“Some of my batchmates have become real bigshots,” Swami sneered at me and Jigneshbhai from his cup of coffee the other day. He had just returned after attending a sort of mini reunion with his graduate class. Not that he met a lot of them regularly, but such reunions often rekindled the old habit of … Read more
Here are some excerpts from the book ‘The Science of Mind Management’ by Swami Mukundananda: Why do we seek happiness? We souls are little drops of the ocean of infinite happiness, and hence, our natural propensity is to seek bliss. Until we get infinite happiness of God, we will not be content. The urge for … Read more
Expectations can take many forms. Sometimes it is with a clear tangible result in the form of money or some reward that is measurable materially. Sometimes it is unclear and intangible expectation like being appreciated or respected for work done. Sometimes it can be simply an expectation to be left alone or being given the … Read more
Wishing you all a Happy New Year 2023! Hope it gives you everything you desire, though I like to say be careful what you wish for; it might actually come true, and then maybe you realise it is not what you are seeking! I have the habit of making notes from books that I read, … Read more
Very often despite our best intentions and strongest controls, we find that we say or do something we didn’t want, or act in a manner in which we did not want to. It is as if we are pulled or provoked into a particular direction by something within us (which we attribute to external behavior … Read more
After being forced to cancel the actual reunion during the real silver jubilee year of 2020 despite a year of hectic preparation, the class of 1995 reunion happened (that’s the year I became a computer engineer!), albeit in the 27th year, with renewed enthusiasm on the weekend of 12th to 14th August 2022. It all … Read more
Excerpts from ‘7 Divine Laws To Awaken Your Best Self’ by Swami Mukundananda The Law of Incremental Growth – Personal excellence and life mastery can only be achieved by consistent small steps of incremental improvement. As you strive to improve yourself, the velocity of your self-transformation keeps speeding up. The reason is that any learned … Read more
I attended the Bangalore Literature Festival on 3rd December 2022. It was more out of curiosity about what Lit Fests are about than anything else. A writer friend pinged me about 5-6 days before it happened, till when I had vaguely heard about it and had no idea that it was happening on the weekend … Read more
Excerpts from ‘7 Divine Laws To Awaken Your Best Self’ by Swami Mukundananda The Law of Beliefs – The trajectory of our life is determined by the beliefs we hold in our intellect. We think we walk by sight, but factually, the course of our life gets determined by our beliefs. The way to develop … Read more