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- How did the Universe start? - by Submitted on Jul 03, 2020 from Dada BhagwanThere Are Six Eternal Elements in This Universe Eternal means these elements cannot be created nor can they be destroyed; they are everlasting. Soul, which is our real Self, is one of the eternal elements, and it is present in every living being in this Universe. The Elements Revolve Around ...
Views: 497 - If a person dies an unnatural death by accident then is it also due to his her karma? - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2020 from Dada BhagwanCountless unimaginable and unexpected events, such as plane crashes, road accidents, bombing, fire, floods, earthquakes or even tornadoes, keep happening around the world; causing unnatural death of so many people. So, is it because of the person’s karma that he or she dies such unnatural ...
Views: 497 - The Purpose and Benefits of Meditation and Yoga - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2019 from Dada BhagwanAny focused mental activity is mano-yoga (meditation). But it has no benefit if it is done without a goal (dhyey) in mind. When you go to a train station do you not have to give the ticket master your destination for your ticket? Do you not have to give him the name of the station you want to ...
Views: 496 - Does suffering bring us closer to enlightenment? What are your experiences? - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2020 from Dada BhagwanYes! It does. Let’s explore how… Enlightenment is the first step taken on the path of liberation Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan says: Who is the one that attains the final liberation? The one who is bound attains liberation. Who is the one that is bound? The one who is suffering. Who is ...
Views: 495 - Energy: Constructive or Destructive - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2019 from Dada BhagwanWe usually hear people saying I am exhausted, I have no energy left, My mind is blocked, I am not able to find any solution to my problems, I feel passive, etc. So, what exactly is energy and why do people feel this way? Energy can be either physical or mental. Energy is a kind of strength we ...
Views: 495 - How do you lose your attachment to someone that’s no good for you? - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2021 from Dada BhagwanQuite often we come across people and situations that are not good for us. Sometimes, such circumstances do not last long nor do they have a lot of influence on our lives. But sometimes, we may become closely involved in something or with someone that brings us nothing but pain, misery and ...
Views: 495 - Is it Possible to Get into a Thoughtless State of Mind? - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2019 from Dada BhagwanParam Pujya Dadashri, an enlightened being explains, “The very function of the mind is to think. Thoughts shall arise even if you tell them not to.” Our mind functions just as all the senses do. Just as the ears cannot stop from hearing even if you don’t want to hear; similarly, the mind ...
Views: 495 - Results of Positive Thinking - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2019 from Dada BhagwanAll of us would have surely faced difficult situations in life such as loss of job, loss of family member, ill-health, financial problems etc. But not all would have faced them looking at the positive side of it because one usually gets trapped by negative thoughts when one comes across ...
Views: 494 - Can love exist without attachment and expectations? - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2020 from Dada BhagwanYes, it can. Such love is called Pure Love. Let’s see how... In love, one always expects something, material or emotional, from the other person. At the least, we hope that our loved ones will love us in the same manner as we love them. And if they don’t, we get upset, tensed and/or ...
Views: 493 - Do Enlightened People Believe in Some Form of a Soul? - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2019 from Dada BhagwanUnquestionably, enlightened people believe in the concept of Soul. This is because the essence of becoming enlightened starts from the awareness of the Soul – your true Self. Thus, for all those that have been fortunate enough of being enlightened, they have acquired the awareness of their ...
Views: 493 - Goal of Life - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2019 from Dada BhagwanA goal to live this life on Earth doing whatever makes us happy is the right goal to have, for happiness is the primary and ultimate goal of every living being on Earth. However, when you make a goal, you should perfectly know what you are striving for and should carefully check whether the ...
Views: 493 - How can I make my wife happy? - by Submitted on Oct 02, 2020 from Dada BhagwanWe all have heard the saying “Happy Wife, Happy Life”. Marriage is wonderful, but it takes work. When the wife continuously experiences respect, that’s when one is considered to have learnt to become a perfect husband. There will be some rough patches along the way, and there will be days when ...
