How to stop wasting our pain
God will never waste our pain—provided we don’t waste it by feeling sorry for ourselves or feeling angry with God. Pain is one of life’s [...]
How God can use dead ends
What seems to be a dead end for us can simply be, for God, a means to show us that without him, we are dead—and [...]
Why exhaust ourselves by believing in our worries when we can energize ourselves by believing in God’s promises?
When we encounter challenging situations, our minds tend to focus on all the ways things might go wrong. This constant worrying can drain us, filling [...]
Developing Resilience by Changing Our Driving Question
We all need to develop resilience because life is hard—it will knock us down sooner or later. Resilience is largely determined by what goes on [...]
Gita 02.01 – Explanation – 2
Gita 02.01 The intensity of Arjuna's emotion conveys the potency of Krishna's solacing wisdom Audio 1 - https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-01-the-intensity-of-arjunas-emotion-conveys-the-potency-of-krishnas-solacing-wisdom/ sañjaya uvāca taṁ tathā kṛpayāviṣṭam aśru-pūrṇākulekṣaṇam viṣīdantam [...]
Is God concerned about the things that concern us?
God is indeed concerned about the things that concern us, even when our concerns seem mundane or trivial in a larger spiritual context. During our [...]
What kind of traveling companion is God?
God is not a reluctant or indifferent companion; he is a diligent and transcendent companion. Whenever we travel with someone, we seek to know what [...]
How faith and surrender can empower us to face challenges
Faith enables us to realize that God is on our side, while surrender enables us to put ourselves on God’s side. When we practice bhakti [...]
Gita 02.07 – Explanation – 1
Gita 02.07 Seek First To Understand The Question To Best Understand The Answer Audio Link 1: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-07-seek-first-to-understand-the-question-to-best-understand-the-answer/ kārpaṇya-doṣopahata-svabhāvaḥ pṛcchāmi tvāṁ dharma-sammūḍha-cetāḥ yac chreyaḥ syān niścitaṁ [...]
Gita 02.07 – Explanation – 2
Gita 02.07 – Arjuna exhibits 3 characteristics of an ideal disciple Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-07-arjuna-exhibits-3-characteristics-of-an-ideal-disciple/ kārpaṇya-doṣopahata-svabhāvaḥ pṛcchāmi tvāṁ dharma-sammūḍha-cetāḥ yac chreyaḥ syān niścitaṁ brūhi tan me [...]
Gita 02.12 – Explanation from Bhakti Shastri Class
Gita 02.12 – Spirit is not just eternal but also plural Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-12-spirit-is-not-just-eternal-but-also-plural/ na tv evāhaṁ jātu nāsaṁ na tvaṁ neme janādhipāḥ na caiva [...]
Gita 02.22 – Explanation
Gita 02.22 – The dress metaphor redefines death not as a miserable termination but as a welcome transition Link : https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-22-the-dress-metaphor-redefines-death-not-as-a-miserable-termination-but-as-a-welcome-transition/ vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya [...]
Gita 02.23 – Explanation
Gita 02.23 – The utter indestructibility of the soul underlies the path of difficult duty Link : https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-23-the-utter-indestrutibility-of-the-soul-underlies-the-path-of-difficult-duty/ nainaṁ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaṁ dahati pāvakaḥ na [...]
Gita 02.11 – Explanation
Gita 02.11 – The ability to harmonize the walk with the talk characterizes the wise Audio link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-11-the-ability-to-harmonize-the-walk-with-the-talk-characterizes-the-wise/ śrī-bhagavān uvāca aśocyān anvaśocas tvaṁ prajñā-vādāṁś ca [...]
Focus on our Lord not on our demons
Stop comparing ourselves with our demons; start comparing our demons with our Lord. We all have some self-defeating desires and drives within us, often referred [...]
How we can know peace even in a world that knows no peace
Know that God is working behind the scenes for our good, even when what is happening on the stage doesn't seem to be good. A [...]
The dynamics of the human-divine partnership
Our business is to do what is possible; God's business is to do what, to us, seems impossible. Stop taking over God's business, and stop [...]
How devotional surrender brings enrichment not resentment
How devotional surrender brings enrichment not resentment Devotional surrender means that what our Lord speaks, our heart seeks. The notion of surrender often doesn’t [...]
Stop trying to engineer a life of devotion
A life of devotion is not something to be engineered; it is something to be entered. When we face life’s challenges and try to keep [...]
Our waiting is God’s vetting
To be patient in our faith, know that our waiting is God's vetting. Most of us hate to wait. We live in a culture that [...]