Spiritually Speaking

SERVING WITH THE POWER OF PEACE

05 Jun 2021 04:04 AM IST

One thing everyone desires in life is peace. Without peace we do not feel content, secure, and at ease. But no matter how much we try, we cannot attain true and lasting peace through money or material means. There is abundant wealth in the world, and all sorts of facilities

KNOW THE INNER ENEMY TO PROTECT YOURSELF

05 Jun 2021 04:02 AM IST

If I do not know the enemy, I will be poorly equipped to protect myself. Anger, greed, ego, lust, attachment are the enemies in myself and in others. If I cannot protect myself, who will? Not to know the value of thoughts, or to move through life without an aim,

The art of having a meaningful conversation

05 Jun 2021 04:01 AM IST

The art of meaningful conversation is based on being able to establish a common ground with the person I talk to, irrespective of age, culture, social or educational background. This is especially important when the outcome is crucial or the topic difficult. I have had the great fortune to visit

THE CHANGING NATURE OF RELATIONSHIPS

31 May 2021 04:36 AM IST

Relationships with others keep changing and growing constantly. There are only two permanent relationships, God and yourself. Everything else is a variable.

THE SUBTLE ART OF BEING PRAYERFUL

31 May 2021 04:31 AM IST

Our scriptures tell us that we are living in darkness. Scriptures come from those who were enlightened and told us about the light that was what they were known of. Scriptures are attempts to say what cannot be said. Scriptures attempted to weave in words that cannot be tied in

GRIEF AND THE BURDEN OF GUILT

31 May 2021 04:29 AM IST

People experiencing loss need support coping with their grief. Grief is one’s personal experience of a loss and its intensity is dependent on how the change produced loss is perceived. The grief experience involves different stages but they loop indicating that a person can psychologically visit a stage more than

IN ORDER TO CHANGE, FIRST KNOW YOURSELF

29 May 2021 09:47 AM IST

Often, when we change our way of thinking and doing things in an attempt at self-improvement, all goes well for some time and we are happy that we have become a better person. But then we find ourselves reverting to our old habits. It happens occasionally at first, and we

GRASPING THE ESSENCE BRINGS SUCCESS

29 May 2021 09:44 AM IST

There is a time for everything and time itself is very valuable. Our time now seems to be taken up with ever more complicated issues. We are constantly bombarded with information, especially via technology, and it is so difficult to grasp the essence of anything. Yet, this is what we

WITH SPIRITUAL POWER, WOMEN CAN SERVE THE WORLD

29 May 2021 09:41 AM IST

The idea of women playing any role outside the home was strongly opposed in the community where I grew up. That was a long time ago and things have changed. But I did not wait for the change. I had the strong desire to work for the upliftment of humanity

Spirituality as the key to self-respect

29 May 2021 09:39 AM IST

At the heart of every human tradition lie three aspects: respect for the Sacred, the Divine, deep inner values and, thirdly, a guide or signpost for what human life is about and what we human beings should be doing in life. In recent decades, business leaders and the media have

DIVINE LOVE IS BEYOND

28 May 2021 09:33 AM IST

“Gunarahitam kamanarahitam Pratikshanavardhamanam avichinnam sukshmataram anubhavarupam.” The word “gunarahitam” means to be free from the three types of love. There are 3 types of love: 1. Satvik love is unconditional love. I love you for what you are, not because of something you did for me. Not because you help me so

ONE PLUS ONE EQUALS ONE IN SPIRITUALITY

28 May 2021 09:27 AM IST

The greatest math formula one needs to master is one that we are not taught in our maths class in school. In primary school, we learn that one plus one is two. But in spirituality, we learn that one plus one equals one. We also learn that one alone does