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 [...]
Change the question we ask ourselves
Whenever we are strongly attached to something and we keep doing that thing, even though we have decided we won't do it, frequently we ask [...]
1 Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1 Poetic rendition
Chapter 1 How, O how, can I fight and kill Those whose pleasure is my heart's will? A kingdom is worth no more than mere [...]
Listening to my Lord who always has hope
When we feel, "What's the use of trying yet again?" Let's respond by asking the mind that is saying that statement, "What's the use of [...]
How the mind is not like a computer
The mind is like a computer in the sense that just as a computer operates based on its programming, the mind operates based on its [...]
How the mind is like a computer
The mind is often very mysterious to understand. One way to understand it is by comparing it to a computer. Just as a computer operates [...]
How sleeping can help spiritual realization
Generally sleeping is thought of as an activity in the mode of ignorance, which doesn't help us to grow spiritually: however, every night when we [...]
When self-talk is constructive and when destructive
Self-talk generally refers to the talk that is going on inside the self. This can go on in two ways.: our mind inside us can [...]