At this point, many of us have either been exposed to, if not tutored in, what it takes to SERVE while maintaining balance and equanimity. It doesn’t appear to be rocket science. Yes, at first it may have seemed counterintuitive to how our lives had been before—the ‘me first’ generation among us know this—but as …
It would indeed be an understatement to say that the world we inhabit is beset with misplaced priorities—if it apparently has any at all. Money and power are at the root of this disease. Despite enormous sums of money—and lives—being at risk due to Climate Change, and funds belonging to ‘others’ being of little or …
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One minute you’re lying by the swimming pool taking in the beauty that surrounds you—swaying palm trees, coconuts and pineapples galore. The next minute you and thousands of your neighbours are running for your lives as your hawaiian paradise has become a raging inferno that a few hours later has burned your house and your …
The apparent age of disinformation that besets us all goes beyond politicians’ lies and shadings of truth, and beyond artificial intelligence’s ability to make the unreal seem real. The ‘truth’ is what we don’t know includes some basic life questions such as: How many times has your life been saved or extended through no particular …
The Mind Training Program of Homa Therapy—the core of Homa Psychotherapy— contains 7 guidelines that are suggested. Here is the second one: We start removing the old grooves of habit and addiction by performing Agnihotra daily exactly at sunrise and sunset. Performance of Agnihotra healing fire tuned to the biorhythm of sunrise/sunset expedites the recovery …
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to …
HITTING BOTTOM: IT MIGHT NOT BE SUCH A BAD THING — THE ONLY WAY IS UP “I’m Sitting On Top of the World,” is a popular, 90 year old song from USA. When our lives are going so, so well, with little disharmony, much good health, and good wealth, we could very well feel as …
The title here may need some explanation in any language. I don’t think ‘insidious’ is used that frequently—in English, at least. Thus, its meaning may be a bit obscure. “Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with very harmful effects,” is one definition. Examples of insidiousness may not be difficult to find. Addiction is one …
Happiness: “positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy,” says the dictionary. In the Broadway show, ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ “Do you Love me?” asks the husband to his wife in one blockbuster song. “Do I what?” the wife responds. Then she lists the duties and chores she has provided her husband, from preparing meals …
Do we give our mind its due? Thinking, willing and feeling somehow seem inadequate of a description, though this does describe how the mind functions. Want proof of the inadequate description? 1)look in the mirror—the unseen, unheard power lurking behind, in, and before your image is your mind. Do you find yourself repeating certain behaviours …
