Ordinarily religion is thought of as a practice, it is not. That is one of the most fundamental misunderstanding about religion. You can practice non violence but you will still remain violent, because your vision has not changed. You still carry the old eyes.
Read MoreThe whole art of meditation is to peel off these layers of images given to us by others and come face to face with our real self--what Lord Krishna calls Svadharma. The self-realization is Svadhyaya beyond the ego made of all the false images collected unconsciously from others.
Read MoreOne might argue that the conflictive emotions - anger, jealousy, greed - are acceptable because they are natural, and that there is no need to interfere with them. But disease is a natural phenomenon too.
Read MoreWhen it starts happening enjoy it, love it, be nourished by it, savour it, dance it, sing it, but dont make a question about it. Just be it. And allow it total space. It will grow. If needs space in you to grow.
Read MoreAnd it is good, so don't be afraid of it, Don't think that this passivity is not real. This is being said by your mind which needs and wants the feverish activity and the glow that comes through fever.
Read MoreStill, even at that age, I strongly believed that God has made us all alike. It didn’t matter what circumstances I was born into, I could be something more. So when you ask me, what my struggles were, I’ll tell you that I had none. I came from nothing, I knew no luxury and hadn’t seen a ‘better’ life, so in my small world...I was happy.
Read MoreThe importance of this trait becomes clear in the debate over so called 'empathy marketing'. During the past decade empathy has become a popular concept in the advertising and marketing industries, where it tends to be seen in purely instrumental terms. I
Read MoreThe search continues whether you get anything or not. It seems irrelevant what you have got, what you have not got - the search continues anyway.
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