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February 2007

Towards Tao

Quick – with what gender do you associate these professions – barber, secretary, lawyer, politician, nurse? Think again before you answer, for regressive traditional society has been turned on its head in recent times.
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Simplify Your Life

by J.P. Vaswani

The world is too much with us,” wrote the poet Wordsworth. Truer words were never spoken! Caught in the mad rush for possessions, power and material acquisitions, we become prime targets for stress.

I happened to look... More >>

Living in Freedom

by Purnima Coontoor

He was voted the best speaker in a Times of India poll on ‘who talks best’.

His books, Oh Mind, Relax Please! and Oh Life, Relax Please! topped the bestseller list in the country. The Kannada, Tamil and Telugu versions... More >>

Awake Arise Aspire

by Anita Vasudeva

In a world where ‘great’ is an adjective as easily applied to a meal or a movie or a man, the concept of greatness changes shape and substance from speaker to listener, from writer to reader. The attribute of greatness once... More >>

Forever Young

by Shameem Akthar

Yogic lore is replete with stories of gurus living long and healthy lives. Gurus like Kuvalyadham, Krishnmacharya, Indra Devi lived into ripe old age enjoying a mental clarity youth would have envied. They also continued their... More >>

Bouncing Back to Health

by Meher Castelino

I have always been very health-conscious. Having been in the fashion business and a model, I made an effort to exercise and stay in good shape. I was a fan of the latest diets created and have tried nearly all of them, right from... More >>

Resurrection

by Sujata Vaidya

Alternative therapies work, often in a marvelous manner. Over a year ago, the mother of a friend of mine went through tremendous health problems. Her condition worsened till the doctors at the hospital gave up on her.
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A Taste of Meditation

by Gatha

At Osho International Meditation Resort, Pune, food is an everyday celebration. Everyone delights in how delicious the food tastes and how beautifully it is served. The care and awareness that is used while preparing the food is... More >>

Food for Thought

by Swami Veda Bharati

We have so far dealt with a few of the emotional situations that arise in our life. The Indian system of psychology goes into the depth of how our inclinations towards certain types of emotions are generated and how they may be... More >>

All Song and Dance

by Suma Varughese

Talk of surreal. I am sitting in a circle with a group of fitness trainers in a spiffy gym in one of Pune’s upcoming suburbs, New Baner, with a big drum between my knees.

A tall good looking young man, whose... More >>

Tapping into Health

by Vivian Coutinho

We are emotional beings, and being emotional, our state of mental and physical health is directly affected by how, and what, we feel. In other words, our health is governed by the nature of our emotions. Our emotional state,... More >>

Goldie

by Parveen Chopra

The author may be a Hollywood star that retains her glamorous appeal even at 60 plus, but A Lotus Grows in the Mud is not hagiography or a tell-all, it’s spiritual autobiography. It reminds you of Shirley McLain’s successive... More >>

Why I meditate

by Geeta Rao

I started meditating many years ago and went through all the stages that meditators go through. Often in meditation we replicate the patterns of our life – it is just that the context is a more spiritual one, the seeker’s garb.... More >>

Steps Toward Inner Peace

by Life Positive

The Peace Pilgrim has demonstrated through her padyatras across the length and breadth of America in the cause of peace, how significantly a single human being, without the support of any organization or institution, can impact... More >>

Forever and Ever

by Suma Varughese

Hear this: We are going to die. Every moment that we live draws us closer to death. This is possibly the most unwelcome and frightening truth we will ever hear, but on the other hand, it is the most rigorous reality check we... More >>

Un Zen

by Eric Levy

Okay, you’ve tried that Zen thing. You lasted one day with Buddha’s moderation concept and the next day you went back to woofing up a complete box of Fig Newton’s. You believed you could relate to your suffering (“feel the pain”)... More >>

When Gandhi became God

by Life Positive

Birla Mandir! Taller than the neighboring buildings, it stood with its head held high in the sky. It had a certain dignity, a high-born élan, and it was far more important than the residence of the Viceroy. Yet ….yet, somehow, to... More >>

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