Coconut Polenta Pudding

Ingredients: 4 cups Milk (or half coconut cream + half water for vegan option) ¾ cup sugar 1 cup polenta (cornmeal) ¼ cup raisins 1 tsp vanilla essence ¼ cup chopped walnuts (optional) ¼ tsp coconut essence If baking, the following additions: 1 Large apple 1 1/2 tsp Maple syrup...

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Being in the Now

Dadi Janki, Administrative Head, Brahma Kumaris  These days people feel they don’t have enough time.  This causes a lot of stress and unease. ‘Multi-tasking’ often leads to reduced concentration and mistakes – which then take up more time. Some become so dispirited by their ‘to-do’ list that they put things...

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Chinese Stir-Fry

A classic dish becomes vegan without compromising the taste and feel. Delicious! Ingredients: 1 table spoon grapeseed oil (or peanut oil) 2 tablespoon soy sauce (tamari) 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seed oil ½ teaspoon prickly ash powder 1 tablespoon fresh grated ginger salt to taste red chili pepper flakes to...

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Apple Cake Vegan

Ingredients: Wet Ingredients:  ½ cup applesauce 1/3 cup soy yogurt ½ cup oil 1 ¼ cup sugar Dry Ingredients: 2 cups all purpose flour ½ tsp baking soda 1 tsp baking powder ½ tsp salt 1 ½ tsp cinnamon powder  ¼ tsp nutmeg powder Additional ingredients:  2 ½ cups diced...

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The True Significance of Raksha Bandhan

Raksha Bandhan is a sacred thread that binds us in God’s Love, liberates us from all the bondage's of the body and the physical world, and fills us with feelings of safety and protection. Let our feelings be pure and elevated for every soul. Let there be forgiveness and good wishes....

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Coping with Negativity

By Sister Jayanti Sister Jayanti is the Director of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University in the United Kingdom. Sister Jayanti explains how to handle negativity within ourselves and when it comes from others. In this world there are so many questions about our future, the environment and population, the...

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The Healing Mind

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 –...

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