If you wish to enjoy a game you are playing, in the first place, you need to be conversant with rules driving it, and the art of playing. Second, you need to learn from an experienced coach, the techniques necessary to play the game proficiently. Third, you need to team up well with the co-players, but for which, it will not be possible to make it a success. And finally, you need to be on {…}
Read MorePicking up threads from the previous issue, let us first have a look into the construct and chemistry of mind. For, it defines and drives through the functional mandate of a being. There are three functional tools of mind – Buddhi, Ahamkara and Manasa. They don’t have separate identity by themselves. They are rather interwoven into an integrated mechanism, all working in support of each other. Coming to individual attributes of the three, Buddhi is {…}
Read More“How much control we have on our destiny?” Asked a student during my astrology class. Well, the answer is ‘no and yes’. Should you leave yourself to the usual run of life, you have no control. For, you have yourself scripted your destiny, as it is a carryover effect of your own doing and undoing in the past. If, however, should you turn your attention inwards, reflect upon and identify own desire and mental trends {…}
Read MoreHabits die hard. You may stive to get over them, but you won’t be able to hold it for long unless you make corrections at the base level. Remember, the root of inherent habit tendencies lie in the thought seeds that are firmly embedded in the inner realms of the mind. As and when they get a congenial ground, they spring into action. Something like a wheat seed, which if kept on a table, remains {…}
Read MorePerception drives a being, which sets the terms of how you set your dream destination, steer through the course of life, react and respond to a situation. That is subject to how one’s mind is inherently framed, coming as it may as Karmic carryover from the past, and which naturally differs from person-to-person, making every being unique. Each of us, thus reflect varying mind-traits and thereby thought process. It is often found that a talented {…}
Read MoreSomeone concerned about not been able to contain his wavering mind and habit tendencies, despite serious efforts towards that end, connected with me for necessary guidance: “Sir, for almost a decade now, I have been religiously pursuing Yoga-asana and regular meditation as guided by two acclaimed teachers in the field. So far, I have been able to just identify my fault lines. I have been trying to address them, with no sign of tangible success {…}
Read MoreOne day, sense of reasons dawned upon a feuding couple, when they came together seeking guidance on how to improve their relationship. Their common urge was: “Suggest some puja or such remedial measure as would help improve our relationship.” Well, caught up on the plane where the problem exists – both of you stuck to own perceptions – you can’t find a way out. Unless you change your perception, things won’t improve. No belief driven {…}
Read MoreParents of a daughter, worried about undue delay in her marriage, came asking the other day: “My daughter has already entered her forties and yet we could not organise her marriage despite our relentless efforts. Why so? Is she cursed? What is in store of her destiny? Is her marriage promised, and if so, when? Suggest me some remedial measures, if that could help expedite her marriage.” “At the outset, let me tell you that {…}
Read MoreLife is paradoxical. It is full of contradictions. The living world with all its enormity and diversity, where every being is born unique, each displaying varying desire and mind-trends, remains a natural breeding ground for conflict of interests. In such an intriguing world, there remains no scope for ever having a perfect situation in life – we always remain vulnerable to go through unforeseen twists and turns in life. Yet, we are supposed to work {…}
Read MoreCouple of years back, a lady came seeking guidance on how to improve her relationship with husband, which had become sour. She was advised to look within, identify and acknowledge her own fault lines, and address them before expecting from her partner to behave. When she began reflecting upon herself, she realised that she impulsively reacts and responds to external trigger on instinctive judgment, without applying proper forethought. She worked upon her fault line, and {…}
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