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We keep buying stuff. Bigger houses, faster phones, fancier cars. But there's a void that Amazon Prime can't fill, no matter how fast the shipping. That part of you—the one that feels connected to something bigger—isn't impressed by your corner office or
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शिवो हरिर्हरिः शिवः। Śivo Hariḥ Hariḥ Śivaḥ I first heard about the supposed rivalry between Shaivas (worshippers of Shiva) and Vaishnavas (worshippers of Vishnu) a couple of decades back. A colleague at work mentioned, quite matter-of-factly, how in some parts of India, people frowned upon the
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I write this article for all the women, who carry the force of the divine within them quietly without realising it, and for the men who have not realised the divine Feminine. Hinduism has never oppressed women, but rather worshipped the immense power she holds. The Vrata aspect:- I
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A silent epidemic seems to be reshaping the landscape of human psychology: discontentment. It knows no boundaries. It is everywhere, at work and at home, in our relationships and routines, in classrooms and boardrooms, and even in the private spaces of our hearts. When did we become a world so
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Nowadays, some "well-meaning" persons are repeating the rhetoric that Sri Krishna's teachings are "universal" and so his connection to India is just cultural packaging we should look past. They take Sri Krishna's wisdom, file off all the "cultural stuff," and
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When it comes to Hindu philosophy there's no such thing as separation. At least, not in the way we typically think about it. You, me, that tree outside your window, the argument you had with your neighbor last Tuesday—all of it threads through the same cosmic fabric.
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That feeling of being stuck in a limbo, unable to make decisions—we've all been there. Every day, we make choices and decisions—big, small, inconsequential, and sometimes monumental. But then the phenomenon of “analysis paralysis” takes over. We humans analyze, overanalyze, look at reviews, check ratings, and
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Someone checks their phone and sees a friend's vacation photos. Nothing dramatic—just standard social media fare. Beach, sunset, cocktail with a tiny umbrella. But instead of scrolling past, they stop. They start calculating. How much did that trip cost? How did they get the time off? Why
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Ancient India figured out separation of church and state three thousand years before America did. Most people think the varna system was just about "caste" hierarchy. Wrong angle entirely. Varna doesn't mean caste. The varna system was in truth, the world's first institutional framework
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Someone asked me why their meditation teacher keeps saying "we are all one" when we're obviously different people with different problems and different bank accounts. Well, both statements are true. And understanding why might be the most practical spiritual insight you'll ever come across.
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As a young girl, I was consumed by a burning need to find myself, to seek answers to questions I could not even fully articulate, and to understand my place in this world. That hunger drove me into intense sadhana. I became almost militant in my approach, juggling college, meditation,
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You buy a $500 Breville (a fancy coffee machine) because you think it'll make your mornings better. For the first week, it does. Perfect espresso, exactly the right temperature, that satisfying hiss of steam. You wake up looking forward to that first cup. The machine sits on your