Can there be progress without confrontation?
By Janina Gomes Though the synonyms for confrontation, such as aggressive, argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, combative and so on, describe only the head-on confrontations with others, there is...
View ArticleRespect and revere divinity in all beings
By Dhruva Bhargava Latin for respect is ‘respectus’, which simply means ‘looking at’. Derived from the word ‘respecio,’ where ‘re’ means ‘back’ and ‘specio’ means ‘to see’, it is non-judgmental and...
View ArticleInclusive management
By Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev If the atmosphere that we live in makes us, we cannot call ourselves managers. If we make the atmosphere that we live in, only then we can call ourselves managers. Being a...
View ArticlePractise eco-yoga for healing the earth
By Vir Singh The human species, Homo sapiens, is just one of the millions of species on Earth, but humans are unparalleled as they have the potential to cultivate virtues. Great mind power and a...
View ArticleThe observer paradox and the witness
By Kamlesh D Patel ‘When I was there, thou wert not; now thou art there, I am not. The love-lane is very narrow and cannot contain two.’ – Kabir In spirituality, evolution is a simple...
View ArticleSahaja Yoga could help
By R Venkatesan The reason why many turn to substance abuse is that they are unable to deal with life’s problems. Or their expectations are unrealistic. Depression and anger, sadness and frustration,...
View ArticleYoga for your body, mind and soul
By B K Brij Mohan The image that most readily comes to mind at the mention of the word ‘yoga’ is that of people stretching or holding their body in various postures. Yoga is a...
View ArticleYoga: Deathless minds, ageless bodies
By Vithal C Nadkarni Sage Patanjali has always been an icon of Indic tradition. “Hail to him who purified body, mind, and speech with texts on medicine, yoga and grammar,” proclaims King Bhojadeva,...
View ArticleYour beliefs and thoughts impact your life
By Janki Santoke We are so sure of our beliefs, views and opinions. We call it the truth. We say that’s how things are. But have we ever examined whether any of this is true?...
View ArticleWe tend to objectify almost everything
By Sameer Golwelkar ‘Who’ said it becomes more important than ‘what’ was said. The human mind has been a slave to objectivity since ages. Fundamentally, life is subjective while the mind tries to...
View ArticleMake liberation your highest ideal
By Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev The monthly report card in school would make some children gloat and others weep. I did neither. I just took it home and gave it to my father. I never opened...
View ArticleThe spiritual, the material
By Pranav Pandya There are two aspects to human life: one that relates to the physical body, the material, and the other that relates to the inner Self or soul, the spiritual. Materialism is a...
View ArticleDrop, by drop: Conserve water, conserve life
By Anandmurti Gurumaa Earth, water, fire, air and ether – these core elements constitute the entire manifest world of sentient beings and things. Nothing can exist in their absence. Indeed, in the...
View ArticleLose in Order to Win
By Mukesh Bhatnagar Every human being aspires to win, to succeed, and to be happy. Losing and winning are two planks of life. We lose something to gain something. What you must lose are your...
View ArticleFollow a chosen path to eternal bliss
By Arup Mitra What could lead us to the state of eternal bliss? Rationalisation and withdrawal from the impact of the affairs of the material world is what jnana margis, followers of the path of...
View ArticleYour body and mind
By Prabhakar Kulkarni Doctors and healers are recommending two diverse diet schedules for better health and fitness. One is to consume meals only twice a day without eating between meals, except for...
View ArticleMental exaggeration and personal control
By Discourse: Swami Sukhabodhananda Recently i saw a movie called ‘Hands of Stone’, the true story of Robert Duran and his classic boxing fight with the legendary Sugar Ray Leonard. I also viewed a...
View ArticleFor happiness, you need to sow happy seeds
By Jaya Row Have you wondered why some people go through life smoothly while others face all kinds of challenges? The law of karma answers such questions. It states that life is governed by a...
View Article‘It’s possible to be an atheist and practise a religion; many religions get...
Peter Heehs, an American historian based in Puducherry, writes on Indian history, spirituality and religion. His latest work ‘Spirituality Without God’ is a global study of “godless” spirituality. He...
View ArticleBelief lulls us into faux complacency
By Sumit Paul Mulla Nasiruddin was in a philosophical frame of mind: “Life and death, who can say what they are?” His wife looked up from her cooking and said, “You men are all alike...
View Article