Summer has set in and we can see how nature renews itself and grows in this cyclic manner. The Mahashivratri festival is celebrated at the onset of summer. This is one of the important festivals celebrated all across the country. You will find people fasting, visiting Lord Shiva’s temple, offering
As we enter the second month of the year, we look forward to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Valentine’s day or Well-in-Time day. Well-in-time to celebrate the essence of love in every relationship. We all seek love from our relationships: be it parents, children, siblings and so on. Here, we present a
(This article is based on the New Year Discourse delivered by Sirshree at the beginning of January 2019) If You Are Aware, Happy New Year! If you are able to maintain higher awareness, then the year can be traversed in happiness. This year, let us work on ourselves to develop
The first festival of the year is here, Lohri/ MakarSankranti/ Pongal/ Bihu, celebrated in various parts of India marking the end of winter and beginning of spring. This festival is one of bonding with family members and society as a whole. In this article here, let us understand how we
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
Wishing each one of you reading this article here a very Happy Independence Day. While India celebrates its 72nd Independence Day today, the day when India regained its freedom from slavery, it is also time for us to reflect on our inner and true independence. Let us use today, the
