Take Charge Why do the yogis go and sit high up on a mountain top? It’s not just because the ‘wireless connection’ to God is much better up there! But because they choose NOT be a part of this materialist system. We have to relinquish all desires if we are...
Happy Diwali!! Diwali is a special festival when Lakshmi or wealth is invoked into homes and special rituals are performed to welcome prosperity into one’s life. Despite any ritual or efforts we all understand and realize that this physical wealth and richness is only transient and ever fluctuating. It can...
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...
With one God Shiva in their minds, countless people keep worshiping him with deepest feeling of love, devotion and respect longing for one moment of his darshan or divine vision. God Shiva is everything to them. He is the supreme protector, the comforter of all hearts and soother of their...
Happy Diwali!! A single Diya or lamp holds infinite beauty and hope. Diwali is a celebration of victory over evil or darkness and the coming of a New Year. But if we think deeply, what is this darkness we want to remove? Light means to follow a virtuous path such...
The festival of Dussehra or Vijayadashami celebrates the victory of good over evil, symbolized in Indian mythology by the slaying of the demon king Ravana by Rama, and by the killing of the monster Mahishasura by Goddess Durga. Every year, effigies of Ravana are burnt on Dussehra, which falls on...
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...
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,...