Spiritually Speaking

Showing the spiritual path

22 Aug 2020 03:43 AM IST

A spiritual path is like a school. Not a regular school where you learn ordinary skills, but a spiritual school where you learn the skills of spirit – like how to remove flaws in your character, or how to remain unaffected by the negative influences around you. Some people think

What constitutes elevated action?

22 Aug 2020 03:42 AM IST

At every moment I have a choice over how I respond. Even if I am restricted in words or actions, I have a choice over how I think and feel, and those thoughts and feelings are the seeds of my actions, or my karma. As is the quality of the

Humility: An expression of self-respect

22 Aug 2020 03:41 AM IST

What do we define as humility? Who do we define as humble? Do we call people humble because of who they are, or what they do? Humility is, in fact, about an attitude; it is all to do with our state of mind. It is about being open to other

Discovering the best way to remain spiritually healthy

22 Aug 2020 03:40 AM IST

The Hindi word for healthy is ‘swasth’. ‘Swa’ means the self, and one who is established in the self, or stable in his or her true identity, is healthy. Our true identity is that we are souls, and if we remember that while going about our tasks, and we relate

Spiritual beings having a human experience

17 Aug 2020 03:42 AM IST

We are actually spiritual beings having a human experience and not the other way around. So we are immortal and eternal beings on a never-ending journey.

From independence to interdependence

17 Aug 2020 03:42 AM IST

The body is dependent on the whole creation. In society, somebody has to make clothes, produce electricity, drill for oil. The body cannot be independent of the world. For the body, dependency is absolute. Most people are not aware of their limitations and dependency. When the spirit identifies with the

Ultimate freedom is in the joy of being

17 Aug 2020 03:41 AM IST

Thousands of years ago, humanity flowered. Existence and humanity became one. This gave birth to the flowering of the human mind. It did what existence wanted it to be. Like a flower flowers and dies. It has a purposeless purpose. Choice-less choice. Yogis called it “Sahastrara” (thousand petals lotus flowering).

Meditation enables us to help the world

15 Aug 2020 02:57 AM IST

Meditation shows me what I have to do for the world. It’s not so much my actions as the thought behind them that counts. I do need to act, but it is the purity and goodness in my actions that will make the world a better place. God gives me

Being a detached observer brings stability

15 Aug 2020 02:55 AM IST

Why do we get disturbed by unexpected or challenging situations? It is because we forget that the world is a vast stage on which the drama of life is being played out and we are enacting our roles in it. The tests we face are a part of the play.

Finding our place in the natural order

15 Aug 2020 02:53 AM IST

These times, perhaps more than ever, call for a re-examination of our relationship with the world — with nature. How has humanity come to be so clearly adrift and to lose sight of the essential interconnections that were once understood and cherished? We are part of the worldwide web of

Truth is the solution to all problems

15 Aug 2020 02:49 AM IST

The trick to problem-solving is to get to the root of a problem before it even shows up. This requires virtues such as objectivity, clarity and honesty, because the solution to all problems is truth. Truth means your spirituality; that is, your essence — the way something is before attitudes

Faith & forgiveness heal the soul

15 Aug 2020 02:48 AM IST

Where love is spiritual, we do not focus on the other person’s defects. We may be aware of the defects, but we share love unconditionally so that the other person is able to overcome weaknesses.