The art of not taking sorrow

June 15, 2024

For Some people, even though everything in their life is going well - their finances, relationships and so on - they are still unhappy. The reason may be old hurts and painful memories they are harbouring in their mind, or the burden of karma from past lives that the soul...

Developing Emotional Resilience

June 8, 2024

We find ourselves in a world that is increasingly being referred to as being in a state of ‘permacrisis’. What is meant by that is a cumulative, seemingly permanent, effect of situations of great difficulty and suffering. Some of the individual crises will impact us and others will leave us...

Being my own best friend

January 27, 2024

When I began my spiritual journey, I was not even aware that I was supposed to be my own best friend. However, when I heard the expression, from the Gita, ‘Your mind can either be your own best friend or your worst enemy’, it became clear that if I cannot...

The experience of Harmony

August 5, 2023

Harmony is, first and foremost, about being at peace with one’s own self. It is that inner state in which our thoughts, our conscience, and our expression – our words and actions – are all in alignment. This brings feelings of deep comfort and security and, at the same time,...

The three root causes of anger

July 1, 2023

“Fear is beyond logic and reason” It does seem like a time of uncertainty and darkness in the world today, and it would on the surface be natural to be afraid. However, fear is totally debilitating, and it interferes with all understanding so that we are not able to think...

Spirituality and awakening

January 7, 2023

Seeing the world, we wonder if this is a time of crisis or opportunity? We are already deep in a climate emergency, and one could describe it as one of the most traumatic crises of modern times. However, from a spiritual viewpoint the circumstances bear an incredible opportunity for transformation....

Respect is key to good gender relations

December 10, 2022

The qualities of the human soul are expressed through actions and relationships. The soul itself has masculine and feminine qualities and according to the karmic situation occupies a male or female body. The spiritual understanding of the Brahma Kumaris is that the human being comprises a soul and a body,...

Keeping calm in a crisis

November 12, 2022

The word ‘crisis’ used to be heard only rarely, perhaps once or twice in a year. Now, it seems that there is a crisis every minute. It could be in the home, at the place of work, in our country, or a worldwide crisis. Some crises keep resurging, like the...

FORGIVENESS IS A PART OF NON-VIOLENCE

August 13, 2022

What is forgiveness? Forgiveness is maybe freedom. Because I am not doing the other person a favour, but rather I am doing myself a favour. I am unloading the burden that I have carried for however long that may be – a short time or a long time. However, once...

HUMAN VALUES KEY TO SOLVING GLOBAL ISSUES

July 16, 2022

Spirituality teaches us that we are all part of the one spiritual family and in the awareness of my own spiritual identity I recognise the spiritual identity of those around me and I relate to them in that awareness of the eternal spiritual connection of brotherhood. When we forget our...