Pessimism may support the realism we so often need. In many arenas of life, optimism is unwarranted. At times we do fail irretrievably, and seeing those times through rose coloured glasses may console us but will not change them.
Author Archives: Jwalant Swaroop
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Curiosity remains valued in the arts and sciences today. But it is limited by our enlightenment inheritance, which assumes that curiosity should be applied to ideas and object, rather than people. One recent study, for instance defines curiosity as an exploratory inquisitiveness about ‘ what we don’t know’, omitting any reference to Who we don’t know we should move beyond this inheritance and elevate curiosity about others into supreme virtue
Masters, Osho, Spirituality & Well Being
Confrontation of oneself in aloneness is very painful. What to do
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But why is this pain there? This should be understood because understanding will help you to go through it, And if you go through it knowingly, you will come out of it more easily, and sooner.
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We expect our child to be super human and so we go on burdening him with expectations of parents, school and society. Indian parents often complain about their children that they misbehave and do not focus on studies. Interestingly, when the same child interacts with group and individuals beyond school and family, responds in a […]
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As pet parents, we ought to take our dogs for a walk or a hike or a swim because at the end of the day, our love for them overrides our love for being a couch potato. And thanks to these leash pullers, we are spending more time outside, taking in the greenery and the fresh air.
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Swami Chaitanya Keerti Thanks to Indian Yogis, the Buddhist Zen masters and other meditation teachers from the East, meditation has gone mainstream all over the world. Now meditation, in the West, can be seen as complimentary to Western therapies or as an alternative option all together. Some people think meditation is purely for relaxation, but many scientific researches […]
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We are forcing everything on them but it is blissful to be Rabindranath. There is no need to become like someone else. And this is true not only about Rabindranath; it is enough for even the most ordinary person just to be himself.
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The true religion can only be one, just like science. You don’t have a Mohammedans physics, a hindu physics, a christian physics; that would be nonsense. But that’s what the religions have done – they have made the whole earth a madhouse. If science is one, then why should the science of the inner not […]
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By Swami Vedant The five powerful words of Awakening actually set the tantric process in place for the ultimate quest in life for a seeker. The Why, The what, The when, The Where and The How. All searches are based on these five quest. The “why” becomes the reason for our quest? It seeks answers […]
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There are methods in buddhist practice devoted to cultivating loving kindness and compassion. Here, the meditations try to generate all pervading sense of benevolence, a state in which love and compassion permeate the entire mind.