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- How We Find Happiness in Life - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2016 from Mitra ShahidiHow We Find Happiness in Life. Happiness is life’s most desired goal. But we can never achieve it while we continue to look outside of ourselves, as it is an inside job. “Happiness cannot be travelled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every ...
Views: 1005 - How We Reflect on the Forces That Impact the Direction and Development of Our Lives - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2024 from santosh krinskyChance, coincidence, free will, astrological influences, fate, destiny, karma, chain of causality, predestination, determinism, correlation, causality, foreknowledge, past life influences, fortune telling, divination, omens, predestination, oracles, Divine Plan — these terms all come up when we ...
Views: 239 - How You DO NOT Create Your Own Reality - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2016 from Andriana ElohaEasy, by just doing the following: 1. Expecting anything outside of you to make a choice for you. PROS: None CONS: Anything outside of you will not make the best choice for you. 2. Getting forever stuck in and never addressing your own previously acquired “United States of ...
Views: 2439 - Human Motives and Divine Motives in Action - by Submitted on May 26, 2021 from santosh krinskyThere is a difference between action undertaken with the usual motives in the normal course of human life, and actions undertaken by the spiritual seeker attempting to achieve spiritual growth and realisation of the Divine. The outer form of action, in and of itself, does not make an action ...
Views: 517 - Humility and Self-Confidence - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2025 from santosh krinskyThe play of the three Gunas is active at all times in the life we live here. We may believe that the aspiration, or an act of consecration overcomes this play, but if we examine closely we can see that, in actuality, even the quality of our sadhana, our spiritual effort, is very much controlled ...
Views: 33 - Hypnosis and Individual Development of Its Action for Liberation from the Control of the Surface Waking Consciousness - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2025 from santosh krinskyWe tend to label actions and thereby don’t reflect on the implications of them. Thus, for most people, when we use the term ‘hypnosis’ we associate it with a hypnotist using some unique power to gain some control over another individual’s will and actions. Since its introduction in the West, ...
Views: 92 - Hypnotherapy Helps you Find What you Look for Within - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2013 from Kemila ZsangeDeep down within the paradoxical richness of empty space… If you are willing to go there, tell me what you will have found. Our daily life is like surface of a lake, a river, a sea (depending on your container). There are always activities, good or bad. Things happen, expected or unexpexted. ...
Views: 2022 - Hypocrisy of Science and Religion - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2012 from Matthew PettiIf you believe that the religion versus science argument for human origins holds water, then you are forced to side with either of two biased and shortsighted conclusions. Who is preaching nonsense and who is not? The truth about anything unproven is subjective. The true nature of deception ...
Views: 1877 - I'm Not Sorry! - by Submitted on May 07, 2015 from Maggie SliderI'm not sorry! As my 21/2 year old son sat on his baby sisters head, while having covered it with a blanket, I tried to use the incident as a teachable moment. "We don't sit on anyone, and we don't place anything over their faces" I said calmly. "Your sister won't be able to breathe if you ...
Views: 1304 - Iam non vegetarian, am I eligible for Moksha-salvation-nirvana? - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2020 from Dada BhagwanYes, everyone is eligible for moksha (also known as salvation or nirvana), provided one wants it! Moksha is a state of complete freedom from all pains, sorrows and sufferings experienced while living in this materialistic world. And to attain this, first and foremost, we make a firm ...
Views: 554 - Icse schools in noida - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2020 from Saurabh GuptaSapphire International School is one of the Icse schools in Noida good educational school in noida Believe it or not, self-esteem in children, i.e. the opinion they have about their selves and their worth, is something that starts takinga vague shape in their minds at quite an early age. And ...
Views: 678 - Ideal Expectations, Real Life Results and Divine Grace - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2025 from santosh krinskyWe think and plan and harbor expectations as if we are the sole arbiter of what happens in our lives. We then judge the results from the standpoint of our ideal expectations and express either dismay or disappointment that what we hoped for has not come to pass. What we frequently fail to take ...
