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- Earth Day - by Submitted on May 04, 2013 from Vinod AnandEarth Day (Vinod Anand) On 22 April every year, there is the Earth Day. You must know that Life began 3.5 Arab Years back, and the age of earth is 4.54 Arab years.70 % of the Earth is covered with water, and 30% is the plain. How audacious that we can even think we can allot a day for the ...
Views: 1501 - Even a Teacher Might Have Ego - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2013 from Vinod AnandEven a Teacher Might Have Ego (Vinod Anand) No one is completely devoid of ego and self-esteem. For example, if a guru does not have a well-functioning ego, then perhaps no seeker would ever listen to his discourses and the former would be left alone in his ashram. Whether you are a ...
Views: 1383 - Fear amongst Infants - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2013 from Vinod AnandFear amongst Infants (Vinod Anand) Everyone knows how fear feels—stomach turning over, heart racing, mouth dry, skin perspiring, thoughts concentrated on how to get away from the situation in which one is. When infants show distress through crying and apparent attempts to withdraw, adults ...
Views: 844 - Focus on Silence - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2013 from Vinod AnandFocus on Silence [Vinod Anand] The mind and the physical brain control the human body. The brain and mind are controlled by the desire of the soul. Just close your eyes and see what is going on inside the brain. Give it just two minutes. You will find so many thoughts running inside you ...
Views: 1441 - Gandhi and the path of Ahimsa - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2013 from Vinod AnandGandhi and the path of Ahimsa Vinod Anand The concept of Ahimsa occupies a central position in Gandhi’s thoughts. It would not be correct to say that the inspiration behind the idea of Ahimsa came from Mahatma Gandhi solely, from the spiritual traditional in India, or from any unified ...
Views: 2090 - Get Inspired by Self - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2013 from Vinod AnandGet Inspired by Self (Vinod Anand) We all are leaders in a way as people around constantly emulate us, seek our inspiration, guidance and support and crave for our attention, love and compassion. Therefore, leaders in any sphere face the dual challenge of connecting with self and others. ...
Views: 1320 - How to Lead a Stress-free Happy Life? - by Submitted on May 04, 2013 from Vinod AnandHow to Lead a Stress-free Happy Life? (Vinod Anand) On a visit to the US I happened to meet an Asian immigrant, let’s call him SA. I found that he was a man with a difference. At all times he was in a happy mood. His colleagues also affirm that he is quite different from other people. In ...
Views: 1357 - How well we understand the gift of Mind? - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2015 from Vinod AnandHow well we understand the gift of Mind? [Vinod Anand] We have been created by the universe. How well do we know our creator, the universe? We have been gifted by the universe with a unique attribute, the mind. How well do we understand this gift? The mind creates its own realities and a ...
Views: 1236 - Human Memory - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2013 from Vinod AnandHuman Memory [Vinod Anand] Is ordinary knowledge confined to the material level, the abstract level, or is it a bit of both? Another question may arise: If ordinary knowledge is partly material and partly abstract, is there an extraordinary, super-conscious knowledge which is totally ...
Views: 2062 - Integrating the Harmony of Mind and Heart - by Submitted on May 05, 2013 from Vinod AnandIntegrating the Harmony of Mind and Heart [Vinod Anand] For most of us the mind and heart are at —“loggerheads, and the conflict between L the two creates confusion. The mind, in its objective handling of the material world, is saturated with experiences of multiplicity and separateness, and ...
Views: 2224 - Intentions in Life - by Submitted on Aug 21, 2013 from Vinod AnandIntentions in Life (Vinod Anand) Much is said and written about how important intention is to our lives, but there is a whole lot of confusion around that word. A working definition of intention is: ‘to have in mind a purpose or plan, to direct the mind, to aim’, making it seem much the same ...
Views: 1340 - Invite Good Things in your Life - by Submitted on May 09, 2013 from Vinod AnandInvite Good Things in your Life [Vinod Anand] All of us complain at one time or another. But, there are some people who complain, regardless. Complaining is a way of life with them; they cannot stop cribbing, wherever they are, whatever they are doing, or whatever is happening to them, they ...
Views: 1611 - Know Your Body - by Submitted on May 11, 2013 from Vinod AnandKnow Your Body [Vinod Anand] Body is the first gift of God. Let us see how? Does a soul enter the mother’s womb during conception or in the course of pregnancy? Understand that the soul doesn’t ‘enter’. If you are using the word ‘soul’ as an alternate to the Sanskrit word ‘atma’ then ...
