Excerpts from ‘7 Divine Laws To Awaken Your Best Self’ by Swami Mukundananda The Law of Sublimation – The sovereign recipe for purifying the mind and its thoughts is to dovetail it towards the Supreme through bhakti. Offer all actions and emotions to the Lord. Even desire, anger and pride should be directed to Him. … Read more
Excerpts from ‘7 Divine Laws To Awaken Your Best Self’ by Swami Mukundananda The Law of Love – Our hearts can only be satisfied by true love, which is a deep and noble affection for the others’ happiness, without seeking personal benefit in return. Where there is ample reason for love to be devastated, and … Read more
Excerpts from the book “7 Divine Laws To Awaken Your Best Self” by Swami Mukundananda The Law of Infinite Potential – All souls have infinite potential for growth, whatever be their present state. The biggest calamity in the world is the waste of human resources – the untapped capacity of people with the ‘fixed mindset’. … Read more
Excerpts from ‘7 Divine Laws To Awaken Your Best Self’ by Swami Mukundananda The Law of Mentorship – Having a good mentor in any field helps us set goals, shorten the learning curve, receive encouragement, stay focused, avoid pitfalls, and much more. The first point to check is that the guru should be an expert … Read more
The world is full of reasons to spur us into seeking validation. The online world even more so with its plethora of likes, comments, traffic, add to carts, views, etc. It is an unending search, an unquenchable well of thirst. The key question is not in the externals but what is it internally that spurs … Read more
Here are my notes (part 4) from Life’s Amazing Secrets: How to Find Balance and Purpose in Your Life by Gaur Gopal Das. WHEEL 4: SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION You can be completely selfish, completely selfless or any of the combinations in between. Life is a journey from being selfish to becoming selfless. ‘Act without expectation.’ There … Read more
Here are my notes (part 3) from Life’s Amazing Secrets: How to Find Balance and Purpose in Your Life by Gaur Gopal Das. WHEEL 3: WORK LIFE At work we tend to compare and compete with others, instead of comparing and competing with ourselves. ‘Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. … Read more
Here are my notes (part 2) from Life’s Amazing Secrets: How to Find Balance and Purpose in Your Life by Gaur Gopal Das. WHEEL 2: RELATIONSHIPS ‘A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.’ Having fewer possessions frees one of anxiety, giving you more mind-space for the vital things in … Read more
Here are my notes from Life’s Amazing Secrets: How to Find Balance and Purpose in Your Life by Gaur Gopal Das. WHEEL 1: PERSONAL LIFE I have found that we as a people have got busier over time. We tend to exclude parts of our lives which are not directly related to hard work and … Read more