Views: 493 - How can one start their spiritual journey? Does everyone get a Guru in Life? - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2020 from Dada BhagwanLet’s start by comprehending a scenario… Imagine you are trapped in a labyrinth and you have no clue whatsoever how to get out of it. You try many paths, but none have worked so far. Just then a guide, who is familiar with the entire area inside out, happens to pass by and seeing you in ...
Views: 493 - How do I succeed in spiritual Life - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2019 from Dada BhagwanThe ultimate objective of leading a spiritual life is Moksha. Moksha means freedom. There are two stages of moksha: 1.First denotes the freedom from ignorance of the Self. Ignorance of the Self is the biggest bondage as it creates illusion and keeps us in the illusory state all the time. ...
Views: 493 - What is the most important piece of advice to give to someone - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2019 from Dada BhagwanThe one most important piece of advice to give to anyone is: “Discover the real Self!” All Lords, Spiritual Masters, Saints and great spiritual personalities in the world have emphasised on just one thing, and that is to ‘Know Thyself’; to arrive at the answer to the question, ‘Who am I?’ It ...
Views: 493 - What is the Best Way to Learn Wisdom? - by Submitted on May 31, 2019 from Dada BhagwanFrom understanding arises experience, and through experience comes wisdom! But where does understanding come from?... Pujya Deepakbhai, the Living Gnani, says, “First and foremost, we should have a correct understanding of what I want. This understanding comes from the gist of the ...
Views: 492 - Why is that some people are born rich while some struggle their entire lives? - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2019 from Dada BhagwanIn life, many a times we come across people who are born with a silver spoon, bathed with all the materialistic luxuries and comforts, marking an elegant lifestyle. At the same time, we also come across people, who after innumerable efforts, are not able to achieve much success. Seeing the ...
Views: 492 - How can spirituality help to combat the impacts of COVID-19? - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2020 from Dada BhagwanOver the last few months, life has changed for everyone worldwide, due to the outbreak of Covid-19. There has been an overwhelming feeling of uncertainty as the lockdown has put a hold on everything, right from personal to social and to work life too. Given the level of ambiguity and ...
Views: 491 - How is severe discipline essential for Self-Realization? - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2020 from Dada BhagwanThere are two paths which lead to ultimate liberation. Kram is a traditional step-by-step path. This path requires one to renounce their worldly life and material possessions, and perform severe penances and follow strict rituals, with a purpose to conquer their inner weakness such as anger, ...
Views: 491 - Happy Married Life - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2019 from Dada BhagwanPatience, honesty, care and trust are the major ingredients for a perfect happy marriage. People get married so that they can live life full of love, peace and happiness. But does it happen all the time? Everyone has different points of view, thinking processes, opinions and to live a happy ...
Views: 490 - How does a Soul find a fresh body to take rebirth? - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2020 from Dada BhagwanBirth and death are inevitable as we all witness them. But after death, how does a Soul find a fresh body to take rebirth? Let’s consider what is the Enlightened One’s Science regarding the subject? The Present Life’s Karma Determine Where Our Next Rebirth Will Be Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan ...
Views: 490 - How Should an Independent Woman be? - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2019 from Dada BhagwanWhen we say, ‘A woman should be independent’, we expect her to be a strong, self-reliant and self-motivated person, who is clear in her thinking, and not caged in the limiting stereotype beliefs that normally hold back people from being their natural self. To mention some of her obvious and ...
Views: 490 - Why are so many fake self help gurus on the rise? How can a common man avoid the trap? - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2021 from Dada BhagwanWe are currently living in Kaliyug, indicating an era of declining religion! Therefore, we are bound to observe deteriorating moral conduct all around. When we listen to the stories of the earlier era, we realize how the accomplished spiritually elevated Gurus cultivated moral values and helped ...
Views: 490 - How can you define Soul? - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2020 from Dada BhagwanSoul is the life energy! When you put moong beans in a damp cloth, they sprout, isn’t it? And if you put stones in a wet cloth, they don’t grow. It is because there is no Soul in there. Where there is growth, there is a presence of Soul within. Thus, Soul is defined as life energy (chetan). ...
