Tag: nature
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Hope!
Good morning!This is the beginning of a New Year!Wishing you all a Happy New Year on this special time and solemn occasion. Every wish spring from the hope in our hearts and minds that something good, something better will be the outcome for ourselves or someone else! This morning, I woke up to see in…
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Interactive nature of Karma (Action), Bhakthi (Faith)and Wisdom/reasoning ( Jnana) as Yoga Pathways.
We engage in Karma Yoga more often than we realize: Karma Yoga is the right action, for the right reasons and with proper emotional mindset.Often quoted phrase for Karma Yoga, referenced from Bagawath Geetha (B.G.) Verse 2. 47 may be rephrased as: All that exists are the activities you are responsible for (i.e.) your duties. The…
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Vedic Philosophy summarized in three Axioms
“Vedic Philosophy – Finding meaning and purpose in our daily life!” is a series of short videos in a playlist on YouTube. Links for the latest segments 6 and 7, are given below: It is my amateur attempt to document the practical nature of Vedic Philosophy as well as its tangible relevance to daily life.…
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Why do God’s children suffer so much?
I receive a weekly “Spiritual message” composed and edited by a good friend and published through The Vedanta Society, local chapter at Saint Louis, MO. They are brief and amazingly good. Each communication carries a brief message that is ideal for reflection and internalizing. I look at them as sources of learning. Any comments as…
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Soul and the ego!
Recently I heard the following question in an online webinar. We can answer this question as follows. For more details, please see Anatomy of our experience. Question:Vanity, passion, ego are all born out of our Soul.Then why should we negate them or try to get rid of them? Answer:All that is cognitive such as vanity…
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Year-end reflections – what we can learn from Nature?
As the year draws to a close it is always a time of reflection, to take stock of what has been accomplished, what can be planned for the future, expectations full filled and desires unmet? This year-end is particularly difficult because of the concerns due to acts of terror across the globe, the recent floods…
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Happy Thanks Giving – 2013
As I sat down to write the message for Thanks Giving, I decided to look back on the essay written on earlier occasions. There is a message written in Nov. 2010, which I believe applies equally well for this year. So, instead of writing some thing new – which every author thinks is some thing…
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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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What should you do, when you see a turtle on the side walk?
We are all part of nature. Opportunities present themselves to do the right thing. If we act promptly, we avail ourselves of such opportunities. But, the nature is not relying on any one to engage in its course. The nature merely exists. Engagement into any action, especially appropriate action as called upon by the moment…
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