Going off-course is not the problem; staying off-course is
Suppose a plane flies from Los Angeles to New York. During 90% of its flight time, it is off-course. Why? Because of its own momentum [...]
The faster our autocorrect, the faster we can be incorrect
While messaging someone through our phone, suppose we type ‘Hare Krishna.’ But the phone doesn’t recognize word ‘Hare’ and autocorrects it to ‘Hate.’ The autocorrected [...]
The truth may be bitter, but it doesn’t have to be told bitterly
When we see someone doing something wrong, we may feel tempted to correct them immediately. If our words hurt them and they protest, we may [...]
Purification puts the mind in the silent mode
When we are working on something important, if we are repeatedly disturbed by our phone’s beeps, we will put it in the silent mode. Just [...]
Heart work is hard work
We think of hard work usually in terms of physical labor and occasionally in terms of intellectual work. But we rarely recognize that another kind [...]
Meditation on space spaces us out
Meditation is becoming popular nowadays. However, given people’s preference to do things their way, many meditators meditate on whatever object catches their fancy, without considering [...]
Letting the mind run free is the quickest path to exhaustion
After waking up in the morning, suppose we soon feel tired, even though we have hardly exerted ourselves. Why might that be? Often, such exhaustion [...]
The mind treats us badly, yet we trust it madly
Suppose an investment agent misled us into making bad investments. We wouldn’t trust them again. Our mind is like an inner agent that misleads us [...]
Things fall in place if we keep the mind in place
Suppose we come to our house and find everything out of place. We may start yelling at the person in-charge of housekeeping, demanding that things [...]
The mind is like a window that unpredictably changes into a TV
Suppose we are at an acquaintance’s house and are gazing out of the window at the beautiful greenery. Suddenly we see a giant gorilla glaring [...]
Solitude requires distancing ourselves not just from the world but also from the mind
Life’s frenetic pace can easily consume us with its unending urgencies. To introspect and re-align ourselves with our priorities, not the world’s priorities, it’s helpful [...]
Our inner screen is lined with lying links – be leery
Suppose we are reading an online article and adjacent to it are many links that turn out to be deceptive. They promise something free but [...]
The mind tends to do what we don’t intend to do
We may resolve to do some things, say regulate our eating or sleeping, but find ourselves doing the opposite, or at least feeling impelled to [...]
If we don’t ask “What am I doing?” we will end up asking “What have I done?”
While driving, if we don’t conscientiously keep the car on track, it will by default go off track. And we may find ourselves in a [...]
Piety when boosted by purity paves the way to spirituality
Many people do some pious activities regularly, thinking that it will provide them both material happiness in this world and better material happiness in the [...]
Contemplation on Krishna provides purification, elevation and satisfaction
People often ask, “What do you get by thinking about Krishna, as the Bhagavad-gita repeatedly recommends?” Let’s discuss three of the fruits of thinking about [...]
Our pain is meant to be harvested, not wasted
Suppose we get a seed that tastes extremely bitter. Just when we are about to throw it away, if we learn that it can be [...]
When the mind is fast, the intelligence needs to be faster
Our mind can act extremely fast – within moments, it can take our thoughts from one direction to an entirely opposite direction. We may be [...]
The mind makes the easy seem difficult and the difficult seem impossible
When we have to do something, we often assess how easy or difficult it is. For example, if we are traveling, we use a weighing [...]
When the mind shows us all that we don’t have, the intelligence needs to show us all that we do have
Our mind frequently craves for the things we don’t have. And such craving is aggravated by today’s media which dangles before us images of thousands [...]
See the mind as a predator, not a protector
Suppose a farmer has a guard dog. But if that dog turns into a predator who devours the farm poultry, the farmer would be in [...]