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- How do you keep going when life gets rough? How do you cope? - by Submitted on May 25, 2022 from Dada BhagwanIn life, we all come across different situations. When we have our loved ones to care for us, have a good job to look forward to, and have enough money and comforts, we feel that life is beautiful. During such good and happy times, we think we are managing our life so well and hence we have all ...
Views: 324(1 vote) - How can dysregulated emotions negatively impact a person's sense of well being? - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2022 from Dada BhagwanDysregulation, also known as emotional dysregulation, refers to a poor ability to manage emotional responses or to keep them within an acceptable range of typical emotional reactions. When someone is experiencing emotional dysregulation, they may have angry outbursts, anxiety, depression, ...
Views: 323 - Why is Ahimsa: The Act of Not Harming Anything or Anyone? - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2023 from Dada BhagwanThe word ahimsa is derived from the Sanskrit root ‘hims’, which means to strike or cause injury or harm. Thus, ‘A-himsa’ is its opposite, i.e. non-harming. What is Himsa? Hurting or harming any living being, even in the slightest degree, through the mind, speech and body is violence. ...
Views: 323 - How should I get rid of my mental instability, depression and overthinking? - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2022 from Dada BhagwanWhen on one hand, too many thoughts cloud the mind at a time, and on the other hand, we don’t know how to deal with these thoughts; when on one hand same thoughts keep repeating over and over again, and on the other hand we fail to understand how to resolve these thoughts and bring about a ...
Views: 322(1 vote) - What impact does donating to others have on our ego? - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2023 from Dada BhagwanParam Pujya Dada Bhagwan, the Enlightened being, explains what exactly is ego: “If you were to ask a social worker, “Who are you?” he would say, “I am a social worker.” That is precisely what he would say, isn’t it? Or would he say something else? So to say, “I am a social worker” is ...
Views: 322(1 vote) - How can one reach Moksha in todays world? - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2022 from Dada BhagwanPrincipally, only when Self-Realization has been attained, one can move towards Moksh! During the process of Self-Realization: The deluding demerit karmas covering our Soul get destroyed. The separation between the body and the Soul takes place. The understanding of ‘I am the pure Soul’ ...
Views: 321(1 vote) - Why do people search for "God" if He is already in our hearts? - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2023 from Dada BhagwanPeople are in search for God because, they do not know really who is God and where exactly His real abode is. Some believe God exists in heaven while some believe He resides in temples or churches. And for many, He lives in their heart too. But to reach God, first of all we ought to establish ...
Views: 321 - How do I accept everything impermanent and let it go to be happy? - by Submitted on Sep 25, 2021 from Dada BhagwanParam Pujya Dada Bhagwan, an enlightened Spiritual Master says, “You are filled with infinite lifetimes of doubt. When the Gnani Purush fractures them all for you, you will become free from doubt, and then attain the Absolute Soul (which is permanent). The belief and faith that arises then is ...
Views: 320 - Why is the happiness of the Soul considered the greatest happiness? - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2022 from Dada BhagwanThe happiness of the Soul is considered the greatest happiness of all because: It is never followed by unhappiness The bliss of the Soul is not reliant on anything or anyone external. The Soul, by its inherent nature, is a source of abundant bliss. This bliss continues to flow naturally ...
Views: 320(1 vote) - Do you believe that your soul has lived before and knows what to do in this lifetime? - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2023 from Dada BhagwanYes certainly! However, the Soul is beyond birth and death. The Soul was, is, and shall always be, because Soul is an eternal element. And what lives and dies is the body. Every living being has a Soul therein and every Soul is similar in nature. But the Soul is completely separate from the ...
Views: 318(1 vote) - Can prayers help people get over troubles? If so how? - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2021 from Dada BhagwanWhen there’s a lot of trouble in one’s life, eg. lost a job, family member passed away, there’s an ongoing conflict with someone you love dearly, we usually rush to God and sincerely pray to him with feelings of total surrender. So, do these prayers help get over our problems? Yes, a sincere ...
Views: 318 - Is there a connection between stress management and spirituality? - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2021 from Dada BhagwanStress is a feeling of an emotional or physical tension Today, so many people in this world suffer from high levels of stress. It is said, ‘Stress is our body's reaction to a particular challenge or demand. It can come from any event or thought that makes us feel frustrated, angry or nervous.’ ...
