How lust distorts our value system
Suppose a shopping mall were built to psychologically manipulate consumers to buy anything that attracted them, without considering its cost. While such a mall would [...]
Suppose a shopping mall were built to psychologically manipulate consumers to buy anything that attracted them, without considering its cost. While such a mall would [...]
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Chp15 Overview 1-6: Attain Liberation [...]
Suppose we are walking through nature, while wearing earphones to hear music. Suppose further we are unwittingly heading into a dangerous marsh, and a well-wishing [...]
Do you sometimes feel that your life is becoming too complex? Too many things to do? Too many things others want you to do? Too [...]
Positive thinking works best when it keeps us focused on opportunities amid difficulties. Our attention usually follows our intention. If we aren’t looking for opportunities, [...]
Life is filled with binaries of ups and downs. In the world outside, we encounter binaries such as heat-cold, health-sickness, prosperity-poverty. And in the world [...]
Nowadays, negative thinking is often criticized. However, what that term means is frequently left unspecified. Broadly, it can encompass three things. Thinking about negative realities: [...]
Our mind often keeps us dissatisfied by looking at those who have more than us. Though such a vision can foster ambition, more often it [...]
Suppose a boxer is playing a boxing match where they are getting battered. Suppose they tell their coach, “This match is really tough.” And their [...]
“You are such a negative thinker.” We may receive this discouraging feedback if we tend to look at problems in a given situation. Such labels [...]
“Think positively,” is an oft-circulated message in our self-help steeped culture. And it’s helpful to the extent it encourages us to look at a glass [...]
Yes, you read that right. We are discussing the power of negative thinking, not positive thinking. Every time a fire is prevented by an accessibly-placed [...]
Suppose someone champions a good cause such as making society more equitable. Yet if anyone objects to their particular plans for bringing about equality, these [...]
The Bhagavad-gita (02.32) declares that warriors who die while fighting a righteous war attain heaven. Some readers ask, “Isn’t this statement similar to the extremist [...]
In many traditions, warriors were often praised as heroes; in much postmodern thought, they are often seen as victims. Why victims? Because nowadays soldiers often [...]
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan Bg 16.6 dvau bhūta-sargau loke [...]
Many thoughtful people, especially including parents, are concerned about the glamorization of violence in today's media. When they read epics such as the Mahabharata, they [...]
War often has terrible consequences. Seeing these consequences, some people deem war itself evil. Such pronouncements can help if they counter the unhealthy glamorization of [...]
Much modern thought, especially liberal thought, holds that all conflicts are caused by misunderstandings and can be resolved by discussions. And this is true on [...]
Suppose someone is a champion of equality and is seeking a life-partner. Will they just look at the teeming mass of humanity and pick up [...]
Suppose we are severely sick. Would we care whether the hospital has doctors from various ethnic backgrounds? No, we would care whether it has the [...]