Views: 1135 - Knowledge through Self - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2013 from Vinod AnandKnowledge through Self (Vinod Anand) Self knowledge is neither gained by explanations and descriptions nor by the instructions of others but by direct experience. Whatever is experienced and known here in this world, all that is the self, consciousness devoid of the duality of the ...
Views: 1495 - Lead a Wise Life - by Submitted on May 10, 2013 from Vinod AnandLead a Wise Life (Vinod Anand) What really matters in the end, said Gautama Buddha, is, “How well did you love; how fully did you live and how deeply did you let go?” All the three are golden rules of wise living. Here, ‘let go’ means renouncing with hill clarity and determination those ...
Views: 1523 - Learn to Live with Nature - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2013 from Vinod AnandLearn to Live with Nature (Vinod Anand) Each one of us is very special and each one of us is trying his best to survive. You might ask: ‘In what way am I special?’ Or, ‘what makes me unique’? ‘What is the best strategy I should adopt to survive?’ However, your worries about yourself and ...
Views: 1319 - Let Us Be Kind - by Submitted on May 12, 2013 from Vinod AnandLet Us Be Kind (Vinod Anand) Take the everyday scenario of a traffic jam in the city. When cars are piled up and tempers run high, two auto-rickshaws coming ‘from different directions practically touch each other. Each wants to claim right of way and neither wants to budge and relent. ...
Views: 1212 - Life and Death are Interconnected - by Submitted on May 13, 2013 from Vinod AnandLife and Death are Interconnected (Vinod Anand) When you begin to realize the relationship of life and death, the old model of who you are starts to expand. As your old model dies something new happens. You begin to experience directly the living truth of dying and being reborn again in ...
Views: 1727 - Life has Both Limitations and Achievements - by Submitted on May 15, 2013 from Vinod AnandLife has Both Limitations and Achievements (Vinod Anand) Life has Both Limitations and Achievements A Muslim youth of my acquaintance, born in a village and madrasa-educated, can speak two foreign languages fluently -Arabic and English - without ever having studied for a university ...
Views: 1353 - LIFE LESSONS OF GANDHIJI - by Submitted on Jan 30, 2013 from Vinod AnandLIFE LESSONS OF GANDHIJI (Vinod Anand) The first lesson one could imbibe from MK Gandhi’s life is to resolve to do away with platitudes. Language, communication and discussion have become a complex labyrinth of context, nuances and sophistication, dependant on who is articulating. Today, very ...
Views: 638 - Literature Connotes Spirit of Welfare - by Submitted on May 17, 2013 from Vinod AnandLiterature Connotes Spirit of Welfare (Vinod Anand) The real significance of the word sahitya or literature is inherent in the word itself for the characteristic of literature is ‘to move together’, keeping abreast of life. Literature is no invention of the superficiality of social life, nor ...
Views: 1190 - Live and let Live - by Submitted on Sep 12, 2013 from Vinod AnandLive and let Live [Vinod Anand] Are you taking someone’s life without even being aware of it? You might be doing just that, as the following true-life story illustrates. A father was telling his graduate son what career the young man should pursue. The son listened to what his father had ...
Views: 1474 - Live in the Present Moment - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2013 from Vinod AnandLive in the Present Moment [Vinod Anand] The present moment is all you ever have. There is never a time when your life is not “this moment’. Is this not a fact? Psychological time is a mental disease. Look as its collective manifestations. They occur; for example, in the form of ...
Views: 1410 - Look at the life in a new Way - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2013 from Vinod AnandLook at the life in a new Way [Vinod Anand] Truth can be likened to a pyramid— its pinnacle gives the highest expression of truth, while its broad base gives strength and stability. I’ve been amazed by the number of people in India who tell me that they don’t believe in God, and then go onto ...
Views: 1277 - Looking at Life and Happiness - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2013 from Vinod AnandLooking at Life and Happiness (Vinod Anand) Each of us wants some peace and happiness in life. Still, happiness often evades us. “Is there a simple, straightforward roadmap to get happiness and peace in life,” I asked Swami Paramarthanandji in Chennai. He replied, ‘Reducing PORT is the ...
