https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/the-art-of-not-taking-sorrow/June 15, 2024, 4:48 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Not-taking-sorrow.jpgSpiritually SpeakingFor 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 o...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/the-art-of-not-taking-sorrow/June 15, 2024, 4:48 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Not-taking-sorrow-300x178.jpgSpiritually SpeakingWe 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 cr...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/the-art-of-not-taking-sorrow/June 15, 2024, 4:48 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Not-taking-sorrow-300x178.jpgSpiritually SpeakingWhen 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 ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/the-art-of-not-taking-sorrow/June 15, 2024, 4:48 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Not-taking-sorrow-300x178.jpgSpiritually SpeakingHarmony 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 sec...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/the-art-of-not-taking-sorrow/June 15, 2024, 4:48 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Not-taking-sorrow-300x178.jpgSpiritually Speaking“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...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/the-art-of-not-taking-sorrow/June 15, 2024, 4:48 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Not-taking-sorrow-300x178.jpgSpiritually SpeakingSeeing 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 circumstance...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/the-art-of-not-taking-sorrow/June 15, 2024, 4:48 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Not-taking-sorrow-300x178.jpgSpiritually SpeakingThe 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 K...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/the-art-of-not-taking-sorrow/June 15, 2024, 4:48 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Not-taking-sorrow-300x178.jpgSpiritually SpeakingThe 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, l...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/the-art-of-not-taking-sorrow/June 15, 2024, 4:48 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Not-taking-sorrow-300x178.jpgSpiritually SpeakingWhat 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. H...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/the-art-of-not-taking-sorrow/June 15, 2024, 4:48 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Not-taking-sorrow-300x178.jpgSpiritually SpeakingSpirituality 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 connec...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/the-art-of-not-taking-sorrow/June 15, 2024, 4:48 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Not-taking-sorrow-300x178.jpgSpiritually SpeakingIn a world where no-one seems to know what is going to happen next, one of the biggest issues, for both men and women, is the escalation of an inner insecurity. This insecurity manifests in the very unpleasant behaviour of trying to control whatev...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/the-art-of-not-taking-sorrow/June 15, 2024, 4:48 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Not-taking-sorrow-300x178.jpgSpiritually SpeakingLooking around the world today, we see that happiness has become a rare commodity. We may have wealth, but no real happiness. We may have power and position but, again, no experience of inner joy. Perhaps we even have relationships that are loyal ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/the-art-of-not-taking-sorrow/June 15, 2024, 4:48 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Not-taking-sorrow-300x178.jpgSpiritually SpeakingSeeing 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 circumstance...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/the-art-of-not-taking-sorrow/June 15, 2024, 4:48 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Not-taking-sorrow-300x178.jpgSpiritually Speaking“If there are teachings, instructions or corrections to be given, always give them with a lot of love, and no trace of anger.” Wisdom needs an inner space—a field—in order for its seed and its saplings to flourish. Put poison onto the earth in tha...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/the-art-of-not-taking-sorrow/June 15, 2024, 4:48 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Not-taking-sorrow-300x178.jpgSpiritually SpeakingI am often asked how an individual can contribute to making their community stronger and more supportive, especially now when so many in our communities are suffering in so many ways. One of the difficulties is that everywhere, people are not in t...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/the-art-of-not-taking-sorrow/June 15, 2024, 4:48 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Not-taking-sorrow-300x178.jpgSpiritually SpeakingMy understanding and experience is that the soul is eternal. It never dies. It simply passes on from one bodily ‘costume’ to another, carrying its experiences with it. When we remember someone who has died simply as a human being, there is sorrow....https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/the-art-of-not-taking-sorrow/June 15, 2024, 4:48 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Not-taking-sorrow-300x178.jpgSpiritually SpeakingAt the heart of every human tradition lie three aspects: respect for the Sacred, the Divine, deep inner values and, thirdly, a guide or signpost for what human life is about and what we human beings should be doing in life. In recent decades, busi...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/the-art-of-not-taking-sorrow/June 15, 2024, 4:48 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Not-taking-sorrow-300x178.jpgSpiritually SpeakingWe are only beginning to understand the effect of our consciousness on the environment. Lack of inner harmony expresses itself in the upheaval in nature — the unprecedented natural disasters and abnormal weather conditions — that we are seeing acr...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/the-art-of-not-taking-sorrow/June 15, 2024, 4:48 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Not-taking-sorrow-300x178.jpgSpiritually SpeakingThere are about 6,900 languages spoken in the world today. However, all the natural human languages share what Noam Chomsky, who is often referred to as ‘the father of modern linguistics’, calls the ‘deep structure of grammar’. This means that the...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/the-art-of-not-taking-sorrow/June 15, 2024, 4:48 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Not-taking-sorrow-300x178.jpgSpiritually SpeakingWherever we look today, we see the breakdown of society, in terms of family life, religion, the environment, the economy and governance. This fragmentation and collapse of our world seems to be deeply connected with a loss of human values – a view...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/the-art-of-not-taking-sorrow/June 15, 2024, 4:48 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Not-taking-sorrow-300x178.jpgSpiritually SpeakingLooking at the world right now, we wonder if this is a time of crisis or opportunity. We all understand that we are living in precarious times, and we all recognise the need to rise, support and help others. Spiritual traditions share insights int...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/the-art-of-not-taking-sorrow/June 15, 2024, 4:48 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Not-taking-sorrow-300x178.jpgSpiritually SpeakingMeditation 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 the st...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/a-greater-much-higher-love-demystifying-detachment/July 18, 2020, 6:19 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sp1-5.pngSpiritually SpeakingDetachment is often seen as the opposite of love, but that is not the case—its opposite is attachment. Without having detachment, one cannot access pure love from God and share that love with other humans.