Three frog, Three ponds and a Book

Frog and pond has been part of our stories, it is metaphor for lot many things - a physcological tool which shows how dis-connected and at the same time how connected we are. The below is a true story of three frogs and a book which is seen by each frog in relation to its pond and ending in a hypothetical scenario which would change the lives of the frogs forever.

Part 1: The nature of frog
There lived three frogs in three different ponds very nearby each other. As every frog is - each frog thought he was the king of world (the pond was what was the world accroding to him) . Each frog communicated to one another, but in their own version of world. When night came - moon reflected in the ponds and each frog thought his version of the moon was the original, forgeting that there existed two more moons.
Part 2: The Books
One day the moon got a book, "The Polyster Prince", you know sometimes even moon gets bored, now as the moon read the book, its reflection fell on the three ponds. The books was only one, but the pond changed its relfection and each frog read it but with a differnt meaning.


Part 3: One book =Three meaning

Every body knows the polyester prince is known for wealth, wisdom, words, wars and what not.... Frog 1 read the book to know the reciepe to get rich just as the prince did, but he hardly knew that water does not fall from weather reports. One needs to get out of the house to get wet. . Frog 2 just disliked the reflection of the book - the prince never attracted him, may be water of the lake was too much distrubed to get a clear relfection of the book... too much filled with ripples of past stones thrown by mischievieous boys of the society. Frog 3 - read the book to know whether it is worth becoming a prince or it would be nice to be a frog forever. For him the book was not a reciepe for riches, but may be a light house either showing the way or warning rocky shores.

Part 4: The end

While all this play was going on, its started raining and the downpour made the three ponds one... , and it was at this time that the frogs came to know that - there is only one moon, one reflection, one pond and one book.

So, which frog are you 1, 2 or 3..... to know you can see you reflection of the book.... do email at bookizen@gmail.com

Disclaimer : During writing of this incident, no frog was hurt.

The First Fifty

This the the list of First 50 books available for reading:
1. Talks with students, Varanasi 1954 – J. Krishnamurti
2. The Second Penguin Krishnamurti Reader
3. Zen in the Art of Archery – Eugen Herrigel
4. Hot, Flat, and Crowded – Thomas L. Friedman
5. How to get Rich – Felix Dennis
6. The 80/20 Principle – Richard Koch (Ring Binded)
7. The Mckinsey Way – Ethan M. Rasiel (Ring Binded)
8. The Undercover Economist – Tim Harford (Rind Binded)
9. The Days are Just Packed : A Calvin and Hobbes Collection – Bill Watterson
10. The Fourth Way – P. D. Ouspensky (Spiral Binded)
11. Talks with Sir Raman Maharshi Volume 1.
12. Building and Running a Successful Research Business – Marry Ellen Bates
13. The Mind Map Book – Barry Buzan
14. Small Wind Systems for Battery Charging – By Simon Dunnett
15. Engineering analysis with Ansys Software – T. Stolarski, Y. Nakasone, S. Yoshimoto
16. Active Solar Heating System Design Manual
17. The People’s Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century – Steven Watts
18. The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying - Sogyal Rinpoche
19. Vedanta: Voice of Freedom – Swami Vivekananda
20. Holy Blood Holy Grail – Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, Henry Lincoln
21. The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita – Swami Kriyananda
22. Above all Don’t Wobble – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
23. The Bhadvad Gita : The Royal Science of Self – Realizations – Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda (Vol 1 and Vol 2)
24. Mejda: The family and the early life of Sri Sri Paramhansa Yogananda – Sri Sananda Lal Gosh
25. Commentaries on Living Third Series – J. Krishnamurti
26. The Search : Talks on the Ten Bulls of Zen – Osho
27. The Path: The Autobiography of a Western Yogi – Swami Kriyananda
28. The Book of Books Vol IV – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
29. Losing my Virginity: Richard Barnson – The Autobiography
30. Flight of Alone to Alone – Osho
31. Rinzan: Master of the Irrational – Osho Rajneesh
32. The Art of Living: Vipassana Meditation – William Hart
33. The Life of Swami Vivekananda – By his eastern and western disciples (Vol 1 & 2)
34. Talks with Swami Vivekananda
35. Kriya Yoga: Its mystery and Performing art – Swami Sadhanananda Giri
36. Sri Aurobindo for all the Ages – Nirodbaran
37. The Holy Science – Swami Sri Yukteswar
38. The mind of Ramana Maharshi – Arthur Osborne
39. The revolution from within – J. Krishnamurti
40. When the Shoe Fits – Osho
41. The perfect way – Osho
42. Meditation and its methods – Swami Vivekananda
43. Discourses on Satipatthana Sutta – S. N. Goenka
44. Commentaries on Living – J. krishnamurti
45. Meditation on Swami Vivekananda – Swami Tathagatananda
46. The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
47. Zen and the Art of Enlightenment – Osho
48. The book of Women – Osho
49. Essays in Zen Buddhism – Daisets Teitaro Suzuki
50. Journey to Self Realization – Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda
51. Man’s Eternal Quest – Sri Sir Paramahansa Yogananda
52. Zen, Zest Zip Zap and Zing - Osho

How BookiZen Works

Hi,
The mode of operation for BookiZen is really simple and it is as follows:
1. Any one who wants to join bookizen would need to send his photo (actual) along with his introduction to bookizen@gmail.com
2. The next post (s) would contain list of books which would be currently available for reading
3. Anyone who is interested in reading (and has supplied his / her details ) any of the tile would need to mail it to bookizen@gmail.com for the same.
4. If the title would be available - then an arrangement would be made by the bookowner to make sure that the books is being delivered to the person.
5. We are developing an online system for this, but for present this is the arrangement.
6. Any one who wants to share their books can provide their list, which would be then merged with the existing one.
7. The book would be available for reading for around 30 days, thereafter it would return back to its source.
8. There are no fees or charges any of the services.
Presently bookizen is only available in Ahmedabad, but nonetheless - we believe that a book would find its way to any place - so if you are not in Ahmedabad, then also be a part of bookizen and we would try to see that you get to read what you want.
Thats all......

The Frog is out of the pond

Hi,
I believe that whomsoever has reached this page would have read at least one book, and would be ready to read another. I heard some where that we dont select the books - the book selects us !
that is why there is some Zen in reading books, now dont ask what is Zen, that is for you to find out. Bookizen is an idea to share the books, the learnings from them with others, we all has lot many books lying in our closet, but you know the right place of book is not in closet but in someone's hand and in his eyes. Thus through BookiZen an humble attempt is made to free these books from closets, so that they can change the lives and mind of others as they have changed yours.

BookiZen is an open platform for everyone of us to share our books with other, and even if you dont want to share - at least you can take someones.