Views: 46 - Identifying and Overcoming the Resistance of the Tamasic and Rajasic Egos - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2021 from santosh krinskyThe action of the three Gunas pervades and permeates all action including our response to obstacles, setbacks and concerns that arise during the practice of Yoga. When Tamas is predominant it sends out thoughts and ideas of weakness, failure and limitation. When Rajas is in the ascendent it ...
Views: 479 - Identifying Your Lifes Calling and How to Setup Your Own Business (Part I) - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2014 from Mark VillarosaIt’s not usual for people to be able to say that they’ve successfully identified their life’s calling so don’t worry if you haven’t quite discovered what yours is yet. I experienced such emotions shortly before quitting my job. My full-time position did very little to challenge, excite and ...
Views: 1191 - Illness and the Vital Sheath - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2024 from santosh krinskyThere are historical examples of individuals who were caught in the middle of a major epidemic, such as the plague, who worked daily among the infected populace, yet failed to become ill. Invariably we can see that they maintained a strong vital envelope, or aura, around themselves and never ...
Views: 190 - Illumined Mind - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2023 from santosh krinskyWhen we study the functioning of the mind, we see that the essential nature is one that can receive sense perceptions, analyze, organize and then subject the objects so developed to a process of reasoning using systematic application of rules of logic. We can also see a process of recall of ...
Views: 333 - Imagination and Science - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2024 from santosh krinskyJules Verne, a writer who was not himself a scientist, nevertheless inspired generations of scientists. He did not invent the idea of the submarine, but in his book Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, he worked out a number of conceptual issues so that submarine use could become widespread, ...
Views: 158 - Imagination Can Help or Harm Depending on the Intention Behind Its Use - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2024 from santosh krinskyEvery great power that humanity discovers and wields in the world has both its negative and its positive side. It can either be utilized to destroy or to support, benefit and create. For example, humanity has harnessed the use of fire. Fire can burn down the house, or it can cook one’s food. ...
Views: 163 - Imagination is a Power of Formation - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2024 from santosh krinskyMost people tend to respond to life circumstances and opportunities based on past experience, training, education and any guidelines or rules they have imbibed from their past, all combined with their basic outlook on their lives, their desires, their needs and their circumstances. We can say ...
Views: 160 - Immersion in the External Nature: the Roots of Atheism and Agnosticism - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2024 from santosh krinskyMany people profess to believe in the existence of God based on the teachings of their religion. Because the belief is based solely on a teaching, rather than actual experience that would support this belief, they may, in many cases, not take their faith in God seriously enough to actually abide ...
Views: 212 - Immersion of the Individual in the Experience of Theatrical Performances - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2024 from santosh krinskyWith the rise of modern technology in the field of film-making, we find an immersive experience in movie theaters engulfs the viewer deeply in the action. This includes high resolution images, 3D technology, giant wide screens, comfortable seating and surround sound. The viewer of such films is ...
Views: 100 - Impatience - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2022 from santosh krinskyWhile at its root impatience has as a primary source the frustration associated with either lack of ability to fulfill a desire, or a delayed gratification of that desire, in the modern world, these root causes are accentuated and provoked through acculturation and the systemic operation of the ...
Views: 448 - Impatience and the Practice of Yoga - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2023 from santosh krinskyImpatience is endemic to modern day society. We expect everything immediately. If it does not come, we exhibit frustration, annoyance, anger and a disturbed energy which impacts the the body, the life-energy, the nervous envelope and the mental state. Impatience, therefore, creates an energetic ...
Views: 370 - Impersonal and Personal Aspects of Consciousness in the Universal Manifestation - by Submitted on May 11, 2024 from santosh krinskyOur understanding of existence is very much rooted in our own anthropocentric view of things. We generally recognise the awareness we hold within ourselves, and, viewing other beings and forms in our visible environs, we either attribute to them no consciousness, or, at best, lower forms or ...
Views: 218 - Importance Of Charity In Islam - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2017 from Umer FiazThe purpose of charity is almost same in all religions that is to help the needy poor from the money that you own. The amount of money that you give to other people may vary, but the thing that matters is your pure intentions and clean mind with which you are helping the needy person. When you ...
