What are Strategies for managing stress and reducing burnout?
In today's fast-paced world, stress and burnout have become increasingly common problems. The Bhagavad Gita, provides teachings on how to manage stress and reduce burnout. In the context of war, to be non-stressed is a challenge and opportunity. In this blog post, we will explore the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita on stress and burnout and how they can help...
The kindness of difficulties
A thought that haunts many people in the world is - “Why should there be so much unkindness in the world? Many people wonder why life is so difficult. Is there a hidden purpose behind this or is life simply a series of accidental events?” My simple response to these questions would be to see life as a purposeful phenomenon, and...
LOOKING AT LIFE DIFFERENTLY
The sacred text of Yoga tells us that there are two ways to look at life, from the lower-self called Jeevathma or from the higher-self called Paramathma. This shift of perception from the lower to the higher self is what leads us from Samsara to Nirvana, or to understand it simply from a sense of deficiency to a sense of...
A conversation with mother
Mother was up early in the morning, waiting for me to wake up. On waking up, I took her blessings and then we finished our morning prayers. Then over tea, she said, “Your teaching is so simple, yet at the same time profound. You have the blessings of great masters. But I have a doubt, why don’t more people take advantage...
Let Go of Worry
Have you observed your mind? Did you notice that the mind is always focused on what it feels is missing? Man or woman, the human tendency is to focus on what we do not have rather than what we have. Doing this makes us miserable! A day of worrying is more tiring than a day of work. Even then, we spend...
Awakening Joy in life
All of us face difficult and challenging situations in life that leave us battling emotions like anger, hatred and jealousy. Challenging situations make us feel extreme disappointment, unhappiness, and frustration. This is usually because of an imbalance in an energy field in us. This energy field, or the Navarasa as is it called, has to be balanced. When all the...
FROM BREAKDOWN TO BREAKTHROUGH
Do you believe in miracles? Do you believe that it is possible to recover from depression not because of medication, but by listening to an enlightened spiritual master? I believe it is possible, because I was witness to one such transformation. This is the true story of an individual that took place in Hyderabad, and I share it here at...