Eighty percent of Americans claim to be happy! But the situation is far from being as encouraging as it looks. Despite the improvement in material conditions, depression is now ten times as prevalent as it was in 1960 and affects an ever younger sector of the population. Forty years ago, the mean age of people succumbing to depression for the first time was twenty nine; today it’s fourteen.
Author Archives: Jwalant Swaroop
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Ramakrishna use to say that if a figure made out of Salt tries to fathom the depth of the ocean, it will fail. It will begin the search but it will never reach to the destination, because it is after all made of Salt – and as it falls into the oceans’s depths , it is dissolving, becoming absorbed .
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When it starts happening enjoy it, love it, be nourished by it, savour it, dance it, sing it, but dont make a question about it. Just be it. And allow it total space. It will grow. If needs space in you to grow.
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By Sahil Gadhavi Feminism has been a much contested word in the past two decades. It is not because the issue of sexism has suddenly escalated, no, it has always been there. However, in the past two decades women all over the world, especially the west, have really started protesting it. There have been attempts […]
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The search continues whether you get anything or not. It seems irrelevant what you have got, what you have not got – the search continues anyway.
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We call these pleasurable states that we value most moving toward values because these are the emotional states we will do the most to attain. What are some of the feelings that are most important to experience in your life on a consistent basis?
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From belief you cannot move into investigation. Every inquiry, either objective or subjective, needs an open mind – and doubt gives you that tremendous quality of an open mind. And remember, because there is possibility to be confused – doubt does not mean disbelief,
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Meditation does not create anything at all. Meditation reveals. What does it reveal? that which is real, that which is authentic, that which is true. Lies are created. Untruth is created. Reality can never be created – it is as it is.
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This is quite strange that he is suggesting to stop pursuing external achievements after he himself pursuing these things successfully, as Gautama the Buddha had enjoyed the comforts of his life in the kingdom and palaces and got bored with everything. After such an indulgence, he renounced the world of pleasures and moved to the jungle to meditate as deeply as he could.
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Sustained happiness grows from flow experiences that aren’t interrupted by your phone. Happiness is connecting with the organic world around you, including the people and places you love.