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Author: mathew_mentora_india I have come across many individuals in my trainings who claim that they are left behind in life because they lack self confidence, they have an inherent fear within them. Why are we not self confident? Why do we fear?Who is the real self confident individual ?? How can we become self confident in life ?? Let me start with the basics. Self confidence is a heavy mask that many people carry as part of their personality, and this personality is just superficial. This personality is gifted by the society. In reality if this personality is broken and the real self is exposed, the individuals self confidence will disappear. A man of real self confidence never wears this “self confidence mask”. He has it. Nobody can break it or make it disappear. He does not carry that mask. Anything you carry indicates that you don’t have it. A person who wears the mask of self confidence is trembling from within. They are afraid of the mask being broken or being lost. So they pr...

Author: mathew_mentora_india Ask any one a question, what is it that we want in life?? what is it that we all are struggling and seeking?? If we go deep into this question, we will find a common theme behind all our desires – The wanting to feel better. This inner feeling may take various alternate names from our dictionary – like joy, happiness, Ecstasy, inner peace, satisfaction, fulfillment, bliss, contentment, ease, well-being etc. Whatever the word be, the basic underlying craving of the mind is the same. We are looking to avoid misery, avoid pain or suffering and we all wish to transcend to a more enjoyable state of conciousness. The basic quest within each one of us is the quest for Happiness. This is completely natural, and is as true for every other sentient being on earth as it is for us. It is the natural way of existence to monitor how it is doing in life. If there is an imbalance then a quest for balance arises. If we need food, for instance — we feel hungry, and hunger i...

The Japanese have always loved fresh fish. But the water close to Japan has not held many fish for decades. So to feed the Japanese population, fishing boats got bigger and went farther than ever. The farther the fishermen went, the longer it took to bring the fish. If the return trip took more time, the fish were not fresh. To solve this problem, fish companies installed freezers on their boats. They would catch the fish and freeze them at sea. Freezers allowed the boats to go farther and stay longer. However, the Japanese could taste the difference between fresh and frozen fish. And they did not like the taste of frozen fish. The frozen fish brought a lower price. So, fishing companies installed fish tanks. They would catch the fish and stuff them in the tanks, fin to fin. After a little thrashing around, they were tired, dull, and lost their fresh-fish taste. The fishing industry faced an impending crisis! But today, they get fresh-tasting fish to Japan. How did they manage? To ke...

An ancient Sufi story: The king of Bhagdad used to go around the city on his beautiful horse, just to see how things were going -- of course in disguise, not as the king -- so that he could see reality as it is. If he went as the king, then he could see everything that was beautiful and he would not be shown the real face -- he would have to see only the mask.Everyday he saw a man, a very old man, must be past one hundred years, working in the garden, putting in small plants, but those small plants were not seasonal flowers. If they were seasonal flowers there would be no question at all. Those were the plants of the cedars of Lebanon, which grow one hundred feet, two hundred feet high, just almost touching the stars and they take hundreds of years to grow to that height. They live one thousand years, two thousand years, three thousand years and they are some of the most beautiful trees.The king was puzzled because this old man, who is one hundred years, cannot even hope to see the nex...