Mind traps us in the prison of time

October 11, 2022

Have you noticed that people who are vibrant and enthusiastic about life don’t seem to age, and those who fret and worry a lot, look older than their years? When you are happy, when you feel light, the sense of time vanishes. It doesn’t matter how old you are. It...

WHY NOT CHANGE THE MUSIC?

October 3, 2022

Why does someone try to please people? Many people are doing great work but feel a constant need for others’ appreciation to feel worthy. Such people will do everything to please others, but ironically, they rarely feel appreciated. Often, their loved ones take them for granted, and they feel used...

Make something sacred in your life

September 26, 2022

Often, we are bogged down by rituals, rules, and regulations. Most people get caught up in the propriety of the rituals. In ritualistic worship, the priest is usually quite careful about not making mistakes. But authentic prayer is very personal and intimate. It cannot be ritualised, proclaimed or announced.A fully...

Our fears are our crutches

September 19, 2022

Whenever great teachers have appeared in the world, they have been ridiculed, mocked, often punished, tortured, excommunicated, or even killed. They have shocked people, broken tradition and had their voices repeatedly silenced by rigid believers not ready to accept their words. It is ironic that since humans have learned to...

PANCHALI-DRUPADA’S UNINTENDED FIRE-BORN DAUGHTER

September 12, 2022

One must never underestimate the abilities of a daughter. Girls can outdo boys in unexpected ways, as is evident in this five thousand year old tale of Draupadi. Yajnaseni, as Draupadi was first known, came out of the fire of a yagya conducted by Drupada, the king of Panchal, fully...

ASTROLOGY AND TRANSCENDING THE TYRANNY OF TIME

September 5, 2022

Everything is connected to everything else. Quantum mechanics propounds that every particle is connected to every other particle in the universe. As a result, each particle has the ability to influence all other particles. The world we live in is like a living organism. At any given point in time,...

THE RIDDLE OF LORD GANESHA

September 1, 2022

Ganesha, the elephant God, is lovingly worshipped throughout India. He is referred to as the dispeller of obstacles, giver of powers, and benefactor of the arts. “Sri Ganesh” also means the auspicious start of anything. Traditionally, Ganesha is worshipped at the beginning of any auspicious event. There’s a strange mythical...

THERE’S NOTHING SO SAD, AS A GURU GONE BAD

August 29, 2022

Certainly, the spectacle of corrupt and authoritarian cults in recent years has cast a pall over the role of spiritual teachers. Nevertheless, a significant amount of wisdom and compassionate work have proceeded from various gurus and their followers, and one cannot write off every guru as a charlatan and power-tripper....

Meditation: Moving from action to non-action

August 22, 2022

Meditation is the least of all practices. Real meditation is going from action to non-action—where you are not doing anything but everything is happening. During meditation, the waves of the mind—vrittis—slowly subside. It’s like when you switch off a fan, it takes time to stop. But you can also stop...

DASA MAHAVIDYAS: THE TEN FEMININE COSMIC POWERS

August 16, 2022

Once, during a game of dice between Shiva and Parvati, Shiva lost, and Parvati asked for the crescent moon adorning his hair as payment. When he refused, she got angry. This in turn infuriated Shiva, who threatened to leave. No amount of cajoling by Parvati helped. Eventually, to block Shiva’s...