When you need nothing from anybody, you achieve peace within and outside, operate with unconditional love without any desire and are liberated from the cycle of rebirths, says MOHANJI How do you deal with the people around you, with society?...
Rishikesh is the abode of the Rishis (sages) and has been ever since time immemorial. I first came here from the UK back in the ‘80s at a time when it was like a jungle. We stayed at the government...
I have lived in different countries and various cities in India, which makes me feel like a traveller not bound to any land ― this gives me a feeling of oneness with the world and a sense of non-attachment with...
Anger (krodh), is one of the six deadly enemies which lurks in the shadows of the mind, awaiting an opportune moment to spring up and raise its ugly head from the dark waters. It is a fearsome beast that can...
As KALA RAMESH and her family surrendered to God unconditionally in the face of unexpected torrential rains that crippled Chennai in December 2015, real life miracles played out in their lives A proverb is a short, well-known pithy saying, stating...
While the global impact of Coronavirus is undeniably a horrendous tragedy, the greatest threat to our life, even today, is definitely not Covid. Last year millions of people in India died from air pollution and millions more from water pollution....
Seema Muniz captures the delights of the ubiquitous apple, since its fall from grace in early Biblical times It is that time of the year again, when I slip into a nostalgic spell as friends from North-Atlantic America begin posting photos...
We, the people, should take over the reins and end all nepotism and corruption. Let us all build our own Ram Rajya, without involving politicians, who would rather feather their own nests than work for the welfare of the people,...
Our future is not stagnant ― it’s an evolutionary process always in the making according to each specific action with each passing moment, built bit by bit with diligence and creativity, says BATURAM NAYAK Future is a word which we...
Yoga and meditation teacher SUSAN NI RAHILLY invites us on a yogic journey of love and adventure Take time off from the intelligence-sapping mindset of consumerism and enjoy some precious moments of love from Yoga. I always think of Yoga...
After being a full-fledged working woman, PRIYA KHANNA gave up her job to raise her child, only to discover that having so much free time comes with its pluses and minuses Brought up by disciplined army doctor parents, I have...
Share with God every feeling, every thought and little by little you’ll see that it becomes a habit ― and gradually you will be in continuous conversation with God, says SWAMI KRIYANANDA I love the saying: “Today is the first...
It’s time to rise from our own ashes to wish Metta or loving-kindness for all, because the Covid-19 pandemic has spared no one, says CHANA MEDDIN By now you’d have to live under a rock in the U.S. not to...
There is a saying among meditation teachers that medicine can help only on a very physical level, and even that help is never permanent. The actual root cause of a disease lies in the mind, especially in the stress, anxiety,...
The home is the pathway to ethics at the workplace, which is an important part of practical spirituality, says RAMESH RAJARAMAN Ethics or a code of conduct is very important in all areas of our life ― personal, family, social...
While expressing anguish over the lows of the US Presidential debate, CHANA MEDDIN thanks God for all the contributions India has made to the world and her life and sees hope return with the promise of yet another new day...
A small-scale entrepreneur ASEEM KUMAR rises above the Covid-19 crisis by giving priority to employee welfare over the profit motive In these Covid times, big enterprises are laying off employees on massive scales and drastically reducing salaries of those retained,...
On the shore of the sea I rest, Drinking the ocean of silence; And like a drunken man I dance, Entranced and lost in happiness! The winds harp a poignant tune, The waves play a soulful melody; The seagulls join...
