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When They don’t Love You Back
I wasn’t planning to write on this topic today, but numerous readers emailed saying they were waiting for my next post on what to do when your love is not reciprocated. So, here we go. At the outset, let me … Read more →
What is Love?
Continuing from my last post, I share with you the four pillars, four constituents, of love. If you see what I mean, I promise that by the time you finish reading this post, you’ll have a new perspective on love. … Read more →
A Random Act of Kindness
Nikolai Berdyaev was a Russian thinker and existentialist. He once said, “The question of my bread is a material question but the question of my neighbor’s bread is a spiritual question.” This is kindness in a nutshell. Compassion may just … Read more →
A Life of Lies
Once upon a time, there was a king. Full of vanity and pride, he had an obsession with fine clothes and ornaments. He once announced a reward of one million gold coins to the one who could give him the … Read more →
The Most Fundamental Human Desire
What is the most basic human desire, the one that sits at the core of humanism and humanity, the most fundamental human need, the one that can make or break your world, the one emotion that makes all the difference … Read more →
How To Forget Someone
It takes time, so to forget someone you love you first need to understand what forgetting someone means.
Faith in God
There are many who have faith in God, just as there are those who don’t. Some believe because they have not done any thinking, and many others because they have done too much thinking. The same goes for non-believers too. … Read more →
Dealing with the Loss of a Loved One
Sometimes people share with me heartbreaking incidents of how they lost their loved ones. There are those who lost their son or daughter, a sibling, or a parent, untimely or unexpectedly. Many a time, it is so gut-wrenching that even … Read more →
The Value of Nothing
Let me start with a Taoist story. Two men, a woodcutter and his apprentice, were passing through a jungle. They came across a huge banyan tree. Like some heavenly object, it stood majestically. Its trunk was wide, its boughs covered … Read more →
Why do Women Dress Up?
Someone, an up-and-coming and bright author I have known for a while, wrote to me the other day. She asked an interesting question: why do women dress up? She wanted to know if there is a scriptural viewpoint on this. … Read more →
Surrendering to a Guru
Spiritual and religious texts expounding Eastern thought are full of master-disciple stories of surrender and obedience. Many people who visit the ashram and many who write to me are inquisitive about the role of a guru on one’s path, they … Read more →
Conditioned Morality
I am often asked questions around morality. People want to know if this is right or that is wrong, if that is good and this is bad, they want to know if certain acts are moral and others immoral. What … Read more →
Saying Yes to Life
I hope you know that more than the external factors, it is you, yourself, who stops you from living, living the life of your dreams. A lot of people are afraid of saying ‘Yes’ to life. And why are they … Read more →
Why do People Laugh?
Laughter is one of the most fundamental human expressions, and a sense of humor is nothing short of divinity. Ever wonder why we laugh? The roots of laughter go deeper than you might think; they say much about a person, … Read more →
Unconditional Love
The other day, someone I met for the first time asked me an interesting question. Referring to one of my posts on love, she said, “You wrote in your article that unconditional love is very rare. Isn’t a mother’s love for … Read more →
