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_Cockroach Theory *Sunder Pichai*- *Don’t miss to read*
"Do not react but respond "
_A beautiful speech by Sundar Pichai - an IIT-MIT Alumnus and Global Head Google Chrome:_
_The cockroach theory for self development_
_At a restaurant, a cockroach suddenly flew from somewhere and sat on a lady. She started screaming out of fear. With a panic stricken face and trembling voice, she started jumping, with both her hands desperately trying to get rid of the cockroach._
_Her reaction was contagious, as everyone in her group also got panicky. The lady finally managed to push the cockroach away but ...it landed on another lady in the group._
_Now, it was the turn of the other lady in the group to continue the drama.The waiter rushed forward to their rescue._
_In the relay of throwing, the cockroach next fell upon the waiter. The waiter stood firm, composed himself and observed the behavior of the cockroach on his shirt._
_When he was confident enough, he grabbed it with his fingers and threw it out of the restaurant._
_Sipping my coffee and watching the amusement, the antenna of my mind picked up a few thoughts and started wondering, was the cockroach responsible for their histrionic behavior?_
_If so, then why was the waiter not disturbed? He handled it near to perfection, without any chaos._
_It is not the cockroach, but the inability of those people to handle the disturbance caused by the cockroach, that disturbed the ladies._
_I realized that, it is not the shouting of my father or my boss or my wife that disturbs me, but it's my inability to handle the disturbances caused by their shouting that disturbs me._
_It's not the traffic jams on the road that disturbs me, but my inability to handle the disturbance caused by the traffic jam that disturbs me._
_More than the problem, it's my reaction to the problem that creates chaos in my life._
_Lessons learnt from the story:_
_I understood, I should not react in life. I should always respond._
_The women reacted, whereas the waiter responded._
_Reactions are always instinctive whereas responses are always well thought of._
_A beautiful way to understand............LIFE._
_Person who is HAPPY is not because Everything is RIGHT in his Life._
_He is HAPPY because his Attitude towards Everything in his Life is Right..!!!_
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Human's mind reacts depends upon the circumstances. When one side of the stick rotates, the other side also rotates automatically. Similarly, human mind is connected to this mundane world. When circumstances change, mind also starts behaving accordingly. It's very difficult to control the behaviour of the human mind. Because it's the nature of human mind.
In case of the waiter, his mind has been trained due to his profession. He may be panic in some other incident. All the human minds are not same as far as the nature of behaviour is concerned.
Even Sunder pichai also will react depends upon the situation. There is no guarantee that the human beings' mind will not react in every situation.
This reacting nature of the mind should be cured and made still on every occasion. It's very difficult to cure the human mind. But it's possible through the practice of Silentation.
Silence is still. Silentation practice will make the mind still.
Human mind is the centre. One edge of the mind is connected with the materialistic world and other with the divinity. If the centre is connected with the materialistic side, it will move according to the movement of the materialistic world.
If the centre is connected with the divinity, the other edge of the centre, it will not move, because there is no movement in divinity. It is still.
If connect with the divinity of your Master, through the practice of Silentation and remembrance, your mind cal also become still and will not react irrespective of the changes or called as movements in the materialistic world.
*Namachivaayam*
