SERVING BY EXAMPLE BRINGS MANY REWARDS

November 27, 2021

When we move on the path of self-improvement, several challenges come along the way. Most of them stem from our ego, desires, fears, and ignorance. One way to protect the self and overcome the challenges is to engage in service. Service, when done with the pure intention of bringing benefit...

Contentment helps us overcome difficulties

September 11, 2021

Contentment is an underestimated virtue. It is often mistaken for passivity or lack of motivation, whereas it is really a state of stability and fullness in which one is free from desires and expectations, and is not influenced by any situation. It is a power that enables one to resist...

TO BE HAPPY AND STRONG, WE NEED KNOWLEDGE

June 12, 2021

Millions of devout people across the world have great love for God. Few among them, however, seek to know Him as He is. Their love does bring rewards in the form of happiness, peace, and Divine love, but they are short-lived, and vanish when their feelings wane. That is not...

JUST BE IN THE LIGHT

May 22, 2021

Introspection is an important step in the process of self-improvement. When we turn our attention inwards, observe the kind of thoughts and feelings we have, identify where they are coming from — is it ego, jealousy, fear, or a critical nature — and address the cause, we are able to...

ACTIONS ARE THE MIRROR THAT REFLECTS THE SOUL

April 3, 2021

A person’s actions reveal their thinking. Powerful and benevolent thoughts produce like actions. If our thoughts are confused or selfish, our actions will be the same, and the results will be ineffectual or cause sorrow. No matter how much we claim that we are strong, if our actions are weak...

Reflection, application of knowledge bring power

February 27, 2021

Having a high aim in life improves the quality of our thoughts and actions. As is our awareness, so is our state of being. This is the easy method of self-improvement: keep an image of what you want to be like in front of you and that will remind you...

The easy way to progress spiritually

January 2, 2021

Those who take the spiritual path to self-improvement sometimes come to a halt when they lose sight of their goal. Doubts and uncertainties begin to trouble them, due to which they slow down. They lack courage to remove the obstacles before them, or to bypass them, and tire of their...

THE SUBTLE WAY TO SERVE THE WORLD

October 31, 2020

Thoughts are spiritual lifts that take us up or down. With our thoughts we can attain an elevated state of consciousness. The ability to use the power of thought at will to reach a high stage is the sign of a powerful soul. The soul, or the mind, is the...

When knowledge and power don’t bring success

September 26, 2020

Many people feel they are powerful, they know their strong points, but success eludes them. They are knowledgeable and have agreeable qualities, such as being loving and peaceful, yet they are not always content. They are also disciplined and diligent, but they fall short of their goals. The reason for...

Two things that hinder our efforts towards progress

August 1, 2020

Two major defects hinder our efforts towards self-improvement: Arrogance and ignorance. Arrogance can be very subtle. It makes us intolerant of even the most innocuous suggestion offered by someone for our progress. Any such suggestion leads to the thought: “Why did this one say this?” This is subtle arrogance. When...