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By Osho You don’t know the usefulness of the useless. In fact, the useful is only useful so far. It has a certain utility, but the useless has no limitation to it. What is the use of a rose flower? No use, but life would be very empty without rose flowers. What is the use of laughter? It is not a commodity; it does not feed people. If you are hungry, it will not help. If you are ill, it will not h...

When Prized Possessions Gain Immortality By: Sudhamahi Regunathan Jan 06, 2022, 16:04 IST One of the side effects of the pandemic has been that every one, at some time or other, has ‘cleaned’ their house. Looking at all the stuff they have collected they have asked almost innocently, ‘How did we manage to collect so much?’ Suitcases and cupboards full of clothes and other things that one had not e...

In an interview a few months ago, when asked why he chose to write fiction in an age when there was so much misinformation being propagated both in mainstream as well as social media, Salman Rushdie replied, in effect, that the art form called literature, at its best, creates not falsity but a reality that is truer than many ‘facts’ which dominate present-day discourse, fissured as it is by ideolo...

A Genuine Hug Could Make All The Difference By: Narayani Ganesh Dec 14, 2021, 17:41 IST For those who are grieving – either over the loss of a loved one, loss of, or on hearing news of a tragic copter crash that killed all on board – nothing one says can alleviate the pain and suffering they are going through. In fact sometimes words could have just the opposite effect, of aggravating the state th...

Recently I chanced upon a quote, attributed to the German philosopher Martin Heidegger, which intrigued me: “Every man is born as many men, and dies as a single man.”A disciple of the phenomenologist Edmund Husserl who sought to interpret the in-built ‘intentionality’ of human consciousness which makes us invest meaning in the world – an artist will see a mountain as a painting, a tourist as a sel...

Saguna Brahmn, Qualified Consciousness, is the cause of the creation of the universe. In other words, the universe has originated from Brahmn. But if Brahmn or Bhagwan created the universe, a very pertinent question arises about the availability of the material or stuff from which the universe was made. Saguna Brahmn also needs some material to create the universe just as the potter needs clay to...

By Narayani Ganesh The essence of being human is illustrated beautifully through an Ubuntu proverb in Zulu culture, and this was often recalled by Nobel peace prize awardee and archbishop, Desmond Tutu: “I am a person through other people. My humanity is tied to yours.” He would explain it as follows: “One of the sayings in our country is Ubuntu – the essence of being human. Ubuntu speaks particul...

Ghalib’s Poetry Reveal His Spiritual Radicalism By: Sumit Paul Dec 27, 2021, 11:01 IST One of Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib’s couplet that showcases his 'spiritual radicalism' goes like this: ‘Na tha kuchh toh Khuda tha, kuchh na hota toh Khuda hota/Duboya mujh ko hone ne, na hota main toh kya hota’ -- When nothing existed, Khuda did exist, I'd have been Khuda, had I not existed/ My very existence s...

By Sant Rajinder Singh As the world enters another holiday season against the backdrop of a global pandemic, vacationing in distant lands may not be in the cards. We usually seek places that are relaxing, enjoyable and beautiful. Yet going on an outer vacation is often stressful. We have to earn money for the trip; book tickets; undergo the rigours of travel, find the right accommodations and food...

Is there a God or not? If there is, give some evidence for its existence. " Admittedly this question dilated upon here, there and everywhere, is not only a difficult question, but strange also because this is asking about something in which millions of people rest their belief and normally, inability is expressed to prove or disapprove scientifically the existence of God. Watching the ways of the...

James Walvin is professor emeritus in history at the University of York. He tells Times Evoke about the complex past that explains theremarkable expansion of sugar around the world:I am a historian and in the 1960s, I started studying the history of a sugar plantation in Jamaica which was founded in 1670. That grew into a broader study of the extraordinary impacts of sugar on demography — I’ve res...

Divine Grace Is The Highest Gift Of Them All By: Kamlesh Patel Dec 23, 2021, 15:08 IST It’s the season of gifts and giving all over the world, from Deepavali, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, New Year, to Pongal and Sankranti, and it continues until spring.  Actually, the timing of the gift really depends on the call of the giving heart or the hour of need of the receiver. The best gift is one w...

