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Day 8: Bhaya – Fear or Phobias
We all are aware of this emotion. From birth, we feel it at one time or another. Sadhvi Vrinda in her candid manner shares a few incidents from her personal life. Below are the highlights of this session: 1. The … Read more →
The Source of Fear
Pema Chödrön in When Things Fall Apart narrates an interesting incident about her master Trungpa Rinpoche — a bold and controversial but transparent and truthful teacher. A young boy once asked him if he was ever afraid. Rinpoche answered that … Read more →
The Seed of Fearlessness
It was May 1986, I was six and a half years old and had just got into grade two in my school. It was so boring. All periods were held by the same teacher in my class. Everyday, for all the … Read more →
The Antidote to Fear
We all have fears. The fear of what may happen in the future, of skeletons in the closet, of failing others and ourselves. We fear what would happen if our worst fears came true. Most of our anxiety stems from … Read more →
The Greatest Fear
“I’m scared every time I go into the ring, but it’s how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece and say, ‘Let’s go.’ ” These are the words of Mike … Read more →
The Fear of Death
All sane people have it — the fear of death. Let me segregate it into two parts: fear from an immediate threat and the fear of losing life in the distant future. At the bottom of the second type is … Read more →
Fear of the Dark
Everyone has fear, only the degree varies. It is innate, it forms part of our survival mechanism for it triggers the fight-or-flight response. Allow me to begin with a question I was asked the other day. A wonderful lady, the … Read more →
Thirteen Months in the Himalayas
I still remember vividly how it was when I first sat in my cave. It felt like a world that was whole, as if I needed nothing else. And it was like that. I had a roof over my head which was … Read more →
Thirteen Months In The Himalayas
‘If you won’t get Her vision, who will?’ With these words from Bhairavi Ma echoing in his heart, a young monk who had renounced a multimillion-dollar business empire retreated into the Himalayas. For thirteen months, he engaged in intense meditation, … Read more →
Healing Trauma
Before he turned into a sly fox wearing an eternally innocent mask, Rocky was a cute little puppy. You could swear by his guileless visage. I was eleven years old and he was a little marshmallow in the first month … Read more →
It Didn’t Start With You
All women become like their mothers, that is their tragedy. No man does, and that is his. ~Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde may have unwittingly revealed one of the great truths of human psychology. The complete truth, however, is that we … Read more →
Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear
The other day I was sitting in the car when I read this phrase in the side view mirror. There was nothing special about it per se as I had come across that on numerous occasions earlier too. But somehow … Read more →
Crippled
The young man on the hospital bed came back to consciousness slowly and reluctantly, almost as though he knew and dreaded the shock that awaited him. He looked up at the ends of his arms, wrapped in bandages. He looked … Read more →
The Clever Adulteress
In a certain village, a few thousand years ago, lived a poor man. He had a beautiful daughter whose beauty was only matched by her wisdom. She was a paragon of serenity and equipoise. The poor man also had two … Read more →
Three Handfuls of Rice
Last year some 8000 seekers joined me (96% virtually) every day for sixteen days to immerse themselves in the unparalleled sadhana of Sri Suktam. At the conclusion of the event, if you recall, I announced that this year we would … Read more →