Views: 1367 - Love is Basic in Life - by Submitted on May 15, 2013 from Vinod AnandLove is Basic in Life (Vinod Anand) The world exists just because love still exists on earth. If this one divine quality left the world, then there could be no existence on earth. Let us love the root of the tree. Then we shall see that the branches, the leaves and the foliage of the ...
Views: 1096 - Lust: A Form of Love - by Submitted on May 19, 2013 from Vinod AnandLust: A Form of Love (Vinod Anand) Those who try to understand God through the intellect alone, arrive at some cold and dry concept which misses the very essence of divine nature. It is true that God is infinite knowledge, existence, power and bliss, but true understanding comes from ...
Views: 1493 - Manifest the Higher Self within You - by Submitted on May 19, 2013 from Vinod AnandManifest the Higher Self within You [Vinod Anand] We all have a higher Self within; we were born with it. However, most neither are we aware of it nor do we act from it. It remains dormant, but survives only to manifest at the right opportunity. Sometimes we get a fleeting glimpse of ...
Views: 1190 - Manifest the Higher Self within You - by Submitted on May 19, 2013 from Vinod AnandManifest the Higher Self within You [Vinod Anand] We all have a higher Self within; we were born with it. However, most neither are we aware of it nor do we act from it. It remains dormant, but survives only to manifest at the right opportunity. Sometimes we get a fleeting glimpse of ...
Views: 1116 - Mind is the Greatest Gift of God - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2013 from Vinod AnandMind is the Greatest Gift of God [Vinod Anand] Mind is the greatest gift we have. All our activities are controlled by the mind. In the Bhagwad Gita, Krishna says that controlling the mind is more difficult than subduing the wind. The mind is the source of all that is good and bad, ...
Views: 1461 - MOVIES AND YOUR CHILD - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2013 from Vinod AnandMOVIES AND YOUR CHILD (Vinod Anand) Movies are one of the major influencers of the youth today. Instead of devising ways to restrict your child’s movie viewing, find ways to help your child get inspired and learn about, different topics through their favorite movies here... parents often ...
Views: 1480 - Music bestows happiness - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2013 from Vinod AnandMusic bestows happiness Vinod Anand THERE is a difference between a house and a home. A house is just a structure, but, a home includes people who live there as a family and look after each other. It is also decorated according to the choice of the members of the family. Once you go out ...
Views: 1189 - NOTHING LIKE FAITH IN LIFE - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2013 from Vinod AnandNOTHING LIKE FAITH IN LIFE (Vinod Anand) When an aspirant becomes voluntarily affiliated with a Master, he is said to have become a disciple. Discipleship is one, of the fundamental features which characterize the life of the advanced aspirant, and it does not come into existence through any ...
Views: 714 - NOTHING LIKE MEDITATION - by Submitted on May 01, 2013 from Vinod AnandNOTHING LIKE MEDITATION (Vinod Anand) You are standing in awe in front of a painting. You are getting lost in this labyrinth of shapes and forms, until you are no more. And yet, you are more yourself than you have ever been before. If you’ve ever experienced this, you know that art of ...
Views: 1256 - On Practicing and Becoming Silent - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2013 from Vinod AnandOn Practicing and Becoming Silent (Vinod Anand) The existence that one is able to experience— see, hear, smell, taste and touch — through the five senses is essentially a product of reverberations, a play of nada or sound. The body and mind of an individual are also reverberations. But they ...
Views: 589 - One should be Loyal to Relationships - by Submitted on May 21, 2013 from Vinod AnandOne should be Loyal to Relationships (Vinod Anand) Dear XYZ, if I remember correctly, the last time you met me was at... when was it? Was it at a wedding or a birthday celebration? Perhaps it was at someone’s prayer meeting. How much time did we spend together and what did we say to each ...
Views: 1138 - One should be Religious but not a Hypocrite - by Submitted on May 16, 2013 from Vinod AnandOne should be Religious but not a Hypocrite (Vinod Anand) Unlearning or de-conditioning is how J Krishnamurti defined his initiation on the path of spirituality in the true sense. As much of our learning is the result of our conditioning which has already taken us away froth our true Self, ...
Views: 1160 - Patience Leads to Positive Attitude - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2013 from Vinod AnandPatience Leads to Positive Attitude (Vinod Anand) Rome was not built in a day. Every masterpiece requires efforts to make things perfect. However, in some cases, despite all sincere efforts, the art simply remains art; it does not become a masterpiece. This can lead to frustration, low ...
