Bhagavad Gita 9.10 mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram hetunānena kaunteya jagad viparivartate "Under my supervision, nature unfolds, Through everything moving and nonmoving, my control still [...]
Bhagavad Gita 9.9 na ca māṁ tāni karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañ-jaya udāsīna-vad āsīnam asaktaṁ teṣu karmasu By none of the world’s mess or distress, Am [...]
Even if we can't escape our past, we can still outgrow it We all carry scars from our past—deep wounds that cause fears or impressions [...]
Life often subjects us to dualities: success-failure, honor-dishonor, pleasure-pain. Due to such dualities, we may keep swinging between emotional highs and lows. Our moodiness makes [...]
Do you know people who are prone to emotional extremes: elation in gain and dejection in loss? Success gets to their heads; failure buries them [...]
Some people mistake the Gita’s teaching on equanimity— thinking it means not caring about externals. But look at Arjuna, the Gita’s original student: he [...]
When we try to control emotions, we often adopt two unhealthy approaches: suppression or repression. They sound similar, but they’re very different. Suppression is conscious— [...]
To process emotions, we need to begin by understanding why we feel what we feel. Whenwe don’t understand the cause of an emotion, our attention [...]
Once we understand why an emotion arose,we may realize the situation didn’t warrant it—or at least not with such intensity.Maybe the person who seemed to [...]
When we process an emotion, we may discover it has a genuine cause. If we felt enraged by someone’s behavior, perhaps they were actually disrespectful— [...]
When something terrible happens, do you ever wonder— Did God really want this to happen? Nothing happens outside his loving plan. Every event is [...]
When a loved one hurts us, the pain cuts deep. To make sense of their actions, consider three possibilities: they may be heartless, thoughtless, [...]
Have you ever felt so low that you thought, “Nothing I do will change anything”? Fight that thought. Are you really powerless? Can you not [...]
When a company collapses—or when a person implodes— is there a common denominator behind it all? The triggers may differ, but one pattern runs [...]
Suppose you fail—and fail when everyone sees it. You may feel like disappearing, running not just from that place, but from yourself. Unfortunately, you [...]
The Bhagavad Gita (3.43) exhorts us to use our intelligence to fight against self-destructive desires but simultaneously warns (3.40) that even intelligence can be corrupted [...]
The word fire has multiple meanings: a natural force that burns, the dismissal of someone from their job, and an energizing enthusiasm or motivation (as [...]
The mind is meant to be the complement to the intelligence, let it not become the replacement of the intelligence We live in an age [...]
Whenever we take on a responsible role in our relationships, such as being a parent or mentor, part of that responsibility involves helping others make [...]
Gita 06.43 – Spiritual inclination is the credit that carries over beyond the corpse Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-06-43-spiritual-inclination-is-the-credit-that-carries-over-beyond-the-corpse/ tatra taṁ buddhi-saṁyogaṁ labhate paurva-dehikam yatate ca tato [...]
Gita 06.42 – Having past spiritual impressions reinforced in a present life is extremely fortunate Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-06-42-having-past-spiritual-impressions-reinforced-in-a-present-life-is-extremely-fortunate/ atha vā yoginām eva kule bhavati dhīmatām [...]
