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Feb 21

Attaining the state of Yoga

There are two working tools of the Dhyana process – An imagery to focus upon and a mantra related to...

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Feb 21

The stepping stone to dhyana

We have so far had insight into the first 4 steps of eightfold path suggested by sage Patanjali. That prepares...

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Feb 21

Role of Asana & Pranayama

So long as the indwelling soul is there, one is alive, which when withdrawn, the gross body turns into a...

7

Feb 21

Preparing for Dhyana

Dhyana does not warrant trying to forcefully stop our thoughts immediately when the process is taken up. Remember, mind is...

31

Jan 21

Taming the unruly mind

Man is a thinking being. They keep breeding and entertaining thoughts nonstop. They may be in response to external stimuli,...

29

Jan 21

Dhyana for a powerful mind

Having gone through the previous issue, a good number of valued readers have requested to explain the Dhyana process as...

20

Jan 21

Meditate for a better future

No sooner I get into the process suggested to calm my overtaxed mind, I get into sleep mode. Obviously, when...

12

Jan 21

Fine art of living well

If you wish to enjoy a game you are playing, in the first place, you need to be conversant with...

27

Dec 20

Let Guru be your guide

Picking up threads from the previous issue, let us first have a look into the construct and chemistry of mind....

27

Dec 20

Let Guru be your guide

Picking up threads from the previous issue, let us first have a look into the construct and chemistry of mind....

21

Dec 20

You can write your destiny

“How much control we have on our destiny?” Asked a student during my astrology class. Well, the answer is ‘no...

14

Dec 20

Fix your habits early in life

Habits die hard. You may stive to get over them, but you won’t be able to hold it for long...

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Dec 20

Set your priorities right

Perception drives a being, which sets the terms of how you set your dream destination, steer through the course of...

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Dec 20

Mind balance is the key

Someone concerned about not been able to contain his wavering mind and habit tendencies, despite serious efforts towards that end,...

21

Sep 20

Living in a giving mode

One day, sense of reasons dawned upon a feuding couple, when they came together seeking guidance on how to improve...

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Sep 20

Let things happen naturally

Parents of a daughter, worried about undue delay in her marriage, came asking the other day: “My daughter has already...

11

Sep 20

Know your own self for success

Life is paradoxical. It is full of contradictions. The living world with all its enormity and diversity, where every being...

30

Aug 20

Mind-trends of twins vary

Couple of years back, a lady came seeking guidance on how to improve her relationship with husband, which had become...

23

Aug 20

Keep a check on yourself

Someone under acute stress came asking the other day: “Sir, in the last four years my business has gone for...

17

Aug 20

Change for a better future

The world is subject to continued change. Every moment, energy dynamics of the cosmos keeps varying widely, and with related...

15

Aug 20

Know self for a better future

We are all born with a sense of freedom ingrained in our mind. So, unless otherwise forced by circumstances, one...

3

Aug 20

Awareness is Godliness

The takeaway from the previous issue is that we are all an inseparable part of a unified organism, where no...

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Jul 20

Existence is God

A great majority of people believe in the existence of God, which different philosophies perceive in their own ways. By...

23

Jul 20

The call of Lord Shiva

Society is subject to continued churning, which impels change in our thought process, priorities, and societal dynamics. The pace of...

12

Jul 20

Unlock the mind to heal

Lockdown is being gradually eased out. People are trying to resume normal activities, but the problems confronting us are yet...

30

Jun 20

Don’t stigmatise eclipse

On the eclipse day, last Sunday, from early morning, I was flooded with calls from all those seeking to learn...

21

Jun 20

The effect of an eclipse

We will be witnessing Annular Solar Eclipse today. For more than a fortnight, the so called self-acclaimed arbiters of people’s...

16

Jun 20

Freewill can reshape destiny

Having shared the construct of mind and its operative mechanism as detailed in the previous issue, I will now give...

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Jun 20

Awareness for mindpower

Continuing from where we left last week, it comes out that ‘Freewill’ serves as a double-edged sword. If, on one...

2

Jun 20

Freewill Versus Fate

It is in human nature to look towards a better tomorrow. So, invariably we begin life with high hopes and...

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May 20

Be live to collective obligations

Pursuing Dhyana, we have already seen how mind becomes free from all thought imprints, thus becoming free from all limitations...

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May 20

Contextual Meditation – A self healing process

Since ancient times, 112 methods of attaining the state Yoga are known. Meanwhile, a good number of new methods, improvised...

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May 20

Dhyana for self-empowerment

Moving on from lessons in how to relax and then detoxify the mind, in the previous issues, it’s time now...

