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Yoga: The Life-Changing Tradition of the Gods
This article focuses largely on yogasanas and not on the other forms of yoga such as Dhyana-yoga, Bhakti-yoga and Karma-yoga. Yoga: Origin Yoga. When we hear the term today, our mind automatically goes to the physical act of doing yoga … Read more →
Karma Quotes
A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking because her trust is not on the branch but on its wings. Believe in your karma, and you would never be afraid of the challenges in your … Read more →
Sanskrit Mantras and Chanting: An Overview
The chanting of Sanskrit Mantras is an ancient practice that has been used as a form of prayer and worship for centuries. Sanskrit mantras are believed to have healing powers. What is a mantra? Mantras are mystical hymns and syllables … Read more →
Maturity
Do you ever feel that life is playing some kind of a prank on you? Strike that, actually. Life is a prank. In other words, as much as the outcome may catch you by surprise, it was supposed to be … Read more →
Will You Regret it?
How do you make decisions in life? I mean, when you have to think about whether you should do something, how do you arrive at a decision? Do you have some sort of criteria or you simply go with your … Read more →
When the Dog Barks
The master storyteller, Osho, in Living on Your Own Terms cites a beautiful story about dogs by Kahlil Gibran. Although I do not recall reading any such fable in Gibran’s works nor could I find a reference online. Admittedly, he did write The … Read more →
A Thick Skin
This post is for the seekers of truth. No, no, not the cosy kind you discover by buying into some philosophy and only become more complacent (often, rigid too) in life. Instead, it’s the truth you face to crush your … Read more →
Pirates of Empathy
Empathy is like mindfulness; it’s hard work. But, the rewards offered by both virtues are simply priceless and deeply spiritual. When I say hard work, what I really mean is that while to some of us it may come a … Read more →
Themes & Ideas — Colours for your Corner
On May 29th, we completed a year of being on Swami Ji’s playground aka os.me. The original idea for making os.me a place that someone can visit for hope, truth and inspiration is not only alive but thriving. You have … Read more →
Eight Signs of Progress in Meditation
In The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche, there is an interesting passage: Without our familiar props, we are faced with just ourselves, a person we do not know, an unnerving stranger with whom we have been … Read more →
Sleep
Have you noticed we hold those in awe who claim to sleep much less than the average person? We have come to believe that somehow sleeping is a waste of time or the awakened ones do not sleep or they … Read more →
Lies
Is it wrong to lie? The first answer of most people is, yes, of course, it is wrong. Give them a moment or two and many say, well, it depends. Some say it’s okay to lie if it saves someone’s … Read more →
An Insignificant Problem
I have mentioned on more occasions than one that at any point in time, you are likely to have one difficult person in your life. We tend to hold this person responsible for our unrest. We sorta think that only … Read more →
Disappointment
How do you react when something doesn’t happen the way you planned? A breakup or that canceled flight, losing a potential customer or a longstanding client. Do you get angry and throw a tantrum or do you shrink back into … Read more →
Resistance
The other day I picked up my Kindle with a view to eat it. Just joking (about the eating part). It has 900+ items out of which over 600 are books (20% unread). So, I thought I would read something … Read more →
