Mar 9th, 2010, 07:36am
TWO WOLVES
One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.
He said, “My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all.
“One is evil, which is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.”
“The other is good, which is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.”
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: “Which wolf wins?”
The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”
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It happens with all of us. We all have both a good side and a bad side. Sometimes we are so angry that we keep on feeding our anger more with our thoughts and hence making the angry wolf win whereas at other times our kindness and love take over and the good wolf wins. If we are a little more conscious of our thoughts/actions then we can always make sure that our good wolf(good side) always wins.
“Always remember that ALL(no exceptions) OF US HAVE A GOOD WOLF INSIDE US. Just remember to feed it. ”
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March 9th, 2010 at 8:06 am
That is so right that everything boils down to controlling one’s thought. Control your thoughts and you control your life. I will try to feed my good wolf little more now
Thanks for sharing this.
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shweta Gupta reply on March 10, 2010 8:24 am:
You are absolutely right ” Everything boils down to one’s thoughts”. Controlling thoughts is however not at all easy.
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Sanjana reply on June 13, 2010 8:24 pm:
true…but with practice thought control becomes easy..yoga and meditation are awesome practices that help…
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Sikander reply on May 22, 2010 1:36 pm:
At sometimes our mind go in that position where we can’t think..if someone has done bad with us in the past the feeling of hatred devlop itself.Controlling is Good,feeding the brain with positive thought is good but how can we be saint or mahatma all the time,its human nature….
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March 9th, 2010 at 11:37 pm
Yeah, although we are aware of them, invariably we tend to feed the bad one…..another great post Shweta, do keep them going as they help in reinforcing & feeding the good wolf!
Cheers to life
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shweta Gupta reply on March 10, 2010 8:26 am:
Thanks. IMHO reminding yourself of good stuff surely helps.
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March 10th, 2010 at 8:16 am
You know what? My good wolf has been complaining that she is hungry. Looks like I need to feed it more often
BTW interesting post.
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shweta Gupta reply on March 10, 2010 8:25 am:
Rakesh don’t let your good wolf complaint of hunger anymore
Good luck !
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March 10th, 2010 at 11:18 pm
Manifestation of feelings is natural and so is the reaction. IMO, the basic truth and only possible attribute to the flesh is Karma - Karma driven by conscience. Buddha’s teachings (Curb your desires) are anti-natural.
I presume you are a Hindu and most of us have never taken the initiative to read the Gita. I strongly recommend you to read this crash course on Gita:
http://www.ishwar.com/hinduism/holy_bhagavad_gita/
read it complelely (hardly 30 pages)
Focus more on Arjuna’s questions then on Krishna’s answers.
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shweta Gupta reply on March 25, 2010 10:23 am:
Thanks Rajeev. I have read Gita and I truly feel its probably one of the best scripture available.
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March 17th, 2010 at 4:42 am
Hi Shweta,
I’ve been following your blog and it’s interesting to see the evolution of your thought process
Keep it up.
Ps: By the way, this is also called thought cultivation.
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shweta Gupta reply on March 25, 2010 10:24 am:
Thanks Bhaiya. A lot of it is coming from the stuff recommended by you. I will continue the process of cultivation
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March 18th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
very nice story , with help of a Master of caliber one can lead a moderate life.
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April 8th, 2010 at 11:44 am
very good story and great explanation…true if we are conscious of our attitude we can be that good wolf
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April 25th, 2010 at 6:50 am
There r not even two wolfs
one which becomes angry in one moments becomes love in another
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May 11th, 2010 at 6:57 am
It is really good one shwetha…
I’m feeling very happy after reading this section.
If every one on earth just understood this, the words evil, anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego… can be seen in only in Dictionaries and movies…. I’m really thankful to you forsharing this….
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May 28th, 2010 at 3:11 am
Hi Shweta
Very nice story to highlight the differnece between good and bad characteristics of human being.
It’s very true that we all have good wolf inside us but sometimes situations and incidents create evil wolf inside us but is is up to us how we overcome it.
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