Withthe holidays just around the corner, brightly-lit stores display a mind-boggling variety of tempting products for sale. “Buy! Buy! Buy!” scream the advertisements. Showing you images of ecstatic people receiving gifts, the advertisements seem to tell you that the...
A person’s spiritual maturity can be measured by the equanimity of his or her mind. The ability to stay calm and balanced no matter what is happening around you demonstrates how much you have grown spiritually. Think of the Buddha, the Dalai Lama or Pope Francis. They...
When I first became a mother, although I had made the effort to learn as much as I could about caring and feeding a baby, I was ill equipped to be a parent. I wish that as my husband and I raised our children, we had some spiritual wisdom about life, the purpose and...
Doing the same job day after day can sometimes begin to feel routine and unchallenging. It makes you wonder what you can do to keep yourself inspired and enthused. I was in India last week to attend a spiritual camp with my guru, Swami Tejomayananda at the Chinmaya...
Wouldn’t it be a great relief to be free from the tyranny of your repetitive and useless thoughts? These unwanted thoughts creep into everything that you do, rudely interrupting your focus with their often negative nature. The mind is merely a tool that you use to...
