First and foremost, we should very well know that this want of ‘people should like me, people should need me’ is bound to kill; the very nature of this want is such. The earlier we understand this fact, the better it is for us and everyone around us.
Now, let’s address your important question ... Views: 302
Acceptance is one of the most important virtues of an enlightened being. We have heard stories of great ones who have shown tremendous amount of acceptance. Be it Lord Mahavir whose ears were painfully pierced, or Lord Rama who readily accepted going to exile to honour his father’s promise, or ... Views: 207
Almost everyone in this world is attached to something or the other – to a particular person or thing, to family, friends, pets, work, a typical lifestyle, some viewpoint, thoughts, etc.
This attachment often seems to act as the driving force in life. One fights all odds and even achieves ... Views: 436
The difference between freedom, enlightenment and liberation from the perspective of spiritual science is as follows:.
Freedom
Real freedom is when, ‘even if there is suffering all around you, yet you are free from all worldly suffering and misery.’
One experiences freedom from:
The ... Views: 269
It is very easy to form any habit. Some habits are beneficial whilst some could be extremely damaging too. Many a times we are not even aware of the detrimental impact a specific habit can have on us. So listed below are the 10 brain-damaging habits, which can have short or long-term harmful ... Views: 713
1.Adjust and thus avoid conflict with your spouse. Conduct your interactions in a manner that your love remains intact. When you bump into a wall due to darkness, do you set out to find whose fault it was or do you try to look for the door, so that you can find your way out?
2. Help each ... Views: 479
1.Adjust and thus avoid conflict with your spouse. Conduct your interactions in a manner that your love remains intact. When you bump into a wall due to darkness, do you set out to find whose fault it was or do you try to look for the door, so that you can find your way out?
2.Help each other ... Views: 710
Learning from our faults is a vital part of growing up and indeed our entire lives. Everyone makes mistakes, not just children. However, as parents, it is our duty to help our children improve and learn from their mistakes.
Our intention is to instill good values and principles in them which ... Views: 33
Mindset to Help People rather than Worrying for Them
When we meet people who are suffering physically or mentally due to their past life’s actions, we generally get disturbed. Seeing them feeling low, we too feel sad and low.
Here, Gnani teaches us to practice emotional detachment. When ... Views: 411
Before we take up this question, here’s a little story...
Once upon a time, the circumstances shaped up in a manner that resulted in a Prince of a huge kingdom having to take his first breath in a dense jungle. He was alive but was all alone, surrounded by utter darkness.
As time passed ... Views: 742
Yes indeed, according to scriptures, life partners are destined!
And we thought I am the smart one to have picked such a good partner for myself ☺.
It is our karmas that determine our destiny.
If you have created best karma in relation to your life-partner, you are destined to have the ... Views: 454
Life is constantly changing and we too, to keep pace with it change ourselves. We will be adjusting ourselves with surroundings. For example, if winter is approaching, woolen wear will be adapted by us very conveniently. Rain coats and umbrellas will be a part of our clothing during monsoon. ... Views: 535
Thousands of meanings and examples follow the word ‘Adjust’. Whether it is adjusting to a place, an emotion, an individual or a situation. No matter how little or big the extent of the concern, the main goal is to adjust to something or someone peacefully. There are many benefits to being able ... Views: 672
No one likes a spouse who nags constantly. When you nag you drive your spouse and family away from you. You create an atmosphere of dread at home. After a while you even forget that you are complaining, it just becomes the norm. After some time, you find yourself looking around your own home and ... Views: 498
All Souls Are The Same!
By nature, all Souls are the same; just that the existence of each Soul is separate.
Phases Change But The Soul Is The Same
Soul resides in every living being!
A human or an animal, a tree or an insect, a deity or a demon – are mere phases of the Soul and which are ... Views: 341
Yes!
Let’s learn from Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan, an enlightened being about how one feels after enlightenment. He explains this experience through an illustration....
Suppose there is pitch darkness in your home, how will you feel?
If you try to move, you will have clashes with chair, ... Views: 299
Gnani, the Enlightened One, explains:
There are two kinds of depression:
One which is since birth. That which is bound in the past life, and is frozen now when brought forward into this life.
