Spiritually Speaking

IF YOU HURT NATURE, YOU ARE HURTING YOURSELF

10 Jan 2023 07:36 AM IST

Surely educators are aware of what is actually happening in the world. People are divided racially, religiously, politically, economically, and this division is fragmentation. It is bringing about great chaos in the world-wars, every kind of deception politically, and so on. There is the spreading violence of man against man.

Work Can Become The Pathway To Happiness

10 Jan 2023 07:30 AM IST

An old adage declares, ‘Work is worship’. One is often encouraged to have respect for one’s work. Ironically, in today’s fast-paced world, working efficiently has become the major cause of stress. Excessive workloads have started taking a heavy toll on one’s well-being, often leading to breakdowns. However, another serious work-related

Humanity’s global warming

07 Jan 2023 07:24 AM IST

We are living in a world that is getting increasingly hot, not just in terms of the climate, but in terms of the increasingly heated human consciousness that is driving climate change. The implications of humanity’s global warming are profound. Is it possible that the ‘global warming’ of human consciousness

The time for divine intervention

07 Jan 2023 07:22 AM IST

In the Bhagavad Gita, God says that whenever there is a decline of righteousness, and rise of unrighteousness, He manifests Himself for the protection of the good, the destruction of the wicked, and for the establishment of righteousness. Many wonder when God does come to this world to redeem suffering

Spirituality and awakening

07 Jan 2023 07:21 AM IST

Seeing 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 circumstances bear an incredible opportunity for transformation.

Let time celebrate your presence

03 Jan 2023 07:44 AM IST

“Sound stretched is Music… Movement stretched is dance… Mind stretched is meditation… LIFE stretched is celebration” A poor man celebrates the New Year once a year. A rich man celebrates each day. But the richest man celebrates every moment. You don’t need money to celebrate life. If you just have

THE FOOLPROOF SIGN OF A FOOL

03 Jan 2023 07:41 AM IST

An ancient Sanskrit maxim declares, “Pride, bad language, stubbornness, pessimism and refusing to listen to counsel – these are five characteristics of a fool”. Friedrich Schiller, a German poet had said, “Against stupidity the very gods themselves, contend in vain”. It’s said that the foolish always have a lot to

New Year, New Beginings

03 Jan 2023 07:35 AM IST

A new year is a new beginning, something to look forward to. It is an opportunity to achieve all that we could not achieve in the year gone by, an opportunity to better and improve our lives. At this time of year, we generally take stock of the year gone

Look for the best in others

31 Dec 2022 07:36 AM IST

Work is only work only if we prefer to be somewhere else. Work tends to be a negative perception of a task which we reluctantly approach. Work is only labour when we forget to see our life as it truly is – an opportunity to be creative, enrich others, and

Overcoming the past

31 Dec 2022 07:33 AM IST

How does it feel when something is weighing on our mind – be it regret over what we have done, or not done, a missed opportunity, or an unpleasant experience? Memories of painful experiences haunt our present, making us feel heavy, low and, sometimes, unworthy. Such memories and the unhappy

Do you have faith?

31 Dec 2022 07:29 AM IST

What is faith? Where does it come from? Have you been faithful? – tends to mean have you kept your promise to be intimate with, and committed to, only the person to whom you made that promise. It is a form of faith that leans towards the idea of a

THE SPIRITUAL POWER OF CHRISTMAS

27 Dec 2022 07:57 AM IST

When a great avatar like Jesus Christ comes to earth he brings with him a “special dispensation” as Paramhansa Yogananda called it, which is God’s grace in a more condensed form and available to all who are open to receive it. This grace is especially strong when large numbers of