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Days after the tragedy
Let us embrace those who aspire to this way of life of an open and decent society. Let this openness and decency also bring others into fold, in the joy of collaboration and shared prosperity, rather than isolation and anger.
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Vemana Poems
Without inner or spiritual purity how can there be any tradition and culture? Among men who look alike, virtuous people stand apart. Even a little food given with respect is sumptuous. The scholar with great accomplishments speaks softly.. Shaving the head does not shave the thoughts inside (the mind). People who count faults do not…
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Who is your personal assistant?
At a more sublime level, the relationship between the superior and the dependent is also a matter of evolution in our understanding of personal assistance. can a superior ever serve as a “subordinate” and implicitly partake and support in all activities of the subordinate? What is the behavior and demeanor of a personal assistant that…
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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…
Spirituality In Practice 