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Spirituality

Spirituality

Spirituality starts where belief ends. When you are content to say that "I don't know", the need to know arises. And with that the questions and the quest. That is the beginning of spirituality. It is a search for the Truth. We share our perspectives and search.

Why Karwa Chauth? – Touching the field beyond right and wrong-doing

Whenever anyone has broken the boundaries that come with the limitations of mind and body, what s/he does is in the realm of miracles for the normal people who are defined by those limitations. When Roger Bannister ran the under 4 minute mile for the first time, defying his

How Social Media Drowns me in the “Wisdom Ennui”

Between WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest – any normal human seems to be bombarded with wisdom, “truths”, half-truths, moral statements and idioms that seem set to make every sender seem like God itself. But are all those Aunts, Cousins, Uncles and Siblings who send you those sometimes wonderfully worded messages, really

Lessons from ruins of Indian Caste System and US Presidential Race

Everyone has got India’s Caste System completely wrong. Castes – the four: Brahman (teacher/intellectual), Kshatriya (fighter/Law Enforcement), Vaishya (Businessman/Trader) and Shudra (Blue-collar worker) – have been prevalent in every society in all times. Never has a society existed without these four predominant roles and people who fall in

International Yoga Day: Controversies, responses and Why Yoga?

International Yoga Day: Controversies, responses and Why Yoga?

With so many different types of yoga [https://thefitbrit.co.uk/different-types-of-yoga-uk-guide/], it’s no surprise that it has an international day dedicated to it. It has been shown to have amazingly positive effects on both your body and general wellbeing. And wellbeing has nothing to do with your belief

Religious Brouhaha over Yoga Day and Ray of Hope from the Indian Orthodox Church

The hallucinating “greatness” of belief, any belief, is just a stone’s throw away from complete oblivion. For, a belief is only as long as your memory is. A hit by a stone on your head can take away the belief, the god, the prophet, and god’s kith and

Kauai’s Hindu Monastery or the Iraivan Temple: The Amazing Hindu Temple in Hawaii

I have started a five set series of posts on being tagged by my beautiful and very talented wife, Archana, to write picture posts. This series is about the 5 spiritual places that I would like to visit with Archana [http://drishti.co/author/archana/]. This is the fifth and

Spiritual Destinations: Hemkund Sahib, where Guru Gobind Singh Attained Enlightenment

I have started a five set series of posts on being tagged by my beautiful and very talented wife, Archana, to write picture posts. This series is about the 5 spiritual places that I would like to visit with Archana [http://drishti.co/author/archana/]. This is the fourth one