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Is it the right age to meditate?

2012-05-19T05:06:00.002-07:00

Rajyogi Brahmakumar Nikunj , Hindustan Times Mediation is the most common word used today by people across the world. Every home has atleast one person who is into Meditation.Lets understand what is this all about.To put it in simple words, Meditation is a spiritual love-link of the soul with the Supreme Soul. It helps us to know the spiritual truths of life and transform us into a value-based...

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Travel travail

2012-05-19T05:05:00.002-07:00

Rameshinder Singh Sandhu, PTS I love travelling and believe that it is very useful and makes life interesting. When I was in Europe for my studies, I utilised every holiday break for travel fully. I visited several famous destinations which offered different and new experiences. I met many nice people and befriended some of them. In short, I fell in love with the Europeans. Now I am in India for...

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Dynamic nature of time

2012-05-15T23:43:00.001-07:00

Bhartendu Sood, Hindustan Times If a man is able to remain hopeful even in the worst situation, he has to thank the dynamic character of time. There is a time in everyone's life when things move favorably for him. Things move so nicely and so fast that we get the feeling that somebody is working for us. But then a phase comes when even our best efforts, and most meticulously planned moves...

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Essence of spirituality

2012-05-11T22:06:00.000-07:00

Sadhguru, Hindustan Times It is important that the spiritual dimension of life is brought into everybody's lives. Why some people develop an allergy to spirituality is because they are told that spirituality means leaving everything and going to the mountains. It is not true. It is better to learn how to be spiritual in your office, in your home, on the streets, or wherever you are. Spirituality...

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Power Of Acceptance

2012-05-04T01:46:00.001-07:00

Rajyogi Brahmakumar Nikunj ji, Hindustan Times The Virtue Of 'Acceptance' is one of the extremely needed divine virtue that can bring not only simplicity in our life but it is also the foundation on which divine powers like power to tolerate, to accommodate, to face can be built. Usually, most of the people think that to accept or to confess their mistakes will lead to degrade their image. But...

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The Master’s way

2012-05-04T01:45:00.000-07:00

Arvind Alok , Hindustan Times Lord Buddha's quest for excellence lies in the development of human values irrespective of caste, creed and religion. He asked his followers not to follow him out of mere admiration and submission. He emphasised on the practicability of his teachings and gave his followers full liberty for investigation before practising them for their emancipation. Buddhists around...

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A hearty change

2012-05-04T01:44:00.001-07:00

Vineet Mani, Hindustan Times I was half asleep and yet eagerly waiting for my grandfather to begin telling a story. I do not remember that I ever missed an opportunity listening to his stories. His interesting way of narrating real-life experiences has helped me learn a great deal. One day, someone knocked at the door. I could hear murmurs and music outside. After a few moments, Kaka, our...

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The call of mountains

2012-05-01T21:03:00.000-07:00

Sami Rafiq, Hindustan Times Mountains have always been a source of mystery and wonder for me. During my childhood, my visits to the mountains endeared me to the climate and the peace of the hills. I often questioned myself as to why mountains are associated with spirituality. A recent visit to the Vaishno Devi shrine gave me the answer. We had gone to the mountains burdened with worries and...

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Hope against hope

2012-05-01T21:02:00.000-07:00

PP Wangchuk, Hindustan Times When Emerson said that one must hitch one’s wagon to a star, he had a telling point of inspiration. No man in history could achieve greatness without stubborn hope soaring high into the sky. In a different wavelength, Samuel Johnson said hope itself is a “species of happiness; and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords.” And we know that hope not only...

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The joy of giving

2012-04-25T21:13:00.003-07:00

MN Kundu, Hindustan Times Unconditional giving is a natural principle and evident everywhere in nature. Earth gives us solids, liquids and minerals. Water gives itself away for our agriculture and other uses. Trees give flowers, fruits and wood. Air gives us the very life-breath and the sun gives us light of...

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The power of aura

2012-04-25T21:12:00.003-07:00

Yukti Sehgal, Hindustan Times The depth of the soul is immeasurable. Not even the human ego can identify with it. It transcends logic and rationale, to speak through the cosmic realm of consciousness. Human attributes of pride, pretentiousness and arrogance nullify in the face of the spirit. The language of the soul pierces through the physical body. Its interaction is through senses which in...

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Seize the present

2012-04-25T21:11:00.003-07:00

PP Wangchuk, Hindustan Times Life is living in the present. It is for enjoyment and fulfilment here and now. For that, one must have the presence of mind for the present. In other words, one has to take care of the present in order to take care of the future.Blessed is he who can seize the present and can make the best use of it. Ajit Kumar Bishnoi, in his book, Spiritual Sense – The Truths, has...

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How to overcome anger

2012-04-25T21:10:00.000-07:00

VN Chhibber, Hindustan Times Whenever you are angry, before uttering a word, say to yourself, “I’ll get angry tomorrow.” So said Atmamaya Raja, and added, “Postponing undesired things reduce their intensity and give you time to reflect on the situation.” To which Swami Atmananda added, “Humans have the freedom to break free of any conditioning and conversely create an entirely new...

