Four ways to make the New Year’s positivity LAST
Wish you a very happy New Year! Normally, at such times, we make resolutions, and that’s very important. At the same time, today, I’d like [...]
How to ensure that the right answer has the right effect
Just because we know the right answers doesn't mean we know the right time and tone to convey those answers. The Bhagavad Gita 17.15 states [...]
How to help others use their freedom wisely
How to help others use their freedom wisely When we guide someone, such as a trainee or a child, it's essential to respect their need [...]
By stating that everyone has problems, are we conveying empathy or apathy?
Everyone has problems. This statement can be an expression of empathy, but it can also be an expression of apathy. What it conveys depends on [...]
How not to deal with a person whom we consider a necessary evil
Calling someone we dislike but need a "necessary evil" is often an unnecessary evil in itself. In our social circles, there are often people we [...]
Whether a message is short is not as important as whether it is sufficient
The length of a talk is not as crucial as its completeness. A short talk can be insufficient, a long talk can be sufficient, and [...]
A Christmas Reflection: The Many Faces of a Religious Celebration
1. Individual Perspective I have witnessed the celebration of Christmas in multiple settings—at my convent school, during my speaking tours in North America's Bible Belt, [...]
How to avoid becoming discouraged due to our mistakes?
Just because we have slipped and fallen doesn’t mean we have to keep slipping and keep falling. And it certainly doesn’t mean that we have [...]
Why we devalue our life and how we can stop doing so
The value of our life is determined not by how much the world recognizes what we are doing, but by how much we recognize what [...]
How to use the mind’s weapons against the mind
Deal with the mind using the same three weapons that it uses to deal with us: diversion, delay, and disregard. Managing our mind is one [...]
The pains of life don’t sentence us to a life of pain
The pain of life may be unavoidable, but the life of pain is definitely avoidable. Pain is one of the greatest realities of life. Our [...]
How to be a leader even if we don’t have any position
The essence of leadership lies not in how much value people give to us but in how much value we can bring to their lives. [...]
The balance of predictability and unpredictability that makes relationships fulfilling
Healthy relationships strike a balance between predictability and unpredictability. When we are in a long-term relationship, this balance is essential for keeping the relationship dynamic, [...]
How our speech can enhance our relationships?
Balancing sensitivity in speech The oversensitive consider even a mild observation to be a condemnation, while the insensitive treat even harsh condemnation as a mere [...]
Gita 02.15 – Explanation 1
Gita 02.15 – Those unaffected by the temporary attain the eternal Link 1 : https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-15-those-unaffected-by-the-temporary-attain-the-eternal/ yaṁ hi na vyathayanty ete puruṣaṁ puruṣarṣabha sama-duḥkha-sukhaṁ dhīraṁ so [...]
Gita 02.15 – Explanation 2
Gita 0215 - Nothing Is Worth Being Distracted From Krishna Audio Link 2: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-15-nothing-is-worth-being-distracted-from-krishna/ yaṁ hi na vyathayanty ete puruṣaṁ puruṣarṣabha sama-duḥkha-sukhaṁ dhīraṁ so ’mṛtatvāya [...]
Gita 02.13 – Explanation
Gita 02.13 – The body is changing, not just growing – so focus on the unchanging Audio Link 1 : https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-13-the-body-is-changing-not-just-growing-so-focus-on-the-unchanging/ dehino ’smin yathā dehe [...]
Three attributes to persist in self-improvement
Three tips to persist in the journey of self-improvement Self-improvement is not an easy path, particularly because the tools and strategies that worked initially may [...]
Self-improvement: The PIE we can’t have and the PIE we can have
Self-improvement is one of life’s most challenging endeavors—not only because changing ourselves is intrinsically difficult, but also because of the significant mismatch between our expectations [...]
Our attention determines what we grasp and what grasps us
We often underestimate the pivotal role that attention plays in our lives. While we recognize its importance when we fail to focus—such as when we [...]
When being nice is not nice…
Be nice to contain the vice that is inside, not to conform to the vice that is outside Being nice is often considered a hallmark [...]