The self help industry has grown by leaps and bounds or rather by books, courses and quotes. It is difficult to escape a quote, an insight, an advertisement on youtube to live more successfully, happily, effectively etc. The glittering promise …
Our minds are very good at categorical thinking. In fact that is how we learn things in school. It is either This or that. Black or white. Sukha/Dukha – Pleasure or pain. Maana /Apamaana – Respect or disrespect Male/Female Categorisation …
Just like a seed requires light, water, soil and air to blossom into a tree, the Vedic tradition offers us an insight about four factors that are essential to our learning and growth – आचार्यात् पादमादत्ते पादं शिष्यः स्वमेधया ।सब्रह्मचारिभ्यः …
Our biggest problem is thinking that we should not have a problem. I repeat for this to sink in – Our biggest problem is thinking that we should not have a problem. As life unfolds situations present themselves. They require …
Every person is some sort of a seeker, a sadhaka. Whether you seek to go abroad or return home you are a seeker. Whether you want to lose weight or build muscle you are a seeker and there is a …
This is the last story that our beloved guru, Pujya Swami Dayananda ji shared in the midst of his labored breathing and many pauses, at Rishikesh in September 2015. As it is around that time, I felt like sharing it …
Any change in action or attitude requires some effort on our parts – some sort of a movement from where we are and where we want to be. e.g. My average screen time is 3 hours every day. I want …
You are working on finalizing the plan for the next quarter on your laptop. Your phone pings. There are notifications on whatsapp and telegram. You glance at your laptop and many emails have popped into your inbox in the last …
This incident is from the Bhagavatam, the purpose for which Bhagavan had assumed the form of Shri Krishna had been served. Mother Earth had been relieved of the burden which had been oppressing her. The great war that was fought …
A few years ago, a young, dynamic couple came to me for counselling. They were very much in love but also frustrated with each other’s ways. The girl friend was fed up of the man’s restrained behaviour which he attributed …