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May 20

Be alert to live mindfully

It is time now to see how we can reinvent the mind to come out with its wholesome power, which,...

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Apr 20

Detoxify your mind

To continue from where we left in the previous issue, let me now relate a story believed to be associated...

20

Apr 20

Turn isolation into opportunity

We have been homebound for more than 3 weeks now. Those working from home would be fully engaged as usual,...

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Apr 20

Implications of distant planets

Nobody, not even doctors were aware of coronavirus before it trapped the whole world into its fold. Only after pandemic...

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Apr 20

Be ready to combat evil forces

The first calling of the present pandemic is not to panic. Should you panic, you may lose your sense of...

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Mar 20

Revive age-old hygiene tradition

The whole world is faced with a panic situation because of Corona virus scare. With over 175 countries in its...

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Mar 20

Watch Your Thought Process

A woman worried about her marriage prospects given her advancing age came asking the other day: “I will be touching...

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Mar 20

Maintain a realistic perception

Someone in his mid-sixties, came seeking answer to his pointed questions: “Sir, as on date, professionally, I am doing well...

11

Mar 20

Ill-framed mind can derail you

I was sitting in a party with six others around a table. One of them raked up the issue of...

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Mar 20

Decoding Shiva: Existence is God

Picking up threads from the previous issue, it is now time now to see how creation chain moved forward on...

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Feb 20

Lord Shiva: Existence Personified

Last Friday, Hindus celebrated Shivaratri dedicated to Lord Shiva, popularly seen as one amongst the God-trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, and...

16

Feb 20

You can write your life anew

Picking up threads from the previous issue, let us now look at the premise on which destiny is formed. That...

10

Feb 20

Astrology and Destiny Indications

A professor of Philosophy came the other day looking for what lies in store of his habitually errant daughter’s destiny....

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Feb 20

If we resolve, we can change

My secretary ushered in a seemingly gangster character in my chamber, making me wonder what he has come for. “How...

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Jan 20

Habit tendencies can derail venture

Picking up threads from the previous issue, let us now look at prognosis of the young man’s endeavour since his...

22

Jan 20

Overcome your habit tendencies

A couple of years back a young man came asking just one question: “Can my dream of making it big...

13

Jan 20

Better to be practical than perfect

There was self-created disorder at the ‘Primal source’, earlier in a perfect equilibrated state, which when gravitated, differentiated energies got...

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Dec 19

The Legacy of 2019 we carry forward

It’s time to say goodbye to the year 2019. That makes imperative, a look into the premise that the country...

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Dec 19

No shortcuts to fixing problems

A couple of months back someone called me to check on longevity prospects of one of his friends he had...

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Dec 19

Correct your own weaknesses

It is in human nature to improve one’s lot, which tempts one to look towards a better tomorrow. So, invariably...

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Dec 19

God helps those who help themselves

“I am god loving. I pray every morning before I set out for work, and again before I retire for...

2

Dec 19

Personality match in matrimony

Parents of a young girl, keen to get her married soon, after lot of search pinned down on a guy,...

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Nov 19

The key to a better tomorrow

A valued reader of this column has confronted me with questions that deserve attention for the sake of clarity of...

11

Nov 19

Stay alert to keep mind in shape

The festive season is now over. Austere measures observed during the festivity would have brought in a sense of sanity....

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Nov 19

Greed-based Karma will derail you

Festive season is yet not over. It ends up today with conclusion of Chath festival, observed in Bihar and the...

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Oct 19

Deepawali is to rejuvenate the self

At the outset, I wish the valued readers a very happy Deepawali and a prosperous life during the year ahead....

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Oct 19

Watch your thought patterns

Perception drives a being. It encompasses all aspects of our working-self. It offers us with the window-frame through which we...

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Oct 19

Check your child’s behviour early

A worried father, concerned about his erratic son, came asking the other day: “What is in store of his destiny?...

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Oct 19

Durga guides us how to use energy

At the outset, let me greet the valued readers on the solemn occasion of Shardeya Navaratra, dedicated to Mother Goddess...

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Oct 19

Take charge of your actions

Someone holding a high position in an international organisation is off and on confronted with upsetting situations at works and...

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Sep 19

Empower our mind for success

A young graduate, having failed to taste success at many qualifying examinations for different jobs, came asking the other day...

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Sep 19

Watch over your karma

Having followed last two issues of this column, another regular reader came up with an interesting question: “Sir, you have...

9

Sep 19

God helps those who help themselves

A regular reader of this column could not digest the observation made in the previous issue: “There is no scope...

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Sep 19

Be grounded for a smooth run of life

A girl having entered her forties and yet not married, would naturally be a concern for parents. One such helpless...

