Three questions to moderate our speech: source, intent, and mode
The power of speaking is an integral part of our lives. To use this power constructively and not destructively, we can ask ourselves three questions [...]
Lead me to see life with a lens that is both wiser and warmer
Bhagavad Gita 15.10 utkrāmantaṁ sthitaṁ vāpi bhuñjānaṁ vā guṇānvitam vimūḍhā nānupaśyanti paśyanti jñāna-cakṣuṣaḥ When soul departs or yet remains, Enjoying nature’s shifting chains; The [...]
Let me choose the transcendent, not the convenient (4.18)
Bhagavad Gita 4.18 karmaṇy akarma yaḥ paśyed akarmaṇi ca karma yaḥ sa buddhimān manuṣyeṣu sa yuktaḥ kṛtsna-karma-kṛt "One who can see in action, no [...]
Gita 02.49 – Explanation
Gita 02.49 – The good becomes bad when it becomes the enemy of the best Audio file: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-49-the-good-becomes-bad-when-it-becomes-the-enemy-of-the-best/ dūreṇa hy avaraṁ karma buddhi-yogād dhanañ-jaya buddhau [...]
Be upright not uptight be gentle but not fickle
To be upright means to have high moral integrity and resistance to temptation or corruption. On the other hand, to be uptight means to be [...]