Everything in life hinges on the right decision and this, in turn, is the result of working on our will power, aligning ourselves with our inner obedience and developing our conscience Some years ago, one of my friends stormed into...

Everything in life hinges on the right decision and this, in turn, is the result of working on our will power, aligning ourselves with our inner obedience and developing our conscience Some years ago, one of my friends stormed into...
Depressed people and their families can together overcome the challenge and get back into the flow of life How will one describe a depressed person? Would you say that such people have lost their will to live and now shun...
How did Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput die? We all know he committed suicide. He took his own life. He took the extreme step. He made a choice―the ultimate choice, to give up everything; his stardom, his fame, the money...
The writer, in a pensive mood wishes the lockdown to end, but wants the peace and beauty of nature to linger on With a cup of tea, She sits in her garden admiring, The palm trees swaying, Counting the papayas ripening. Silence...
The writer, an Australian spiritual guru, prays that love pierces the hearts of racists so that they end hatred and begin a journey of higher realisation I watch the horrific images on TV about what is going on in America...
The author moved from Mumbai to verdant Goa a few years ago, and began growing a few herbs and plants in her sun-drenched balcony. Soon, gardening became her favourite new health-giving hobby giving her endless joy My Mom had green...
It’s a great mistake to try to reduce stress and tension by avoiding challenges and difficulties. There are some people who never do anything, and they’re always relaxed. Such lives may be pleasant, but they don’t advance you spiritually. You...
Those magical, lilting, haunting melodies of old Hindi film songs have captured the hearts and souls of the nation for generations and continue to do so till today. Some of the songs are so popular that even youngsters hum them―bridging...
When you receive a gift, you feel happy. But you are happy only for a while. Soon you look for more gifts and more sources of happiness. Thus, the happiness that comes from receiving is temporary―because it is the happiness...
One who adopts forgiveness has adopted a divine attribute, the highest quality to which a human being can aspire, says Maulanaji What is forgiveness? Forgiveness means to grant pardon for a person’s mistake or wrongdoing and not hold resentment against...
The poem paints an alternately grim picture of Mother Earth ravaged by the coronavirus and a series of natural calamities, on the one hand, while on the other, nature restores itself to its original pristine state of natural beauty in...
The writer who is based in Ireland says that an organic path is living close to Source To write about my love and devotion to living an organic lifepath, is to write about Essence and living close to Source. It...
Chanting aids in uplifting and expanding our consciousness, allowing us to be receptive to the flow of Divine love, joy, peace, wisdom and blessings. Thus, our life becomes a song itself and we become the instrument through which God plays...
Empiricists have different interpretations about the transcendental holy words of the Supreme Being. But the real question is: can one gain knowledge of the Divine merely by the process of observation and experiment, which empiricism is all about? Tarkshastra or...
The writer, a consultant counsellor, analyses how families can live in harmony together now that the coronavirus has forced us to be home for extended periods of time in each other’s company All of a sudden, we have been locked...
The writer talks about working on your will power to strengthen your conscience Leo Tolstoy back in 1887 held that the only power capable of resisting the evil associated with materialism and the drive for social power of religious institutions,...
Endearingly named the ‘Mother of Orphans’ for parenting more than 1,400 children, 71-year-old Sindhutai Sapkal now has a grand extended family of 207 sons-in-law, 36 daughters-in-law, and thousands of grandchildren. Sindhutai is Mai (mother in Marathi) to the whole world,...
Dr Bimal Chhajer is to India what Dr Dean Ornish is to the US. He advocates reversing heart disease through diet and exercise. This doctor from Kolkata originally came to Delhi in 1986 after completing his medical studies and...