Views: 489 - Is a person's unnnatural death due to his karma? - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2020 from Dada BhagwanCountless unimaginable and unexpected events, such as plane crashes, road accidents, bombing, fire, floods, earthquakes or even tornadoes, keep happening around the world; causing unnatural death of so many people. So, is it because of the person’s karma that he or she dies such unnatural ...
Views: 489 - How can our bad karmas be nullified? Can money help? - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2020 from Dada BhagwanActually no, not in the least! In the event that cash could purchase answers for invalidate our terrible karmas, the rich individuals would make some joyful memories right now... since there is no deficiency of cash there! Regardless of what sort of and what measure of terrible deeds you do, ...
Views: 488 - The Race Course of Life - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2019 from Dada BhagwanSomeone has rightly said, “If you continuously compete with others you become bitter.” “But if you continuously complete with yourself you become – better.” People have indulged so much in comparison and competition that they have forgotten what the purpose of life is. Trapped in the imaginary ...
Views: 487 - How to Get Rid of a Bad Habit One Might Have? - by Submitted on May 27, 2019 from Dada BhagwanIn this world, many things have changed over the centuries, decades or years to be, as change is the only constant!! And in today’s fast-paced world, there are uncountable things happening in a blink of an eye! You, me and everyone has evolved in our way to live up to the changes. But while we ...
Views: 486 - What is the Relationship Between Enlightenment and Miracles - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2019 from Dada BhagwanSince infinite lives, we are in pursuit of happiness. Every time we feel we’ve found it, it only proves to be transient and temporary; and there we are back again hunting for it. Then one day, Nature unexpectedly picks us and puts us directly in the feet of Gnani!! And before we can ...
Views: 486 - How to Trust our own Intuition and Guidance on our Spiritual Journey - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2019 from Dada BhagwanIntuition is the direct light of the Soul. When we have a problem or seem to be confused regarding some matter, while we are sitting silently and are in steadiness, all of a sudden we get a flash suggesting the path ahead. This is called intuition. On our spiritual journey, depending on ...
Views: 484 - As per Jainism does the soul have to escape Krambaddh pre-destined events and attain salvation moksha? - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2019 from Dada BhagwanNo! 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: 483 - Does Majority of your Happiness Come from your Children? - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2019 from Dada BhagwanChildren are Bundles of Joy! They are our own creation; our own extension. So it is so very natural and obvious that lot of our happiness comes from our children. Happiness comes as we realize that our kids are turning out to be good human beings, with good virtues being reflected in their ...
Views: 483(1 vote) - How can Money be Useful to Nullify our Bad Karmas? - by Submitted on Aug 21, 2019 from Dada BhagwanIf money could buy solutions to nullify our bad karmas, the rich people would have a merry time in this world.... because there is no dearth of money there! No matter what kind of and what amount of bad deeds you do, you simply purchase the solution and get off scot free anytime, ...
Views: 483 - What is the Mystery behind Attachment and Abhorrence? - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2019 from Dada BhagwanAlmost 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: 482 - Can meditation help me fight my desire for sex? - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2020 from Dada BhagwanParam Pujya Dada Bhagwan, an enlightened being, has propounded a detailed explanation of why and how celibacy is to be practiced with right understanding. He specifies that the desire for sex may arise, but with the help of right understanding, one is able to oppose it. Fighting against ...
Views: 482 - How to Stop Committing Suicide? - by Submitted on May 21, 2019 from Dada BhagwanIt is quite possible that he may have to face a similar condition again and again in every life, maybe for even seven births, again. Such is the law of Nature! Where the burden of one life itself seems so difficult, how can we take the risk of extending it to seven lives?! So come, let us ...