Views: 1360 - Importance of Iftar and Suhoor during Ramadan - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2020 from Ady GrewalRamadan is a month of obligatory fasting for Muslims. From all across the globe, Muslims begin the month of Ramadan with fasting and marking its end by the celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr. While some also travel for the holy rituals in Haramain through their cheap Ramadan umrah packages. Iftar and ...
Views: 1118 - Importance of Interior Designing Course - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2020 from sagar painulyArticle Summary One of the most important lessons you will learn when attending an Interior Designing Course is that you will need to take responsibility for your own design. If you do not like what you see in a new home, you will have to work at it. The lesson that you learn from an Interior ...
Views: 616 - Importance of Roza in the month of Shaban - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2018 from saad sheikhAs we all know that Muslims are present in almost every region of the world. Due to a survey, it has been noted that the Islam is the most practised religion in the world. As being a Human it’s our psychology to get to know more about our religion, and people related to the Holy Prophet ...
Views: 2080 - In the Beginning Is the Word - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2019 from Jon LovgrenFrom Appendix I of "The Magic Words", by Jon Lovgren In the Beginning Is the Word We often underestimate the power of our words. I remember growing up and hearing, “Be careful with your words, they are the one thing you can never take back.” I want to focus on a few of the most ...
Views: 900 - Increasing Lifespan and Wellness Is the Trajectory of Human Development - by Submitted on May 23, 2024 from santosh krinskyIf we observe the trajectory of human development, we can see a very clear direction taking shape. As we have become more conscious of the stages of life, and the processes that accompany those stages, including the increasing weakening and deterioration of the body and the life energy, and the ...
Views: 179 - Increasing Lifespan and Wellness Is the Trajectory of Human Development - by Submitted on May 23, 2024 from santosh krinskyIf we observe the trajectory of human development, we can see a very clear direction taking shape. As we have become more conscious of the stages of life, and the processes that accompany those stages, including the increasing weakening and deterioration of the body and the life energy, and the ...
Views: 196 - Indian Communities - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2020 from umesh modiIndian Communities refer to a group of people, belonging to a certain religion and believing in one single united cause. The term Indian communities perhaps cannot be credited to any single individual. An omnipresent and unseen demarcation line had existed amongst the various Indian ...
Views: 837 - Indian Culture Has A Major Bearing On Indian Arts, Crafts And Even Cuisine - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2012 from Ryan JessicaIndia is a country which boasts of one of the most historic cultures in the world. May it be Indian arts or Indian crafts or even Indian cuisine, one could see an element of historic beauty in all of that. One of the interesting parts of this Indian culture is that a majority of the country ...
Views: 1232 - Individual Spiritual Change and the Collectivity - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2024 from santosh krinskyAs the evolutionary pressure begins to develop individuals who undergo the spiritual transformation we have been discussing, there is still the issue of how these individuals can impact the wider life of humanity. Isolated individuals surrounded by an untransformed mass of humanity and the ...
Views: 233 - Individual Spiritual Change and the Collectivity - by Submitted on May 05, 2024 from santosh krinskyAs the evolutionary pressure begins to develop individuals who undergo the spiritual transformation we have been discussing, there is still the issue of how these individuals can impact the wider life of humanity. Isolated individuals surrounded by an untransformed mass of humanity and the ...
Views: 227 - Individual Strength, the Power of Sincerity and the Action of the Divine Grace - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2025 from santosh krinskyParticularly in the West, historically, but more and more a world-wide phenomenon in the modern era, there is a strong bias toward the idea that one needs to be a “self-made man”, implying that it is through individual strength and accomplishment that one can accomplish anything. This bias is ...
Views: 3 - Individuality Is a Stage Along the Path of the Evolution of Consciousness - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2023 from santosh krinskySri Aurobindo has indicated that the evolution of consciousness is carried out by the gradual and mostly unconscious action of the divine intention within Nature. At the stage of the human being, however, it becomes possible for the individual to “speed up” the slow action of Nature through ...
Views: 234 - Individuation Is Not Isolation from External Influences - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2023 from santosh krinskyWhen we reflect on the individuation process for which the ego-consciousness is the instrument of Nature, we oftentimes go to the extreme of believing that we are totally separate, independent and free of outside influence. We believe that our individuality is a wall of separation that keeps us ...
