This inspirational talk by Nayaswamis JYOTISH and DEVI delivered a decade ago is relevant even today and can brighten up our lives and lessen the fear of this current pandemic Paramhansa Yogananda often said, “Creation is a dream of God...
Wise men who gracefully handle their money and use it for the well-being of themselves, their family and society, are truly rich and earn love and respect from the world, says MOHANJI Why do we think that money is bad?...
God is Light, within and without. When there’s a synergy between the two, we have peace and happiness. Then denomination and nomenclature don’t really matter. What really matters is oneness and the fact that the Light is above all divisions,...
The discriminating power of understanding what is good and bad, eternal and non-eternal is God’s gift to mankind, says SRILA BHAKTI BALLABH TIRTHA GOSWAMI MAHARAJ The Supreme Lord never interferes with the relative independence of conditioned souls. If their relative...
The girls in an orphanage near my home are a great inspiration ― for, they live so joyously, fighting all odds, seeking no sympathy, eager to give more love than they receive, says SHASHI DIP Every year I celebrate my...
Speaking the truth is the foundation upon which our character can be flawlessly built, says DR KAITY CAMA We all have some weaknesses, some faults, some failings. By cultivating our strengths, these weaknesses are automatically eradicated from our persona, unpeeling the...
Regular connection with God eventually frees the soul from the influence of vices, and it is only after achieving this liberation that the soul can experience lasting happiness, say BRAHMA KUMARIS Most of us go through life making various efforts...
We must correctly balance our material wealth with spiritual wisdom to attain comfort for the body, peace for the mind and joy for the spirit, says GIAN KUMAR What is spiritual power? Is it that inner awareness and the capability...
As women were epitomes of spiritual attainments in the Vedic period when Rishikas were as revered as Rishis, it’s evident that there was gender equality then, says ATMAPRAJNANANDA SARASWATI Throughout the ages, Rishis have been highly revered. Persons in the Rigveda who had...
A 19-year-old college student, sitting on a chair on the verandah of his home, is studying for his exams. His home is situated a few hundred meters away from the road. A jeep full of policemen stops on the road....
Love of Divine Mother is only love of your own true self, says SWAMI KRIYANANDA First of all, we need to understand that Divine Mother is not a separate thing or person, but is the feminine aspect of God. There’s...
My 98-year-old father-in-law in a critical condition held on to his life for 60 hours to fulfil a promise…it was nothing short of a miracle, says KALA RAMESH In my life, two proverbs, “Faith can move mountains” and “Expect the...
NAYASWAMIS JYOTISH and DEVI give us five simple ways to overcome uninvited desires A young man once asked us, “Why do we do things that we know will make us unhappy, even when we don’t really want to do them?”...
GIAN KUMAR explains the difference between religion and spirituality The fundamental teachings of spiritualism enforce a sense of oneness, interconnectedness and interdependence with all that exists in our universe, expounding that no one can exist without the other. What better,...
Ram Rajya is a collective responsibility of the people as well as the rulers. Let us all imbibe Lord Ram’s qualities of good governance and join hands with the rulers, to successfully implement the values of our great country, says...
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...
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...
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...
