Stories, Q&A, and guidance addressing common challenges on the spiritual path with compassionate clarity.
Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; for it becomes your life. “Thoughts Become Your Life” summarizes a timeless spiritual insight: whatever is repeatedly entertained in the mind slowly becomes the texture of a whole … Read more
Stillness is many things to different people. Its gifts are as varied as the ways we practice it. When we open ourselves to stillness, we discover its subtle power to transform our lives from within. Stillness in Everyday Life Stillness is the absence of noise—a gentle, inner hush that invites us to simply be. It … Read more
Are you saying ‘Yes’ to life or is it more likely ‘No’? Do you have a resistance pattern where you constantly say ‘No’ to life? If you do, you are not alone. The majority of people do not say ‘Yes’ to life. The pattern of resistance is in us and in some of us pretty … Read more
To find out how to love yourself we first need to look at energy. We all are not mere beings made of flesh and blood but energy beings. Our emotions reflect different frequencies in our energies. We are also able to block the energy flow in our body mind system. Calibration gives us information about … Read more
Meditation is for You Why do you want to stay in a state of suffering if through meditation you can get out of it? Why do you want to experience the ups and downs in your moods (which are merely thoughts), if you can go beyond them through meditation? Who creates our positive and negative … Read more
Many talk about peace, world peace. Few realize that global peace can only come through our own efforts to inner peace. Inner peace where no thought waves disturb us anymore; any agitation in our mind is violence. Peaceful beings at heart are not disturbed by any outer circumstances or people. In their presence other restless … Read more
Who doesn’t hate that ugly index finger pointing at you followed by the words: “You! You! You…!” accompanied by a list of what you are blamed for instead of the blamer taking responsibility. It’s an easier lifestyle to blame others. Then we don’t have to do anything but to watch how everything around us falls … Read more
Someone asked me: Why do we not naturally embody our best, highest, and true selves without effort? What internal elements prevent us from being the people we want to be? Great question! A bird that is used to stay in a cage does not fly out even when the cage door is open. This is … Read more
Competition is comparison and jealousy which blocks the 5th chakra, the vishuddhi or throat chakra. This chakra when open is the creative energy for artists, writers, speakers, etc. When we feel not good enough, it again blocks the throat chakra. To not fall into the comparison/competition trap as taught by society related to negative emotions … Read more
Emotional health is a must as it drives our every thought, behavior, and action. The good news is it can be changed with a little willingness to look at known and unknown pains of the past and gain the right understanding of how the past repeats itself in the future… unless we opt for freedom, … Read more