Author: sipractce
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Our State of Mind
Our state of mind is not a momentary event. It is a reflection of an accumulation of experiences leading up to that moment. But, if the process is consistent all along the way, the accumulated experiences merge into a single sublime entity. What is that process which brings consistency across all our experiences even as…
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You have to be available ……….
Availability in the spiritual context also implies “letting go” of oneself of their self-imposed shackles of bias, prejudices, etc. We can see that availability has to be practiced from both points of view – as a helper to someone in need as well as being available to those with the capacity and willingness to help…
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On Setting New Year Goals – 2013
Our goals need not all be so lofty and so unique. Instead they can be simple, yet make a difference to someone, anyone, even in a limited fashion. It can be as simple as the care for some one in need, an elderly, some one in the family and yes, even a pet at home…
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2012 – Year in Review
As we come to the end of 2012 and begin the New Year, it is appropriate to reflect on the year behind us – in our rear view mirror- and plan ahead for the coming year. Here are some highlights from 2012.
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Few Suggestions for the Holidays!
Here are some suggestions to thrive, not just survive during the holidays. They are also suggestions for the rest of the New Year as well!
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“I am sad, but I am not angry anymore”!
If so many who are grieved so much can hold their own and look ahead, it requires all the rest of us to look up to them as our role models and repeat after George: “I am sad, but I am not angry anymore”.
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In the aftermath of a heinous crime.
Generally there is a tendency to elevate humans as a superior species. I have described in earlier blogs that the only thing that separates the human beings as a species from all other species on the earth, is our capacity to think and hence reason and thus make any of our actions a matter of…
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Content and the Context
Reflecting on both – content and the context – and their inter-relationship is an aspect of Spirituality in Practice.
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Valor and Compassion
If our mind (and its relentless reasoning between right and wrong) is the seat of our valor, the heart (and its relentless compassion to be kind and considerate) is the seat of compassion. Perhaps this is implied symbolically when Hindus worship Lord Vishnu (the seat of valor) with Goddess Lakshmi (the source of compassion) seated…
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