Views: 318 - When I was 16 , I used to admire people with luxuries but now I admire them with inner peace. Is the inner peace above the luxuries? - by Submitted on May 25, 2023 from Dada BhagwanMaterialistic possessions are something that most of us dream for, as they provide us comfort and happiness. We think they give us a better lifestyle and therefore we crave for such luxuries. And if we happen to meet people with luxuries, one often tends to look at them with great ...
Views: 318 - Can focusing on the positive really make us happier? - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2023 from Dada BhagwanYes, definitely! When you see a rose plant, doesn’t that make you feel happier? It does! And why is that? It is because we focus on the rose, and not the thorns attached to it. We focus on the positive, and therefore it makes us happier! If we complain about the thorns, who will be at loss? ...
Views: 317(1 vote) - What are the ways to connect with God? - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2021 from Dada BhagwanThe most popular and widely-known ways to connect with God are indeed meditation and prayers! And to know the other ways, the ultimate way, let’s first find out who really is God. WHO IS GOD ? The general belief is that God is sitting up there in the heavens, running the whole world. But ...
Views: 317 - Can someone who has never been a vegetarian become one mentally and spiritually? - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2023 from Dada BhagwanYes, one certainly can! The spiritual science of Akram Vignan specifies that although physically, one may be eating non-vegetarian food, they can surely become vegetarian mentally and spiritually. How??? Let’s understand that from the Enlightened One… The Enlightened One has provided a 4-step ...
Views: 316(1 vote) - What is the easiest and simplest way to reduce the amount of suffering we create in lives of others - by Submitted on May 04, 2023 from Dada BhagwanThe easiest and simplest way to reduce the amount of suffering that we create in the lives of others is to: Ask for forgiveness with sincere repentance in our heart. This is a scientific and most practical way, and it is called pratikraman. Pratikraman is a 3-fold process, comprising ...
Views: 316 - Why does the soul have so much attachment to the body? - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2023 from Dada BhagwanMost, if not all of us, know that the body and the Soul are two different entities. We may have either heard about this from our parents in childhood, or later on, when we started taking our first steps on the path of spiritual growth and progress. However, very few know about the exact ...
Views: 316 - How can one leave greediness strong desire? - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2022 from Dada Bhagwan‘Midas Touch’ and ‘Golden Egg Goose’ - for sure, we all have learnt these fables in school or have heard from our grandparents as a bed-time story with the moral stating ‘Greed is the root of all evil’. Similarly, the idiom ‘Leave and Live’ must have visited us in some way too. But the paradox ...
Views: 315(1 vote) - What are the benefits of removing your ego? How can you go about doing this? - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2023 from Dada Bhagwan“If you know ego, only then can you remove that ego.” ~ Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan So let us first understand what exactly is ego…. What is ego? In common parlance, when we see someone boasting about himself that, “I am great or I am the smartest man in the world”, we consider it as his ...
Views: 315(1 vote) - How can I prevent myself from falling into the traps of an ego driven lifestyle? - by Submitted on Jan 23, 2023 from Dada BhagwanWhat is ego? In common parlance, when we see ourselves boasting of, “How great I am, I am the smartest person in the world”, we consider it as our ego. However, Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan, an Enlightened being, explains: To boast is called pride, which is an extension of ego; whereas to impose ...
Views: 314(1 vote) - How do you help someone in depression and anxiety attacks and help them come back to normal? - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2021 from Dada Bhagwan“A Healthy Mind is rare to find, pandemic grind, is a remind to humankind; It is high time to revive and redefine; let us align to the inner divine!” Do the aforementioned stanzas reflect our current mental and emotional state? Certainly, the answer would be univocal and universal with a ...
Views: 314 - What is consciousness? Has anyone felt detachment with the body and soul while being conscious? - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2020 from Dada BhagwanConsciousness means awareness; it is the state of realizing or noticing that ‘something’ exists. If the awareness lies in the body, it is called body-consciousness. Generally, people prevail in body consciousness only. The prevailing experience of, ‘I am John (you may insert your own name ...
Views: 314 - Can I get enlightened by reading something on the internet? - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2021 from Dada BhagwanBy reading something on the internet or even good books and scriptures, one may develop intellectually and rise to a higher level. However, if you are keen in enlightening your Soul, you will have to go to Atma Gnani, the Enlightened One! Only when we attain Self-Realization, we get the ...
Views: 313 - Do we all try to seek ways to justify that we are right? - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2022 from Dada BhagwanRight or Wrong is Actually a Line of Demarcation; It’s not that It is Exactly that Way Only Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan says, “We see things as truth or untruth through our deluded perception (and accordingly say) ‘this is right and this is wrong’. Moreover, truth and untruth are not the same for ...
