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Some good thoughts ... Spirituality is about seeing everything around you as energy and not a person, thing or form. Connecting with that eternal energy beyond form is spirituality. When you are neither entangled not insecure you are FREE. Only entangled and insecure people are busy. When you get anything you become in-secured when you receive anything you become reassured. Ignorant Asks, Arrogant Commands, Irresponsible Claims, Curious Finds Out, Wise Discovers ! Bonding is Blissful when nobody is carrying each others load, but when are connected with each other in Love .

Nine Principles for Peace of Mind

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Nine Principles for Peace of Mind 1.     Do Not Interfere In Others’ Business Unless Asked Most of us create our own problems by interfering too often in others’ affairs. We do so because somehow we have convinced ourselves that our way is the best way, our logic is the perfect logic and those who do not conform to our thinking must be criticized and steered to the right direction, our direction. This thinking denies the existence of individuality and consequently the existence of God… God has created each one of us in a unique way. No two human beings can think or act inexactly the same way. All men or women act the way they do because God within them prompts them that way. Mind your own business and you will keep your peace. 2.     Forgive And Forget This is the most powerful aid to peace of mind. We often develop ill feelings inside our heart for the person who insults us or harms us. We nurture grievances. This in turn res...

दुंदुभी निनादल्या ...

A group song from the school days. Really an inspirational song about one of the most daring act by Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj ... Afazul Khan Vadh !! दुंदुभी निनादल्या,  दशदिशा    कडाडल्या, केसरी गुहेसमीप मत्त हत्ती चालला, मत्त हत्ती चालला ||  वाकुनी आदिलशाहास कुर्निसात देऊनी  प्रलयकाळ तो प्रचंड खान निघे तेथुनी  हादरली धरणी व्योम शेषहि शहारला || १ ||  खान चालला पुढे अफाट सैन्य मागुती  उंट हत्ती पालख्या हि रांग लांब लांब ती  टोळधाड हि निघे स्वतंत्रता गिळायला || 2 ||  श्रवणी तप्त तैलसे शिवास वृत्त पोचले  रक्त तापले कराल खड्ग सिद्ध जाहले  मर्दनास कालियास कृष्ण सिद्ध जाहला || ३ ||  तुळजापूरची भवानी माय महन्मंगला  राउळात अधमखान दैत्यासह पोचला  मूर्ती भंगली मनात चित्रगुप्त हासला || ४ ||  सावधान हो शिवा वैर्याची रात्र ही  काळ येतसे समीप साध तूच वेळ ही  देऊनी बळी अजास तोषवी भवानीला || ५ || 

What am I?

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What am I? Number five has a special significance in spirituality the five elements ( Panchmahabhoota ), the five bodies ( Panchsharir ), the five rules of the Buddha ( Panchsheel ), the five precepts of Aurveda ( Panchkarma ), etc. However there is one set of fives that denotes a unique spiritual phenomenon that very few are aware of the five qualities of the Self. Lot of significance has been attached to the questions Who am I and Why am I? But the question What am I? is often ignored. What is my inner core made up of? What are the qualities of the Self? What is at the essence of my being? What are the five core values of a human being? And the answer will be five qualities or values. These are creation, realization, satisfaction, devotion and discrimination. To make it simpler, you can substitute these five qualities with the verbs Expressing, Being, Enjoying, Loving and Knowing. Why only these? You can use an micro or macro approach and will arrive at the same set of five what...

The Law of Karma demystified

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A discussion between Seekers and Master is reproduced below. The discussion throws light on a number of beliefs one may have about Karma. Seeker 1 :   Master , what exactly is the Law of Karma? Master :   Let   us examine everyone’s beliefs here about Karma before we exactly come to the law of Karma. Let us suppose young Sam stole from his father. He stole 100 dollars worth of money from his father’s wallet. What according to you will happen as per law of Karma? What do each one of you think? Let us start with you – since you asked the question… Seeker 1 :     Well, I think if Sam stole from his father, when Sam grows up – his son will steal about the same amount of money from him. Master :     What about interest? (smiles)    J   What if he does not get married at all? What do others think? Seeker 2 :     Well, I believe that someone will steal back from him. It may be money, it may be ideas. It will be sometime or the oth...

Real Happiness !

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Seeker :   What is Real Happiness? Master :   Real Happiness is not that happiness which you get when you achieve something. The mind has cast a shadow over the real ‘you’, the nature of which is happiness. When the mind falls – then what is behind the mind – that Truth manifests. And when that happens, it is real happiness. Suppose you have an aim, a desire to achieve something or to own something. And when you actually achieve it – then the mind, that was thriving only on that desire – falls for some moments since the desire has been fulfilled. And in those few moments of no-mind, you experience emptiness and you call this as happiness or bliss. All happiness you have ever experienced is only because of the mind getting empty, because of the no mind state, because of the lifting of the shadow of the mind. But you get the notion that ‘because’ the target was completed – you got happiness. Because you got what you desired – you got happiness. Because of this false notion, d...

Is the Truth Bitter or Sweet?

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People say many things. If people knew the truth, then whatever is happening in the world today, would that be happening? People do not know the truth. They call information of external things and general knowledge as the truth. The truth gives joy at the beginning, at the mid and at the end. This means it always gives happiness. It is beautiful and sweet. Taste it from anywhere. It is always sweet and never bitter. If truth seems to be bitter, then one should check his tongue to see if there is something bitter on his tongue. If someone is told, “You are a fool… you are fat… you are ugly…”, then this person feels bad. People think that perhaps he found this truth to be bitter. But actually it was not the truth, but the information about his body-mind that he felt bad about. His true self is beyond the body-mind. The truth (the ultimate truth) is beyond the body-mind. But people consider the truth and information to be one and the same. The ones who coined the statement, “ Truth is G...