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 [...]
2.11-2.30: counters first argument – compassion – by Jnana So after discussing the eternality of the individuals in the next verse, Sri Krishna will [...]
When we gain a realization, that essentially means we understand and accept as a reality that which is already a reality. By extension, when we [...]
When labels help and when they harm - Suppose we lose our temper repeatedly. Soon, people around us may label us as short-tempered. Eventually, we [...]
Suppose we are looking at the ground level of a skyscraper building. If we look up, we may be either impressed or intimidated to see [...]
The word identity politics can have two distinct meanings. One is that it is a politics based on asserting identity as contrasted with asserting class [...]
Today’s materialistic worldview holds that we are just physical creatures, who will be satisfied if provided with a steady supply of sustenance, safety and sex. [...]
To be far-sighted means to prepare for our long-term future. To be deep-sighted means to address issues at levels deeper than the surface level. Gita [...]
To have scars means to have some physical marks. To be scarred means to feel insecure and inferior because we let those marks define us. [...]
We live in a culture where the new is incessantly glamorized – new gadgets, new fashions, new data, new news. But we don’t always need new information – what we need is timely access to the known. If students have prepared for an exam, they don’t need any new information at the time of the exam – they just need to recollect what they already know.
What we are aware of determines what we can do or can’t do. If we become aware that some attacker is sneaking in on us, [...]
As we live in a rabidly competitive society, we may feel that we lack self-esteem. Such feelings become aggravated when the media bombards us with [...]
The Bhagavad-gita (02.13) states that the spiritually enlightened are not bewildered by death. Does this mean that spiritualists shouldn’t grieve the death of their loved [...]
“Change your perception – think positive,” urge many self-help books. It’s good to think positive, but the best positive thinking comes by changing not just [...]
“That couldn’t have been me.” This is what people say when they think of what they did under the spell of alcohol – actions that [...]
