A dog is said to be a (wo)man’s best friend! Let’s see why: 1. Dogs teach us how to be mindful When dogs get hypnotised by small pieces of treats or just roll over in the grass for the fun of it, they are teaching us a valuable lesson – how to be in the […]
Category Archives: Focus
Can the elements on your food plate decide how you think, feel and behave? Read to know more!
Currently, our human world is passing through a very serious period of despondency and death, all because of novel coronavirus spreading like wildfire around the world. At the time of writing this article, it was being reported about USA, the greatest superpower in the world, by New York Times, the largest circulated daily newspaper: Faced with the grim prospect […]
Nandita Kochar Read these quotes from Before Sunrise, Before Sunset & Before Midnight to know what we are talking about! “Isn’t everything we do in life a way to be loved a little more?” (Before Sunrise) “I think I can really fall in love when I know everything about someone – the way he’s gonna […]
If we are not happy – we find it difficult to sleep. And if we can’t sleep, we are not happy. Catch 22. Quite a few of us have difficulty getting sound sleep at night. Harder we try, with our eyes tightly closed, more sleep alludes us. It is definitely bad news for our mental […]
Altrusitic love acts as a direct antidote to hatered, the more develop it the more the desire to harm will wither and finally disappear. It is not a question of suppressing hatered but of turning the mind to something diameterically oppose to it: Love and compassion. Following a traditional Buddhist practice, you begin by recognising […]
Depression is a real illness that affections millions of lives across the globe on a daily basis. It’s time we refreshed our knowledge of it.
“Be a joke unto yourself,” says Osho. Considering the world, we live in now, this is the best way to respond to it, writes Swami Anand Kul Bhushan, on Osho’s birthday, 11 December. When you are feeling miserable, just sing, dance, rejoice. Your mind will say, “Are you mad? Now is the time to feel […]
Let us be realistic and welcome the global surge in Yoga even if it means ‘asanas’ At least, it has introduced Yoga to millions around the world. So how do we learn Yoga? Go to a guru, watch videos on You Tube or get a book. The most famous modern classic is ‘Light on Yoga’ by B. K. S. Iyengar, the world’s foremost authority, which is a step by step, detailed and serious treatise with photographs of various stages of postures.
Terming it as a very divine experience, Deveindra Jaitly, wrote, “I was more focused. I felt even if a little sensation happened under every inch of my feet, that experience was amazing. Moreover, I learnt to control my emotions.”