Revenue Management

What is revenue management?

Terma

What are Termas ( Tibetan )?

Termas ( sacred texts or objects ) are hidden by enlightened beings to be rediscovered at the appropriate time in the future by realised masters who have the necessary mystical vision and karma to find them. Sometimes the termas are hidden in such unlikely places as a lake, the sky or even a disciples mind. These hidden teachings manifest at unpredictable times and places when sentient beings are in need of their wisdom. As such, the discovery of a terma always creates a fresh opportunity for spiritual renewal.

Source:

Synopsis of Hidden teachings of Tibet

Tulku Thondup

Wisdom

ISBN : 086171122X

Japan design concepts

Interesting design concepts of Japan:

1. Heisei - The peacefull mind
   
2. Kaizen - Striving for perfection
   
3. Kanso - Getting more with less
   
4. Kessaku - Creating masterpieces
   
5. Makoto - Building sincerity into products
   
6. Meisho / Deshi - Master / Apprentice approach
   
7. Mono-no-Aware - Things that touch the heart
   
8. Mushin - The power of the empty mind
   
9. Myo - The ultimate quality of beauty
   
10. Shibui - Eliminating the unessential
    
11. Shizenbi - Nature's standard of beauty
    
12. Zen - Recognizing reality

Source:

Elements of Japanese design

Boye Lafayette De Mente

Tuttle

ISBN: 978-080483749-1

Autobiography in five short chapters

Autobiography in five short chapters

by Portia Nelson

I

I walk down the street.

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk

I fall in.

I am lost ... I am helpless.

It isn't my fault.

It takes me forever to find a way out.

II

I walk down the same street.

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I pretend I don't see it.

I fall in again.

I can't believe I am in the same place

but, it isn't my fault.

It still takes a long time to get out.

III

I walk down the same street.

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I see it is there.

I still fall in ... it's a habit.

My eyes are open.

I know where I am.

It is my fault.

I get out immediately.

IV

I walk down the same street.

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I walk around it.

V

I walk down another street.

One stick, two stick

Story:

One stick, two stick: the way of the old African kings

An old man is dying. He calls his people to his side. He gives a short, sturdy stick to each of his many offspring, wives and relatives. "Break the stick," he instructs them. With some effort, they all snap their sticks in half.

"This is how it is when a soul is alone and without anyone. They can be easily broken."

The old man next gives each of his kin another stick, and says, 'This is how I would like you to live after I pass. Tie your sticks together in bundles of twos and threes." He waits quietly as his family ties the sticks together. There are many bundles, some of two sticks, some of three sticks. "Now, break these bundles in half."

No one can break the sticks when there are two or more in a bundle. The old man smiles. 'We are strong when we stand with another soul. When we are with others, we cannot be broken."

Moral of story:

In our aloneness we are broken and in our standing with others we cannot be broken.

Source:

What dying people want

David Kuhl

Pg xxviii

PublicAffairs

ISBN: 1-58648197-5

Grieving

5 stages of grief

1. Denial
   
2. Anger
   
3. Bargaining
   
4. Depression
   
5. Acceptance
   

Source:

On grief and grieving

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, David Kessler

Pg 7

Simon & Schuster

ISBN: 0743263448

Desire and fear

What is desire and fear?

Sense from:

Stillness Speaks

Eckhart Tolle

Page 58 -59

New World Library

ISBN: 157731400X

Most people's lives are run by desire and fear.

Desire is the need to add something to yourself in order to be yourself more fully. All fear is the fear of losing something and thereby becoming diminished and being less.

These two movements obscure the fact that Being cannot be given or taken away. Being in its fullness is already within you, Now.