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Nine wealthiest people-25 years later

A lesson to learn 

In 1923, nine of the wealthiest people in the world met at Chicago's Edge Water Beach Hotel.Their combined wealth, it is estimated, exceeded the wealth of the Government of the United States at that time. These men certainly knew how to make a living and accumulate wealth. Attending the meeting were the following men:

1. The president of the largest steel company,

2. The president of the largest utility company,

3. The president of the largest gas company,

4. The president of the New York Stock Exchange,

5. The president of the Bank of International Settlements,

6. The greatest wheat speculator,

7. The greatest bear on Wall Street,

8. The head of the World's greatest monopoly &

9. A member of President Harding's cabinet.

That's a pretty impressive line-up of people by anyone's yardstick.

Yet, 25 years later, where were those nine industrial giants?

Let’s examine what happened to them 25 years later.
1. The President of the then largest steel company (Bethlehem Steel Corp), Charles M Schwab, lived on borrowed capital for five years before he died bankrupt.

2. The President of the then largest gas company, Howard Hubson, went insane.

3. One of the greatest commodity traders (Wheat Speculator), Arthur Cutten, died insolvent.

4. The then President of the New York Stock Exchange, Richard Whitney, was sent to jail.

5. The member of the US President’s Cabinet (the member of President Harding's cabinet), Albert Fall, was pardoned from jail just to be able to go home and die in peace.

6. The greatest “bear” on Wall Street, Jesse Livermore committed suicide.

7. The President of the then world’s greatest monopoly, Ivar Krueger, committed suicide.

8. The President of the Bank of International Settlement, Leon Fraser, committed Suicide.

9. The president of the largest utility company, Samuel Insull, died penniless.

What they forgot was how to "make" life while they got busy making money!

Money in itself is not evil; it provides food for the hungry, medicine for the sick, clothes for the needy. Money is only a medium of exchange.

We need two kinds of education:

a) One that teaches us how to make a living,
and
b) One that teaches us how to live.

There are many of us who are so engrossed in our professional life that we neglect our family, health and social responsibilities.

If asked why we do this, we would reply that "We are doing it for our family".

Yet, our kids are sleeping when we leave home. They are sleeping when we come back home!! Twenty years later, we’ll turn back, and they’ll all be gone, to pursue their own dreams and their own lives.

Without water, a ship cannot move. The ship needs water, but if the water gets into the ship, the ship will face existential problems. What was once a means of living for the ship will now become a means of destruction.

Similarly we live in a time where earning is a necessity but let not the earning enter our hearts, for what was once a means of living will surely become a means of destruction for us as well.

So take a moment and ask yourself, "Has the water entered my ship?"
I hope not!

CORPORATE WORLD-Managers-Tiger

 CORPORATE WORLD

Two Managers were walking through a jungle.

They saw a hungry tiger.
One of the guys started tightening his shoe laces, getting ready to run.
The other asked, "Do you really think you can run faster than the tiger?"
He replied, "I don't have to run faster than the tiger; I just have to run faster than you!!"

That's today's CORPORATE WORLD

Meditation-Ramana Maharishi

Meditation

A young boy of 7 years old came to Ramana Maharishi and asked him , " can you explain to me what is meditation? Whenever I ask my parents they tell me that I need not bother about it now.  I will come to know when I grow up.  Ramana said , "I shall tell you,  but you sit quietly by my side." A little later someone brought a bowl containing Dosa and placed it before Ramana.  He took a small piece himself,  gave one full dosa to the boy by his side in a leaf. He told the boy, " Look here,  till i raise my finger and say "Hoon" you will go on eating and you should not finish it before I give the signal.  The moment I give the signal hoon no portion of the dosa should remain and you should stop eating. " The boy was looking with concentration on Ramana for the signal and was eating in big pieces first and later in small bits.  Suddenly the expected signal came.  The boy put the entire dosa in the mouth and stopped eating.  Ramana then said, " What you now did is the process of meditation.  You were looking at me all the time but were eating the dosa. Similarly keep your mind one pointed on God but continue with your normal duties.  " let your normal activities like walking , eating,  talking etc go on but your mind should be concentrated on god all the time.  That is Meditation.

Absurd question

Absurd question

The question asked was - What changes from liquid to solid at a very high temperature?

USA said science does not support it.

France said absurd question.

U.K said Google has no answer.

Japan said They didn't know. 

India said  Idli

Belief-Osho

Belief

A Bar Opened Opposite a Church!!!

The Church Prayed Daily against the bar business.

Days later the bar was struck by lightning & caught fire which destroyed it.

Bar Owner Sued the Church Authorities for the cause of its destruction, as it was an action because of their Prayer.

The Church Denied all Responsibility!!!

So, the judge commented,

"It's Difficult to Decide the Case because here we have a Bar Owner Who Believes in the Power of Prayer & an Entire Church that Doesn't Believe in it"

Be a Lake ; Not a Glass

How to Reduce Pain in Life :"Be  a Lake ; Not a Glass "  

           

Once an unhappy young man came to an old master and told he had a very sad life and asked for a solution.

The old Master instructed the unhappy young man to put a handful of salt in a glass of water and then to drink it.

“How does it taste?” – The Master asked.

“Terrible.” – spat the apprentice.

The two walked in silence to the nearby lake. The Master asked the young man to take another handful of salt and put it in the lake.

When the apprentice swirled his handful of salt into the lake, the old man said, “Now drink from the lake.”

As the water dripped down the young man’s chin, the Master asked, “How does it taste?”

“Good!” remarked the apprentice.

“Do you taste the salt?” – asked the Master.

“No.” – said the young man.

The Master sat beside this troubled young man, took his hands, and said, 

“The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less. The amount of pain in life remains the same, exactly the same. 

But the amount of 'pain', we taste depends on the container we put it into. 

So when you are in pain, the only thing you can do is to enhance your outlook in life.”

Stop being a glass. Become a lake.”