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What’s in Your Wallet?
In a bus packed with commuters, the conductor found an old and worn wallet on the floor. He picked it up to examine its contents. It had five hundred rupees and a picture of Krishna in it. There were no … Read more →
Afraid of Getting Old?
Are you afraid of getting old? All those who see death at a ripe age have to go through old age. There are some who keep defying it up until their last breath and there are many who start feeling … Read more →
The Value of Love
What is more important? To value what you have or to value what you don’t have? What is the value of love in your life? Think about it for a moment. Gratitude is valuing what you have, and ambition is … Read more →
Toxic Anger
Recently, I talked about the benefits of being non-spontaneous with your anger. When you do not express anger as a visceral reaction, as a spontaneous emotion, you give yourself a choice and ample room to recompose yourself. You can then … Read more →
Do You Compare Yourself?
If you reflect on the matter patiently, you will discover that most people lead most of their lives in a comparative fashion. They compare themselves to others, sometimes without even realizing it. It seems there is always something to compare … Read more →
The Cracked Pot
Someone wrote to me asking if self-improvement is an endless pursuit to become perfect? He wrote, “Are we to keep trying forever?” He was alluding to the fact that if we keep working on ourselves forever, finding faults in us, … Read more →
Do you Ignore Yourself?
From the outset, we are taught to be good, to be compassionate, to be giving, forgiving and so forth. Good teachings, no doubt. A virtuous living — religions preach it, teachers teach it, parents instill it, society expects it, and … Read more →
Why do People Love or Hate You?
Once upon a time, soaring high in the blue sky, gliding on its wide wings, hundreds of feet above a pristine lake, a young eagle was scanning for food. It spotted a fish swimming in the crystal clear water. Without … 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 →
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 →
It Hurts More When Cold
There was a seeker once; he lived in a monastery and had a wealth of bookish knowledge. No one ever won against him in a colloquy, in any debate on scriptural and religious matters. He was obsessed with God, with self … Read more →
Two Types of Anger
Continuing from my previous post, I will elaborate on the two types of anger today. Anger is a natural human emotion, anyone who has the emotion of love, compassion, and kindness, can be surrounded by emotions of anger, hatred, and … Read more →
Forgive Yourself
Why is it important to forgive yourself? Much has been written about forgiveness, it is considered to be a divine virtue, as far as I know, all religions of the world encourage it. Forgiving is often the most noble gesture, … 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 →
Does Prayer Work?
I have already written a fair bit on karma, the law of attraction, meditation, self-transformation, and so forth, as indicated in the last post, I am writing on grace and prayer today. If there is a God, and if there … Read more →
