Spirituality In Practice

Author: sipractce

  • Happy Mother’s Day – 2012

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    It is also time to express our gratitude and admiration for all those who are now caring for their mothers (and fathers) at a time of their need, simply for who they are, our elders. I am sure this group of admirable human being includes a lot of mothers! To them, a special word of…

  • Symbolism of the lamp at the Sanctum

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    “The un-wavering smile of a Yogi (one of self-control and constant internal reflection) is like the glow of a steady, un-flickering flame of the lamp”

  • Symbolism of “AUM”

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    The meaning of AUM has both theological as well as philosophical implications. Here are a few excerpts. In this essay we look for the symbolism of AUM that is useful for our daily life, in the context of Spirituality in Practice.

  • A Confession!

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    The true objective of the blog is not only a self-driven objective to share what you know. Instead there is also an external objective (i.e) serve as a means for the readers to periodically engage their mind for their own reflection, analysis and introspection!

  • 2011 in review

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    The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,500 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 58 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the…

  • The certainty of Ignorance

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    What fascinates me the most is the degree of certainty associated with me, when I am totally ignorant. It appears that only through facilitation and engagement in activities that requires pertinent use of the knowledge that the certainty of ignorance can be replaced. This is easier said than done Failure is not the outcome of…

  • Habits

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    Habits are indeed powerful tools. They play a vital role to simplify our life by putting it on “cruise control”. But it may be valuable to challenge all our habits once in a while to understand the predicate behind the habits.

  • Religion – the door to the house that exists or not?

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    “I think different religions are like different doors to the same house. Sometimes I think the house exists and sometimes, I don’t”

  • Do you have a favorite child?

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    It will be futile to believe that we do not make choices and hence do not exhibit our preferences. But, the real question is this: Do such choices arise out of objective analysis of the situation and the appropriate choices they warrant or are such choices based on a pattern, with bias as the dominant…

  • Aspects of “help”

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    Help is not a matter of significance to those that offer help, but for those who receive and benefit from such help. Help may not always be visible in its immediate impact. On the other hand doing the right thing for the moment, to the best of one’s ability with out expectations may be the…