All i want is Peace

We tend to get caught in sense-illusion. We feed illusions and mistake that for fulfilment. The minute what we expected to achieve does not happen, it makes us feel disturbed. And if the same situation turns in our favour, it excites our senses. However, joy and sorrow are never permanent. They have tendencies to change in accordance... Read more »

Stress has become a part of modern-day life. A certain amount of stress is inevitable. But when worries begin to get the better of you, you need to confront it head on. Excessive worrying is generally seen in people who have trouble coping with challenges that life invariably throws up. The countdown to an examination result,... Read more »

Responsibility and freedom go together. If you don’t want to take responsibility, you can’t have freedom either. The two come together or they go together. If you shun responsibility, you have to accept slavery in some way or other. Now, you had dreamed about freedom without ever thinking that great responsibility... Read more »

Art is built on the idea of restraint, which is central to Mahavira’s teachings, writes Sudhamahi Regunathan. Among the many definitions and descriptions of art, one is built on the idea of restraint. Art is that which expresses something and leaves a little unsaid and it is in an attempt to bridge this gap that the rasika... Read more »

Shunyata is a key concept in Buddhist philosophy, more specifically in the ontology of Mahayana Buddhism: ”Form is emptiness, and emptiness is form.” This is the paradox of the concept . Emptiness is not to be confused with nothingness. Emptiness is non-existence but not nothingness. Also, it is not non-reality.... Read more »

A young seeker asked a sage how to immortalize the mortal. The sage repliled: "Read the Gita." The puzzled seeker asked: "But how can one become immortal by reading the Gita?’ Eyes sparkling, the laughing sage said: "Read the Gita again and again and you will know." On an average every human is... Read more »

Meditation is deliberating on the thought process and bringing it to a focal point. Some go for total thoughtlessness. The other way is to focus between the eyebrows to see the light of Brahmn. Chanting of a mantra is another way to do meditation. Ramana Maharishi of Arunachalam said that one should search for self-identity... Read more »

"If you intend something to happen, it happens, if you intend it to happen. Verbalization* is not the intention. The intention is the carrier wave which takes the verbalization along with it." — L. Ron Hubbard (*verbalization: expressing oneself in words.) When you use the correct level of intention in your communication,... Read more »

Do you constantly think about the future? Does tomorrow seem scary and uncertain? Are you worried how it will all turn out? Maybe your attention is in the past. Do you dwell on old decisions? Do people from your past still affect you? Are you constantly thinking of accidents, attacks or injuries? If so, you are missing the best... Read more »

You can get anything you want if you do three things: NAME or describe exactly what you need to create, accomplish or produce, WANT that result or product, and ORGANIZE to get that result or product. This article addresses NAME. Future articles will cover WANT and ORGANIZE. “IF PRODUCTION IS NOT OCCURRING, THE ABILITY... Read more »