Secret to manifest your Sankalpa

A strong tendency to keep doing something, whether important or unimportant, becomes an impediment to meditation. 'Doing' starts first with an intenti…

Yoga stops misery before it comes

Patanjali, the propounder of yoga, enunciates the purpose of yoga: “The purpose of yoga is to stop misery before it comes.” Whether it is greed, anger…

Purpose of Guilt

Guilt has a purpose. A little bit of guilt is good. It does not allow you to get into a cycle of actions that are not good for you and for others. Whe…

Intention, Attention and Manifestation 

Violence or non-violence is determined by the attitude and not the act. Even a war can be non-violent if it is devoid of anger, hatred, jealousy or gr…

Dealing With The Monkey Mind

Our mind is always focused on what we want and we are busy wanting something all the time. Before one want vanishes, another comes up; they are in a q…

Influences of Time and Space

There are three types of spaces that exist — external space (Bhut Akash), in which all the elements are there; inner space (Chit Akash), where thought…

Essence of celebrating Mother’s Day

Ram was very dear to Kaikeyi. For Kaikeyi, Ram was her 'soul'. She had to bear the wrath of her own son for sending Ram into exile. Kaikeyi sent Ram i…

Good and Evil in Vedanta

Evil has no absolute existence of its own. The Bhagavad Gita says: “The good will never perish; evil can never exist”. Evil doesn’t exist as a separat…

Meditation – The Art of Letting Go your Desires

The more you try to hold on, the more the essence shall slip away. The beauty of human life is to let go and live peacefully. In the Bhagavad Gita, lo…

Life is a Charming Gift

Feeling at home, wherever and with whomsoever you are is what I would call the true evolution of human beings. For that, we need to take a look within…