Spiritual Bypassing is the tendency to use spiritual ideas to avoid or refuse to work on unpleasant, unresolved issues. Examples would be, labeling panic disorder as the Kundalini process, avoiding dealing with things at hand and escaping to a spiritual retreat, etc. In Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna gives multiple reasons to wriggle out of fighting the battle. This is a classic example of Spiritual Bypassing. From not wanting the kingdom to being ready to give up pleasures and be a beggar, to labeling himself greedy – he tries it all with Shri Krishna to escape from what needs to be done. Shri Krishna ..read more

In modern Yoga narrative Yoga is interpreted in many different ways, from a meditation practice to sports on one end and from being a healing modality to a spiritual path on the other. It can be hard to know which is which and which. Here is a short note on Ten Differences Between Modern Yoga and Traditional Yoga. Hope this note helps you to know the difference and choose what you feel you need in your life. Modern Yoga looks at Yoga as a physical posture practice (asana) while Traditional Yoga looks at Yoga as a practice of spiritual self-realisation (moksha). The practice of Modern Yoga beg ..read more

Many of us have lost our loved ones, especially parents. Others will have to face this eventuality one day or other. Death is the most certain phase and yet the most unaccepted part of our lives. My primary school mornings used to be spent crying and feeling abandoned when my mother used to leave me in the care of a nanny to go to work. I used to wave bye-bye through the window and come crashing on the bed crying my heart out for the next two hours. Tugging her saree into my chest I would cry till it was time to get ready for my 1 o’ clock school. This was my daily routine for four years. In 2 ..read more

The middle age of Indian spiritual thought was a truly a remarkable time and can surely be called the beginning of a golden age. This was the dawn of age of Saints (Sant Parampara). These Saints, backed by their own Self-realization, fearlessness, equal vision, compassion and missionary zeal have contributed much more towards guarding and transforming the society than the politicians, governments and monarchs of the last 1000 odd years. They brought in a fresh paradigm that shook the basis of rotting Indian society infected by religious bigotry, strong Brahminical authoritarianism, caste syste ..read more

We all, knowingly or unknowingly, are searching for lasting peace and happiness in our lives. The instinct of finding peace and happiness is inherent in all sentient beings, we humans are no different. I mean, who doesn’t want to be happy and peaceful, right? We all, knowingly or unknowingly, are searching for lasting peace and happiness in our lives. The instinct of finding peace and happiness is inherent in all sentient beings, we humans are no different. I mean, who doesn’t want to be happy and peaceful, right? Just as this search for lasting happiness is inherent to us all, the actual stat ..read more

In modern Yoga narrative Yoga is interpreted in many different ways, from a meditation practice to sports on one end and from being a healing modality to a spiritual path on the other. It can be hard to know which is which and which. Here is a short note on Ten Differences Between Modern Yoga and Traditional Yoga. Hope this note helps you to know the difference and choose what you feel you need in your life. Modern Yoga looks at Yoga as a physical posture practice (asana) while Traditional Yoga looks at Yoga as a practice of spiritual self-realisation (moksha). The practice of Modern Yoga beg ..read more

Many of us have lost our loved ones, especially parents. Others will have to face this eventuality one day or other. Death is the most certain phase and yet the most unaccepted part of our lives. My primary school mornings used to be spent crying and feeling abandoned when my mother used to leave me in the care of a nanny to go to work. I used to wave bye-bye through the window and come crashing on the bed crying my heart out for the next two hours. Tugging her saree into my chest I would cry till it was time to get ready for my 1 o’ clock school. This was my daily routine for four years. In 2 ..read more

The middle age of Indian spiritual thought was a truly a remarkable time and can surely be called the beginning of a golden age. This was the dawn of age of Saints (Sant Parampara). These Saints, backed by their own Self-realization, fearlessness, equal vision, compassion and missionary zeal have contributed much more towards guarding and transforming the society than the politicians, governments and monarchs of the last 1000 odd years. They brought in a fresh paradigm that shook the basis of rotting Indian society infected by religious bigotry, strong Brahminical authoritarianism, caste syste ..read more

We all, knowingly or unknowingly, are searching for lasting peace and happiness in our lives. The instinct of finding peace and happiness is inherent in all sentient beings, we humans are no different. I mean, who doesn’t want to be happy and peaceful, right? We all, knowingly or unknowingly, are searching for lasting peace and happiness in our lives. The instinct of finding peace and happiness is inherent in all sentient beings, we humans are no different. I mean, who doesn’t want to be happy and peaceful, right? Just as this search for lasting happiness is inherent to us all, the actual stat ..read more