Views: 1854 - Pay a Close Attention to what is Happening Now - by Submitted on May 21, 2013 from Vinod AnandPay a Close Attention to what is Happening Now (Vinod Anand) It often surprises me when people say they intensely dislike cooking; I wonder if it is because they think it is too complicated or if they are often in a hurry to get it all done with. Though something to keep us alive and ...
Views: 1315 - Personal Preferences Should be linked with The Welfare of Others - by Submitted on May 23, 2013 from Vinod AnandPersonal Preferences Should be linked with The Welfare of Others (Vinod Anand) In the southern California town of Claremont, where my parents lived, there is a retirement community called Pilgrims’ Place. It looks like an ordinary neighbourhood of modest homes, but everyone who lives there ...
Views: 1180 - Plant positive Thoughts - by Submitted on May 22, 2013 from Vinod AnandPlant positive Thoughts (Vinod Anand) How many of us utilize the power of the subconscious mind? Your subconscious mind does not need your advice to say what is to be done to overcome barriers, when there is a blockade in your daily life. It is continuously alert: Whatever your need may ...
Views: 1392 - Power and Love - by Submitted on May 24, 2013 from Vinod AnandPower and Love [Vinod Anand] All of us contain within ourselves two strong but distinctly different fundamental forces that are in tension: power and love. In working for social change, we need both. The problem is — whether we openly acknowledge it or not — each of us is tilted more ...
Views: 1253 - Reason and Truth - by Submitted on May 24, 2013 from Vinod AnandReason and Truth (Vinod Anand) Dogmatic thinking and abdication of reason in their innumerable forms remain as great obstacles to human advancement leading to suffering and ignorance, according to Swami Dayananda. So strongly was he guided by the supremacy of reason that he proclaimed ...
Views: 1314 - RELATIONSHIPS OF INFANTS WITH PEOPLE: A BRIEF OUTLOOK - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2013 from Vinod AnandRELATIONSHIPS OF INFANTS WITH PEOPLE: A BRIEF OUTLOOK (Vinod Anand) The culture into which a child is born determines the limits of his opportunities for physical, cognitive, and social development. Role prescriptions and ideals for child-rearing, although clear in simple, stable societies, ...
Views: 697 - Remembering Past Lives - by Submitted on May 25, 2013 from Vinod AnandRemembering Past Lives (Vinod Anand) If you remember two or three lives, you will be in the same state as the centipede that had been living perfectly well and was going for a morning walk, when a little rabbit asked him, “Uncle, I have to ask a question: How do you manage your hundred ...
Views: 1356 - Secularism - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2013 from Vinod AnandSecularism [Vinod Anand] The concept of secularism was vibrant in the Indic region with the realization not only of one God but of the essential oneness of all existence: “Ekam Sat bipra bahudha badanti.” Ultimate reality is singular as time or space is, but appears to be many due to ...
Views: 1302 - Self-Assessment is Very Important - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2013 from Vinod AnandSelf-Assessment is Very Important (Vinod Anand) We often have to keep reminding our/ selves that we are self-respecting individuals, who will not allow ourselves to be short-changed. Despite professional knavery and skullduggery, if we do an honest day’s work and remain true to ourselves, we ...
Views: 1540 - Smoke Meditatively - by Submitted on May 31, 2013 from Vinod AnandSmoke Meditatively [Vinod Anand] Many people cannot drop the habit of chain-smoking. They do try hard but they normally fail. Some people say that is a sin to smoke. I would suggest that don’t make a mountain out of a molehill! Now, what are you really doing when you are smoking? Just ...
Views: 1590 - Spiritual Experience - by Submitted on Jul 04, 2013 from Vinod AnandSpiritual Experience (Vinod Anand) There are five aspects of spirituality—the objective, the why of spirituality, the means for attaining the objective, who pursues spirituality and when. Objective of spirituality is to transcend the limited bodily identity and experience the oneness ...
Views: 1300 - Spiritual Progress - by Submitted on May 25, 2013 from Vinod AnandSpiritual Progress (Vinod Anand) What is the subject of the enjoyer? It is the mind. The mind undergoes physical as well as intellectual experiences. The experience of spiritual bliss is psycho-spiritual and partly mental by nature. If all feelings are through the mind, it follows that ...
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