Views: 249 - Individuation Is Not Isolation from External Influences - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2023 from santosh krinskyWhen we reflect on the individuation process for which the ego-consciousness is the instrument of Nature, we oftentimes go to the extreme of believing that we are totally separate, independent and free of outside influence. We believe that our individuality is a wall of separation that keeps us ...
Views: 249 - Indulgence of Vital Desire Is Not a Solution — Neither is Suppression of the Vital - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2022 from santosh krinskyThe Mother illustrates the difficulty of transforming the vital nature. None of this is either fast or easy, given the complexity of human nature and, in particular, the vital being. There are also deeply entrenched habits of action and reaction and a general force of vital nature that lives in ...
Views: 423 - Infinite Grace: Overcoming the Law of Inertia to Effectuate Change - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2024 from santosh krinskyThe law of inertia holds that it takes energy to move something that is stationary, and the more massive the object is, the more energy required to move it. A similar principle operates in human actions. We have our fixed habits, whether physical habits, instincts, trained responses, ...
Views: 175 - Influence of the Supramental Principle on Earth - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2024 from santosh krinskyThe supramental consciousness, as the next evolutionary stage, will eventually resolve the difficulties of the transitional period and establish itself on earth. The question then arises, what is the relationship between the gnostic beings and the existing organisation of beings rooted in body, ...
Views: 201 - Inner Attitudes Towards Life, Towards Oneself and Others, Towards Work and Towards Difficulties - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2025 from santosh krinskyWe have previously explored the attitudes of the external, outer being in relation to these various issues. This is the opportunity to compare that view with the attitude of the inner being. At a certain point in an individual’s journey the development takes him beyond his initial fixation with ...
Views: 49 - Inner Growth Differs from Modern Concepts of Growth of Awareness - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2022 from santosh krinskyWe have seen a phenomenal growth of practices that bring attention to our daily actions. Mindfulness training asks us to attend to each movement, each step, each bite of food, and each thought and emotion. Clearly with the amount of distraction we suffer from as a result of our love affair with ...
Views: 387 - Inner Peace Is the Foundation and Basis for Spiritual Growth - by Submitted on Jun 27, 2025 from santosh krinskyWhen the spiritual seeker begins to recognise all of the difficulties and obstacles in his own external being, and understands the need to reduce and remove these obstacles if there is to be any permanent and major progress, he may begin by struggling with the desires, the movements that arise, ...
Views: 6 - Insights Into Tarot - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2016 from Jackie Wiliams BrockertFriendships would be the spice of lifestyle, except after you’re threatened by your boyfriend or girlfriend’s desirable close friend. Even if your partner reassures you that they’re “just buddies—continually have already been and continually will probably be,” you'll be able to assist but ...
Views: 846 - Integral Purification of All Parts of the Being Is a First Preparation for the Integral Yoga - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2023 from santosh krinskyIn the context of the practice of yoga, purification is not the enforcement of some kind of moral code or precepts. This is a common perception based on religious tenets that have abounded through the ages that set forth a moral code and try to both control the actions of people and judge them ...
Views: 339 - Integral Surrender to the Divine - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2025 from santosh krinskyWe tend to live under the illusion that we are one being and that what we think or feel represents ‘who we are’. We accept the idea that we are dedicated to a spiritual path, or we accept the sense of devotion that we feel as representing our surrender to the Divine Will. Yet, we have different ...
Views: 4 - Intellectual Understanding and Understanding in the Consciousness - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2022 from santosh krinskyThose who find their basis primarily in the mind tend to believe that their intellectual understanding of something represents something real and definitive and that their “knowing” means they “know” something. This is however, not quite accurate. For instance, one can read books and “know” ...
Views: 416 - Intensity of an Experience Does Not Guarantee Its Veracity - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2023 from santosh krinskyThere are occasions when an individual experiences something that is so powerful, so intense, that it causes him to trust the experience. Spiritual experiences in particular can have a force that overwhelms the normal mental standpoint of the individual and impose themselves upon the seeker in a ...
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