Spiritually Speaking

IT’S TIME TO REALISE THAT YOU ARE LOVE

15 Feb 2021 03:39 AM IST

Love is so enormous. And for ages, people have tried to express their love and finally they felt they cannot. Even the great sage Narada said, “Anirvachaniyam prema swarupam (you cannot express it).” The nature of true love is that it is beyond expression. Love with wisdom is bliss. Love

FREEDOM IS THE ORIGINAL STATE OF THE SOUL

13 Feb 2021 03:38 AM IST

Freedom has two sides. Freedom from and freedom to. I have to be free from any situations and attachments that bring me down or hold me back. I also have to be free to be able to express my true potential. As a child, I loved going to deserted beaches.

THE ROOT OF PROBLEMS, AND THE SOLUTION

13 Feb 2021 03:37 AM IST

Why is it that some people always complain of having problems while some others never seem to face any troubles? We all encounter various kinds of situations in life, but each person’s response is different, and it is determined by how they perceive the situations. This is why something that

POWER TO ACCOMMODATE BRINGS HARMONY, UNITY

13 Feb 2021 03:34 AM IST

“All things have their time, all questions and situations have their answers and all things have their right to be…” —Dadi Janki The power to accept someone as they are, or a situation as it is, is a power that can make you truly great. Intellectually understanding that we are

TRUE RELIGION TEACHES PEACE

13 Feb 2021 03:33 AM IST

I used to say, ‘I am a Hindu, you are a Christian’. I can never say that anymore. My attitude has changed. Now I would say ‘whether you are standing before a statue of Christ or worshipping the image of Krishna, God is still the one Father and we are

Gentle discipline at the heart of spirituality

13 Feb 2021 03:32 AM IST

Discipline is integral to the spiritual life, and the more we practise the more it becomes perfectly natural. In time, a virtuous circle develops. As we build our capacity for concentration, we gain controlling power over the mind, which, in turn, augments our ability to concentrate. To train the mind

SANITISE YOUR MIND THROUGH SELF-INTROSPECTION

08 Feb 2021 10:22 AM IST

Doctors often prescribe a medication called cortisone to reverse inflammation and swelling of some bodily organs. However, doctors caution to use it only sparingly as over time, cortisone has the effect of breaking down the bodily organs. It ultimately weakens parts of our body. Organs start having trouble. We may

DOES MAN SHAPE HIS LIFE OR DOES LIFE SHAPE HIM?

08 Feb 2021 09:39 AM IST

Man is burdened with shaping his life. But can life be shaped by man? Or does life shape man? What we think is the shape of life is not so at all. Life is like passing through somewhere in a train. We say that we lived as a child, a

PRACTISING THE ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE

08 Feb 2021 09:38 AM IST

Opportunities, relationships, even money flowed my way when I learned to be grateful no matter what happened in my life. — Oprah Winfrey. Practising the attitude of gratitude can and will change your life! Many times people keep complaining about things that they don’t have or things that they don’t

Boundless generosity is a mark of greatness

06 Feb 2021 09:12 AM IST

When we work on ourselves to become a better person, it is very fulfilling to achieve a fair measure of success. However, that brings some people to a halt, as the sense of fulfilment turns into self-satisfaction. Others, with higher goals, strive for continuous self-improvement. That is commendable in itself,

BENEVOLENCE BRINGS THE POWER OF TOLERANCE

06 Feb 2021 09:11 AM IST

Tolerance is the ability to remain unaffected when things do not go our way. It is the ability to accept differences and stay open and accepting. It is the ability to be able to approach an enemy with feelings of mercy and good wishes in our heart, devoid of blame

Calm mind, clean heart help us face any challenge

06 Feb 2021 09:09 AM IST

In an ‘age of surprises’, how can we be ‘ever-ready’—poised, even—to meet whatever comes with equanimity? Much depends on spiritual readiness. With this beautiful quality as the foundation of my life, I can trust myself to respond appropriately with good wishes and pure feelings no matter what happens. Far from