Celebrating The First International Day of Yoga
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THE YOGIC LIGHTER SIDE<br />
<strong>The</strong> Yogi<br />
and the Pizza<br />
<strong>The</strong> Yogi walked into the Zen Pizza<br />
Parlour and said: “Make me one<br />
with everything.” When the Yogi got<br />
the pizza, he gave the proprietor a<br />
$20 bill. <strong>The</strong> proprietor pocketed the<br />
bill. <strong>The</strong> Yogi said, “Don’t I get any<br />
change?” <strong>The</strong> proprietor said,<br />
“Change must come from within.”<br />
God Versus<br />
Nietzsche<br />
Graffiti on a wall:<br />
“God is dead.”– Nietzsche.<br />
Below that was written:<br />
“Nietzsche is dead.”– God.<br />
Trust in God<br />
A devotee is hiking in the Himalayas. Suddenly he slips and is about<br />
to fall into a ravine but luckily, in the very last moment, he manages<br />
to catch hold <strong>of</strong> an overhanging rock. While he clings to it, precariously<br />
dangling over the abyss, he feels his strength slowly but steadily<br />
ebbing away. Desperately he looks up to the sky and cries out:<br />
“Is there someone up there?”<br />
Out <strong>of</strong> the heavens comes a disembodied voice, “Yes my son.”<br />
“Please tell me, what shall I do?” pleads the devotee.<br />
<strong>The</strong> same Divine Voice booms, “Say a prayer, trust in God and let go!”<br />
After a few moments <strong>of</strong> silence the devotee looks up to the heavens<br />
again and cries out: “Is there someone else?”<br />
Meditation<br />
Two men meet on the street: “How are you?”<br />
one asks. <strong>The</strong> other replies: “I’m fine, thanks.”<br />
“And how’s your son? Is he still unemployed?”<br />
“Yes, he is. But he is meditating now.”<br />
“Meditating? What’s that?”<br />
“I don’t know. But it’s better than sitting<br />
around doing nothing!”<br />
Swami Sivananda’s Heart<br />
A specialist for internal medicine gave Swami Sivananda a thorough<br />
medical examination. At the end <strong>of</strong> his check-up he said: “You know,<br />
Swamiji, the problem is that you have an enlarged heart”.<br />
Swami Sivananda just smiled and replied “Ah, this is also considered<br />
a disease nowadays!”<br />
Devil<br />
Two boys were walking home<br />
from church after hearing a<br />
strong preaching on the devil.<br />
One said to the other, “What do<br />
you think about all this Satan<br />
stuff?” <strong>The</strong> other boy replied,<br />
“Well, you know how Santa<br />
Claus turned out. It’s probably just your dad.”<br />
Business with God<br />
A businessman sat in his car in a sweat<br />
because he had an important meeting and<br />
couldn't find a parking place. Looking up<br />
to heaven he said, “Lord, take pity on me.<br />
If you find me a parking place I will start<br />
to pray every day and donate all my wealth<br />
to charity”. Miraculously, a parking place<br />
appeared. <strong>The</strong> business man looked up<br />
again and said, “Never mind, I found one.”<br />
Vow <strong>of</strong> Silence<br />
Four yogis have taken a vow <strong>of</strong> silence.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y're sitting in the meditation hall when<br />
one <strong>of</strong> them says out loud: “It is really<br />
nice to be in silence”. <strong>The</strong>n the second<br />
one says: “Be quiet!” and the third one<br />
says: “You are both talking!”<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the last one says, proudly: “I am the<br />
only one who has not spoken!”<br />
Begging<br />
At the entrance to a Hindu temple there was a beggar always<br />
stretching out his hand, asking and pleading for alms. One day he<br />
stretched out both <strong>of</strong> his hands. A passer-by asked him: “All these<br />
days, you were stretching out only one hand – why are you today<br />
stretching out two hands?” To which the beggar replied: “Hari Om!<br />
Praise God! Business was so good that I opened another branch!”<br />
A Prayer for the <strong>Day</strong><br />
Dear God, so far today, I’ve done all right. I haven’t gossiped, and<br />
I haven’t lost my temper. I haven’t been grumpy, nasty or selfish, and<br />
I’m really glad <strong>of</strong> that! But in a few minutes, God, I’m going to get<br />
out <strong>of</strong> bed, and from then on, I’m probably going to need a lot <strong>of</strong><br />
help. Thank you! Amen.<br />
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YOGALife |Autumn/Winter 2015