Another which is on account of self-negativity. Here, one is normal, but has come into the effect ... Views: 60
Hey, do you know there is nothing like a good and bad Soul?!
Yes, you may find living beings whom the world terms as good or bad, based on the deeds they do.
Let’s dwell on the subject a little further...
The Soul is Above All Kinds of Dualities
Good-bad, nice-not nice, ... Views: 302
Yes!
Let’s understand how...
Anyone who already has a Guru, whom one follows, would agree that:
Guru is a treasure of knowledge, that shows us the right path all the way, and helps us cross this ocean of life. He is a beacon of light that ensures we don’t get lost; a towering structure of ... Views: 249
“The external actions may be good or bad. That does not bind karma. What causes bondage of karma is your inner intent. Therefore, be aware of the inner intent and do not spoil it” – Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan, the founder of Akram Vignan.
Every single aspect of our present life, including our ... Views: 566
It is commonly believed that the fault lies with the circumstances; people by themselves are good in nature, but it is the circumstances that they were put in which made them evil.
But just think about it… If that was truly the case, it would mean we are mere puppets in the hand of ... Views: 489
It is said, “If you want to be happy, you need to be successful.” It is also said, “When you love someone, you feel happy when you see the person you love is happy.” Come, let’s verify these statements…
In today’s world, money is considered to be the biggest parameter of success. Almost ... Views: 422
No, there has never been an increase or decrease in the number of Souls in this world. They are the same in number, as they have always been! Not a single Soul has increased and not a single Soul has decreased. That is how the world is...
There are a total of three divisions:
1.In the ... Views: 441
We gain a human birth to discover the ultimate truth about “really Who am I? Why am I here and what am I really supposed to do?” Upon attaining this knowledge, we begin our spiritual journey towards ultimate liberation. So, there is definitely a greater purpose to life than just performing ... Views: 195
The joy that we feel seeing the happiness of other beings is the pure joy unadulterated by self-interest. Feeling pleased at other's happiness is a great virtue!
On the other hand, the joy one feels while seeing others fail, suffer or get hurt; the sadistic pleasure one takes when something ... Views: 377
Many of us have been grown up with the belief that we all are God Almighty’s creation.
Since we are a child, we are taught that God is the creator of everything in this Universe, including our very own self. But is this really true? If we are God’s creation, then who created God? If God ... Views: 506
Many of us have been grown up with the belief that we all are God Almighty’s creation.
Since we are a child, we are taught that God is the creator of everything in this Universe, including our very own self. But is this really true? If we are God’s creation, then who created God? If God ... Views: 447
No! First and foremost, one can never escape the Krambaddh pre-destined events because every event happening in our current life that can be experienced through the five senses is the result of our past karmas.
The law of karma is such that:
Whatever seeds of karma we’ve sown in our past ... Views: 440
Whatever you do will come back to you!
The slightest misery one gives to any living being does return back to him - such is the law of Nature! So, the pain given to other’s bodies will be reflected in the same way to one’s own body indeed.
However, these are all effects of one’s past ... Views: 171
Lord Buddha says,
All sankharas are impermanent.
When you perceive this with true insight,
Then you become detached from suffering;
This is the path of purification.
So, you are right! We are indeed not supposed to get attached to any situation and we must go with the flow of life. But ... Views: 340
The awareness of the Soul is a very big thing!
Once one attains the awareness of the Soul, the ultimate liberation is not far away. Ultimate liberation means liberation from the vicious cycle of birth and death.
But since infinite lifetimes, one has not had the awareness of the Soul.
The ... Views: 170
Clashes and conflicts arise on a daily basis regardless of how extreme or minor the conflict may be. However, the best thing and most effective thing to do is to be able to avoid bringing them up or feeding the clash even further. On a spiritual level, truly avoiding conflicts can restore ... Views: 353
The world is full of sensual pleasures. They grasp our attention, and once we indulge in them, we feel like we need more and more to be satisfied. Without them, we often feel tense and agitated, due to a craving for more.
