A mantra is a potent formula that contains a mystical power that is unlocked when the mantra is recited or focused on. This is why it is important to know how to recite a mantra. Mantras were revealed to ancient sages who went deep within themselves in meditation....
What is a mantra? A mantra is a divine power encapsulated in a specific combination of sounds. When a mantra is continuously recited with feeling and attention, the inherent power in those sounds is invoked. The mantra then protects the one who repeats it. The meaning...
If you had to complete a task, how easily and efficiently are you able to organise your thoughts, focus your mind and get it done? Do you put off what you need to do until later? Does your mind wander when you start working? In the language of spirituality, a lack of...
Spirituality is self-mastery–not mastery over the world but mastery within ourselves so that under all circumstances we try to remain as equipoised as possible. —Swami Chinmayananda Peaceful living is living with the wisdom that life and all things are impermanent. In...
You are the universal Self appearing as a limited human self. “That Thou Art” proclaim the spiritual masters of Vedanta. Your true Self is changeless, infinite existence and complete bliss, but identified with your small ego-self, you experience constant change,...
Where do you experience emotions such as joy, fear, anger and sadness? And what about sensations like pain, pleasure, cold and warmth? You feel them in your mind and body. Notice that they are in “your” mind and body. Yet, when you feel joy, anger or pain you say,...