Happy Durga Ashthmi
13th Oct, 2021 During Navratri, We celebrate the nine forms of the Goddess, the Universal mother, an embodiment of power. We bow to her and seek her blessings. In celebrating the Divine Feminine, we come to know the True Beauty and the most powerful dimension of life. Without the feminine energy or “Shakti,” there would […]
Moksha
12th Oct, 2021 This is an anecdote from the sukhsaagar, where Narad is asked a question by a perplexed devotee as to why, Narayan preferred a householder for moksha over him. Narad asks the devotee to circumambulate (go around) the parikrama seven times without spilling a drop from a vessel filled to the brim. The […]
Chronological Lottery – Being at the Right Place at the Right Time
11th Oct, 2021 The history of mankind might have been very boring if it was not for great men and women seizing the opportunities that changed their lives. Whether it is Napoleon Bonaparte, Thomas Edison, Jamshedji Tata, Walt Disney, Mother Teresa, Steve Jobs or Sachin Tendulkar, we wouldn’t be inspired by any of them. It’s […]
Silence
10th Oct, 2021 I begged the Wise One to tell me the secret of the world. Gently, gently, he whispered, “Be quiet, the secret cannot be spoken, It is wrapped in silence. The trees, the flowers, the plants grow in silence. The stars, the sun, the moon move in silence. Silence gives us a new […]
The Man Richer than Bill Gates
09th Oct, 2021 Someone once asked Bill Gates, “Have you met any person richer than you?”Gates replied, “yes, only one.Many years ago, I was at the New York airport. I read titles of newspapers there. I liked one of them and I wanted to buy it. But I didn’t have change (coin). So I abandoned […]
The Caring Child
08th Oct, 2021 Author and lecturer, Leo Buscaglia, once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.The winner was: A four-year-old child, whose next door neighbour was an elderly gentleman, who had recently lost his wife.Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy […]
Happy Navratri
07th Oct, 2021 The beginning of spring and the beginning of autumn are two very important junctions of climatic and solar influence. These two periods are taken as sacred opportunities for the worship of the Divine Mother. It represents celebration of Goddess Durga, the manifestation of Deity in the form of Shakti. Happy Navratras! The […]
The Joy of Giving
06th Oct, 2021 John D Rockfeller was once the richest man in the world. The first billionaire in the world. By age 25 he controlled one of the largest oil refineries in the US. By age 31 he had become the world’s largest oil refiner. By age 38 he commanded 90% of the oil refined […]
Be an Encourager
05th Oct, 2021 One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name. Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down. It […]
THE KISS PRINCIPLE
04th Oct, 2021 KISS, is an acronym for ‘Keep It Simple, Stupid.’ It is a design principle noted by the U.S. Navy in 1960 coined by the late Kelly Johnson, who was the lead engineer at the Lockheed Skunk Works, a place responsible for the S-71 Blackbird spy plane amongst many other notable achievements. The […]