Spiritually Speaking

Existence is the full view of God

20 Sep 2021 03:36 AM IST

It is said that man is living in a bottle and wants to come out of it. But he has to come out of the bottle without breaking it. It’s the truth of life but very few reach out to it. Humanity thinks they are the bottle and identify with

The pleasures of dispassion

20 Sep 2021 03:34 AM IST

Dispassion or vairagya is one of the pillars of the highest knowledge. Dispassion is not apathy. Often, we think of dispassion as being totally unenthusiastic, depressed or not interested in anything. This is not . Dispassion is a lack of feverishness. Dispassion does not take the joy away from you. Dispassion

PERIYAVA SHOWED PATH TO GREATNESS AND INDIA’S RISE AS A MODERN NATION

20 Sep 2021 03:29 AM IST

Swami Chandrasekharendra Saraswati, the 68th Shankaracharya of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, championed change with continuity. He worked for a society that is firmly rooted in the past while working with confidence for a secure and prosperous future.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

18 Sep 2021 06:54 AM IST

When we see the external form of religion that people practice, such as rituals, prayer, reading scriptures and going on pilgrimage, we often comment that ‘this person is very religious.’ This usually means that we consider them to be humble, polite and kind. But religion without spirituality is like the

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HOLY?

18 Sep 2021 06:53 AM IST

What does it mean to be holy? Do vestments, ochre robes, or ash smeared over the body make one holy? What are the qualities of a holy person? Being holy means to be pure, which in turn means to have elevated thoughts – always and for everyone. Someone with a

HOW TO EMPOWER THE CAPACITY FOR SELF-HEALING

18 Sep 2021 06:50 AM IST

When a young child grows up in unsafe circumstances and is not fully welcome, then insecurity is normal and a child gets used to it. A young child always attaches to (a) parent(s), even when circumstances are unsafe. Then ‘unsafety’ is the comfort zone and normal for a child. An

SPIRITUAL DETACHMENT SAVES US FROM NEGATIVE INFLUENCES

18 Sep 2021 06:46 AM IST

Let me be humble and let me harmonise and work well with all others but let me not become like them. Others may be influenced by their own arrogance, or by their own negativities, or by ordinariness in the mind, but this does not mean that I have to be.

The silent mind

18 Sep 2021 06:43 AM IST

They say that if you can conquer the mind, you can conquer the world. In other words, we can become masters of the self. So, it is worth taking time each day to see what the state of my mind is. It has been said that the difference between prayer

HOW TO REMAIN CALM AT WORK

13 Sep 2021 03:03 AM IST

At work, the anger we feel not only upsets us emotionally but has a deleterious effect on our physical body. It causes stress, which in turn contributes to stress-related ailments. This can affect us by increasing our risk for heart disease, cancer, stroke, high blood pressure, and other diseases. It

BEING IN THE ABSOLUTENESS OF YOUR BEING

13 Sep 2021 03:00 AM IST

Our senses are evolved as an extension of our body-mind. Body and mind are not two things. Body-mind is in fact one thing. Our body has its own mind and our mind is in fact evolved as the sense of time. Senses were desired by man. They are extensions of

KRISHNA RESPONDS TO ALL AS PER THEIR DESIRES

13 Sep 2021 02:58 AM IST

Krishna is revealing Himself to everyone in the way they want to see Him or if someone does not want to see Him, Krishna is hiding Himself from them.

THE BEAUTY OF A QUIET MIND

11 Sep 2021 04:14 AM IST

When my mind becomes quiet, the whole of my life will have an upgrade. We spend a lot of time every day trying to communicate and assuming that our message is being understood. In fact, most people are actually listening to themselves, to the inner dialogue that is going on