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Aug 19

Success calls for addressing fault lines

Someone in late fifties going through a very difficult phase in life came with a host of questions: “Sir, I...

18

Aug 19

Let love play the game changer

The other day an old man worried about his bullish grandson came asking: “What is in store of his destiny?...

11

Aug 19

Rein in monkey mind for success

Invariably, human minds, unless otherwise consciously reined in, behaves like a wild monkey that is randomly and unmindfully jumping from...

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Aug 19

S’iva is all about inclusiveness

Picking up threads from the previous issue, let us now see how Lord Śiva, engages with multitude of existences forming...

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Jul 19

Lord Shiva: the symbolic Universal Guru

The whole of Shravana month, immediately following Gurupurnima, is dedicated to Lord Shiva, believed to be the Universal Guru. Those...

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Jul 19

Guru helps one becoming self-empowered

Every Ashadha Purnima, which fell on 16th July this year, is marked as Guru-purnima in the annual Hindu calendar. Following...

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Jul 19

Self-correction checkmates Saturn’s wrath

Whenever reality confronts myth, usually the latter is found to have the first laugh. The reason plain and simple is...

8

Jul 19

Keep up with time to evade Saturn’s wrath

Picking up threads from the previous issue, it comes out that no individual planet deserves to be termed as a...

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Jun 19

Don’t fear Saturn’s Sadhesati or Dhaiya

Last Saturday, I got stuck in traffic jam at a place where the road is quite wide and therefore, usually...

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Jun 19

We must not take depression lightly

All actions on our part are primarily guided by cause-effect chain, the implication of which gets stretched on to the...

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Jun 19

Life is nothing but paradoxical

Life in its usual run is subject to twists and turns – sometimes pleasant and at other times full of...

9

Jun 19

Marriage offers opportunity to evolve

A woman under acute stress, not knowing how to salvage her troubled personal life, came seeking guidance the other day....

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Jun 19

Beware of personality disorder

A worried mother came looking for destiny prospects of her son: “When is my son’s career breakthrough due? He is...

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May 19

Organised mind ensures success

A young man not been able to get through qualifying examination for admission into a business school, grudgingly came asking...

21

May 19

Orderly Mind for Better Tomorrow

A south Korean who consulted me sought two clarifications against my observation on his chart: “Is being ambitious and dreaming...

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May 19

Watch Your Mind to Ward off Evil

A lady concerned about continued struggle in her husband’s life, came asking the other day: “What is wrong in his...

8

May 19

Of Habit tendencies and Stress

Recent annual Gallup poll suggests that 55% of Americans are subject to stress, anger, and worry, compared to the global...

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Apr 19

Habit tendencies may cost us dear

Picking up threads from the previous issue, it comes out that the young man had the tendency to conduct in...

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Apr 19

Guru-Disciple Dynamic

Guru-disciple dynamic The other day, someone came asking: “Can a Guru change a person’s samskara – inherent mental tendencies?” Well,...

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Apr 19

Let things happen when naturally due

Last year, a lady worried about her younger sister’s marriage, came asking: “Some pundits say that my sister’s marriage is...

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Sep 18

Astrology for Human Resource Development

Summing up the discussion in the previous issue, it comes out that on no count astrology can be termed as...

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Sep 18

Free your Mind of all Preconditioning

The world is a projection of one’s mind. The way mind envisions, ideates, discriminates, articulates, and wills upon is how...

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Sep 18

Explore and Clean Clouded Mind

A regular reader of this column put up an intriguing question: “At times, my heart tells me to do something,...

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Sep 18

Educative Import of Ganapati Symbolism

Every puja in Indian tradition begins with Ganapati worship. For, He is perceived to be Vighnavinashaka (remover or all obstacles)....

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Sep 18

Discriminate intelligence, the true empowerment tool

Having had a taste of the thin dividing line distinguishing the law of destiny and that of karma, it is...

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Sep 18

You, Karma and destiny

Laws of karma and that of destiny are often confused as being one and the same. No wonder, as they...

21

Sep 18

SHED YOUR EGO FOR PEACE

Sense of freedom is ingrained in human construct, which one is always keen to exercise as a matter of right....

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Sep 18

CHECK THE SEEDS OF GREED

Almost three years now, it is a rare occasion when one or the other scandal would not be occupying centre...

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Sep 18

YOUR FUTURE IS IN YOUR HANDS

Human beings are driven by their innate desires, laid down deep in the inner realms of mind in the seed...

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Sep 18

NATURE AND LAW OF KARMA

Going by the hypothesis of Indian philosophy, a singular force – the force of consciousness – remains the driving spirit...

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