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ARANI SERIES   Spark 44   Friday, March 30, 2018   CORRECTING THE ERROR Meditation is Medication The Upanishads reveal our true nature: we are sat-chit-ānanda. All our worldly bondage […]

ARANI SERIES Spark 43 Wednesday, February 28, 2018 LOVE THE RAINBOW, KNOW THE WATER DROPS There is a widespread misunderstanding that Advaita Vedānta, by calling the world an illusion, looks

ARANI SERIES Spark 42 Wednesday, January 31, 2018 PRACTICES FOR YOUNGSTERS There are many these days who describe themselves as SBNR! The acronym stands for ‘Spiritual, But Not Religious’! Whether

ARANI SERIES Spark 41 Saturday, December 30, 2017 18 POINTERS TO WELCOME YEAR 2018 Lessons from Geetā’s 18 Chapters     As we ring in the New Year 2018, it can

ARANI SERIES Spark 40 Tuesday, November 28, 2017 GATHER YOUR ENERGY, RISE AGAIN Meditation as a Ladder to Greatness    One meaning of meditation1 is ‘concentration2,’ where we are advised to

ARANI SERIES Spark 39 Wednesday, November 1st,, 2017 A MEDITATION Egoistic existence needs to be negated. Say nāham (I am notthis little self, with attachments and aversions)! Exhale while saying nāham. Remain

ARANI SERIES Spark 38 Monday, August 28, 2017 ON ANGER ·         Anger is when you punish yourself for the faults of others. ·         Anger is that breeze which puts out the flame

ARANI SERIES Spark 36 Friday, July 14, 2017 BEING NOBODY, GOING NOWHERE      The self-development workshops of this mad, mad world typically exhort us to become somebody, make money, get

ARANI SERIES Spark 37 Monday, July 31, 2017 SELF-DEVELOPMENT, AN ENDLESS TRAP      Of all the delusions that we carry, the one about ‘self-development’ is the most treacherous one! The ‘quantum-leap’