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  Photo Credit: Flickr | Abby Lane Tackling Life’s Shocks I was just over eleven years old when my father passed away in 1973 – I had not seen him since 1971 as he was working overseas. Even when we suffered this terrible loss, I was trying to cry – but tears did not come – I thought I was abnormal. But with the passage of time, I realised that whatever shocks life offered, I was always in a position to rationalise and smile – maybe it was something to do with my previous birth – I don’t know. Our family went through a lot of tough situations – we had no money after Dad died, his employers cheated my Mom of the amount due to him – we were literally on the streets, the only good thing then was my Dad had bought a house – so we at least had a roof over our heads. My eldest brother was the window which God opened when he shut the door on our family by taking Dad away. He worked his butt out to ensure my elder brother and I got a good education. Then, much later, in college my moth...

  Photo Credit: Planet of Success Live Life to the Fullest Every new year people make resolutions to lose weight, stop smoking, eat less, drink less and so on. None of these resolutions are truly helpful in living life to the full as invariably, except for a very small minority, everyone forgets their new year’s resolution within a week – it is more of a fad than anything else. Rather than resolutions it would be better as Seneca said, “Begin at once to live and count each separate day as a separate life.” When we are young time passes very slowly as the day seems to stretch for a long time giving us the opportunity to have fun, play the mischief in a seemingly never-ending day. But, with the passage of time and added responsibilities we find that day follows night and time just flies! Maybe it’s a rite of passage from childhood to adulthood, the moment when you realise life happens now and that’s all that you are guaranteed. It doesn’t really hit you when you merely know it intell...

  Photo Credit: LonerWolf Nothing is Permanent In the heart of our hearts, we all know that life is transitory but we all behave and face life as if we are immortal – look at the kind of risks people take in the name of adventure or in the name of dares – unbelievable, some also fall prey to their foolhardiness and die – leaving their near and dear ones in grief! There is a story in the Mahabharata where Yudhisthira sends his brother to a nearby lake to fetch water for drinking and when he does not return, he sends another and another and none returns. So, he sets out himself to find out what happened to his brothers – he comes upon this lake and finds that all his brothers are lying dead on its banks, as Yudhishthira was thirsty, he bends down to drink some water. Just then a yaksha or spirit stops him and tells him that if he does not answer his 18 questions, he will meet the same fate as his brothers. Yudhishthira being wise agrees to do so. One of the questions was, “What ...

  Photo credit: Conscious Dimension | Wordpress.com The Subconscious Mind – Part 2 When the power of your subconscious mind starts working in your favour things start manifesting the way you want them to happen. The power of intent starts working in your favour. This power has both the plus and minus points – the positive aspect is that with positive thinking whatever happens is positive, but the danger in this is that even a single negative thought can manifest – hence it is very crucial and critical that you remain in a thoughtless state and if you have to think, then be positive in reacting to any situation. According to the neuro-scientific community the subconscious mind is approximately 1000 to 5000 times more powerful than the conscious mind. By being connected with the correct frequencies of the universe you attract the positive and being connected with the wrong frequencies, you attract the negative. Quantum physics has shown that our thoughts modify matter. A famous exp...

  Photo Credit: Your AstroLady | Spiritual Healer The Subconscious Mind - Part 1 Our subconscious mind keeps absorbing information every second through our five senses – sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. This is an ongoing process and as most of us live a life in blissful ignorance about the quantum of information which is being pushed into our subconscious mind, we live in happy ignorance. The subconscious mind goes beyond learning new skills.  The subconscious mind goes beyond learning new skills.  It's  involved in information processing  and affects everything we think, say and do. It stores our beliefs and values, determines our memories and monitors the information all around us, deciding what to send to the conscious mind and what to store for later.  Nature has given humans an absolute control over the  information that enters the subconscious mind, through the five senses. However, this does not mean that everyone exercises this con...

  Photo Credit: Medium | Nipa Roy Guide to Meditation Meditation is said to be a practice where an individual uses a technique – such as mindfulness, or focusing the mind on a particular object, thought or activity – to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state. This definition appears in Wikipedia. When you first sit for meditation your body will object, then your mind and finally your intellect. The idea is to sit very quietly with legs crossed in padmasana, those who cannot sit on the ground may sit on a chair, with the soles of their bare feet touching the ground. Firstly, sit down quietly, do not force yourself to sit quietly but sit down quietly without force of any kind. Once you sit down, watch your thoughts – you will notice that your thoughts vacillate from the past to the future – they may be thoughts about your children, your boss, your salary, dress, lover, etc. – what you are going to say and so on. You may...

  Photo Credit: Pinterest | Selfshine on BK Shivani Navratri and its Spiritual Aspects Navratri is a festival celebrated by Hindus all over the world – this is a period of nine nights which transform the negative energies of life into positive energies. Navratri means the nine nights of a spiritual festival in which the nine chakras are awakened and harmonized in the mind-body and spirit system. It is that time in which one connects the individual consciousness with the divine and auspicious collective consciousness The main essence of the festival is for celebrating the victory of good over evil and above all embracing the spirit of joy and oneness, and leaving behind and letting go of all that is limiting and hindering our spiritual growth. The dances which take place during this festival are for inculcating a spirit of freedom, bliss, joy, happiness and fulfilment in a manner which is natural and quite effortless. Navratri indicates the change of seasons – seasons have dif...