Recently, a friend was showing me an email he received for some clarification, and I saw that his inbox had 897 unread emails. “Clear it up, you don’t know what you’re missing”, I said. Because the best knowledge of every day for me is coming from emails. I read at least 5 emails a day,…
Continue reading →Everyday I hear people talking about their interest in learning a new language. Some people want to learn the language of a region they are currently living in, while some want to learn to make use of their spare time. So, I have put together seven mistakes people can make when they take up this…
Continue reading →“I am a Software Engineer. My job is not interesting. So I am thinking to quit my job to learn music. Please guide me”, one of my readers wrote to me. Jumping from one field into another is a big decision. You cannot take such decisions simply based on your emotions or desires. Changing into…
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Whenever you are depressed, you put your head down. And whenever you are joyful and proud, your head automatically goes up. Isn’t it? (Observe your sports heroes and how they react in both instances). It happens the other way too. Sit somewhere, raising your head to the sky, you will experience a joy raising within…
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One evening, I was walking along the bank of Tunga river. On the way, I found a turtle plodding through sand, towards the river. When I reached near, I found the turtle stop moving, pulling in its legs and head. I picked it up and it appeared like an empty shell. For years, I did…
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I don’t like sitting for meditation. It is struggling to sit still, changing breathing pattern or reciting some mantra. I used to wonder how meditation is connected to my daily life. It didn’t feel like being a part of my necessary routines. Until I understood that life itself is meditation. Whatever you do, do it…
Continue reading →At the tender age of eight, Shankara takes Sanyas, the sainthood. Later, he traveled around India, building spiritual centers and preaching to people. A great thinker and orator, and an advocate of Advaita philosophy, Shankara ardently encouraged of the path of devotion (Bhakti) too. While Advaita suggests that man and the God are not different entities, the path of devotion suggests…
Continue reading →Even a life’s mission cannot fully inspire you into following a daily routine — because of repeated failures, threats, and depressions. If you have a deity at the centre of your mission, supporting and leading you — then your routine becomes invincible. A proper routine is a sure stairs to success. But, most of us…
Continue reading →It happened in the 15th century in India. Naranappa wrote his masterpiece ‘Kumaravyasa Bharata’, an epic of more than 8200 poems, with wet clothes on. Writing with wet clothes on? Yes, a strange practice, but this unique method he created for himself benefited his writing immensely. He blended an ancient spiritual method with this practice…
Continue reading →When this emptiness haunts me, I know I am not fully empty. I still find some noise within, And look upon you, to find you. And I look at the sky, to find you, To feel you, in the emptiness. While my eyes find nothing there, My heart feels your presence.
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