Such worldly pleasures and attachments drive us away from spiritual ... Views: 372
As we all know, internet has turned out to be one of the most important and influential tools in people’s life today. No doubt there are certain disadvantages of this facility, but despite the negatives, one cannot deny the enormous good it has brought about all over the world.
So, like ... Views: 348
The benefits of a Spiritual life are far too many!
Spiritual life means a life lived with a purpose to progress on the path that leads to ultimate liberation. Ultimate liberation is when one attains freedom from the cycle of birth and rebirth; and until the liberation happens, while leading a ... Views: 815
Undergoing a major breakup for a girl is like walking on fire! The pain, agony and loneliness that one feels is best understood by someone who has equally undergone the same feeling. Depending on how seriously you had taken the relationship, you feel that much miserable post breakup. Giving ... Views: 542
The Bhagavad Gita is a holy scripture. It is in question-answer format and has been written with the express intention to help those who read it to comprehend the fundamental questions of our being. Those that read the Gita understand some of its significance but struggle to understand its ... Views: 831
Throughout the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna says He resides in every human being. Then, why do people go to temples to search for Him?
Yes indeed! Lord Krishna resides in every human being! In which form must He be residing? In the form of child (Bal Krishna) or the one with the flute or in ... Views: 78
Spirituality is about attaining a unique awareness. Spiritual growth happens when one gains higher consciousness or awareness of his Self which is beyond the awareness of the five senses and the mind-ego-intellect. For the ones who want to grow in a higher spiritual realm and be spiritually ... Views: 290
Spirituality is about attaining a unique awareness. Spiritual growth happens when one gains higher consciousness or awareness of his Self which is beyond the awareness of the five senses and the mind-ego-intellect. For the ones who want to grow in a higher spiritual realm and be spiritually ... Views: 262
The kind of books we read essentially depends upon what we want to extract from our life. And ‘spiritual books’ is one of the important sources that help us evolve as a human being in the spiritual realm! They are one of the best ways to gain spiritual knowledge, real wisdom and right ... Views: 436
Yes of course! If at the final moment, a person remains in Samadhi, he shall be joyous and balanced at the time of death. Also, his loved ones and everyone near him will experience enormous peace and bliss within, despite this person having died!
Death in Samadhi
Samadhi death means at the ... Views: 224
Yes, the Soul or the spirit does return to Earth after death, until it is surrounded by karma.
After death happens, why does the Soul return to Earth?
The Soul is eternal, it never takes birth nor does it die. When the Soul leaves the physical body, life ends and the body dies. After leaving ... Views: 211
One of the many things that connects us to our fellow beings or for that matter all living beings, is the common experience of pain. We all experience pain in some way or the other, at one time or another. We may try our best, but we can never shield ourselves or our loved ones completely from ... Views: 498
One of the many things that connects us to our fellow beings or for that matter all living beings, is the common experience of pain. We all experience pain in some way or the other, at one time or another. We may try our best, but we can never shield ourselves or our loved ones completely from ... Views: 314
An enlightened person is the One who has attained Self-Realization.
The very experience of the Self allows one to stay in the state of Bliss! It is because our real Self is the Pure Soul and Bliss is the inherent property of the Soul.
In the presence of any suffering that may come up in his ... Views: 414
Most of us have, at some point, read or heard about, and maybe even experienced the power of destiny. Some say that destiny cannot be changed, modified or escaped. While few others say that no matter how powerful the forces of destiny are, it can yet be overcome through strong, unflinching ... Views: 328
No, ego and love cannot exist together.
Loving someone in the presence of the ego will mean love that is forever changing, it becomes subjective, based on a selfish give and take, and there’s a constant fault-finding taking place which could result in a burst of the worst in you or even ... Views: 11
The eternal can never be harmful or a cause for depression; rather it is the source of absolute bliss and a reason for ultimate freedom from all worldly misery.
Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan says, “Once the bliss of the Soul (Self) is attained, it never leaves. The bliss of the Soul is ... Views: 380
Ofcourse yes! Everyone can and should recite this mantra.
Although the Namokar mantra is popularly known to be that of Jainism, the fact is that it is a totally impartial mantra. It is a mantra for everyone!
Anyone who recites it gets great benefits as through this mantra one bows to the ... Views: 464