Dnyaneshwari Jayanti is being observed this year on the 20th of September. This commemorates the completion of Dnyaneshwari – the profound work of practical wisdom – rendered by Sant Dnyaneshwar during the spiritual renaissance in the 13th century. Society in those times was in a state of upheaval, rampant with
Happy Independence Day. India would be celebrating its 73rd Independence day on 15th August 2019. But have we truly achieved freedom? Let us understand this with the help of a short story. There was a prison where several inmates were serving their sentences and were assigned rigorous jobs. Being in
Wasn’t it a beautiful celebration of Guru Poornima. I am sure you too must have made the most of this auspicious day by offering your heartfelt wishes to your Guru who has brought transformation in our lives. Coming back to our Devotion series, as in our previous article, let us
FORGIVENESS: The One Practice That Liberates you from Everything In our previous article, we read about how and why Jesus forgave those who crucified him. Forgiveness is the highest virtue given to mankind. It’s no wonder that history is replete with stories of great saints, who practiced forgiveness, be it
Happy Thoughts! This earth was once treaded upon by a Messiah, who not only forgave people, but also embraced a painful death to absolve their sins. He embraced death for the upliftment of mankind. He even forgave those who betrayed him and those who crucified him. It is the greatest
There is a happy natural state of peace within us. This state is always present. This happy natural state is the feeling of consciousness within. It is the existential experience of being. It is our natural higher self. Peace in simple words means being connected to the consciousness that encompasses
We just celebrated one of the biggest festival of the year, Diwali. Crackers, sweets, gifts and a joyful experience all around. It’s common to give and receive gifts during this festive season. As eager we are to open the gifts we received and so are we excited to know the
In the last article we read about emotional maturity, the value that we give to every incident or situation happening in our life. Now let’s go a step further and understand emotions and how to get rid of negative emotions. Feelings like stress, anxiety, fear and anger have a debilitating
We all face negative incidents in our life. Our happiness or sorrow is not determined by the incident as it is, but rather by how we perceive it. At some point we really need to think and decide how much value we should give to the incidents happening in our
In today’s world we find people suffering from stress and many more such issues due to the problems and situations which they face. While we are in such situations, the typical thought that runs in our mind: ‘How I wish I had a solution to all my problems and they
Let’s read through the next part of the article on recognizing the true spiritual guru. (click here to read the first part.) We understood the claims that people make to be known as a guru. Let’s look at some more claims to gain complete clarity and identifying the right guru for
As we focus on articles on Guru this month, let’s discuss yet another important and related topic. In the previous article ‘True Guru: Importance and Role‘, we discussed who is a true guru and his role in our lives. In this article, we shall focus on how one can identify
