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October 2009

October 02, 2009

Krishna made Bhakti (Devotion) possible

Asceticism has long been the sine qua non of spiritual exploration. In Hindu Tradition, it...

October 02, 2009

Conflict and Peace

Conflict is when I am, therefore you Have to Be. Peace is when I is...

September 2009

September 27, 2009

Creation and Consciousness

The Hindu school of thought has variously described the "Creation" - specially in the Vedas...

September 22, 2009

Enlightenment, Self Effort and Vishnu

This one dialog is a very interesting piece which details out the core of Maharishi...

September 22, 2009

Science and Superstition of Materialism

Dr. Deepak Chopra discussing that the many mechanistic scientists are superstitious and carry a superstition...

September 17, 2009

Vedanta's strength is its Process

Vedanta is well rounded, better and holistically thought out. That's a Process statement and not...

September 14, 2009

Creation is a Vibration

In 1687, Newton published Principia where he laid the foundations of Gravity, which explained how...

September 13, 2009

Wise man's friends and companions

This is a really amazing wisdom offered in Yoga Vasistha by Maharishi Vasistha to Shri...

September 06, 2009

Teacher and Student – Brahman in Brahman

Today, September 6th, is celebrated as the Teacher's day in India. I wanted to share...

September 05, 2009

Karpoor Gauram by Desh

There are times when some words just find resonance with your soul. These words are...

September 01, 2009

My Own Personal Gita

My journey in Spirituality has been very interesting. Over the years I have asked questions...

August 2009

August 30, 2009

Four Manifestations of Sound and possible ways to communicate

Today an internet friend, Manoj, gave me some education on the types of Communications in...

August 30, 2009

Krishna and Mahabharat: Historical reality

Dr Manish Pandit, a nuclear medicine physician from UK is making a movie on Krishna...

August 29, 2009

Women and Vedas: May your writ run in your house!

“Women are worthy of worship. They are the fate of the household, the lamp of...

August 16, 2009

Everlasting Orgasm

I was known as a "loose girl". In my college days, casual sex with guys...

August 15, 2009

Sadguru Jaggi and his life biography

There is a reason why I completely agree with Sadguru Jaggi. He happens to talk...

July 2009

July 27, 2009

I am God and blasphemy

I am God.

July 27, 2009

Philosophical Baby – kids give closest adult can come to immortality

Many Saints and Spiritual Masters have argued that we lack the ability to be aware...

July 24, 2009

Universe and the Deathless Self

What a fantastic way to say it all about the Universal Consciousness.

July 17, 2009

On Creation – thinking in Hindu scriptures

Creation and its theories in contemporary science and theology - specifically in the US, based...

July 06, 2009

"Fact" and "Truth": Confusions of the Spiritual Journey

One of the biggest confusion in Spiritual journey is of a Fact and Truth -...

June 2009

June 22, 2009

Guru is the Brahman

गुरुर ब्रह्म गुरुर विष्णु , गुरुर देवो महेशवरः. गुरु साक्षात् परब्रह्म, तस्मै श्री गुरुवे नमः...

June 13, 2009

Profound thought and Vedic Science

Let us look at two songs - both very popular - from Indian movies: (1)...

May 2009

May 27, 2009

Culmination of 7 days of Isha

Yesterday was the finale of the 7 day program from Isha Yoga (Inner Engineering). I...

May 26, 2009

Further Reflection on my initiation

Yesterday was the penultimate day and there were further Q&As through which Sadguru helped everyone...

May 25, 2009

My initiation into Isha Yoga system

Yesterday, was our initiation into the Isha system of Guru Shishya parampara. I have not...

May 23, 2009

Living in the Present: kid from IDP camp in Pakistan

Look at this picture. Its credits read: "A displaced Pakistani man plays with his baby...

May 22, 2009

Isha Yoga – thoughts on Inner Engineering etc

As I said earlier that I had started the "Inner Engineering" course after arguing with...

May 21, 2009

Started IshaYoga's Inner Engineering course

Today I started the "Inner Engineering" course from IshaYoga in Houston. I still remember that...

April 2009

April 21, 2009

The Art of Thinking

This guest article has been written by Prakash Vishnubotla. He has been a tremendous influence...