What is spirituality concretely in your life? It’s really been a search for understanding. On my father’s side I come from the Sikh tradition. The Bedis are descendants of Guru Nanak so there always was a strong Sikh influence in my life. My mother on the other hand became a Buddhist and spent the last fifteen years [...]
Is the higher self also the essence of who you are? The essence of who you are is who you choose to be, or how you act and relate to others. The higher self is part of you. The lower self and lower instincts are also part of you. Higher and lower self are part of [...]
Good morning friends. It’s a start of the week and a start of the day. I wish all will have a very happy days the whole week. As my one of daily routine, trying to know what is happening around me, so I’m reading a lot before I start my work. I came across one [...]
Should politicians become vice-chancellors? Retired politicians, those who have been defeated in the elections, need some place of respect. The vice-chancellorship has become a refuge. So make it a law that no politician can become a vice-chancellor. Universities should be teaching also the latest discoveries, the latest literature, the latest poetry, and th […]
Good morning friends. We all know that education is very important to every person. With a good education we will have a good life. Education should free us from our past. Education is a process of liberation, but it has not been actualized anywhere in the world. Liberation means liberating the mind from the past, from theologies [...]
Conversations are an important way of building up relationships. They could be silent or expressed vocally. Such relationships look beyond a given set of circumstances for a wider, deeper perspective, to understand the truth that lies beneath what is apparent on the surface. The longer we live and the more experienced we are, our ability to [...]
Good morning friends. In every relationship whatever kind of relationship is that, we should give the kindness and love to it to get the blossom we wanted. We should give the best. There is one good stuff I read and it should be shared to everyone. Human beings are born in relationship and the lives we [...]
If we close our eyes and just observe the thoughts that arise in our mind, it’s the inner awareness which allows us to notice these thought patterns. While it’s easy for us to initially get swept away by the thought patterns and not be able to observe, steadily we can begin to recognize the observer [...]
It is believed that 20% of what we see is objective data and the rest is a projection, biased by our thoughts and emotions. Neuroscientists highlight that the electrical impulses that reach our retina must also interact with the thinking and the emotional parts of the brain. Thus, we don’t see a mosaic of blue, [...]
Good morning friends. It was said that, not everything we see is we should believe in that. Sometimes the thing we see is not true. One fish said to the other: “Do you believe in this ocean that they talk about?” This ancient Chinese saying well illustrates how narrow our vision of the world and the universe [...]
We take life’s sustenance from our mothers, we take love from our siblings, we take knowledge from our teachers, we take companionship from our friends, we take affection from our pets, we take food from the earth, we take warmth from the sun and that is an endless list. And yet we feel no obligation [...]
Good morning friends. They say that it’s better to give than to receive. This is true. You will feel happiness when you give something because you will make the people happy with material or immaterial things. I believe that we should give with humility and take with gratitude. After reading one nice article of giving [...]
Sweets and gifts symbolize the dispelling of the bitterness and renewal of friendship. Deepawali is a time to throw light on the wisdom you have gained and welcome a new beginning. When true wisdom dawns, it gives rise to celebration. But don’t let celebration make you lose your focus and awareness. To maintain awareness in [...]
Good morning friends. When someone asked you, what kind of love you will give to others? How did you let them feel you love with them? How can you light the lamp of love to many? For an oil lamp to burn, the wick has to be in the oil, yet out of the oil. If [...]
“My son, confidence is good, but overconfidence is bad.” This advice is very useful to him. Similarly, another parent, a mother, sees that her son is impatient. He cannot wait for anything to take place in the ordinary course of events, so she gives him advice, with reference to her own experiences: “My son, life is 1 per [...]