Manthan Our conscious mind deals with phenomena at the surface level. Also because it identifies over much with the body, it has a fixed location in time and...
Kriya and Bhaav For our Saadhana (Spiritual Practice) to be effective, Kriya (action or ritual that we perform) and Bhaav (state of mind or intent with which...
Our Real Identity. There are two aspects of our identity. One is built around our uniqueness and the other around our relatedness. Our true identity would be a...
Driving through the Fog This is actually an old insight re-visited. We are going to Nasik, the holy city. I am in the lead car with my wife and 3 daughters. In...
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SEVA and SADHANA Many of us mistakenly believe that we are here in this life to achieve something, material wealth and/or name and fame. If we go by the ...
This article appeared in another list, but it is so close to what I have been saying ad infinitum, that I decided to share it as it is. I will appreciate your...
Peter has shared a wonderful insight. I could not resist sharing it. your comments are welcome. Ganoba This is wonderful. You have crossed the threshold and...
Individual and Social Each one of us has two aspects to our personality: one is our unique individuality and the other is our membership of the collective. ...
Pain and Healing Pain has a close relationship with healing and our wellbeing. We do not realize it because we have made happiness the goal of our worldly ...
The little bird It was a jungle like all jungles, inhabited by all manner of plants, from giant trees to tiny shrubs and they were home to all kinds of animals...
Self Renewal A Child is born this moment. A part of it comes from the mother's family, A part comes from the father's family. If we transcend this genetic...
Choices Our creator has given us the choice to live life the way we want to. Being generous It has given us unlimited options. We are expected to use the...
Suffering Buddha Gautam was born in a royal household. It can then be presumed that he did not suffer any material shortages. The kingdom was in the Himalayan...
Karma Yog In Kaliyug, that is the modern times, Karmayog is what will lead us to salvation, not chanting of some name. What name does one chant anyway, when...
Individual Identity and Loss of Freedom When we are born we have no individual identity, well almost. We have a human body with a certain sexuality. So we get...
Towards Oneness Elements in nature do not exist in their splendid isolation. They exist in combination with other elements as compounds or as mixtures. Our...
Oneness and Separation Today I got up early and decided to meditate. I took on the cross- legged posture with a cushion under me. Soon enough pain appeared in ...
Gandhigiri To understand and practice Gandhigiri, we need to realize how deep rooted in our psyche the opposite, Gundagiri is. The instant reaction of most of...
namaste ganoba it has been a year since you suggested the cleaning and it has now become enjoyable also the tolerance of grit is less which means more...
This is wonderful. There are two basic roles in life; seva and sadhana. These are directionless, meaning it does not matter whose seva is being performed and...
ASAT and SAT Asato ma sadgamaya, from ASAT to SAT, so goes a well known verse in Sanskrit to describe very succinctly the spiritual journey. If one is ...
Let Peace Be When a problem appears in life, the ability to solve the problem also comes along with it. However, because of our propensity to fragment we do...
The Home Coming He was bitten by the travel bug. As a child he climbed trees. When he grew up he started climbing mountains. He would go up and down valleys...
Free Will I am often asked whether there is such a thing as Free Will. My unequivocal answer to this query is, "OF COURSE". The universe has come into being...
This was posted by dear friend Wenu. I found the wisdom of the African tribe amazing and decided to share it with all. If all of us know our song and sing it...
I share today an interesting dialog I had with a co-traveller. Ganoba Spiritual and Worldly hemmady: Namaskar Ganoba : namsakar hemmady: So looks like we will...
The human Mind The Human Mind has enormous capacity to store, retrieve and process information. Most of us have only limited capacity to do this. Why is it so?...
Self and Ego Many people treat these two as if they are one and the same. That is how we are exhorted to do selfless service. This leads to a lot of confusion...