Let my speech bring calm to the storm, not begin a second storm
anudvega-karaṁ vākyam Within me, when storms of pain form, Let not my speech bring another storm. May my prayers seek you as my anchor, Then [...]
Lead me out of my ego’s web by your love’s WEB: wisdom, expertise, benevolence
Bhagavad Gita 18.58 mac-cittaḥ sarva-durgāṇi mat-prasādāt tariṣyasi atha cet tvam ahaṅkārān na śroṣyasi vinaṅkṣyasi "Focus on me, and all duality you will transcend, By [...]
How pride blinds and brings as down
Pride doesn't just come before a fall; pride brings the fall -- we will be blasted for the very things about which we boasted. In [...]
Humility is the balance between ego and insecurity
Ego arises when we dwell on our abilities and become intoxicated by having them, parading them before others, especially those who don't have similar abilities. [...]
Please free me from the selfishness that leads to blindness (1.1)
Bhagavad Gita 1.1 dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca dharma-kṣetre kuru-kṣetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāś caiva kim akurvata sañjaya "Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: On Kurukshetra’s righteous field, Where warriors stood [...]
Attachment makes us blind arrogance keeps us blind
Suppose someone allures an unsuspecting passerby into a dark alley and then attacks them so brutally as to blind them. That would be terrible. But [...]
To free yourself from the burden of self-consciousness, become conscious of a purpose bigger than the self
Self-consciousness can be a big burden for many people. When they interact with others, especially in public settings, they are choked by their self-consciousness: “I [...]
The mind will dissolve our resolve unless we evolve
The mind will dissolve our resolve unless we evolve Suppose we had a valuable object that was soluble in water. If kept in a humid [...]
When the ego says go tell the ego to go
When the ego says go tell the ego to go When someone disagrees with us, especially someone we expected would obey us unquestioningly, our ego [...]