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...
In context of today’s topic, many great souls like Gandhiji, Mother Teresa, and Martin Luther King come into my memory. They are revered in our hearts because their life mottos were only to benefit others. I fly in high spirits and feel enthusiastic just by reading articles or biographies of...
In my early childhood days, a magical pot story captured my interest. The innocent kid in me felt that impossible dreams could be realized if you possessed something magical. The essence of the story was that the magical pot fulfilled people’s wishes. The owner of the pot would deposit a...
You might have heard the story about Pied Piper of Hamelin. The Pied Piper claimed that he could free the entire city cursed with a plague from rats. He played his pipe and the shrilled note drew every mouse out of people’s houses. The mice followed him to the river and...
I’ve been thinking a lot about silence recently, especially silence of the mind, and how to make it practical. Silence retreats are great—time for reflection and change. But I want to be able to experience this even when I can’t take time off and escape day-to-day life I had a...