The poet and philosopher was born in Balkh in Afghanistan and known as the Son of Balkh. For Afghans, who learn his poems in primary school, Rumi is “Maulana Jalaludin Balkh”, or “Maulana” (our master), or simply “Balkhi”. Most researchers agree he was born in Balkh, Afghanistan in 1207 — though this too has been a subject of debate.
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The enlightened Mystic, J Krishnamurti says in the Book of Life: Can the mind be free from the past, free from thought—not from the good or bad thought? How do I find out? I can only find out by seeing what the mind is occupied with
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What if someone told you that your hands & feet were a remote control, using which you could operate parts of your entire body & cure illnesses? Well, that’s exactly what Su Jok Therapy is all about. Our hands and feet have active points corresponding to all organs of the body. Stimulation of these points […]
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“Nanak says there is music at His door. No, music is His door. Celebration, festivity are His practices. The whole of existence is filled with song,” says Osho. With the 550-year celebrations of the birth of Guru Nanak in full swing now, Osho’s insights on the great Sikh guru have become most relevant. Happy Ho […]
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In the previous part, we learned about what is emotional abuse and the contexts where it can happen. In the current one, we’ll be looking at the four types of emotional abuse (there are more); you can use this information to see if you are the victim of one. Gaslighting is a means of psychological […]
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What is Emotional Abuse? An emotion is a feeling that you experience like anger, fear, love, happiness as a result of a situation you are in or because of a person you are with. Abuse, on the other hand, is a pattern of behaviour used by one person to gain and maintain power and control […]
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As the entire world is helpless and is facing a threat via the Corona Virus, it has spread its evil wings over India as well. Before we move to the astrological and tarot predictions on corona, let us first discuss the origin of corona on spiritual basis. The coronavirus did not manifest from nowhere. We […]
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Our first impulse might be to pick up some current event or to talk about how good or bad the food is or mention a few impressive things about ourselves. But if a date is the test of the heart then we must talk about things that help two people understand each other at a […]
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Nandita Kochar Step on someone’s toe or accidentally hit them with your arm, and there it comes out easily whooshing out of our mouths, “I am sorry!” But when it comes to emotionally turbulent times, why is it so hard to say the same words? Why don’t we hear more sincere apologies in our personal […]
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There is a point in the movie, Reign Over Me, where Charlie clearly states to his friend Alan, “I don’t have a family.” On the surface, this sentence may seem very inconsequential but in the case of Charlie, these words when said with such conviction show how deeply he has buried the life he lived […]