Vivaldi for the Gorillas
Vivaldi The world is now affected by the Corona virus. We are now compelled to quarantine ourselves and follow social-distancing. Quarantining oneself for long time leads to other issues: loneliness,…
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…
I am from a Master Race. Really!
Recently, a county official from one of the states, when responding to an African-American woman who questioned him for the reasons behind the rejection of her application for a contract,…
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…
Are Mythologies Fictional and Rituals Irrational?
Mythology is not invented; they are found. You can no more tell us what your dream is going to be tonight than you can invent a myth. Myths come from…
Graduating from Faith and Rituals
When a man follows the way of the world, or the way of the flesh, or the way of tradition - when he believes in religious rites and the letter…
Art and science for Nadopasana
Carnatic music, like most other music systems of the world, has two dimensions: an emotional dimension and an intellectual dimension. The emotional dimension is supported by the melodic system, which…