Stay Home!
At a school that I was a part of, we were having a workshop. My friend who was also the director of the school, asked us to draw our “Home”. We all drew beautiful houses, some drew humble abodes, some a little more majestic. Some took extra effort to add beauty by adding colored roofs, elegant curtains, landscaping around. Later … Read More
7 Practices to Strengthen Yourself in Challenging Times
What interesting times we are living in! Whoever thought we’d see something like this in our lifetime — like the plot of a movie. A mix of fear, combined with a great awareness of the need for a change in our lifestyle, is sweeping through all beings and nations. The buzz-word right now seems to be “social distancing” — not … Read More
The Mystery of Life
Everyone is faced with a long layover at some point or another. One thing I enjoy doing at airports is to find a comfortable place to sit and observe people rushing around. Airports can feel like a microcosm of the human experience, and we can likely see people in every kind of mood going through every kind of situation there. … Read More
Did Bhrigu Make a Mistake?
Bhrigu is referred to in the Bhagavad Gita in Chapter 10, Stanza 25: “Among great Rishis, I am Bhrigu.” Thousands of years ago he made many predictions about Swami Kriyananda’s life that have proved to be true. However, he implied that Swami Kriyananda would live to be 83 years old. Swami Kriyananda lived instead to be 86 years old. Did … Read More
Medicine as a Healing Science
Why I find current medical practice less than complete Over the last three decades that I have been studying and practicing medicine, I have realized that even though the current approach of medicine towards disease is quite methodical, it is still less than complete. As I write this, two things come to my mind which need a fundamental review. One … Read More
