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April 2009

April 19, 2009

Search for Historic Krishna

I have always considered Sri Krishna as my eternal Guru. I can most relate to...

April 09, 2009

Intention, Consciousness and the New Science

Special thanks to Rajesh H. for sending me the clip that enabled me to delve...

April 08, 2009

Vyadha (Butcher) Gita: How a Butcher helped enlighten a Brahmin

There are many stories and sermons on what the correct Karma of a Karma-Yogi is,...

March 2009

March 28, 2009

Enlightenment vs Realization: uselessness of our effort to get to enlightened state

One of the greatest issues I have had with the various "paths" of enlightenment is...

March 26, 2009

Why we Believe in God and our inherent arrogance

Humans have two distinct properties of mind that make them believe in a God. One,...

March 11, 2009

Happiness is a fixation with Change

Moving from one point of incomplete existence to another is change. And Happiness is in...

March 07, 2009

Yogic Influences on Sufism

The Sufi Saints of the past centuries - even as early as in 1500's were...

February 2009

February 20, 2009

Sister Jesme's "Amen" on Sexual Harassment in Church and Our Fixation with a Better Desire!

Swami Vivekananda was a non-vegetarian. When once asked by a questionner if being vegetarian is...

February 19, 2009

Highest Consciousness – What is it?

Here is a beautiful explanation of the final state that I happened to read in...

February 18, 2009

Meditation as Psychoanalytic Technique

Psychoanalysis is primarily a method of psychotherapy developed by Sigmund Freud. According to psychoanalytic theory,...

February 11, 2009

Bhagwad Gita and Why was Sri Krishna so critical of Vedas?

Some months back, I had written a blog post "Was Krishna's Gita a Rebellion of...

February 07, 2009

God and the Misleading Semantics

Cultures and religions over the centuries have eulogized and looked for a God. What or...

February 01, 2009

Love – a Story

"Now, drink your milk Sonu!" shouted Reema. Sonu didn't quite like milk so he was...

January 2009

January 22, 2009

Death to Death and Immortality

There are many stories and tales in the Hindu scriptures that if taken literally could...

January 11, 2009

Satyam, Shivam, Sundaram – the downfall and upswings are BOTH part of the Truth

Satyam Shivam Sundaram - is a mantra that is very popular in the Hindu philosophy....

January 02, 2009

Law of Karma and Freedom

Law of karma comes from one shloka in Bhagwad Gita which is, in my view,...

December 2008

December 06, 2008

What is "Pakistan" and the Disease of Divinity

In a very interesting article, Economist.com raises the very important question on Pakistan based on...

November 2008

November 23, 2008

Spiritually, karmic lives have no meaning!

The individualised consciousness (the mind) has arisen in the supreme being, O Ram: it is...

November 21, 2008

The Limited leads to limitless

Human existence must be the most limited and restricted of all. The dead are relatively...

November 20, 2008

Food is Brahman

My friend, Ash, and I were discussing food for our lunch when he recited this...

November 17, 2008

Compassion for all

Thought this was a very good message for all. Just wanted to share it with...

November 14, 2008

And the moon was bright….

"Oh!! I didn't see that puddle there!' said Geetika as she started brushing her pants...

November 13, 2008

Significance of Gurpurab to me..

Listen to the Mool Mantra - the first pronouncement of Guru Nanak Dev after his...

November 11, 2008

In the beginning there was the Word… and then it was copied :-)

In the beginning was the Word; and the Word was with God and the Word...

November 10, 2008

Saintly Obsession with Non-violence

Non violence has been a cherished goal of many a Saint. It is an aim...

November 07, 2008

Qs from Rig Veda

Wanted to bring to you some questions from the 129th hymn of the Rig Veda....

October 2008

October 31, 2008

Importance of Diwali – II

After I wrote the post on Diwali, a reader and I had a chat.. and...

October 28, 2008

Importance of Diwali

Today is Diwali. It is by far the most celebrated of the Hindu festivals in...

October 17, 2008

Can nothingness be experienced?

This is continuation to an old post I made some time back - "Calculus and...

October 15, 2008

REACHING OUR FOURTH DIMENSION REALITY

This contribution should have been called the crystal ball approach. What you are about to...