful, they are a habit paving the way to good fortune.
I've been studying Buddhism for years ever since my days in Xavier's. I used to follow the Dalai Lama's work a lot. The Dalai Lama talks about Buddhism being a religion of compassion.
When you don't feel the compassion for whatever reason it's important to employ courage and engage in acts and words of compassion.
Arrogance, anger, impatience, impulsiveness, hatred, addiction and all such conditions are easy to succumb to and they give a temporary release to our angst as we navigate through life. It feels good in the moment but in the long run it can never be good.
Being virtuous, forgiving, loving (against all odds), wishing others well no matter what are far more difficult but that's the road to take-- the difficult road. It's the only way to be happy and lucky.
Despite studying Buddhism for years, I've just woken up to this truth of life, I've just realised it in my heart of hearts.
You can never be happy unless you work for the happiness of others in thought, word and deed. Sometimes it's difficult because dealing with others produces challenges, but there is no other way really. Not for me anymore.
I wish more people would read and study and practice Buddhism and realise the importance of creating wholesome and good karma. The beauty of the Buddha's teachings is that negative karma can be transmuted through kindness. And nothing comes without sacrifice.
We live in a sullied age with lots of defilements and people engage in unwholesome acts, speech and thinking that can never breed happiness. It's difficult to follow the path of virtuosity but that is where I labour and will labour always.
I have faltered in the past oweing to my own confusions and ignorance. But now that I have woken up to this truth I will never ever veer from this path.
I wish so many men wherever I go would not hit on me. I'm a little tired of it. I wish people were far more decent. And I wish to have plenty of true friends.
Koala bear called when I was at Buro's. She is doing very well. She is one pretty and resilient girl.
In the end the secret to good luck is wishing others well.
Ma seems tired today. Pa has not been in the best of moods.
I'll be teaching Shefali yoga from tomorrow.
I had one chapatti with some veggies for dinner.
Now I'll chant and sleep. On Saturday I have a party to attend in Bandra. I've been wondering what I should wear.
I hope Arun is happy and well.
I am feeling:
Happy
Serious
Compassionate.
Now I'll chant and sleep.
Love,
Me.
11.48 pm
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