Life Positive Archives 2005

August 2005

Spiritual Partnerships from Two to One

After 12 years the former Siddhartha returned to visit his wife, Yashodhara. Among the many things she asked him, was this: "Tell me, whatsoever you have attained, could you not have attained it here living with me?" It is said..... More >>

Also In This Issue

The Budhisattvas of Adversity

by Desiree Punwani

Pain is the result of bad karma." Is it? The most inspiring way I have seen someone view pain was at a fire-walk workshop I attended. At the end of the walk in which some 30 of us participated, one girl had a particularly painful... More >>

Loving What Is

by Gyandev

Many people spend 10, 20, 30 years in sincere spiritual study and practice, only to realize they still hate their jobs, their mothers, and the noise coming from the neighbor's blasting stereo. Sounds familiar? If so, according to... More >>

Journey to the Heavens

by D. R. Kaarthikeyan

My connection with Kailas-Mansarovar goes back many years to the time when I read a book on the subject by Swami Pranavananda. The introduction to the book was by Jawaharlal Nehru and this is what he says:

"I had... More >>

To Thine Own Self be True

by Aparna Jacob

The summer of 2002 was especially hard for my aunty Sajee. Living apart from her husband and soulmate for the purpose of her children's education, she had let herself go. She grew fat, her nails were chipped and her hair grew... More >>

Shakti Incarnate

by Life Positive

Kodungalloor, the ancient capital of Kerala lying about 20 miles northwest of Ernakulam, has had a hoary past. Here is situated the Kodungalloor Bhagavathi temple, one of the wealthiest temples in Kerala. Every year, in the... More >>

Morning Grace

by Shameem Akthar

Most people think yoga is a set of exercises, to be dispensed with in 30 minutes daily. Actually, yoga is a way of life. So, not surprisingly, a lot of those who actually do not practice yogic poses may well be leading a yogi's... More >>

Happy Feet

by Aparna Jacob

They were black, gorgeous, 4.5-inch heeled beauties that I purchased on an impulse. But after I'd lumbered to work in my new shoes for a week, I noticed I was tired all the time. Most days I was snappy and irritable, on others... More >>

Healing Foods From Ayurveda

by Life Positive

Arthritis
Arthritis is a vata and aama-related disease. Aama is caused by the consumption of oily, fatty, sweet foods, and heavy meat like pork and beef. Over-consumption of these foods affects digestion and produces... More >>

Believing is Seeing

by Swami Veda Bharati

Take away a being's mind, what is she? A clay pot body. Or even a rotting cabbage. Our mental essence is what we commonly use in all dimensions of life. Our relationships with other beings and objects are mental ones. We perceive... More >>

Teaming up Through Theatre

by Indu Nair

Had the Bard of Avon lived in these times, he might have called the world in general, and the corporate world in particular, a 'revolving' stage where the settings change constantly, and where one may have to alternate between... More >>

At Ease

by David Harshada Wagner

Anyone who has embarked on the path of meditation will tell you: it may be simple - but it's not always easy. As we set out on the journey to deep meditation, it is worth our while to stack the odds in our favor in any way we... More >>

Adjust Please

by Suma Varughese

When we really accept people and situations as they are, what does it do to us? We grow. The more latitude we give to others and to life, the more we need to stretch and expand ourselves. Once we accept circumstances as a given,... More >>

Living and Loving

by Life Positive

When Navina and Asger Sondergaard, a Dane, decided to be man and wife, it was a union not just of the East and West. It was a meeting of the head and heart. Navina was an anthropologist with a string of degrees including one from... More >>

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