We live in a glamor-driven world; we tend to look at things externally, making inferences about their nature by their appearance. We may carry this [...]
Death is one of life’s most sobering realities, being the irreversible closing of curtains on our present lifetime. Before that terminal encounter, we frequently encounter [...]
Suppose someone who is in a disaster-hit area knows the path to a safe, prosperous area. Naturally, they will be respected for their knowledge by [...]
Some people avoid thinking about life’s big questions such as: “What is life meant for? What happens after death? What really counts?” They deem such [...]
Life sometimes puts us in situations where we don’t get what we want or even need. If we are deprived of material resources while practicing [...]
Whenever we encounter some especially insightful people, we may wonder, “How do they get such insights?” Insightfulness may be an inborn gift in some, but [...]
We are living in an age of considerable climate change. For the past several centuries, the mainstream cultural ethos was that the environment is ours [...]
When we pray to God for something, we may fear, “What if my prayer is not answered? Won’t my faith in God weaken? If God [...]
Self-interested people sometimes pursue their own agendas by inciting others to violence. And in today’s globally connected world, such hate speech can trigger widespread frenzy [...]
Today’s academic culture often makes students obsessed with building their resume. When they have to decide which course to take or which co-curricular or extracurricular [...]
Some people hold, “We are all Gods, for we are all the same impersonal omnipresent spirit that is commonly known as God.” This monistic claim [...]
Suppose we are in a territory rich with buried treasures. We may need to initially map the territory, but we will become rich only when [...]
When we practice spiritual life, we may feel forlorn: “I am trapped in this material world and Krishna is in the spiritual world, so far [...]
Suppose we are driving to meet someone dear to us, and we get a desire to offer them a special gift. But we get so [...]
Suppose we are to meet someone who says they respect us profusely. But suppose they don’t turn up for the meeting – and that happens [...]
Suppose a beautiful bird is seen in the sky. A nature lover would reach for a camera to shoot its photo, whereas a hunter would [...]
Suppose we are driving to a distant place for some important work. If the road is clear, we will drive at the highest legal speed. [...]
When we start exploring life’s spiritual side, we may hesitate to commit ourselves to any particular spiritual path: “Won’t that make me close-minded and incapable [...]
Some people think, “Reason and revelation are contradictory. If I accept revelation, I will be giving up my rationality and end up believing crazy things.” [...]
We all need hope. Without hope, life becomes unbearable, even unlivable. But we need to choose carefully where we pin our hope, lest we are [...]
To keep the mind on one track means to keep our attention focused on one overarching life-purpose, whatever distractions the world may present. Those with [...]