By Neil Vimalkumar In the biblical narrative, we read about the wise men from Persia who brought gifts to baby Jesus. They brought Him gold, frankincense and myrrh. These gifts hold a lot of significance and meaning. Gold represents royalty. This is evident because these wise men came looking for a king and they went searching in a palace. In fact, their query in Herod’s palace was: “Where is he w...

The immunology speaks:. "I represent the defence system of the body; Mainly composed of B-lymphocytes and T-lymphocytes; Designed to eliminate invading microbes and moles; My memory can distinguish self, and non-self."

Celebrating the Light that Overcomes Darkness By: Janina Gomes Dec 20, 2021, 10:19 IST In the account of creation, in the Book of Genesis, in the Old Testament of the Bible, we read that God created light and dispelled the darkness and the chaos there was on earth. Then he created the lights in the sky, the sun, the moon and the stars. Light is a metaphor for goodness and righteousness. Darkness s...

One fine day, ants started flying in the sky. They swarmed across space and bit any human who came along the way, harder than mosquitoes. They attacked all sweets, there was nothing beyond their reach. The bees started crawling. They could sting your feet without your knowing it. You would not scream with an ouch only if you happened to be watching the giraffe. The giraffe had taken to hopping on...

The holy season of Advent has begun. Advent is the time to open our hearts to welcome Jesus Christ in simplicity and humility. It’s a preparatory period of four Sundays, leading up to the Nativity at Christmas. It is marked by a spirit of expectation, waiting, preparation, and longing.    The word ‘Advent’ is derived from the Latin word ‘adventus’, which means ‘coming’. It is the solemn preparatio...

By Stuti Malhotra Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikh religion, was an apostle of peace, unity and love. He taught us about the brotherhood of mankind and gave the universal message of equality, mutual respect, and wellbeing for the whole of mankind. Nanak Devji was a pioneer of interfaith dialogue of his times. He was in continuous dialogue with people of other faiths throughout his lifetime. The...

Storm God's & The Tamils' Faith in Nature:Narayani Ganesh:TOI:THE SPEAKING TREE

By Anjali Kalia The recently concluded COP26 conference held in Glasgow has highlighted the urgency to address the problem of climate change and rapidly rising global temperatures. The planet is crying for help. Scientists have proposed that we work towards being carbon neutral to balance our carbon emissions; that is absorb the same amount of carbon that we emit, by planting more trees and adopti...

Lighting the deepam on Arunachala for freedom:Pranav Khullar:TOI:THESPEAKINGTREELighting The Deepam On Arunachala For Freedom By: Pranav Khullar Nov 18, 2021, 13:11 IST The Puranic tradition has it that while darshan at Chidambaram, being born at Tiruvarur, or dying in Kashi are all considered auspiciously capable of granting liberation, merely thinking of Arunachala at Tiruvannamalai is enough to...

Be a light to oneself,this light is the law:J Krishnamurti:THE SPEAKING TREE:TOIBe A Light To Oneself; This Light Is The Law By: J Krishnamurti Nov 19, 2021, 19:03 IST A new consciousness and a totally new morality are necessary to bring about a radical change in the present culture and social structure. This is obvious, yet the left and the right and the revolutionary seem to disregard it. Any do...

There is an internet group called The Fussy Librarian whose members can get to read and keep a weekly selection of ebooks for free. The list on offer, which changes every week, generally consists of thrillers, mysteries and romantic novels, all by relatively little-known authors, and you can select as many as you like for no charge at all. We are constantly reminded that there is no such thing as...

  Home  Editorials Peace And Prosperity The Jain Muni’s Way Peace and Prosperity The Jain Muni’s Way By: J K Jain  Nov 15, 2021, 09:35 IST Digambar Jain muni Acharya Gyansagar was indeed a gyansagar, an ocean of knowledge, in the real sense. A great saint, social reformer, and epitome of penance, Acharya Maharaj spent a large part of his life studying sacred scriptures, spreading the teachings o...

TRUTH AS TOLD BY THE FATHER OF THE NATION TRUTH QOUTES FROM THE STORY OF MY EXPERIMENTS WITH TRUTH BY MAHATMA GANDHI ON LOVE ,ON BEING HUMBLE “What barrier is there that love cannot break " “The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that even the dust could crush him. Only then, and not til...