Spiritually Speaking

THE SPIRITUAL FOUNDATION OF TRUE LOVE

25 Dec 2021 04:12 AM IST

Everyone wants to be loved and it is the nature of the human soul to love. Love provides a feeling of well-being, contentment, security and support that one cannot get from wealth, power and prestige. Love acts like sunshine, lighting up one’s life, enriching the soul and making it bloom.

Stepping off the emotional roller coaster

25 Dec 2021 04:10 AM IST

The ride is totally in our own hands or rather in our own minds.

How to improve spiritually

20 Dec 2021 07:05 AM IST

The beauty of the Divine is the law of compassion and grace. When we are seen making an honest effort to weed out our failings, to honestly assess these shortcomings ourselves, even if we have difficulty, our sincerity is noticed. The Divine will respond with compassion and grace. By our

How humanity is alienated from life

20 Dec 2021 07:00 AM IST

What is it that we call human or being human? Is humanity the thought of humans? We denote ourselves as humans because we think that humanity is far superior to animals and living. Any species would think that way. In fact, humanity symbolises an understanding of humans about humans. When

CORRUPTION: ITS SPIRITUAL ROOTS AND REMEDIES

18 Dec 2021 04:09 AM IST

Corruption is a malady that has afflicted human societies for a long time. Much research has been done into corruption by experts, and governments have put in place legal and procedural mechanisms to prevent, detect, and punish corrupt practices. Yet corruption is rife in the world. That is because it

A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY TO WHAT IS REAL

18 Dec 2021 04:06 AM IST

There are many illusions on the way to truth. A spiritual journey can begin in many ways and for many reasons, but mine began with a desire to find what is real, what is true. I had spent many successful years in the theatre, and the awareness that the stage

HAVING PURITY IN THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS

18 Dec 2021 04:03 AM IST

For someone on a spiritual journey, purity becomes an essential requirement. There is physical purity, where things are untainted and unspoiled, there is also moral purity, but spiritual purity is when I embed my thinking and feeling in truth. Then there is a clarity and a lightness of mind and

What is love and where does it come from?

18 Dec 2021 04:01 AM IST

First, we begin with ‘Om Shanti’—Om means ‘I am’, and Shanti means ‘peace’. When there is peace there is love, and when there is love there is peace. Within our relationships in the world today, there are three things that don’t allow us to understand and experience true love, and

You are Love

13 Dec 2021 06:36 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

Guru Tattva: Secret to abundance

13 Dec 2021 06:34 AM IST

Life and the Guru are inseparable. Life itself teaches so many things. When you consciously reflect on it you can distinguish the things you have done right and those which were clearly wrong. The wisdom that allows you to differentiate is the guru principle that resides in each one of

‘Sita, A Tale of Ancient Love’ captures philosophical essences

13 Dec 2021 06:29 AM IST

What makes the book find a niche is the narrative told through the reminiscences of Sita herself …Her memoirs as she recalls her life through just one Truth and that being her unblemished love towards ‘her Lord’.

A CLEAN INTELLECT BRINGS GREATNESS

11 Dec 2021 06:23 AM IST

Intelligence is a highly rated quality; it helps us function rationally and achieve success in life. However, intelligence alone is not enough for us to live a happy life, and if we really wish to rise above the ordinary, we need to have something more—a pure intellect. Such an intellect