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Chakra Foods
Chakra Foods When you regulate your diet according to the type of chakra you are meditating on, it makes a significant impact on your chakra meditation. This article lists the types of foods for each chakra. Gentle readers, if you … 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 →
Self-Purification
Self-Purification / Aatma Shudhikaran kālena snāna-śaucābhyāṁ saṁskārais tapasejyayā śudhyanti dānaiḥ santuṣṭyā dravyāṇy ātmātma-vidyayā Gradually, with the passage of time, bathing purifies the body; austerities purify old tendencies of the mind; charity purifies the wealth; contentment purifies the mind and self-realization … 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 →
Day 9: Ghrina – Hate or Contempt
Having covered almost all the basic emotions. Sadhvi Vrinda now speaks about the most potent and wrongly empowering emotion, Ghrina. She also mentions how it wrecks the life of an individual and the people around him. Here are the salient … Read more →
Guru Purnima
Tomorrow is the day when the world over disciples celebrate the presence of their gurus in their lives. Like you have Father’s Day and Mother’s Day, tomorrow’s Guru Purnima (or Poornima), the Guru’s Day. We have been celebrating this in … Read more →
The Simple Truth
I am not sure how things were a hundred years ago or earlier but reading up on history and anthropology, you realize that more and more people lived in tightly knit communities. Even most families were joint families where brothers, … Read more →
Finding Happiness in the ‘Little Big’ Things!
Covid-19 has hit us like a slap in the face. It has made many of us uncomfortable and fearful with all the uncertainty and the unpredictable nature of these present times. It has certainly made me uncomfortable and fearful. Time … Read more →
Survival of the Happiest
Something bursts your happy bubble! – like COVID-19. You might think it’s a curse. But, here’s a little secret: there is no such thing as curse – only a blessing in disguise. Have you counted yours lately? Maybe you’ve been … Read more →
The Sadness Virus
A young man, Peter, inherited a small independent pharmacy in a rather busy market. He had always wanted to be a guitarist but couldn’t turn his passion into a career and so when his father passed away, the pharmacy fell … Read more →
The Secret of Great Communication
It’s one of those days. I am casting a vacant look at my blank screen as if some words will tumble out of it and write my post magically. As if I’ll just write “Peace. Swami” and not the more … Read more →
Aging Gracefully
“I’m afraid of aging,” someone said to me the other day. “I don’t want a wrinkly face or a stooped body. I am paranoid about slipping and falling in washrooms or losing consciousness as I age. In fact, I don’t … Read more →
Youth Questions and Answers – Part Three
In this session: How can we start earning early Questions on overcoming fear, awakening, karma, attachment, and ego. Miscellaneous questions Being kind to those who hurt us
The Right to Die
Dear swami My wife has finally committed suicide……I am responsible for her death… My admin team received this message in the wee hours of the morning last week from a loving and distraught husband. He then wrote requesting a personal … Read more →
Just Like That : 0 – 40
Today, I’ve turned forty. At least, this body has; ignorance doesn’t age, it remains fresh as ever. Now, I know that turning forty is not exactly an achievement, certainly nothing to write home about. But, I am extremely content, happy … Read more →
