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The Meaning of Surrender
Most theistic religions encourage the devotee to surrender, they lay great emphasis on surrendering to the Divine Will. Some paths even require complete surrender unto the guru, the spiritual master. So, what does surrender really mean, does faith play a … Read more →
Do Not Quit
Buddha spoke: “On the path of self-realization, there are only two mistakes a seeker can make. One: Not treading the path at all and two: not going all the way.” Quite frequently, I get queries from enthusiastic readers about meditation, … Read more →
Gods and Demons
The Puranas — the ancient books of Sanatana Dharma, the Hindu religion — are replete with legends of devasur sangrama, battles between the gods and the demons. In unmistakable terms, they also shed light on the secrets of the inner … Read more →
How to Be Happy
My inbox is often inundated with emails from readers all over the world, most of them have a problem, some have more than one. The issue though is not that they have problems, it is that they are unable to … Read more →
Pretending to be Someone Else
Do you know you may be pretending to be someone, and you may not even know it? Let me share a story with you. Once upon a time, the residents of a particular village were frequently troubled by a lion. … Read more →
Angry People of Three Types
Before I get to talking about angry people, let me share with you a story. Once upon a time, some kids were playing on a beach. They were busy making castles and other structures in the sand. Some were better … Read more →
3 Ways To Deal with Negative People
If you expose yourself in such a manner, it is only consequential to feel pensive, vulnerable, and weak. There are steps you can take to avoid such situations, this is my focus today — how to deal with negative people. … Read more →
Are you Important?
If you examine the lives of the greatest, the most successful people, you will find one trait jumping out at you, a quality they held uncompromisingly, an aspect of personality they all possessed: they might have been humble, yet they … Read more →
Being Compassionate
Why being compassionate is important? In almost all walks of life, if your inner strength, your focus, and your efforts can outlive the adversities, you can succeed at pretty much anything you set your mind to. A compassionate heart leads … Read more →
Four Pillars of Love
A decent percentage of the emails I get are around shaky relationships. Sometimes it is about two people wanting to work it out, many a time, it is just one person trying to figure it out, a lot of the … Read more →
Mass Destruction and Karma
Even with all the right karma, intentions and choices, you can end up on a hijacked plane that’s going to turn into ashes in the next few minutes, or you could be in the building working sincerely where it’s going to crash. You could find yourself in the clutches of an abuser, a rapist or a robber. A drunk driver could ram into your new car you were driving carefully, following all the rules, leaving you injured beyond recovery. A car you’d bought with your hard earned money, a body you cared for all these years. Damaged. Beyond repair.
Destiny and Free Will
A common argument is that one should have faith in God, He will do what’s needed, that things will happen only when they are destined, and so on and so forth. Does that imply everything is predestined, preordained? And … Read more →
Karma of Four Types
Let me elucidate further, as I wrote earlier – the theory, the Law of Karma. Today, I shall go over the four types of karma as captured in various Vedic texts in Hinduism. As always, I may offer you scriptural … Read more →
The Law of Karma
Before I expound on the Law of Karma, here is a story I want you to read. Once upon a time, there was a scientist called Theordy. He had a theory behind every phenomenon. He was exceptional at logic, trigonometry, … Read more →
How to Overcome Distractions
A common query I receive revolves around people’s inability to carry out their resolve, their vow, to work right to the end, till their goal is accomplished. They are motivated, they have wisdom, resources, and capability, yet they let distractions … Read more →
