Jarhad's Junk Site

I recently read The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma - you should read it when you can.  It is the story of Julian Mantle, a superstar lawyer who suffers a near fatal heart attack in a packed courtroom, bringing on a spiritual crisis that leads him to embark on a journey to the east to find happiness and fulfilment.  He then discovers a powerful system to release the potential of his mind, body and soul and learns to live with greater passion, purpose and peace.  He returns to share his experiences and lessons learned to the narrator John.

The sages of the east told of a fable teaching the values of enlightened living:

You are sitting in the middle of a magnificent, lush, green garden.  This garden is filled with the most spectacular flowers you have ever seen.  The environment is supremely tranquil and silent.  Savour the sensual delights of this garden and feel as if you have all the time in the world to enjoy this natural oasis.  As you look around you see that in the centre of this magical garden stands a towering, red lighthouse, six stories high.  Suddenly, the silence of the garden is disturbed by a loud creaking as the door at the base of the lighthouse opens.  Out stumbles a nine-foot-tall, nine-hundred-pound Japanese sumo wrestler who casually wanders into the centre of the garden. The Japanese sumo wrestler is almost totally naked.  He has a pink wire cable covering his private parts.

As this sumo wrestler starts to move around the garden, he finds a shiny gold stopwatch which someone had left behind many years earlier.  He slips it on, and falls to the ground with an enormous thud.  The sumo wrestler is rendered unconscious and lies there, silent and still.  Just when you think he has taken his last breath, the wreslter awakens, perhaps stirred by the fragrance of some fresh yellow roses blooming nearby.  Energized, the wrestler jumps swiftly to his feet and intuitively looks to his left.  He is startled by what he sees.  Through the bushes at the very edge of the garden he observes a long winding path covered by millions of sparkling diamonds.  Something seems to instruct the wrestler to take the path, and to his credit, he does.  This path leads him down the road of everlasting joy and eternal bliss.

The 7 Timeless Virtues of Enlightened Living

1. Master your Mind (The Magnificent Garden)

2. Follow your purpose (The Towering Lighthouse)

3. Practice Kaizen (The Sumo Wrestler)

4. Live with discipline (The Pink Wire Cable)

5. Respect your time (The Gold Stopwatch)

6. Selflessly serve others (The Fragrant Roses)

7. Embrace the present (The Path of Diamonds)