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Are You Centred?

Are you Centred? Life shoots a multitude of arrows at us on a daily basis.  Just missed the train, stuck in traffic, the boss is angry with us, an argument with a loved one. Constantly we are given the opportunity to lose our peaceful, centred...

The Qualities of Devotion

Namaste, One who performs deeds with me in mind, considers me as supreme, becomes my devotee, does not become attached to things and has hatred for no other living being will surely come to me. Bhagavad Gita 11.55 This verse of the Gita offers...

What is Sanatana Dharma?

Namaste, Here is Bhisma’s definition in the Mahabharata. Not harming, truthfulness, remaining free from anger, and charity, are the four practices you must adhere to, Ajatasatru. This is the Sanatana Dharma. In this verse, we have another...

The fear of imperfection

Namaste, We are constantly aiming to be perfect in life. many times the fear of imperfection persuades us out of action.  A better model is to learn by our failures and scares, to improve, to ‘experiment with truth’. We should never...

Miracle of love

Namaste After decades of Academic research in the top American Universities, Ram Dass found something very profound in India.  The miracle of universal unconditional love. This love goes beyond the boundaries of race, gender, religion, even...

Sweet Rasa

Namaste, The days of blind faith are over, we want experience. Evidence of this is the way that over the next 9 nights thousands and thousands of people will fill temple halls and buildings for Navaratari experience of ‘Rasa’ which literally...

Chicken Nuggets Anyone?

I normally try to keep blogs positive, but this is an area I feel strongly about.  Animals suffer tremendously at our hands, I think we should have a greater responsibiliity towards their lights as living beings.  Many people kept quiet during...

Being An Essence Seeker

Namaste, I believe the worlds religions are in essence all good. All of them also can be and are construed for those who seek power and to dominate others. If we seek the essence of a scripture, festival, prayer, ritual or religion we will derive...

The Opposite of Harming

Namaste, We often talk about punishing those that harm others. We rarely discuss and celebrate those who actively non-harm. Ahimsa is not pacifism. It is not accepting the harmful. It is the propagation the way of least harm. It is not always...

Conquering Anger

Namaste, Anger is our own worst enemy. It clouds our judgement making us act without due consideration. It does not solve our problems, in most cases will exacerbate them. The Mahabharata says if we can control our anger we can conquer...