“See better, Lear”! – The Earl of Kent in King Lear, Shakespeare: Act 1, Scene 1 After he’s told to get out of his sight by King Lear for standing up for Cordelia and speaking the truth, the Earl of Kent urges Lear to see better. Seeing better, clear s …
Ancient spiritual traditions and modern sciences agree that compassion is part of our inherent, fundamental nature. Joining traditional and contemporary perspectives, compassion can be defined as the jewel that arises in our heart when we are confronte …
As is the case with many of life’s experiences, we can’t fully grasp something until we live through it ourselves. This is particularly true for moments of great transformation. Whether they be joyful, (falling in love, achieving a lofty goal, creating …
Telling the story of battle and crisis in India, the Bhagavad Gita offers a path to realization focusing on wise and right action. Written around 200 BC, Krishna is on a mission to restore dharma in the world. Acting as a charioteer and teacher to Arju …
Inner wisdom, intuition, gut feelings—these are all different ways of describing the same underlying intelligence. It’s a form of knowing that transcends intellectual understanding, a kind of perception that connects us to the deeper mystery of life. T …
It often happens that some kind of undertaking or a new business encounters certain obstacles on its way. And then we have a choice: to continue to explore this area, discovering something new, studying ourselves, overcoming certain doubts, or to quit …
Sequoia trees are the biggest trees in the whole word and many of them are older than 100 years. How can they still be alive when they grow in muddy and unstable soil (environment) and their tough the roots don’t go deep? There is a secret behind that. …
Once upon a time there was a small country located in southwestern Europe ruled by a 48-year dictatorship. A poor, sad and oppressed country involved in a colonial war, monitored by a political police who would suppress, arrest and torture all of those …
The word Brahman derives from the root word ”brh” which means to expand, grow, swell, and enlarge. Brahman is the Absolute. It is beyond everything. Brahman describes what cannot be described; it is not namable, has no form, is beyond the beyond, and i …
We want to be happy. We want our lives to mean something. Nevertheless, happiness seems to be difficult to grasp and distant. Sometimes it is not available, sometimes it is simply unattainable. And once we have found it, we realize how quickly we can l …
Once upon a time, there were two birds perched on the branches of a tree. The bird atop the upper branch remained peaceful and serene. Meanwhile, the bird on the lower branch moved constantly from one perch to another, indulging in the tree’s fruits, e …
“… and it rang with instant pain, shaking the body of the universe with thin air and fire, the Sacred word Om.” This is how the great Russian poet Nikolai Gumilev (1886-1921) describes the influence of the practice of reciting mantra Om on the ancien …