Views: 482 - Can a Person be Spiritual only by Reading Spiritual Books? - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2019 from Dada BhagwanThe 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: 481 - Does a little Failure in Mental Celibacy Completely Break my Brahmacharya - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2019 from Dada BhagwanTo fully experience the bliss of the Self, brahmacharya is important. But brahmacharya should be one that is attained with understanding, and not by any kind of force or compulsion. A little failure in mental celibacy cannot break your brahmacharya, provided you are keen, firm and sincere in ...
Views: 481 - Mobile Addiction - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2020 from Dada BhagwanCannot imagine your life without your smartphone? Do you look for your smartphone, the first thing when you wake up in the morning? Is panic your instant response when you cannot see your phone? Well, do you know, that 6-inch digital screen has successfully made you its slave? It may be ...
Views: 481 - Which Power Controls our Karma? - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2019 from Dada BhagwanQuestions such as why we are here and why is it that we are experiencing a particular situation in life kept hammering my mind all the while, until I found a much satisfying answer to it that ‘It is the result of our previous karmas.’ Merit karmas yield positive results like: success, satisfying ...
Views: 480 - Flawless Vision with the Grace of the Gnani - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2020 from Dada BhagwanIf you happen to know that there is someone in this world who can grant you a ‘flawless vision’, what would you do? You would run to him, ofcourse! Because no matter how emphatically and assertively we may project our view to be the best and true to the outside world, deep within we understand ...
Views: 479 - How to get rid of depression in a relationship - by Submitted on Jan 16, 2019 from Dada BhagwanDepression can materialise at any time for anyone. All one needs to know is how to remove this depression when it shows its early symptoms, so that it does not do any harm to us and our relationship. Fundamentally, the solution lies inside us. But if you are unable to find out how to get rid ...
Views: 479 - Do celebrity suicides prove that money does not buy happiness ? - by Submitted on Sep 25, 2019 from Dada BhagwanCelebrities appear to have it all: fame, money, and a throng of fervent followers - basically everything one aspires for, from the perspective of material life. Despite this, all too often we hear of these very same celebrities suffering from mental illness and deep unhappiness, resulting in the ...
Views: 478 - Is it possible to attain moksha without worshipping or believing in God? - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2020 from Dada BhagwanWorshipping and believing in God is essential for the progression towards attaining moksha; otherwise one will be lost in the worldly life and thus one will be unable to find a path which can lead him towards moksha. When we worship God with genuine love and devotion in our heart, the seeds ...
Views: 478 - How can I cure an addiction? Can see it is wasting a lot of time in my daily life but Iam unable to do anything to get rid of it - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2020 from Dada BhagwanTo realize an addiction as one is the greatest thing ever! Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan tells us that ‘to realize that an addiction is bothering me in reaching my goal or making me completely dependent in itself is a remarkable thing.’ So now, on knowing the addiction and making all efforts to ...
Views: 477 - How do you Define a Spiritual Experience? - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2019 from Dada BhagwanSpiritual experience means experience of the Soul. It is an experience through which one realizes that ‘I am a Pure Soul indeed!’ The Soul is the real Self, our very own Self! However, unaware of this fact, we have always lived in ignorance, believing that ‘I am John (the reader may insert his ...
Views: 477 - What does a spiritual journey mean to you? How did you decide to go down your chosen road? - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2020 from Dada BhagwanFor me, the need for spirituality and the beginning of my spiritual journey has its roots in science. The scientific theory of evolution explains that survival is of utmost importance for every organism. From unicellular pathogens to giant mammals to human beings - at the end of the day, it is ...
Views: 477 - What is God’s nature? - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2020 from Dada BhagwanDo you know, to understand God’s true nature we must understand who we truly are? Yes, you’ve got it right – this indeed means that we ourselves are God! But hold it, we as in not the body or the name given to this body. That is all temporary. And God is eternal. So, ‘who is God, where is ...
Views: 477 - According to Hinduism what should be my mindset to those people who are suffering physically mentally for their past life's actions and why so? - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2020 from Dada BhagwanMindset 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: 474 - Are Success, Happiness and Love Related to Each Other? - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2019 from Dada BhagwanIt 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 ...
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