Views: 311(1 vote) - What is the mind? How does it work? What are the powers of mind? What is the mind? - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2021 from Dada BhagwanWhat is the mind? Mind is the place where thoughts arise and exhaust naturally. However, if we get engrossed in our thoughts, the chain of thoughts continues. How does it work? In our daily life, we come across many situations. At that time, we react with a series of attachment and ...
Views: 310 - Do you think true happiness is only possible when you feel loved by someone? - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2022 from Dada BhagwanIf we put our happiness in the hands of someone else’s love, what will happen if they fall out of love with us? Someone may love us for a while, but what happens when they fall out of love with us or vice-versa? We will have to begin to look for happiness all over again. The reason why we ...
Views: 309(1 vote) - How can I control my mind? How can I understand myself? - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2023 from Dada BhagwanGenerally, when our mind is overloaded with thoughts, we try to find a way to escape it by using diversions or different activities. However, these are all temporary solutions. Once these activities have ended, countless thoughts continue to buzz around like a fly once again. So rather than ...
Views: 309(1 vote) - What do I do to get the answer to the spiritual question Who am I? - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2021 from Dada BhagwanSuppose there is a kid of three. He wants to learn A, B, C, D, .... 1, 2, 3. Can he do it himself? Even if you give him a notebook and a pencil, he will just make a line. But he doesn’t know this is one and what is two. Somebody must make him realize this is one, this is two, isn’t it? So, a ...
Views: 309 - What does it take to find your purpose and true meaning in life? What is involved? - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2022 from Dada BhagwanTo know ‘who am I?’, the knowledge of the Self! Only when we know really who am I, based on that can we envision the right purpose and true meaning in life. Until we do not understand ‘who am I’, the purpose and meaning of life remains restricted to doing something, be it something good, ...
Views: 309 - Does destiny always have a greater plan for us even if were unsure what that may be? - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2023 from Dada BhagwanLet us first understand what destiny is and how it comes about. One’s entire life is based on the outcome of the past life karmas. The results of past life are in the form of destiny of the present life. It includes everything, starting from one’s thoughts to the words and upto the acts too. ...
Views: 308(1 vote) - Does the media have a negative impact on the way we view ourselves? - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2022 from Dada BhagwanIt depends; the media certainly has a role to play in the negative impact on the way someone views themselves, but provided that person is influenced by the media. Television, Internet, newspapers, magazines, radio, bill-boards, social media – all of these bombard information through images, ...
Views: 308 - What is the speed of the human soul exiting from the body after death? - by Submitted on May 23, 2023 from Dada BhagwanParam Pujya Dada Bhagwan, an enlightened being explains how this process actually works! The Soul is eternal; it is free from birth and death. However, the physical body, in which the Soul resides, is mortal. The moment Soul exits from the body, the body becomes lifeless. And this is what is ...
Views: 308 - Is it true that truth is an expression of divinity and spirituality? - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2022 from Dada BhagwanYes, truth indeed is an expression of divinity and spirituality! Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan, the Enlightened being, states that: “Divinity comes to those who are honest. As loyalty towards the truth and other qualities develop, divinity arises. Divinity means one acquires everything ...
Views: 306 - What least basic thing can someone do to start his spiritual journey? - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2021 from Dada BhagwanThe most basic thing one ought to do to start his spiritual journey is... Get the knowledge of two fundamental things: who am I and who is governing this world (who is the doer)? Once we get this knowledge, it solves all our worldly problems and we get free from all ...
Views: 306 - Is the law of karma (the revenge) actually for everyone, given that many people get away from the wrongs they did? - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2023 from Dada BhagwanThe law of karma is not your enemy that it will take revenge from you It gives you back ONLY what you have given out in the Universe. The principle of Karma says, ‘Give what you would want to receive’ Many a times we do feel that people who do good have to suffer, and the ones doing ...
Views: 305 - Thoughts create desires but feelings and emotions create thoughts? Is this correct? - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2021 from Dada BhagwanThoughts get Created from Opinions Thoughts are coming from mind. When one gives any opinion, accordingly karmic atoms get charged. These charged karmas represent themselves in the form of mind in one’s next life. Mind is Nothing but a Collection of All our Past Life’s Opinions. In our ...
