By Sanjib Mukherjee,
Profound peace and relaxation are the hallmarks of a great practitioner of Yoga. Yet in living in a world full of constant change, how does one keep this feeling of contentment when nothing stays the same? Yoga’s answer is simple. True inner peace is never a destination, but merely a way of travelling. Let’s take a closer look at how problems arise.
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By Sanjib Mukherjee,
Have you ever noticed why the sun never gets tired from shining, or why the ocean never gets bothered from swimming or why the wind never gets tired of blowing? They seem to follow their instincts and do what comes naturally to them. Days, weeks, months, years, even centuries may come and go, yet the elements never loose their vigour, their focus or their intensity in whatever they do.
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By Sanjib Mukherjee,
Sanjib: Thank you for such a beautiful and sincere question. Keeping the mind centred and serene, is one of the primary goals of any spiritual discipline and can be attained with a little understanding of the mechanics of the mind.
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By Sanjib Mukherjee,
Most households in India start the day with a morning ritual called a “puja” where an individual will close their eyes and offer a prayer of hope to the divine, so all their desires may be taken care of. Though people may pray in differing ways (depending on the gods they worship and the rituals they observe), every thought is ultimately directed to the same consciousness (or omnipresent soul called the “Atman”).
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By Sri Sri Ravi Shankar,
The complexity and difficulty of relationships makes humans distinct from other species.
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By Paramhansa Yogananda,
The relationship of guru and disciple depicts the only real way to retrace the truant soul’s footsteps back to God.
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By Sanjib Mukherjee,
Dronacharya (the great warrior and guru to master bowman, Arjuna) had a very simple philosophy to winning all his major battles…. “archery is never learnt on the battlefield”. His principle dictated that the key to any success in life was in the preparation, where champions were made in training and not in competition.
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By Sanjib Mukherjee,
Radha is the embodiment of devotion with her entire existence dedicated to loving her Lord Krishna. She loved Krishna from the very core of her being and totally accepted everything about him, even the flirtatious attentions of all the fellow gopis (village girls) who also had their eyes on her beloved.
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By Sanjib Mukherjee,
At one point in our livetime, every single one of us will fall madly and deeply in love with another person. Whether the experience be labelled a teenage crush, an innocent infatuation, a soul mate union or even forbidden lust, no-one escapes the arrows of cupids aim whilst gracing this earth. Falling in love can be one of the beautiful experiences we will ever have.
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By Paramhansa Yogananda,
Every soul is destined to be perfect, and every being, in the end, will attain to that state.
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