“We are the Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.” The Borg Yesterday I met up with a friend. We talked about where he feels connected and wants to be, which is not London, yet things are not unfolding fast enough for him to be there. Because he doesn’t want to be in London, [...]
Resistance is Futile
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Aug 252006
Aug 172006
Let me analyze the situation created for the experience of 4 July 1977 (Please see my article: Death – a great spiritual teacher, indeed!) and my prevailing mental condition thereafter. (Readers will excuse me for talking about ‘death’ as a hobby-horse, but that is only the truth to happen in the life of living beings). [...]
Aug 172006
A co-passenger on a train journey asked me why God allows all bad happenings in His world while He is omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent. Lord Krishna saved, protected, and guided Arjun (His friend, relative and companion) in the Mahabharat war (a great war between the Kauravas and Pandavas about 5000 years ago in India) because [...]
Regaining lost childhood for salvation
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Aug 172006
We all are participants in the race for sustenance, wealth, power, name and fame. It is when a person gets disgusted at some point that he stops and ponders about himself. Then his objective of life is changed from a worldly to a spiritual pursuit. He has to find the mystery of life ab initio [...]
I love you
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Aug 172006
The moment one says to someone – “I love you”, the question arises: What does ‘you’ mean? One cannot assign his/her love to any part of the body or virtue of the beloved, because that will be an insult to her/him (presuming that love exists on the physical level between any two). One may like [...]
Bonfire of Love
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Aug 052006
In a previous article called The Transmuting Fire of Love, I wrote “…God/Love is a consuming fire that transmutes everything in Its way into ITself.” I see Love as a bonfire that never goes out. All I need to do is to toss in all my experiences to be transmuted into Love. Though I say [...]
The Transmuting Fire of Love
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Aug 042006
Imagine you’re camping. You’ve just built a campfire. You’re going to have to sit close enough for the fire to keep you cosy and warm. Sit too far and you freeze; sit too close and you get scorched. I’m also aware that one can be in a mental state where you’re not affected by fire. [...]
Two boons fulfilled
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Aug 022006
It was when I got my first spiritual experience on 4 July 1977 (Please see my article: Death – a great spiritual teacher, indeed!) that I happened to say to God, “I am ready to serve You in my capacity, provided my family life and occupation are not disturbed”. Moreover, I also concluded after a [...]
Becoming an impartial witness
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Aug 022006
Our intense desires force us to exploit others as a matter of right through various relationships. We are caught in the web of mutual interests, which give rise to conflicts. This situation is similar to a silent volcano and its explosion depends upon favourable conditions. The question arises here how to save myself? It is [...]
Relationship of 'I' and 'you'
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Aug 022006
Imagine an identity suddenly wakes up from hibernation. On gaining consciousness it finds that it is all alone as if a child gets up and finds that there is no body around (like its mother). Finding itself alone it is afraid for a moment and the next moment the idea occurs that when there is [...]
Love Principles
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Aug 012006
“Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.” (Psalm 37: 4-5) In a previous article called Let Yourself Be Pampered, I talked about trusting in the Universe. There are, however, [...]