by Satinder | May 13, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories, Who Am I? |
Learning at the Feet of the Master! Once upon a time, a farmer’s cow fell sick due to some stomach problem. His friends advised him to consult a doctor who used to prescribe natural remedies. The doctor advised the farmer to give the following preparation to the cow...
by Satinder | Apr 13, 2016 | Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
WHO AM I? THE MECHANICS OF PERCEPTION: At a given time when we perceive the phenomenal world of objects, there are three things involved: the knowing “subject,” the “process of knowing,” and the known “object.” Generally this is...
by Satinder | Apr 1, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories |
Preciousness within and Preciousness without A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream. The next day she met another traveler who was hungry and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw the...
by Satinder | Mar 29, 2016 | Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
THE GLORY OF VEDĀNTA, THE SCIENCE OF “NOT-TWO!” Karl Jaspers (1883-1969) the famous Austrian existentialist philosopher once told Professor K. Satchidananda Murthy that, “there is no metaphysics superior to that of Shankara.” Understanding “Pure...
by Satinder | Mar 26, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
WHO IS GOD? Hari Om! Facebook discussion: March 25-26, 2016: “The highest forms of knowing, loving and doing and the ultimate goals of all learning should be the knowledge of God and loving service of God’s creation.” In response to the above post on...
by Satinder | Mar 16, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories |
THE REAL SECRET OF HAPPINESS! If we study the lives of truly fulfilled people, we find one quality they all share above all: Contentment. They do not seem to suffer from “more-ism” syndrome. Without contentment, the pursuit of happiness becomes a wild-goose chase: No...
by Satinder | Mar 14, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
KNOWLEDGE THAT FREES US FROM ALL SORROW In the Indian culture, the Vedas represent a vast body of ancient wisdom texts that prescribe a religious and spiritual way of life. The Vedas denote a body of knowledge through which we come to know about the goals of human...
by Satinder | Mar 5, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories |
LEADERSHIP CRISIS AND A STEADY SPIRITUAL COMPASS There is a crisis of leadership in the world today. The crisis arises from the fact that most of our business and political leaders have lost their moral and spiritual bearings. Do you believe that modern leaders have...
by Satinder | Mar 2, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories |
RETURN ON CHARACTER? IT STILL PAYS TO BE GOOD! Research reported in Harvard Business Review (HBR) over the last 20 years about the alchemy of exemplary leadership has one thing in common: it largely centers around “leader as a person”–on leader’s character...
by Satinder | Feb 29, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Poetry Unlimited, Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories, Who Am I? |
The Path. The Pointers. The Paradox After paradoxically searching for something which is essentially our very own nature (svarūpa) or trying to become what we already are, one gradually realizes that one needs to do very little in the realm of self-realization. ना...
by Satinder | Feb 21, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories |
HAPPINESS = SUCCESS Many people think that they will be happy once they become successful. They keep on living in the ‘waiting-mode,’ rehearsing life and not truly living. The algorithm of success actually works the other way: When you are happy, you will be...
by Satinder | Feb 19, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
KNOW THYSELF: PUT AN END TO ALL YOUR STRUGGLES All struggles are born out of the desire to become somebody else. The desire to become somebody else is born out of self non-acceptance. And self-non-acceptance is born out of ignorance about the intrinsic fullness of our...
by Satinder | Feb 13, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Who Am I? |
NO WAVE. NO OCEAN. WATER ONLY! Once upon a time, a tiny wave felt inadequate and insecure. It felt daunted confronting the vast expanse of the ocean. It used to get splashed by other bigger, stronger waves all the time. It wanted to matter, to count, to make a...
by Satinder | Feb 10, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Practical Spirituality, Quotable Quotes and Stories, Who Am I? |
TWO BIRDS ON A TREE WHO AM I?[1] When a question is asked, “Who Am I?” what does the word ‘I’ refer to? The word ‘I’ can be used in three different senses. It can refer to: 1) the body-mind complex, or 2) the ego (ahaṅkāra) or 3) the self (ātmā) A clear...
by Satinder | Feb 9, 2016 | Happiness Inc., Poetry Unlimited, Practical Spirituality |
LOVE: THE BEST MEDICINE! A wise physician once said the best medicine for humans is love. Someone asked, “What if it does not work?” The physician smiled and said, “Increase the dosage!” Grace Notes: Generally, when we hear the word love,...
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...
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