Views: 305 - Do we create our own reality? Are past lives just an illusion? - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2023 from Dada BhagwanThe concept of creating our own reality and the existence of past lives is a topic of much debate and speculation. From the perspective of Akram Vignan, which is a spiritual path based on the teachings of Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan, the ultimate truth is that we are the creators of our own ...
Views: 304(1 vote) - How can I get rid of negative energy and make myself more spiritually positive? - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2023 from Dada BhagwanTo remove negative energy and make yourself spiritually positive, you will need to introduce yourself to Akram Vignan, the spiritual science, and imbibe it in your life. Through Akram Vignan, first of all, ignorance of the Self is removed through Self-Realisation, which paves the path of the ...
Views: 304(1 vote) - Where can one human being find real happiness in this world of society? - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2023 from Dada BhagwanEvery society in the world undergoes changes. These changes are influenced by the environment, technology, climate, people, interaction, the way we live, and many more factors. And amidst so many changes taking place all around, to find real happiness that remains constant is impossible! ...
Views: 304(1 vote) - Who is right in the battle of the heart vs the mind? - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2022 from Dada BhagwanObviously, it’s the heart! Generally, one’s mind is in control of the intellect. So, actually it’s a battle between the heart and the intellect. The Enlightened One beautifully highlights how to distinguish whether it’s the heart or the intellect ruling at the moment. He explains: In order ...
Views: 304(1 vote) - How can an ordinary person tell if a person is genuinely spritually enlightened or no? - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2021 from Dada BhagwanReligious leaders teach religion, but finally they too say, that, “If you are keen in seeking the Soul, please go to Atma Gnani (the Enlightened One).” When asked why so, their reply is, “because I have come to transform the one doing immoral conduct to become one with a moral conduct. But for ...
Views: 303 - What are the major things that make you happy in every situation? - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2023 from Dada BhagwanThe most important thing that keeps us happy in every situation in life is ‘a happy mind’. A contented mind is an ‘always happy mind’. And contentment is an outcome of right understanding. Life is actually very simple! It really is, but we unnecessarily complicate it and make it look far too ...
Views: 302 - How can I let go of a particular thought? How can I stop thinking about a particular thing which keeps coming into my mind? - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2023 from Dada BhagwanAll too often, the mind has a way of getting stuck on one subject; and consequently, this can take away our peace of mind and cause us to feel unsettled and frustrated within. The more we try to move on, the deeper we sink. So, let us explore what we can do to help us move on. Nature of ...
Views: 301 - How do I deal with the desire to be important? - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2023 from Dada BhagwanBelieve it or not, this is an utterly useless desire to keep! This one desire makes us run around incessantly in a race for power, position, prestige, name, success and what not, throughout our life. And say, your desire is fulfilled one day and you become an important person. What next? ...
Views: 301(1 vote) - How do we maintain happiness when we constantly find ourselves in situations that dont entail being happy? - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2022 from Dada BhagwanBy adopting the right understanding, we can maintain happiness even when we constantly find ourselves in a situation that does not entail us being happy. On the Akram path, the basic understanding begins by discovering who I really am and who really is the doer in this world. Once this ...
Views: 301(1 vote) - Where do you derive your motivation from? What pushes you to keep going and never give up? - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2023 from Dada BhagwanI derive my motivation from the inner chat! Basically, I am a chatterbox. So whenever I have no one outside to talk to, the machinery immediately switches within and my inner chat begins. And I thoroughly enjoy it, for it not only motivates me, but also delights me, energizes me and nurtures ...
Views: 301 - Why is happiness always followed by sorrow? - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2021 from Dada BhagwanEvery one of us is in a constant pursuit of happiness. We are drawn to happiness that we get from food, clothes, home and other material goods, from money, fame, status, etc. and also from our friends, family, relatives and in the company of various people. However, how often may you have ...
Views: 301 - Can an individual Soul think have memories or recognize their loved ones after getting liberation? - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2022 from Dada BhagwanNo! Liberated Souls have already reached the stage of ultimate salvation. It means they are free from all worldly bondages; and hence, they have no loved ones to think about or have memories of. Let’s understand this in some detail.... The Enlightened One explains: The fact is that every ...
Views: 300(1 vote) - How much do our negative or positive thoughts affect our real life? - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2023 from Dada BhagwanOur thoughts shape who we are and how we interact with the world around us. Therefore it becomes important to have a positive outlook in our daily life. We always hear people saying, “Be positive.” It is because studies have shown that having positive emotions, one can improve their health; ...
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