Silence yourself, not others!
IN THE olden days, people in India did not stitch clothes after sunset. This is because all stitching was done by hand with a needle. In the dim candle or kerosene lamp light it w$as not possible to see properly and one could get hurt by poking the fingers with needle. Even now in India, some...
Live this moment here and now!Live this moment here and now!
SOME of us may think that we have no bad habits because we do not smoke or drink. We may think that we do everything perfectly right. Let me tell you, you all have a secret mental addiction! That addiction leads you into doing all kinds of things. In fact, it prevents you from doing many things. No...
Our bodies are beautiful!!
WE HAVE perfected the system of give and take. Everything in our life has a simple equation. We want to know what we can get before we begin to do anything. What’s in it for me is a mantra of modern age. The truth is that no institution built by ordinary humans are above this consideration...
Gratiude -  The Key to Happiness
Understand, if ever you feel life is dull, that it is not as juicy as it should be, it is because gratitude has not happened in you. Gratitude is the energy that makes your life intense and exciting every moment. When you carry causeless gratitude in you, life will be sweet all the time...
Respect Food, Don't Waste It!
PARAMAHAMSA SRI NITHYANANDA on Respect food, Don't Waste It! OVER EATING is a modern disease. People think that it is better to eat more vegetarian food. Let us be clear here. Over eating any food is bad. Be it vegetarian or meat. It creates a lot of problems for us. We have never...
Make life your goal, not greed or fear
WE FEEL happy or satisfied when we are running after desires or when we run away from our fears. So every moment, we are continuously either in greed by running after our desires or in fear by continuously running away from something. Our happiness in every moment is measured only by either greed...
Possess nothing, enjoy everything
DO YOU respect a beggar? Do you disrespect a rich man? In today’s world, people are evaluated only on the basis of their possessions and status. A person’s worth in society is decided on the basis of how much he or she owns. Apart from his physical wealth, his power and influence become important....
Who you really are!
Do you know who you really are? Each of us carries an idea about ourselves, which we think of as our identity. But how real is this identity?
Is Pain Your Friend or Foe?
We have heard that pain is the messenger from our bodies to our mind. How does your mind greet the messenger? Is it something to be shooed away because you are too busy or is it welcomed because of the warning it brings?
Relax, what's the big hurry?
Hurry seems to be the peculiar disease of our time.
From desire to worship
ABOUT THE TECHNIQUE You are always ashamed of your desires! You don’t realize, every desire you have is only a reflection of your deep desire for inner fulfillment...
Which is the best meditation path?
Q. Different people emphasize different paths of meditation like yoga, tantra, bhakti (devotion) etc. Which path is best?...
Look again!
ABOUT THE TECHNIQUE We are so afraid of being sensitive because when we become sensitive, life opens out tremendous avenues which we don’t know how to handle. We remain insensitive and live a dead life because of this. We remain in a dead and secure circuit. When sensitivity flowers, every...
Meditation makes you smarter!
There have been many studies to discern the effect of meditation on the speed and correctness of perception and response...
What is dynamic meditation?
Dynamic meditation techniques use extreme physical tension to enter into meditation! When your body is at maximum tension, a sudden break in tension can make you go directly into deep relaxation...