Let me seek to know you so I may single you out, not try to figure you out
Bhagavad Gita 10.14 sarvam etad ṛtaṁ manye yan māṁ vadasi keśava na hi te bhagavan vyaktiṁ vidur devā na dānavāḥ True indeed is all [...]
You are the God of miracles—and the God of practicals
Bhagavad Gita 9.10 mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram hetunānena kaunteya jagad viparivartate "Under my supervision, nature unfolds, Through everything moving and nonmoving, my control still [...]
Let me focus more on your purpose for me than your promise to me
Bhagavad Gita 11.33 tasmāt tvam uttiṣṭha yaśo labhasva jitvā śatrūn bhuṅkṣva rājyaṁ samṛddham mayaivaite nihatāḥ pūrvam eva nimitta-mātraṁ bhava savya-sācin Therefore arise; gain glory [...]
How to deal with our past constructively
How to deal with our past constructively Boasting about how good our past was can be as childish and pointless as complaining about how bad [...]
You are always within me, and I am always within you (6.29)
Bhagavad Gita 6.29 sarva-bhūta-stham ātmānaṁ sarva-bhūtāni cātmani īkṣate yoga-yuktātmā sarvatra sama-darśanaḥ "The yogi sees the Supersoul residing in all, And in the Supersoul, residing [...]
Let me remember that my life story is a part of your story (1.14)
Bhagavad Gita 1.14 tataḥ śvetair hayair yukte mahati syandane sthitau mādhavaḥ pāṇḍavaś caiva divyau śaṅkhau pradadhmatuḥ "Then Krishna and Arjuna, standing tall, On their [...]
Let my plans not blind me to your plan (1.10)
Bhagavad Gita 1.10 aparyāptaṁ tad asmākaṁ balaṁ bhīṣmābhirakṣitam paryāptaṁ tv idam eteṣāṁ balaṁ bhīmābhirakṣitam "Our forces, vast, beyond all scale, Guarded by Bhīṣma, will [...]
How our deadlines can work in harmony with God’s timelines
Let our deadlines not blind us to God’s timelines; let them be guidelines that enable us to play our part better rather than to take [...]
How faith and surrender can empower us to face challenges
Faith enables us to realize that God is on our side, while surrender enables us to put ourselves on God’s side. When we practice bhakti [...]
Two things that we should never underestimate
Never underestimate two things: God's power to make things better and our power to make things worse. During our life, we may sometimes find ourselves [...]
Is Krishna with me? Am I with Krishna?
Devotion centers on arriving at an affirmative answer to two questions: Is God with me? And am I with God? The Bhagavad-gita (6.29) and (6.30) [...]
Don’t limit God with your dreams
Don't limit God with your dreams. While we all aspire to create a better life, there are times when our dreams remain unfulfilled despite our [...]
Who is writing our life’s story
If we consider our life to be a story, then who is writing the story? We may say that we ourselves are writing the story [...]
Why things seem to happen to us not for us
We sometimes feel, “Good things rarely happen to me, but bad things happen repeatedly. Things happen to me, never for me. If only [...]
How the unexpected reveals the unknown …
Suppose someone is driving on a straight, smooth road. They might seem to be a good driver, but how good they are will become better [...]
There is a purpose for everything we experience, even the things we don’t want to experience
Suppose we are forced to go through certain experiences that we just didn’t want to go through. When such things happen, it’s natural to feel [...]
We are the makers of our destiny but not the masters of our destiny
We are the makers of our destiny but not the masters of our destiny When we strive to achieve something challenging, we soon realize that [...]
Spirituality reveals that our destiny is bigger than the biggest adversity
Spirituality reveals that our destiny is bigger than the biggest adversity We all wish to have a better future. Using whatever talents we have, we [...]