https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/you-cannot-argue-with-a-wall/May 30, 2023, 2:06 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/images-21.jpegSpiritually SpeakingOften, in bitter arguments among loved ones and intimate friends, things can turn very nasty. Name-calling, giving the silent treatment, gas-lighting, talking about unrelated issues like one’s family, background, education, disabilities, habits, m...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/you-cannot-argue-with-a-wall/May 30, 2023, 2:06 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/images-21.jpegSpiritually SpeakingIt is the mighty tree that crashes to the earth during a storm whereas a flexible sapling bends to powerful winds. When the storm is over, it is the supple sapling that has survived, not the uprooted tree. As we grow old, it is our teeth that fall...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/you-cannot-argue-with-a-wall/May 30, 2023, 2:06 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/images-21.jpegSpiritually SpeakingIt’s a well-known fact that we all want control- on our own lives, on our beliefs and thoughts, on our possessions, on people, and even on choices and opinions of others. Nearly, if not all the wars, have been about, ‘Who’s in charge? Who controls...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/you-cannot-argue-with-a-wall/May 30, 2023, 2:06 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/images-21.jpegSpiritually SpeakingThe week between Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti is the time for very deep introspection. The first nine days of chaitra mas, celebrated as Chaitra Navratri, are to contemplate the self. Ram or soul is the awakening within us. It is the realisation...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/you-cannot-argue-with-a-wall/May 30, 2023, 2:06 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/images-21.jpegSpiritually SpeakingShiva, the lord of time, dances the Ananda Tandava, or the dance of bliss on the supreme night of awakened awareness.Who is Shiva? Who is the divine dancer who commands time and space. He existed before there was time. He will exist when everythin...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/you-cannot-argue-with-a-wall/May 30, 2023, 2:06 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/images-21.jpegSpiritually SpeakingA few days ago, it was Vasant Panchami. A couple of weeks later, it would be Valentine’s Day. On Vasant Panchami, Goddess Saraswati is worshipped. But there’s another interesting story associated with this day. Since love is in the air, a not so w...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/you-cannot-argue-with-a-wall/May 30, 2023, 2:06 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/images-21.jpegSpiritually SpeakingDo you enjoy advising people? Often, people come to us for advice when they need help. But sometimes, it’s not just the people who need advice, but we as well. We want to help them because we want to feel important and powerful by helping them tak...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/you-cannot-argue-with-a-wall/May 30, 2023, 2:06 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/images-21.jpegSpiritually SpeakingThere are a few practitioners who love to boast about their knowledge of various spiritual practices. They will often pontificate on different techniques. These ‘spiritual peacocks’ strut about feeling important while talking about their experienc...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/you-cannot-argue-with-a-wall/May 30, 2023, 2:06 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/images-21.jpegSpiritually SpeakingIt is in our highest moments that we need to be the most careful, for it’s in those very moments that the devil comes forth. The devil here is that heady feeling of invincibility. It’s when one is at the top of the world that all manner of temptat...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/you-cannot-argue-with-a-wall/May 30, 2023, 2:06 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/images-21.jpegSpiritually SpeakingWhat do you do when societal norms compel you to be nice when you don’t wish to be? We act awkwardly when we are trapped by societal compulsions. Someone shows you pictures of their grandchildren, another takes you to meet their  relatives, s...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/you-cannot-argue-with-a-wall/May 30, 2023, 2:06 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/images-21.jpegSpiritually SpeakingWe become good at whatever we practise. The funny thing is, most of us are experts at practising distraction. Often, we seek new distractions to distract us from what is distracting us to distraction! We live in a society that trains us to multi-t...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/you-cannot-argue-with-a-wall/May 30, 2023, 2:06 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/images-21.jpegSpiritually SpeakingThe season of giving and gifting is upon us. It is also a time for introspection. Giving and receiving gifts can tell us a lot about ourselves.Whenever we give something to someone, does that become theirs or remain ours? Some of us are most conce...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/you-cannot-argue-with-a-wall/May 30, 2023, 2:06 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/images-21.jpegSpiritually SpeakingCancel culture is a very interesting term. People all around us are talking about it. Today, with the rise of social media, cancel culture has become a rampant phenomenon. Any celebrity, who is thought to be doing objectionable or offensive stuff ...