Have you ever thought about how your words and actions impact a child’s mind and soul? What if the way we talk to children could shape their entire future? Mistake 1: Talking Down to Children When we see a child who is one or two years old, we often think...
Global Emotional Warming and Climate Change: A Spiritual Approach
Now that COP29, the 2024 United Nations conference on global warming, has concluded, it's encouraging to see the dedication of world leaders in addressing this critical issue. But as I reflect on these efforts, I wonder, how can I, as a spiritual individual, contribute to healing our world? We all...
Easter and its Significance
The Yogi Bus Driver – Easter and its Significance It almost feels like the start of spring. Well, it would, if it wasn’t so chilly! Easter, I’m talking about. It is preceded by a general change in weather conditions, for the better hopefully, with daffodils lining the roads and dual...
10 Best Steps on Overcoming Anger
1. Recognising First Signs Don’t do anything. Don’t act on the angry feeling. This is just an emotion. You can feel it without turning it into a behaviour. 2. Response Try to step back from this feeling and label it, seeing that it is, in fact, separate from you. Notice...
Cut Off From Work Communication And Technology Before Sleep
Being entangled in work related communication late into the evening keeps the mind thinking about work even when we go to sleep and disturbs our sleep. We are aware of our technology usage getting out of control and impacting our daily life negatively. Using technology till bedtime for work communication...
Experiencing Spiritual Benefits During Fasting
Spiritual Message On Ramzan Or Ramadan We are presently in the month of Ramzan or Ramadan, in which brothers and sisters of the Islam religion fast from sunrise to sunset each day for 30 days. Eid al-Fitr is celebrated on the day after the month of Ramzan gets over. Almost...
Light does not Fight with Darkness
The forces of light and darkness have been metaphors for millennia. Light represents the truth, virtues and divine powers, whereas darkness is a metaphor for fear, ignorance and negativity. The dark night of the soul in Christianity can be a synonym for a crisis of faith. More generally it describes...
Let’s invoke the Ganesha within
New beginnings are welcomed with utmost joy, hope, and enthusiasm and are usually tied with a ritual of prayer for success in the new venture. In India, Ganesha, the elephant deity, is revered as the Lord of new beginnings. He is the destroyer of obstacles, remover of sorrows, and bestower...
Podi Recipe
INGREDIENTS: 1 cup Chana dal (Split Chickpeas) 1/2 cup Whole Urad dal (Whole Black Gram Lentils without skin) 1/4 cup dry Coconut 1 tablespoon Mustard seeds 1 tablespoon Jaggery 1 inch Tamarind approx. 1/8 tsp Hing (asafetida) 3/4 tbsp Salt (as per taste) 2 sprigs curry Leaves (rinse and pat...
Instant Amla Murrabba
INGREDIENTS: Amla (Gooseberry) - 400 gm (Fresh Frozen amla from Indian Grocery Store - seedless) Rock Sugar - 250-300 gm approx (in powder form) Cardamom Powder - 1/2 tsp Pink Salt - 1/2 tsp Dry Ginger Powder - 1/2 tsp Few saffron strands (4-5) Instructions: Thaw and boil the entire...