We all get a little low at times and we then feel life is too much. Now that is quite human. It is but Satan in us that suggests any kind of self-harm ; we should never yield to this wicked suggestion. I live in India, my younger son studied in San Francisco. I have seen pictures of the Golden... Read more

In this poem, Mr MIND personifies Manas, the ego-centric seat of attachments and aversions that we call the Lower Mind. Br. HEART, on the other hand, stands for the soul-guided intellect or Higher Mind (Atma-prakashit Vivek Buddhi) whose intuitive wisdom inherited from the Soul, matures into divi... Read more

While engrossed in work at home or in office, if we can be anchored in an inner calmness, it greatly helps. This needs developing and training our Self-awareness. Sri Paramahansa Yogananda, the author of 'Autobiography of a Yogi', aptly describes this balanced state as being " Calmly Active & ... Read more