Renunciation is super-ambitious, not un-ambitious
Many people assume that renunciation symptomizes a lack of the ambition to struggle for material pleasures. Such people deride as unambitious those who renounce worldly [...]
Let devotion be your steering wheel, not your spare wheel
The demands and desires of our material life frequently press on us so insistently that our devotional life gets pushed to the background of our [...]
Watch what you watch
Standard dictionaries give two meanings of the word watch: “follow with the eyes” and “be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful.” Interestingly, these [...]
Ask first “Who am I?” not “What is my?”
Our life-story is essentially the story of our quest for happiness. This quest is directed by a driving question. For spiritualists, the question frequently is, [...]
Might we be shooting the messenger instead of pondering the message?
In the past, despots would routinely shoot messengers who brought bad news. Today, shooting is replaced by labeling; those who raise discomforting issues are often [...]
Krishna-thoughts are soothing, satisfying, strengthening, sublimating
Materialists often challenge spiritualists: “Why do you spend so much time thinking about Krishna when all that thinking doesn’t give any tangible return?” The key [...]
Be a leader of the mind, not its cheerleader
Daydreaming. It’s so easy. Taking it easy in our thought-lives is one of life’s most deluding distracters. We tend to think that nothing is wrong [...]
Illusion makes us oblivious to the obvious
Nothing is as amazing as our obliviousness to the reality whose obviousness is evident all around us: death. This was king Yudhishthira’s insightful observation in [...]
What is the Home of Our Thoughts?
When we are out in the rough-and-tough of the world, we often long to return to the security and solace of our home. All of [...]
The Light that brings Lightness
Many of us may sometimes feel burdened by the various problems and anxieties that life brings our way. This mental burden often debilitates and disorients [...]