The real enemy is the ego that hinders:
By Praveen Nagda Enemies and friends coexist in the material world. We create them for ourselves, and we do it with our thoughts, feelings, and actions – knowingly most of the time and unknowingly...
View ArticlePhilosophers wanted, dead or alive
By Narayani Ganesh A dead philosopher is better than no philosopher, especially during the current Covid-19 pandemic when the desperate clutch at any metaphysical straw they can to keep themselves...
View ArticleHolding on versus letting go
By Marguerite Theophil We all know or know of people who hang on to relationships, situations and even dreams, much longer than they should. While we stand outside their personal hopes, dreams and...
View Article100 years of Helena Roerich’s Agni Yoga
By Sudheendra Kulkarni Since time immemorial, the mighty, mystical Himalayas have been a source of inspiration for spiritual truth-seekers. Among them, in the last century, was an extraordinary Russian...
View ArticleEducation is to liberate, not bind the learner
By Osho A man’s thinking and doing are contradictory as a result of solutions based on texts and principles being imposed on life. Solutions have not come out of problems; they have been imposed on...
View ArticleGolden storehouse of the subconscious mind
By Rumi Malik Fairy tales we read or hear in childhood stay with us long after. They take us to the realms of wonder and awe. Stories have such healing powers. One such tale is...
View ArticleThe distinction between truth and fiction
By Shri Shri Anandamurti Satya is that which does not vary; it remains in an unaltered state at all times. Satya knows no difference between species or between different parts of the same body....
View ArticleAddiction, pandemic fear and the social dilemma
By Narayani Ganesh I watched the new documentary – The Social Dilemma, directed by Jeff Orlowski – that says e-social media platforms manipulate and use you, impacting your brain, your behaviour and...
View ArticleLet’s live a happier life in gratitude
By Pratiksha Apurv Our well-being in testing times is linked to both physical and mental health. Greater happiness is now needed more than ever before and that is precisely the reason why we should...
View ArticleContentment, path to true happiness
By Sant Rajinder Singh There is a saying, “the grass is always greener on the other side.” We always think that what others have is better than what we have. It also means that we...
View ArticleRajchandra and Gandhiji’s spiritual ideology
By Anup Taneja In his very first meeting with Shrimad Rajchandra, also known as Raichandbhai – a Jain poet, mystic and philosopher – in July 1891, MK Gandhi was convinced that he was a man...
View ArticleIndic poetry was born of pure compassion
By Renuka Narayanan The unchecked violence raging in our country seems just cause to introspect on the first known poetic verse in Indian literature. I refer to the work of the first poet, Sage...
View ArticleDevolution of begging from virtue to vice
By Uma Ram and KS Ram Four families of the nomadic Durmurgi tribe in northern Karnataka recently gave up their traditional occupation of begging. They were victims of the lockdown imposed as a measure...
View ArticleDeclutter more than your surroundings
By Narayani Ganesh A retired bank manager and his wife, our neighbours in Chennai, maintained a tidy home. Their living room had a simple sofa set and a traditional swing – a rectangular piece of...
View ArticleInvest in your well-being
by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Once something that is a little more than what you consider as yourself has touched you, please dedicate some amount of your life in that direction. You have made investments...
View ArticleWhen your life becomes a celebration
By Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ancient seers have expressed spiritual experience in verse and in forms and deities that represent the profound secrets of life. One such embodiment of valour, beauty, and...
View ArticleField of non-being, solar system, you & I
By Kishore Asthana We are constantly astir, you and I. We even twist and turn in our asleep. Thoughts move in our minds all the time. And yet, all this movement is nothing compared to...
View ArticleHeartfelt prayer is not separate from action
By Pulkit Sharma Praying has been humanity’s preferred method of invoking, connecting, and communicating with the Divine – asking for help, requesting healing, seeking solace and guidance and in some...
View ArticleEverything is a projection of the cosmic mind
By MN Kundu According to Indian spiritual wisdom, entire creation is a projection of the cosmic mind of which we are microcosmic parts. World Mental Health Day, observed on October 10 every year, calls...
View ArticleGive in to our better nature
Last month I read a book that posited what seemed a ridiculous contention: that we humans are basically good. That militates against everything that we read, watch or hear about. But Rutger Bregman,...
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