In our quest for a meaningful and fulfilling existence, we often encounter internal conflicts. One such conflict, known as cognitive dissonance, arises when we find ourselves unable to follow through
Sacrifice comes from the word sacred, and in one of the ancient wisdom literature’s there’s a mention about how nobody can live peacefully without some kind of sacrifice, some austerity
We are spiritual beings having a human experience. Because we are spiritual, we are eternal, and existing in a constantly changing, impermanent world feels unnatural. This incongruity between our spiritual
Imagine a traditional doctor of bygone times, always ready with a little black bag of remedies. This image, in essence, mirrors the role of a Sadhu, traversing paths, providing guidance,
There’s a lot of death awareness among people in palliative care. Palliative care means end-of-life care. When people receive a notice, they have a prognosis. Prognosis means how long you
There is a comedian I used to like, called Steven Wright, and he had a joke. He said once, “I heard that you don’t know what you got till it’s
It is not that we are a body or an entity and then we get a spirit, or we have a soul. We are the soul. We are spiritual beings,
How we carry ourselves in life and the direction we decide to go depends on the song we keep in our hearts. The body is like a chariot, and the
Where do desires come from? We have a subconscious mind. The Yoga-sūtras are the psychology of yoga that describes the mind; called the Chitta. Our subtle body, or subtle material
Patañjali, the author of yoga-sutras, describes in the psychology of yoga the five kleśas, or the sufferings within the mind, and identifies the causes. Here they are in broad categories:
