“It is too difficult to be just what we are.
The thinking mind cannot remain still when holding an image, ...
August, 2025
Deep thoughts to ponder
Focus of the month
“It is too difficult to be just what we are. The thinking mind cannot remain still when holding an image, imagination or picture. Our body and mind are constantly changing with different images” excerpt from Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati’s Essay ‘World of …
Ahimsa and how we as individuals have the power to change the state of the world. Ahimsa! A simple sanskrit word, yet one with extreme power to positively change the world around you. How, you may ask? Well, let’s review its basic meaning, which is No …
“You need to get down to get up!” Sharon and David would often say. Those many hours of direct learning alongside other humans in different continents and across significant milestones of my life has formed a visceral cherished memory. I appreciate ho …
“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 roots don’t go deep? There is a secret behind that… Sequoia …
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 …
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