Aye ghame zindagi, khucch toh de mashwara (Oh grieving life, give me some recommendation) Ek tarf uska ghar,ek taraf maikada. (On one side is his house, and on the other side is the bar) —- Ghazal, Pankaj Udhas This sums up the precarious position in which one finds him/herself. Where to go? On one side…
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“This soul can not be attained by instruction nor by intellect nor by much learning. It can be attained only by the one whom it chooses. To such a one this soul reveals its own nature. “This soul can not be attained by one lacking strength nor by carelessness nor by misdirected discipline; but the…
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The four parts of the mind To succeed we need to understand how the mind works. The mind is nothing but an expanse of collective memories and experiences. The mind consists of four parts : memory (karma) intellect (buddhi) ego (ahamkara) chitta (soul perception). Of these, the first 3 are very active in most people.…
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What changes is unreal So, what is real? This world, our thoughts, our relationships, or our possessions. One thing is for sure – what changes through time is not real. Look around you. All the things are slowly moving toward their destruction. (Second law of Thermodynamics – Entropy or Chaos increases with the arrow of…
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How to bring in a change in your Self Change is the only constant, somebody said. Everything around us changes, including ourselves. We lose thousands of cells daily. Our stomach lining changes every 2 weeks. And many other bodily changes. We are not even slightly aware of these phenomenal changes that take place. Most of…
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