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Cultivate awareness

2012-04-18T21:25:00.000-07:00

Sadhguru Everybody makes a choice, but a choice made in unawareness is compulsion. Let us say you get angry. It is your choice to be angry. You believe that is the way to handle the situation, but the choice is made in such unawareness that it is a compulsion. One must shift into making a conscious choice. Even a simple act, like when you wake up in the morning, he unconscious choice is...

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Be not slave to habits

2012-04-18T21:24:00.000-07:00

P P Wangchuk, Hindustan Times Ambrose Bierce, American writer, had said, “In each human heart is a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.” Let us remind ourselves that this “unequal activity” depends entirely on circumstances; and different traits come to the fore in different individuals. Man, when born, comes with no habits and behaviour...

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Love, revere nature

2012-04-18T21:23:00.000-07:00

Dharminder Singh Ubha, Hindustan Times Nature is peerless in vastness, bounties and beauties. It is the richest treasure mankind has. Man can benefit from it, learn from it and enjoy it in countless ways. No other single source can educate his mind and sublimate his soul like nature does. Wordsworth, while asserting that "Nature never did betray the heart that loved her" declares that nature is...

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Think differently

2012-04-13T22:06:00.001-07:00

Rajendra Bist, Hindustan Times It is a godly act that all men do not think alike. Therefore, it has rightly been said that when all men think alike, no one thinks much. The process of thinking is such that greater the thinking, the greater the possibility of achieving excellent results. And the entire innovative process owes its existence to men who had the courage to think differently. Shiv...

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God’s Sense of Humour

2012-04-11T01:39:00.002-07:00

With the doctrine of rebirth, each person can understand that his happiness and misery, greatness and smallness and absence of virtue are the results of his own karma (actions) in the previous birth.The incident I am going to narrate disturbed all my long held beliefs in God. Last summer, it was the month of May round about 12 O’clock It was too hot to stay out. The...

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Inner Voice

2012-04-06T21:30:00.001-07:00

Rajyogi Brahmakumar Nikunj, Hindustan Times “Man is an architect of his own destiny.” A deep thinking is required to understand this phrase. Over the years, we have created many superstitions and rituals around luck like the cat crossing our path, wearing the lucky charm on our wrist etc. We actually invest a lot of our time in these beliefs, hoping that they will change our luck…But!! Do...

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Mahavir and his ways

2012-04-06T21:29:00.001-07:00

Devendra K Kaushik Mahavir Jayanti is an important religious day for Jains. On this day in 599 B.C. a boy was born in a royal family in Vaisali district, near Patna. He was named Vardhman. Because of his display of extra-ordinary courage during his childhood, he was known as Mahavir. At 30, he renounced his kingdom, family and all material possessions. He wandered in jungles like an...

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God’s own man

2012-04-06T21:28:00.001-07:00

Bhartendu Sood, PTS This incident happened sometime ago on my way to Badrinath. As the evening set in, I felt tired. Spotting a place to rest, I got off the bus I was traveling in. On an enchanting meadow, I was about to open my packed food box, when I heard someone calling, “Gentleman, why don’t you come and take your food here. It will be more comfortable for you.” As I turned, I saw an...

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Life beyond religion

2012-04-06T21:27:00.001-07:00

PP Wangchuk, Hindustan Times An atheist or an agnostic can be as good and eligible for ‘qualifying’ for realisation as a deeply religious person. What does that convey? That religion is not a must for ‘nirvana’ but only one of the ways. The Dalai Lama’s latest book, ‘Beyond Religion: Ethics for a whole World’, says one can be a good, kind and compassionate person without being religious. But be...

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Miraculous ways of God

2012-04-06T21:26:00.002-07:00

Shama Rana, Hindustan Times God is not my co-pilot; He is always in full control. This sums up my relationship with God. The wonders that the Almighty can do cannot be expressed; it is only for the heart to feel. I too have been blessed on many occasions to witness divine encounters, which may be rubbished aside as coincidence by many. But, to me, it is all His manifestation. In the beginning, it...

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Go with the flow

2012-04-01T22:02:00.004-07:00

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Hindustan Times It is important to know what keeps and what really disturbs interpersonal relationships. The relationship gets disturbed when disagreement begins. Just look at yourself. You had some idea yesterday; today you may have a different idea. Five years ago, you had other ideas that do not necessarily agree with the ideas that you...

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Write your own destiny

2012-03-29T21:17:00.000-07:00

Sadhguru, Hindustan Times Destiny is something that you have been creating unconsciously. You can also create it consciously. You can rewrite it; all that we do in the form of a spiritual process is just that. If you can touch the core within you, if you can experience that the source of creation is within you and then shift your whole focus on yourself, you can rewrite...

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