Category Archives: Focus

By Swami Anand Kul Bhushan. Run away from the towns and cities. Go out into the wide, open spaces in the lap of nature. When you take it all in – the unending horizon, the whispering wind, the swaying trees, the gliding clouds, the moving sun or moon – you find that it’s all a […]

Have you ever wondered if there is more to a flower than its appearance and fragrance? We do too! And so did Dr. Edward Bach, an English homeopath from the 1930s. He believed that illnesses were a result of disharmony between the body and mind, that they resulted from negative emotional states. He also believed […]

Nandita Kochar Have you ever wondered why you do not question twice when someone asks you to do something you enjoy doing? And why even getting a glass from the water cooler ten steps away can sound like such an exhausting task? Have you ever wondered why you continue doing certain things your parents told […]

Recently, someone sent me a question: How does meditation reduce anxiety and increase concentration. Here’s my answer based on my own experience. The state of anxiety affects your centering, and when you lose the centering, you cannot focus on any work that you are supposed to do. In such a space, you are not able to remain […]

What is it to be aware? Watching the inner conversations in one’s mind, or being mindful is to be aware. Osho says: “Awareness means that whatsoever is happening in the moment is happening with complete consciousness; you are present there.

The Himalayan ranges span across India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, Nepal, and Bhutan and house the highest peak in Mount Everest and house the world’s third largest deposits of ice and snow.

Positive action Creating micro forests for our cities, tree clusters, and green belts and engaging communities and school children, is the only way forward, if we wish to keep our air and water worth consuming. 

SWAMI ANAND KUL BHUSHAN Does saving the environment start with an individual? Or will international organizations do this job? How can this become a chain reaction? How does meditation encourage saving our planet? All these questions for Earth Day, 5 June, have a single answer. This planet is all we have. And we have almost ruined it. Unless […]

If there’s anything that can aptly capture the enriching essence of Zen, it is a Haiku.

With Christmas and New Year’s around the corner, many contemplate bringing in a new family member in the form of a pet. Some people who contemplate such a decision might be the ones who’ve recently lost a beloved furriend.  The death of a pet can generate an amount of sadness and grief that is as […]