When we meditate, or practice mindfulness, or undertake a reflection practice, it will not always be plain sailing. There are five things that Gautama Buddha taught that will interfere with, obstruct and impede our progress. These are called the five hindrances and they are five negative mental states
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Our karmic record is analogous to a balance sheet, where every positive deed accounts for credit and every negative deed we perform adds to our debt. These debts and credits fructify in our present life or future ones determining the quality of our lives, allowing us to repay debts and savour the credits.
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In an interview with BW Businessworld, Ram Wasan, Founder of Mekosha Ayurveda Spasuites, spoke about Ayurveda, its treatment methods and more.
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A few years ago, an American medical doctor Dr. Jon Kabat Zinn introduced Mindfulness meditation as an integrative medicinal form packaged into an eight-week course. Until then, meditation was hiding behind the skirts of Yoga. This 8-week course, known as MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction), guarantees efficient results. Stress being the modern world’s biggest anathema, MBSR hit the right spot.
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"Let's go inner peace... I haven't got all day!" Hey, do you want to meditate? The standard excuses that I hear when asked this question are; 'I'm sorry, I can't focus.', 'Uh, I am not a Hindu!', 'I don't have the time!!', 'Isn't meditation a spiritual experience? It's not my thing.', 'Hey, it's finally raining! Sorry, can't do meditation right now.' BIZARRE right? That's exactly how I feel when I hear the misconceptions people have held for eternities towards the practice of meditation!
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"Blinded by his arrogance, he failed to see the truth." Oshiego
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‘That feeling from within’ comes knocking and nudging every now and then. It’s core is unquantifiable but is characteristically trustworthy. There are times it stirs up our subdued thoughts and a few times it subtly guides us to where we truly belong. But amidst our everyday distractions and life’s characteristic monotony, we tend to forget, drawing inspiration from this innermost confidante’. If we consciously did, it has the power to change our current apathetic design forever. Provided we listen.
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If you are an Avengers fan, you know that Tony Stark, the billionaire, the philanthropist has been ostentatiously bold about his choices in life.
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