How exactly are the Gita’s verses your friends?
"How exactly are the Gita’s verses your friends?" I was asked this question during a recent podcast. The host was a tall, bespectacled young man [...]
The True Result of Spiritual Practice
When we commit to practicing spirituality and understanding our true identity as eternal souls, what is the actual, tangible result in our daily lives? According [...]
Why has God created our mind to act as our enemy so frequently and forcefully?
God has provided us with the mind as a functional tool to link our spiritual selves with our physical bodies. However, the specific way the [...]
You alone fulfill my heart’s hopes for healing and homecoming
Bhagavad Gita 18.66 sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ Give up all confusion about what is to be [...]
From worthless anxiety to worthwhile anxiety
As life’s uncertainties make us anxious, we often long to be anxiety-free. Curiously however, when we are relatively free from anxiety, as when we are [...]
Why some fears are healthy …
We are often constrained and sometimes crippled by our fears. Consequently, we may think of fear as something undesirable. While some fears can certainly be [...]
The stronger the hold of problems on our mind the weaker becomes our hold on ourselves
Suppose we see a friend getting rattled when facing problems. We may tell them, “Get a hold on yourself.” This common usage suggests that we [...]
We don’t know the future but neither does our mind – its fears don’t forecast the future
We don’t know the future but neither does our mind - its fears don’t forecast the future Our mind often fills us with fears about [...]