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 [...]
Free me from all pain, even the pain for which I have no name
Bhagavad Gita 12.19 tulya-nindā-stutir maunī santuṣṭo yena kenacit aniketaḥ sthira-matir bhaktimān me priyo naraḥ Alike in praise and blame, Silent, content in any frame; [...]
Gita 07.27 – Explanation
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How to deal with our past constructively
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We may be constrained by our past, but we don’t have to be contained in our past
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Disconnect me O Lord, from my connection with distress (6.23)
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To help the distressed address both their distress’ immediate cause and remote cause
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We can’t always move on from grief; we need to sometimes move on with grief
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Addiction is an abductor who extorts ever-increasing ransom but never releases
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Just because a wound is painless doesn’t mean it is harmless – even when we are not hurting, we still need healing
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What differentiates spiritualists from materialists is not absence of pain but presence of healing
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Just because we have drunk a sip of poison doesn’t mean we have to drink the whole cup
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The bhakti cure works for sure, for it connects us with the all-pure
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Just because a memory can’t be deleted doesn’t mean that it has to be recalled
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