Things fall in place if we keep the mind in place
Suppose we come to our house and find everything out of place. We may start yelling at the person in-charge of housekeeping, demanding that things [...]
Suppose we come to our house and find everything out of place. We may start yelling at the person in-charge of housekeeping, demanding that things [...]
Suppose our hand is fractured, thereby weakening its connection with our arm. Then our capacity to move it according to our will decreases. And if [...]
To live for the world means to spend our life pursuing goals set by the world. Because the world’s mainstream culture is materialistic, the things [...]
When we check our inbox, if we find any junk mails, we neglect them. Our mind is like an inbox, wherein various stimuli come in, [...]
When we are disturbed, we often approach God through prayer and surrender, hoping to become peaceful. Pertinently, the Bhagavad-gita (18.62) states that surrender leads to [...]
Suppose we are at an acquaintance’s house and are gazing out of the window at the beautiful greenery. Suddenly we see a giant gorilla glaring [...]
Life’s frenetic pace can easily consume us with its unending urgencies. To introspect and re-align ourselves with our priorities, not the world’s priorities, it’s helpful [...]
Some people say, “Everything is God’s plan.” Is it really? Are our mistakes his plan? If some people become alcoholics or commit suicide, did God [...]
Some seekers on the devotional path downplay the intelligence: “We just need devotion; we don’t need elaborate intellectual analysis. Ultimately, we can go beyond illusion [...]
Suppose we are driving along an unfamiliar road and can’t figure out our route. We need to ask someone and we need the humility to [...]
Some people ask, “If God is the supreme controller, does his controllership mean that whatever we do, he is controlling us and compelling us to [...]
Why are some people narrow-minded? Because they are very attached to their mind. Their vision is limited to what their mind shows, and they hold [...]
Suppose we want to watch some educational program on TV. If someone else had set the TV to a celebrity gossip channel, we would change [...]
In every classroom, some students are perpetual backbenchers – they don’t like to study; they attend classes just because they have to. Predictably, they fare [...]
Many people conceive of devotion as a pleasant, pious emotion that they experience occasionally. However, devotion is much more: it is conscious continuous cultivation. To [...]
Suppose we have a chronic disease. Our acquaintances may recommend various remedies. Knowing that they aren’t medical experts, we wouldn’t immediately follow their recommendations. We [...]
When someone disagrees with us, especially someone we expected would obey us unquestioningly, our ego flares up. It goads us: “Yell at them; lash out [...]
Suppose we fall on our arm and hurt it. If someone starts hitting the hurt arm, that would be malicious. Our mind often attacks us [...]
Suppose we are reading an online article and adjacent to it are many links that turn out to be deceptive. They promise something free but [...]
Suppose a child is watching a horror movie on TV and is becoming fearful. Herein, the ability to experience emotions comes from the child – [...]
Many aspiring spiritualists think that the Absolute Truth is non-differentiated oneness. Because attachment to material form and personality causes illusion and bondage, they hold that [...]