Author: sipractce
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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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Truth – something our ancestors have been communicating over the generations.
Truth – something our ancestors have been communicating over the generations. —- From: Kannabhiran Following is an essay on “Truth” sent to me by one of my good friends. Hope you like the reading. — Sipractce The English word “truth” does not precisely translate Sanskrit words like “Sathyam” or words like “Vaimai“, “Mai” in the…
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Happy Father’s Day — 2012
Somehow neither my father’s economic plan nor my self-imposed performance goals were ever made explicit or discussed. It was understood through occasional comments, observations and suggestions. That is the way it was! But, as years go by, I find that such implicit but agreed upon expectations, seem more natural than odd in many aspects of…
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Learning the basics of Hindu Philosophy from an Oil Lamp
Just as the illumination through the flame of the lamp, makes all else visible, all that we know is the result of our understanding though our knowledge of the nature and the laws that govern the nature.
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The steady (un-flickering) flame at the altar.
Steady intellect, backed up by an emotionally neutral mind and well controlled body functions ready to respond to any commands in any of our efforts. …..This is the state of existence required of any one for the highest performance in any field of endeavor. All aspects of success in every effort – surgeons, musicians, engineers,…
