(A version of this article first appeared in DNA Aug 23, 2019) The Shrimad Bhagawad Geeta asks us to become One with Nature’s Law, or the principles of Shri Krishna or Supreme Consciousness. Ayurveda asks us to be in complete alignment with our Inner Fire and the Fire of the…
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How the Shrimad Bhagawad Geeta Guides Us Towards Holistic Health!
Ayurveda preaches and aims for holistic health in its offerings to the world. It proclaims that bodily health alone is not enough. We also need psychological satisfaction, along with social health in the form of many friends, some fame, success and finally, contentment at the level of the atma. These…
Make Peace Your Way – A Message from Shreeguru Dr. Balaji Tambe
As the year takes off, let us reflect on how we began it, and how we can carry that energy through the whole year to come! Just a few weeks ago we wished each other, ‘A very happy Diwali and New Year to you and your family! May the millions…
Sparking the Inner Light, This Deepawali and Every Deepawali!
Very close to the hearts of millions of bharatiya people i.e. Indians, this festival of lights, at its core, signifies the inner spiritual triumph. There is a great conflict within each of us. Light has the quality of instantaneously dispelling all darkness everywhere, within and without. Narrations of the heroic…
Pitrupaksha – Dealing with Attachments, Karmic Blocks and Genetic Factors in our Lives
The ten day Ganesh festival comes to a culmination on the day of Ananta Chaturdashi, with a ‘visarjan’ (relinquishing) of the Ganesh idol made from the Earth element into the Water element. The concentration of the earth element in the body is at the first chakra, moolaadhaar, located at the…
To Have Command Over Your Senses and Limitations – This is True Independence!
The Government of India has rightly celebrated this Independence Day as ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’. In this 75th year of independence, it is worth asking the question, ‘have we done justice to the efforts of our patriotic freedom fighters’? Further, is not true independence a freedom from our own limitations,…
Tuning In With AUM – The Basis of All That We Seek!
Shreeguru Dr. Balaji Tambe’s SOM Program has the potential to change the practitioner’s life in a way that fulfils each person’s unique needs in ways material and intangible. It leads them to their highest selves, where they can communicate within. The foundational step is tuning in with AUM (OM). The…
Secrets of the Spine – The Direction of Consciousness and Spiritual Evolution
If we were to make a list of common ailments of the people of the 21st century, back aches and stiff necks would be very high on the list. Longer working hours and the personal cell phone becoming the minicomputer, at our disposal 24×7, all mean that time flies really…
Mother Earth’s Swaddle – A Cover To Protect Her Children…
In the age of cell phones and tablets, our knowledge about the surroundings on our planet is as much the knowledge Indian youngsters have about the staple food in our country – daal and rice. For example, what is the difference between the Maharastrian Varan, Gujarati Kadhi or Punjabi Dal…
The Rising Flag of Creativity, and Victory Over Inertia in Spring – Gudhi Padva
The march of evolution and ascending energies, are both, always to be honoured. Gudhi Padva is the spring point of evolution. It is celebrated as the day of creation. It is the beginning of the new year, when Brahma the Creator, began to create this universe. This day marks ‘the…