Antidote for anxiety
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 [...]
Live with fear not for fear
Fear can arise from both external situations involving uncertainty and internal impressions that trigger insecurity within us; neither of these may be immediately in our [...]
Don’t run away from fear
Fear is like a bully. When someone is scared of a bully, the bully becomes more and more menacing and troublesome. However, someone who faces [...]
Why is anxiety increasing in modern times?
In today's world, we have far more control over our external environment than people in the past had. With technology, we can forecast weather changes [...]
When is a fear real & when unreal?
Fear accelerates our imagination and blurs our perception of what is real and what isn't. When we are being swept away by the power of [...]
The difference between anxiety and fear
The difference between anxiety and fear is that anxiety is more generalized and associated with the tendencies of the mind. Fear is often specific and [...]
When fear paralyzes do THIS …
When we are driving, a good car requires both a brake and an accelerator, and both complement and counterbalance each other. Similar are the roles [...]
How faith deals with fear
When we have faith that there is a higher reality guiding our lives, overseeing the events around us, and monitoring what is happening within us, [...]
How responsibility counters anxiety
Responsibility can be the cause of anxiety and also a counter to anxiety. Whenever we take any responsibility, we are essentially trying to make things [...]
Anxiety – constructive vs destructive
Anxiety is constructive when it alerts us to the presence of danger, but it becomes destructive when it decreases or deletes our capacity to differentiate [...]
When uncertainty causes fear Do this…
To deal with fear that arises from uncertainty, we don't need certainty; we can use curiosity. Whenever fear arises, we may not always be able [...]
How deep breathing decreases fear
Deep breathing may not remove our fears, but it removes the power of our fears to fuel our imagination. Whenever fear attacks us, it fuels [...]
Be a warrior not a worrier
Dwelling on our fears makes us a worrier; dwelling on how to deal with our fears makes us a warrior—be a warrior, not a worrier. [...]
How to have courage amid fear
Courage comes not from the elimination of fear but from the cultivation of a purpose bigger than fear. Whenever someone goes into a situation of [...]
What is the cause of anxiety?
Anxiety is caused not so much by the lack of ability to control our externals as by the lack of security when we lack the [...]
Why did Vidura in the Mahabharata not join the Pandavas?
Why did Vidura in the Mahabharata not join the Pandavas when he was driven away by Duryodhana? That's because in the Mahabharata, the close relative [...]
Duryodhana-what made him evil?
Duryodhana continued with his atrocities even after they failed. Sometimes, when we try to do something bad and it doesn't work, we realize, "This is [...]
Why did Dhritarshtra not surrender after seeing the Universal Form?
Although Dhritarashtra saw the universal form, why did he not surrender to Krishna? Because his attachment acted like a blinding cloud. The great vision that [...]
Why does Krishna love Arjuna especially among the Pandavas?
One reason that is clear from the Mahabharata itself is that Arjuna was born with a special focus on devotion; his father Pandu sought a [...]
How to be present in the present
To be present in the present, we need to learn to focus gradually and incrementally. If our mind is wandering, we can bring it back [...]
How distraction cheats us
The problem with distraction is that it leads to a frustrating non-presence in the present. The present moment is an opportunity for us to both [...]