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  Photo Credit: Twitter || Matt Fraser Bringing Positive Energy We are living in times of strife - mostly man-made, but we have environmental issues caused again by man’s greed resulting in degradation of the environment which has resulted in natural calamities, extreme heat and cold! In this depressing global environment, we need to do everything possible to rejuvenate the earth. Certain spiritual leaders are carrying out campaigns to bring life into soil so that barren land can become fertile again. For human beings, our spirit is extremely important along with a totally positive outlook on life to bring about this massive change in our environment over the next 30-40 years. We owe it to our future generations, specially after exploiting the natural resources for our own personal greed to the extent that mother earth herself has started protesting! If each one of us plays our role by thinking and acting positively we can do wonders. People who are spiritual – most of them a...

  Photo Credit: Your Thurrock Fear of God? The Abrahamic religions tell us to fear God and to live in Godly fear. But why should we be afraid of God? Isn’t God said to be the epitome of love and compassion? In a way there is no fear in love, but when you do love, then along with this love come other emotions – attachment, jealousy, fear; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But the one who fears has not been made perfect in love! The west teaches us that the fear of God is nothing but reverence and awe of Almighty God, the Creator. The concept of sin has been drilled into people’s minds, so the moment they sin there is a feeling of guilt in such people. The people who live in fear can only overcome that fear through love, through acceptance of circumstances and watching their actions. Religions feed on fear, as fear gives such institutions the donation that they need to sustain themselves. So, fear is the fuel required by religious organisations to ge...

  Photo Credit: Pinterest God Has Given Everything We Need God has already given us everything we need to live in this world. If there is anything else we will need in the future, he will give it to us, and if he hasn’t given it to us yet, it’s because we don’t need it! Everything is already present within us. All we need is the proper art of putting them together. This art of putting together is called self-restraint. We all have everything within us, but we have never put them together with the proper system, proper tuning and music. They all lie within us, but unfortunately, we don’t know what to do with them. A stone lies in front of our house and we think of it as a nuisance, a hindrance. But another person uses it as a stepping stone to go to the other side. Everything is within – God has given everything complete to man, but the freedom to gather himself together to make use of God’s gifts lies entirely with man. Everyone has the same qualities – whether it is a crimi...

  Photo Credit: Famous Quotes and Sayings Going Beyond Worldly Pleasures As human beings, today we have achieved a level of material progress which was unimaginable a century ago. Modern technology has given us tremendous power over the forces of nature – or so we think! We have conquered many disasters but the question is: “Are we happier than our ancestors were in the past?” Invariably the answer is “No”. The abuse of women, children and the underprivileged, religious and racial discrimination, colour bar, and caste distinction continues unabated. Times have changed but the old attitudes remain – a desire for power and control over the less privileged, their exploitation for personal benefit is as prevalent today as it was yesterday. Never before in the history of the world, has the human race been in such great need to be free from conflict, ill-feeling, selfishness and strife. We are in dire need of peace nor only in our personal life at home and work, but also at the glo...

Photo Credit: Ashram deYoga Sivananda   Spiritualising Family Life In modern times we hear parents say that it is so difficult to raise children with all the influences of video games, violence on TV, and peer pressure at school.  As loving and caring parents we pass on the values which we receive from our parents to our children, adding whatever we feel is necessary due to the changed times.  In India, most of the families that follow Sanatan Dharma say morning and evening prayers with whichever family members are present. We spiritualise our family life and all our relationships through affirmations, meditation thereby deepening our understanding, the respect, the kindness and the love that we have for one another. It is important to share our genuine love for the Supreme Power with our children and encourage them to explore their inner self through meditation, telling them stories of saints of the past and if you are lucky introducing the concept of a living Satgur...

  Photo Credit: Faith and Leadership Confusion is the Illness Our true nature is enlightenment and there is really no need to do anything. It is only when effort is exhausted and one feels utterly useless that grace begins to shower. Both these statements are so contradictory and confusing but both of them are true in their own way. Meditation is the way to get rid of this confusion, but the thoughts and the contemplation on the contradiction keeps appearing in the mind – thus meditation too becomes a mental conflict. Osho has said that confusion is the illness and meditation is medicinal. Both the words – meditation and medicine – come from the same root. If you are confused, then meditation is the way to go, you will have to continue meditating. When you see the point without any confusion, then the need does not arise. Meditation prepares you, forces you to see the point that there is really no need to do anything. Only meditation can do that for you. You will realise that...

Photo Credit: QuotesGram   Life Should Have Challenges If our life is routine, dull and boring then we ourselves get disillusioned and dull. Our senses get numbed and we become like the walking dead! We need challenges in life to stay alert, refreshed and on the ball all the time – both physically and mentally – if we do that we will always be ‘alive’. As we pass through life, some of us get the urge to know more about our self – this urge comes suddenly to some, and others like me are pulled on to the path by others. Everyone who is a seeker – at whatever level – always finds a Master fit for each individual level. I have been fortunate enough to find a Himalayan Master, a Satguru, who pulled me on to the path even when I wasn’t looking for the path – and this path is the greatest challenge of my life. The challenge is to know the ‘self’ – it is a journey to know the soul, become one with the source. Without a Master to show the way, it is almost impossible to find the path in o...