Articles in: Inspiration

Travelling without Baggage

Travelling without Baggage

0 / May 5, 2007 9:35 AM

Mark Twain was once asked if he wouldn’t like to go off on holiday. He replied, “I’d be glad to, […]

The Beauty Way

The Beauty Way

0 / Apr 4, 2007 4:08 PM

I guess I’m likely to put anything in my body! I love spicy foods and Mexican foods in particular. I’ve […]

A New Rule

A New Rule

0 / Apr 4, 2007 3:57 PM

It is the rule with drunkards to fall upon each other, to quarrel, become violent, and make a scene. The […]

No Chance Encounters

No Chance Encounters

5 / Apr 4, 2007 8:52 AM

Has it ever struck you that in a world full of millions of people, why is it that only some […]

A Man of Words

A Man of Words

0 / Mar 16, 2007 11:07 AM

I feel that this award was not made to me as a man, but to my work – a life’s […]

A Seed of Truth

A Seed of Truth

0 / Mar 4, 2007 8:05 AM

An emperor in the Far East was growing old and knew it was time to choose his successor. Instead of […]

The Mirror of our Soul

The Mirror of our Soul

1 / Mar 4, 2007 7:40 AM

Socrates said, “Speak that I may see you”. Whatever did he mean by that? Can our words indicate who we […]

The Meeting

The Meeting

0 / Feb 4, 2007 6:59 AM

In the lonely spaces of the heart, Under the azure sky of the silent mind, You and I will meet, […]

Beauty in Simplicity

Beauty in Simplicity

0 / Feb 4, 2007 6:40 AM

There is such wisdom and beauty in things, thoughts, themes that deal with the Divine. So charming are they that […]

The Forest

The Forest

0 / Jan 4, 2007 6:13 AM

To live in the forest amongst the trees, surrounded by trunks, branches, roots, leaves. To tread through detritus brush against […]

Be Gone, Ego

Be Gone, Ego

1 / Jan 1, 2007 5:48 AM

What is it about a New Year? How is it that a sudden switch of a number, a date, a […]

Difficult is Good

Difficult is Good

0 / Dec 17, 2006 1:24 PM

A casual statement overheard recently stated that ‘Life is so difficult when you begin to walk on the Path. It […]

The Samadhi at Night

The Samadhi at Night

0 / Dec 3, 2006 2:41 PM

Into a white slab of marble a heaven descended, Giving a tangible form to the intangible godhead. Fragrant swirls of […]

Push for Life!

Push for Life!

0 / Dec 3, 2006 2:35 PM

A man was sleeping at night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with light, and God appeared. The […]

Where are We Going?

Where are We Going?

0 / Dec 3, 2006 2:29 PM

Where are we going? It is given to certain seers, Rishis, who can look beyond the barriers of physical space […]

Friend or Enemy?

Friend or Enemy?

0 / Nov 17, 2006 1:17 PM

Who really can be called as one’s best friend? Is it someone who is willing to stake his or her […]

Going from Useless to Useful

Going from Useless to Useful

0 / Oct 17, 2006 1:14 PM

Walking the Path is a serious issue which can take many pages to delve into and expound upon. One believes […]

Evaluating Sanskrit

Evaluating Sanskrit

0 / Oct 3, 2006 1:25 PM

There are two forms of knowledge of which those who know Brahman have spoken: the higher and the lower – […]

The Web of Desire

The Web of Desire

0 / Oct 3, 2006 1:15 PM

A thousand desires Each one worth dying for And many such desires Are indeed fulfilled. And yet The sum of […]

The Greatest Sport of All

The Greatest Sport of All

0 / Sep 17, 2006 1:11 PM

Every once in a while the mind conjures a new perspective simply to excite itself out of stagnancy. Concepts can […]

The Inner Frown

The Inner Frown

0 / Sep 15, 2006 1:06 PM

An episode from a spiritual lore: A disciple asks the Master: “Sir, why is there so much friction in our […]

The Inner Eye

The Inner Eye

0 / Sep 3, 2006 7:05 AM

If in a drop of water One cannot see the river Nor see the full In the smallest part What […]

Heaven and Hell

Heaven and Hell

0 / Aug 3, 2006 5:42 AM

A famous soldier came to the Master Hakuin and asked: “Master, tell me: is there really a heaven and a […]

Young Gods in the Making

Young Gods in the Making

0 / Jul 17, 2006 1:08 PM

It is the midway point. Half a year has passed us by, the other half looms ahead. A casual observation […]

Rhythms of Intuitive Thought

Rhythms of Intuitive Thought

0 / Jul 2, 2006 2:19 PM

An academic scholar reviewing one of Sri Aurobindo’s writings made a critical remark that it is full of “monotonous repetition” […]

Art, Truth and Politics

Art, Truth and Politics

0 / Jul 2, 2006 2:14 PM

In 1958 I wrote the following: ‘There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor […]

A Battle Worth Fighting

A Battle Worth Fighting

0 / Jun 17, 2006 1:04 PM

Slavery and bondage exists in today’s world as much as it did in the centuries gone by, prevalent in every […]

Drinking from the Founts of Knowledge

Drinking from the Founts of Knowledge

0 / May 17, 2006 12:58 PM

There are periods in the lives of the collectivity just as much as in the life of an individual, when […]

Siva

Siva

0 / May 2, 2006 8:48 AM

Of all the beings of the overmind, of all the gods, Siva has always seemed to me the most sympathetic, […]

Praying for Protection

Praying for Protection

0 / Apr 17, 2006 12:21 PM

In our prayers, we often ask our gods for protection – for ourselves as well as for others. Protection from […]