The Bhagavad-gita declares that all attractive things derive their attractiveness from a spark of Krishna's supreme attractiveness (10.41). This implies that the world we encounter [...]
The Bhagavad Gita (18.73) concludes with Arjuna surrendering to Krishna, not in a passive way by accepting Krishna's will as it is happening in his [...]
In the Bhagavad-gita (6.30), it is said that for the realized yogi, Krishna is never lost to them, nor are they ever lost to him. [...]
Meditation is a process of both taking in as well as going in. When we meditate on Krishna by chanting his holy names, we are, [...]
In the Bhagavad Gita 6.56, Krishna states that the mind can be managed only by an appropriate process. This emphasis on an appropriate process indicates [...]
Many people feel that meditating is not for them. They feel, "I just can't meditate." That's largely because they don't clearly understand what meditation is [...]
Circumstantial anxieties are unavoidable because, no matter how much control we have over our external environment, there will always be some things beyond our [...]
The Bhagavad Gita states that the greatest problem with focusing our mind is that it presently acts as our enemy. Interestingly, the Gita does not [...]
Some people think that if they had nothing in their lives that would cause them worry, anxiety, or fear, their lives would be peaceful. [...]
Suppose someone has a severe disease that takes time to cure. We don't hold it against them if they don't become healthy overnight, even after [...]
Our mind is like a machine, and different machines are wired differently; some people may be more prone to anxiety than others. While we try [...]
One reason anxiety is increasing in today's world is because with breaking news, we hear about events from all over the world that can easily [...]
In our social circles, there will always be people who act as doomsday prophets. They constantly report what went wrong, what might happen, and somehow [...]
Suppose we have a fracture in our hand; we don't consider it a character defect but a functional challenge. We deal with it by first [...]
When we face our fears by gradually exposing ourselves to their sources, those fears decrease. How? By exposing the falsity of the link in our [...]
Suppose, the temperature suddenly drops and we start feeling cold. We cannot deny the sensation of cold, but that doesn't necessarily mean we have to [...]
Suppose we are in a turbulent ocean; naturally, as we are tossed by the waves, we will be shaken and smashed and will feel fear. [...]
When somebody has no anxiety, say when they are doing a high-stakes activity, they might become careless and not pay attention to pertinent details. Anxiety [...]
All of us need to look at our future and consider how things may work out. When envisioning our future, if our imagination runs too [...]
Whenever we worry in life, it's because things are either going out of our control or threatening to do so, which brings a shocking and [...]
Anxiety may just be the default reaction of our body-mind machine in certain situations; we may not be able to stop that reaction, but we [...]
