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Dealing with Terminal Illness
What to do when one of your loved ones is diagnosed with a terminal condition? Do I have any insight? I was asked recently. It is one of the most agonizing, most painful experiences — to see a loved one … Read more →
How to Get Rid of Impure Thoughts
“Is it a sin to have impure thoughts? How can I get rid of such thoughts?” someone wrote to me the other day. Before, I answer this question, allow me to share with you that I don’t believe in the … Read more →
Making Your Dreams Come True
Engrossed in his own world, dismayed and troubled, once upon a time, a traveler was passing through the woods. His whole life had been a struggle, he felt. No matter how hard he worked, there seemed no end to the … Read more →
Six Principles of Meditation
A disciple once asked his guru, “Why do we pray after completing our meditation?” “We do it to thank God that it’s over,” the guru quipped. Even though it’s a joke, this is how meditation can feel at times. For … Read more →
What do You Really Want?
Once upon a time, a man owned a beautiful garden full of awesome flowers and fruit trees. Melodious and colorful birds tweeted, bees droned and butterflies fluttered about in that garden. It was a lively place, like a piece of … Read more →
How to Be at Peace
Most of us have a list of things we want in life. It can include a certain type of livelihood, a different lifestyle, maybe a different car or a bigger house, sometimes even different loved ones. It’s not uncommon to … Read more →
How to Apologize
Fifteen years ago, I was leading a large technology team at a multi-billion dollar media company in Australia. I had just taken over a major portfolio, and a certain issue in the new software was affecting our users and our … Read more →
Discovering Your Purpose In Life
In continuation of my last post, allow me to share with you my thoughts on the single most crucial trait, happy and successful people possess. It’s the lowest common denominator. If you examine the lives of the greatest inventors or … Read more →
What’s Your Excuse?
All other things being equal, there is a fundamental difference between those who succeed and those who don’t. I’m not talking about material success alone. I’m referring to a more holistic definition of success: leading a rewarding life. A life … Read more →
What are You Made of?
Once upon a time, there lived an angry man. He had been married for two decades yet he habitually fought with his wife. He used to have uncontrollable fits of rage. When angry, he would say and do things he … Read more →
How to Forgive
This is a question I get asked more frequently than any other: how to forgive? Often readers tell me that they have forgiven the other person but they are still hurt. That the thought of or the sight of the … Read more →
A Moral Dilemma
Some questions have no answers, and many questions have no absolute answers. The other day, a young physician came to the ashram. Let’s call her Anu. She was somewhat depressed because of the situation at work. Working as a doctor … Read more →
It’s Not Your Fault
More than once I’ve written from the perspective of a parent. It’s been on my mind to write a post from the eyes of a child, from the other side. So, here. More than the society, peers, schooling, teachers, advertising, … Read more →
Using Attention to Get Over Hurt
Why do we want to get over the hurt? It’s something that happened in the past, right? It’s gone, it’s done. But, the truth is it can be greatly disturbing. We want to get away from anything that disturbs us. … Read more →
How to Get Over Hurt
My inbox was swamped with comments on my last post on hurting being easier than healing. Most readers said they would love to hear my views on how to get over the hurt. Some had a different view, they didn’t … Read more →
