Slowing Down the Mind – Practicing Meditation (Part III)
Practicing meditation requires that you repeat a mantra. The mantra helps you in focusing your mind and in controlling the mind from wandering to other disparate thoughts and feelings. As…
Slowing Down the Mind – Practicing Meditation (Part II)
In part 1, “Slowing Down the Mind through Meditation,” we discussed the need to slow down the mind and take charge of ; Perhaps, you may raise a question at…
Slowing Down the Mind – Practicing Meditation (Part 1)
A mind that is fast is sick; A mind that is slow is sound; A mind that is still is divine (Mehr Baba, an Indian sage) Our mind is like…
Rituals, Contemplation, and Service
Every religion requires its followers to observe a set of rituals, which signifies through sacred symbols, descriptions, narratives, and practices. A Hindu applying ashes on his forehead and reciting mantras…
True Karma Yogis Indeed
The following is a story of two individuals with whom I had the honor to interact with. Mrs. Janaki is a respectable grandmother who lived in the same sub-division…