Spiritually Speaking

TRUE ENCOURAGEMENT

16 Oct 2021 06:53 AM IST

One of the hardest experiences in life is to watch the suffering of someone we love. Our intense desire to help is frustrated by an equally intense feeling of helplessness. When faced with the discomfort of this inner intensity, I have often jumped inside the circle of sorrow to stand

HONESTY CREATES PURE FEELINGS

16 Oct 2021 06:52 AM IST

Love is connected to virtues. Virtues create love within the self and within others. When virtues reduce, the quality of love is also reduced. When all virtues are present, there is complete and pure love. Out of all the virtues, the main one is honesty. If we feel someone is

Creating our destiny

16 Oct 2021 06:50 AM IST

The question of whether a man is bound by fate or has free will has exercised the human mind for ages. Many believe that everything in life is predetermined and there is nothing we can do about it. Others dismiss this as fatalism and hold that we have all the

HAS MAN STILL NOT LEARNT TO PRAY?

11 Oct 2021 07:08 AM IST

Man is searching for some dependence. Man needs dependence. He is frenetically searching for dependence. Someone takes to dependence in counting the beads and someone wants to find a path to God and someone wants to possess everything to lend him dependence. And someone gets ready to drink the whole

YOGA KEEPS YOUR HEART HEALTHY

11 Oct 2021 07:05 AM IST

For more than a decade now, every 29 September has been celebrated as ‘World Heart Day’ to raise awareness against heart-related diseases. But the latest survey conducted by a private company with a sample size of more than 1,12,000 over urban centres in India doesn’t portray an encouraging picture of

FIVE TIPS TO GET RID OF ANGER AND ITS ‘COUSINS’

11 Oct 2021 07:04 AM IST

In today’s world, there are so many things that make us angry. And then anger is followed by guilt, violence, hurt, and hatred. It becomes difficult to break the cycle. Here are some tips for you to break this cycle, and become free and happy again.

INNER SILENCE, THE ANTIDOTE TO STRESS

09 Oct 2021 07:05 AM IST

All of us have experienced stress at some point in our lives. Actually, stress visits everyone, independent of their age, gender, environment, nationality or religious background. When we understand the ways in which stress manifests, we can boost and protect ourselves from it in the same way that we protect

THE WAY TO BECOME CAREFREE

09 Oct 2021 07:03 AM IST

Is it possible to lead a carefree life in today’s world? What does one need to be carefree? Most people would say that one must have enough money for financial security, without which it is well-nigh impossible to be free from worry. In a world of economic uncertainties, providing for

HOW TO CREATE PEACE

09 Oct 2021 07:02 AM IST

There is something that you can do to help create peace in the world and that is to make yourself peaceful. The first step in this is doing some real soul-searching to find out what has made you peaceless in the first place. Turning your mind within allows you to

Criticism drains all inner power

09 Oct 2021 07:01 AM IST

“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 that field and the seed will

LAUNCH YOUR WINGS TO FLY

04 Oct 2021 04:03 AM IST

Man wants to fly but he laments that he has no wings. To fly in that vastness of space is his primal desire. This primal desire is rooted as a primal seed that is deeply embedded in him. Man has no wings but he can fly and he has to

FORGIVENESS PAVES THE WAY TO STILLNESS

04 Oct 2021 04:02 AM IST

When faced with painful events caused by others, we have a choice. Most give in to anger, hatred, and revenge, and it causes further suffering. Anger and hatred add more fuel to our minds. If we are to maintain a calm mind, we need to cultivate forgiveness. Forgiveness involves forgetting