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The Successful and Successfool
Everybody likes to succeed. For eons, the tradition has been that the passing generation conditions the upcoming one with their definition of success. Very often, I find that people are trying to succeed based on someone else’s criteria and benchmark. … Read more →
The Chosen Path
A reader posted the following question: How and when do we get confused on our calling? How do we differentiate between a real calling and a desired way of living? What if the desired path or way of living is … Read more →
Life is Like the Sky
Life is like the sky, sometimes cloudy, at other times, very clouded. The same sky offers a completely different view depending on the time of the day. At night it is full of stars and the waxing or waning moon. … Read more →
I’ve Got to be Living
A reader posted a comment about living a life in two parts, as follows: It’s a beautiful post. I am just 23 and I’ve not gone through everything in life. Like they say, life is like a cardiogram. If there’s … Read more →
Living with Love
If I were to pick the most important word in the dictionary, without a moment’s hesitation, I would pick Love. The greatest and most sublime of all emotions is pure love. Its profundity renders it unjust for love to be … Read more →
Bondage and the Path
Some more Q&A on the spiritual path of life : Hare Krishna Prabhu Ji Liked your post today. Just wanted to ask when you try to be yourself then people around start taking advantage of your plus and minus points. … Read more →
Tilaka, Sri Vidya and Celestial Music
Some readers emailed me the following questions: Tilaka I have seen many wearing a chandan and kumkum tilaka on their agnya chakra. What is the significance of wearing a chandan tilak on the upper part of the forehead and a … Read more →
The Esoteric Meaning of Scriptures
I received an interesting comment yesterday on scriptures: Can you please put your thoughts on all the epics and stories we read? They give different answers and also raise different questions every time we read them. I have a feeling … Read more →
The DNA of Desires
A few people have asked me regarding their options of contacting me and contributing towards the ashram project. Before I answer their question, let me narrate a story I read over twenty years ago in a children’s illustrated book. A … Read more →
Depression: The Yogic View
Today I found out about someone who is suffering from depression. I sincerely wished I could see them in person and help them come out of it. Since that may not be possible considering my physical location, I am choosing … Read more →
The Pursuit of Happiness
A reader posted the following question: Pranam Swamiji, My prayers seem to have been answered (partly) as we are able to read your blog. I have a set of questions: a. What is happiness ? b. How do we pursue … Read more →
Nature and You
Why me? It is a question that knocks many during the course of their life, some simply get knocked out by it while others, only knocked down. All of you must have seen, on many occasions, horrible things happening to … Read more →
Life is Like…The Four Seasons
Life is like the cyclic four seasons. Irrespective of anyone’s preference, each season emerges when due giving way to the next like thoughts in the human mind where the cessation of one is immediately succeeded by the emergence of another. … Read more →
Mind, Thoughts and Desires
A couple of readers posed the following questions: Que: Hari Om Ji, Thank you for sharing and explaining the true nature of desire. It’s like a whirlpool; we all are rolling in it without even understanding the depth of the starting point … Read more →
The Desire Tree
Just like moisture is inseparable from water, and, heat from light, desires are inseparable from the mind. For, desires are but thoughts un-abandoned. Thoughts are just that — thoughts. They are not good or bad, neither sublime or ridiculous, nor … Read more →
