by Satinder | Feb 8, 2016 | Poetry Unlimited, Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories |
LIFE LESSONS FROM FLUTE Rumi, a Persian poet, says that our greatest longing (arzou) is to return to our roots, to return home, to unite with the highest within. He opens his greatest masterpiece, Mathnawî-yé Ma`nawî, which means “Rhyming Couplets of Deep Spiritual...
by Satinder | Feb 3, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
Cut-and-Paste Spirituality! Internet has brought many boons–it has provided us with an easy access to information; through better connectivity, it has redefined our social outreach–we can now be friends with people we may possibly never meet and post what...
by Satinder | Jan 30, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories |
THE GLORY OF THE EPIC, MAHABHARATA The great Indian epic, Mahābhārata, which contains 100,000 verses and is considered to be the world’s longest epic poem (it is more than seven times the combined size of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey).[1] Its claim to greatness,...
by Satinder | Jan 30, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Poetry Unlimited, Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories, Who Am I?, Zen-Tao Wisdom |
WHAT IS THE INTEGRAL WAY? To study the teachings of the sages and seers; To dissolve all concepts of duality; To pour oneself out in service to others; and To remove all obstacles to understanding through inner cleansing! Practicing unconditional sincerity, humility,...
by Satinder | Jan 29, 2016 | Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
LET’S BE KIND: WE CAN STOP THIS! We are all creatures of habits. And we are told that habits die very hard. Take the word ‘habit’ itself, for example. If we remove ‘h,’ ‘a-bit’ remains and if we remove ‘a,’ ‘bit’ remains. And finally, if we remove ‘b,’ ‘it’...
by Satinder | Jan 26, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories |
KINDNESS: THE HIGHEST INTELLIGENCE! THE WISDOM OF BUDDHA, DALAI LAMA, ALDOUS HUXLEY AND PLATO! To be kind is more important than to be right. Many times, what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks but a kind heart that listens. Kindness is the highest form...
by Satinder | Jan 24, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
THE WISDOM OF SAGE VĀSIṢṬHA: FOUR GATE-KEEPERS OF LIBERATION[1] O Rama, there are four gatekeepers at the entrance to the Realm of Freedom (Moksa). They are self-control, spirit of enquiry, contentment and good company. The wise seeker should diligently cultivate...
by Satinder | Jan 20, 2016 | Gandhi, The Millennium Man!, Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality |
INDIA: REALIZING ITS DREAM OF VISHVA-GURU (विश्व-गुरु) India is now officially the world’s fastest growing economy. Economic growth is incomplete and unsustainable if it is not rooted in strong moral character and spiritual awakening of our people. We cannot become...
by Satinder | Jan 14, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality |
LET GO OF YOUR STRESSES! A psychologist walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they’d be asked the ‘half empty or half full’ question. Instead, with a smile on her face,...
by Satinder | Dec 27, 2015 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
Unique Wisdom of Sharnānandjī Mahārāj भारत की पावन भूमि पर ऐसे संत भी हुए हैं…. It so happens that the Nirvāna-divas of Swamiji and Christmas falls on the same day! Once, Swāmījī Sharnānandjī was sitting in a train compartment. A Christian priest also came...
by Satinder | Dec 26, 2015 | Happiness Inc. |
SUNSET AT KANYAKUMARI Watching sunrise and sunset is quite a spectacle at Kanyakumari. The sun very slowly emerges, as if, from the ocean and desends even more slowly back in the lap of the mighty ocean. The tip of peninsula where India’s land ends is the meeting...
by Satinder | Dec 26, 2015 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
NARYANA GURU AND SHIVAGIRI MUTT, VARKALA If you travel in Kerala, you will find Narayana Guru’s statues everywhere. He led a reform movement in Kerala, rejected casteism, and promoted new values of spiritual freedom, humanity, and social equality. Although better...
by Satinder | Dec 25, 2015 | Poetry Unlimited, Practical Spirituality |
Thiruvalluvar Statue In Kanyakumari, this solitary Thiruvalluvar statue stands amidst the mighty sea, doing the udaghosha of the Absolute! The tip of peninsula where India’s land ends is the meeting place of three oceans: the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea and the...
by Satinder | Nov 28, 2015 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
TO KNOW OR TO BE—THAT IS THE QUESTION Perhaps the most succinct spiritual advice ever given to a seeker is just to “BE.” In our day-to-day practical life, however, we are told to “be this” or to “be that.” What does it really mean just to BE? We are also told...
by Satinder | Nov 25, 2015 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories |
BE A FORCE FOR GOOD! BE A FORCE FOR PEACE! Yes, we can take certain pride in the progress of humanity over the centuries. Yes, we have improved the means to communication and comfort. But we are also deeply troubled by the persistent violence, inveterate corruption,...
by Satinder | Nov 25, 2015 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories |
NAMASTE: I BOW IN HONOR OF THE DIVINE WITHIN YOU DEEP SYMBOLISM BEHIND FOLDED HANDS! The Indian greeting, Namaste, is conveyed by bring two hands together, held close to the heart. Five fingers of each hand individually represent: Earth, water, fire, wind, and space...
by Satinder | Nov 25, 2015 | Quotable Quotes and Stories |
RINSING YOUR CHEESE: ANATOMY OF SUPER-DISCIPLINE “Only super-efforts count.” ~ G.I. Gurdjieff Widely considered to be one of the most difficult one-day sporting events in the world, an Ironman Triathlon format consists of a 2.4-mile (3.86 km) swim, a 112-mile (180.25...
by Satinder | Nov 15, 2015 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
ART OF AWAKENING ACCORDING TO GURDJIEFF We live in a state of waking-sleep. ~ Gurdjieff HUMANITY IS ASLEEP George Ivanovich Gurdjieff was an influential early 20th century Russian mystic, philosopher, spiritual teacher, dance teacher, and composer of Armenian and...
by Satinder | Nov 14, 2015 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories |
FAKE LAST WORDS! Since early November 2015, several social media sites and blogs have been circulating a fake essay on happiness and the mis-pursuit of wealth touted as the Last Words of Steve Jobs. Some highlights of this fake essay are reproduced below: Steve Jobs’...
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