By Navya Singh Commonly known as the “ kite flying” festival, it marks the end of the cold winters and ushers in the spring season. Each year, on the 14th of January, India welcomes a wave of festive cheer across the country. Somewhere between hues of yellow and the blue sky enlivened with colorful kites, […]
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The word ” Meditation” and ” Medicine” come from the same root. Medicine means that which heals the physical and meditation means that which heals the spiritual. Both are healing powers. Another thing to be remembered : the world ” Healing” and the word ” Whole” also come from the same root. To be healed […]
Start from the body, and then go, slowly, slowly, deeper. And don’t start anything else unless you have solved the first problem. If your body is tensed, don’t start with your mind. Wait. Work on the body first. Remember, small things are of immense help.
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 .
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,
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.
There have been revolutions in which we have not accepted the presence of God; instead, very often the revolutionary denies the existence of God. He looks on God as a hindrance to the revolution. He tries to tear down God too. He even becomes angry with God, feeling , “There is so much poverty in the world, so where is your God? what God are you talking about? If there is so much pain and suffering in the world, God cannot exist.” He has tried to erase God.
In childhood you experienced joy in running after a butterfly, and that experience of joy is still there, present within you, And when you fell in love for the first time in your life and experienced a great, over flowing feeling of joy – that too is still present within you.
Ordinarily, during time of sufferings we tried to forget pain. If a man is in trouble he will drink alcohol. Some one is in pain and he will go and sit in a movie theatre.
As one travels the arduous path of Spirit and Light, it is a must for any seeker to move from Untruth to Truth. To do this one must be consistent, devoted and committed to the Truth Within. Trust is not the output of the ego mind; it is the fragrance of the Soul or Spirit.