Dadi Janki’s consistent message to her spiritual friends is to pay attention to the quality of the thoughts in our minds and to create spaces of silence in order to inculcate our most elevated thoughts into our lives. The discipline...
The writer has been keeping a daily record of her days for the past thirty years. It’s a date she never misses….and she tells you why her diaries have been a focal point of her life for so long―her close...
There is one desire that is common in all beings, and that is the desire to succeed in all spheres of life, whether it is academics, work, sports or relationships. It is something that is instilled in us from childhood:...
The writer wonders about karma and destiny, those eternal, metaphysical concepts that hold sway over our lives Once in a small village lived a mother and her son. The son moved to the city to earn, promising to return after...
It is often said that we must hate the sin and not the sinner. So, we must forgive. But the question is: Is it so easy to forgive? The obvious answer is ‘No’. It takes a lot of courage to...
There is an old adage that says, “It is better to give than to receive.” Yet, how many of us actually live by this? How many of us would give to another before taking for ourselves? It is not simple sacrifice I am...
Just like Mother Nature replenishes herself, we must learn to do the same, says the writer Some years ago, I had been on a short residential retreat at a nature cure clinic about two hours’ drive from Bangalore. The three-acre...
This excerpt from the author’s book, ‘Lost and Found in Banaras’ paints the city as a breath-taking paradox that is incredibly diverse, chaotic, colourful, yet stark Banaras is not just the past revisited. Its enigma hits you instantly and takes...
Being a proud daughter of an infantry man, my father is my hero. He has the aura of a quintessential, no nonsense, straight-talking soldier which is (well you get the drift) larger than life. My childhood memories of my father...
The wise say that chanting a mantra is good for you. You take time to think of something positive spoken in Sanskrit which has vibrations of its own, or you can chant the name of the Lord. Mantras are usually...
Let’s celebrate death as much as we celebrate life when someone is born, because life never ceases when we leave our body, says the writer I came across a quote by Stevens Wallace that said, “Death is the mother of...
The best way to deal with negative thoughts is to, first of all, make a commitment to practice compassion in your life, and make sure that the commitment includes you. Make a commitment to loving kindness, and make sure that...
The conventional model of education and employment reverses mindfulness. If we desire to move forward in our work, then mindfulness is the first step to change and the key to progress, says the writer The Oxford Dictionary defines self-awareness as...
These days we read a lot about conflict. Conflict is a kind of struggle between two individuals because of difference of opinion and ideas. There is a constant clash of opinion because both are obsessed with their own ideas and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
