Here is an enlightening anecdote from ‘Tuesdays with Morrie’, a wonderful and highly uplifting book by Mitch Albom. Embed from Getty Images A little wave is bobbing along in the ocean, having a grand old time. He’s enjoying the wind and fresh air on a warm, sunny afternoon. Suddenly he notices the other waves in…
Life experiences have taught me that real freedom, a state of abandon or total release, is attained when I am aware of and understand my motives and actions to take full control of myself and accept responsibility for what happens inside and around me. When I am aware of what is happening, I am ‘living…
Embed from Getty Images Freedom is a word that resonates with everyone. But what does it mean? Ordinarily, and very simplistically, freedom is the right or power to make a choice, to speak, act, think and exercise free will without any kind of restriction or hindrance in a sovereign state that is not under a…
I have been greatly influenced by J. Krishnamurti who had a lot to say about all aspects of life and the significant role that our mind plays in building lives. His ethos on education which emphasised the real purpose of education as ‘not to prepare us for getting a job, but to help us understand…
Embed from Getty Images Though we are equipped with the capacity and talent to see totality, most of the time we are deluding ourselves that we have seen totality – we are lying to ourselves, we are kidding ourselves. We say we have seen the river. Have we really? The river starts at the source…
Embed from Getty Images At my present level of wisdom I would like to postulate that happiness and joy are not synonymous. Whilst both are emotions, they come from different sources. The most obvious difference between these emotions is that the source of one is concrete and tangible, whereas that of the other is impalpable….
It is said compassion, an ocean of love and mercy, is the essence of life. Without it life would be like an arid desert that is hostile and ruthless. It is an attribute, a gift of Nature, placed in all of us so we may empathetically understand the woes and difficulties of others. Embed from…
Embed from Getty Images These Neale Donald Walsch’s words in the title spur me to write today because they convey a very powerful message to me. They also remind me of George Bernard Shaw’s mission in life. George Bernard Shaw said “This is the true joy in life – being used for a purpose recognised…