The celebrations of Maha Shivratri take place when the winter cold has departed, and the pleasant fragrance of flowers fill the air. Temple bells ring all around. They draw everyone’s attention towards the Greatest of the great: the Supreme Soul, Incorporeal God Shiva. For centuries, the devout all over the...
Life is a game of forgetting and remembering • Forget who you are and what you are doing here. • Remember the false things of the past and what they did to you. Life will bring obstacles and difficulties They do not come to stop you. They can strengthen you...
It’s in the meditation that I get close to God and experience a deeper personal relationship with GOD. It is the only relationship that is everlasting. God as Father Experience the love of a Father from God. God wants us not only to be like him but better than him....
We create an external personality which we call the ego from the external and material influences of our lives and it is the ego that is the source of our sorrow and lack of self-respect. The self, the soul, the real I, is already perfect, a peaceful, loving, wise and...
The opportunity of these times is calling us all to remember the power of inner silence-not a silence that condones hate, injustice, or lies, but a silence that speaks loud enough to find solutions that return us to values and virtues. These times are reminding us of our pure potential,...
Q&A with Dadi Janki. “I make a point of creating thoughts and feelings of happiness, peace and benevolence, which make me feel better – not worse.” How can I not worry when my body is unwell? Our response to pain can cause as much distress as the pain itself –...
About the speaker: BK Charlie Hogg is the Regional Coordinator of Brahma Kumaris Asia Pacific, an international speaker and one of the pioneering souls who started Raja Yoga Meditation in the Asia Pacific. He has been practicing meditation for more than 40 years. Introduction. Some years ago I saw a...
Every time I see a flower, especially a rose, it gets me churning about the relationship between a soul and the Supreme Soul. Without the right atmosphere and setting, a rose cannot grow into its perfect form. Each flower blooms in an individual way, i.e. it does not depend on...
There was an experience I once had in silence that I have treasured and used. Just as sometimes we go in front of elders to seek blessings, or we go in front of God to seek God's blessings, in the same way I once had a powerful idea come to...
Question: How to cultivate values in everyday life? Answer: Each morning, making time for silence to connect with the inner being gives the experience of the original qualities of the self – which are peace, love, truth, purity and happiness. As I connect with these innate qualities, and emerge them...