Workout

Do you know why one needs a 'workout'? Its only because one has forgotten to 'work-in'.There is no need felt for taking care of the mind & no need felt for developing the intellect since the entire focus is restricted to the body & beautifying it.As a result all the gyms are full & satsangs(mental gymnasium) stay empty.

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  1. ashikeenMarch 28, 2011 at 1:44 AM

    It has been 17 long years since I "stepped out" out into the world from the chilled classrooms of Saldanha's classes and its warm hearted professors....I had no clue then of how Life would take its course and what a roller coaster ride it would be... But even then that naive, gullible student knew that this prof was different from the rest...
    Hope you keep writing. :-)
    I will leave you with something which is my autosignature currently :

    "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
    -Ralph Waldo Emerson

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