Thinking about It

Halloween celebrated annually on the 31st of October, often brings people to think "Do ghosts really exist?". That is a topic that can be debated about endlessly, however more importantly we can discuss how we face Halloween on a daily basis in our minds; Swamini Supriyananda elaborates on her take on the inner ghosts.

Fear Attachment and Ignorance are the 3 biggest weakness in us that immediately get shattered in Hanuman's presence. Invoke Him and his qualities of faith, devotion and knowledge defeat the weaknesses.

As we face the new endeavours in our life, we deal with so much uncertainty whether it's a new restaurant or a new job but when we console ourselves knowing it will be OK - that choice we make is called faith. The scriptures categorically explain the types of faith individuals have, and Swamini Supriyananda discusses how important this characteristic is in our perseverance and success.

The purpose of life simplified in these 10 minutes through the story of the Ramayana. The story of Sita being separated by Ram is known to many, but understood by few. Swamini Supriyananda unfolds the beautiful symbolism of our spiritual journey through this timeless tale.

The mind, said over and over again,is such a powerful equipment and is just like our magic wand or our genie. It's our wrong thinking that is one the major reasons for our downfall, and the main cause for us not attaining whatever we want.

Repeating something over and over again can seem like a child's task. However, repeating something without letting the mind slip into thinking about something else requires immense concentration. This one tool, Japa (repetition of a mantra), considered the most powerful one, is explained by Swamini Supriyananda helps create single pointedness and purifies the mind.

Our potential is infinite, yet we very often allow our minds to get dictated by what other people think. Our potential is undermined in so many ways, but Swamini Supriyananda empowers us through her words and will give us our inspiration-fix for the week.

What do you work for?

The anatomy of praise...

Where you are, I am not. Where I am, you are not...

It takes followers, not leaders, to make a difference. Swamini Supriyananda elaborates.

The question is not whether we have the ability to stand for what we believe in, it is whether we do. How often do you take a stand?

How many times have you made mountains out of molehills?

Often, we find that life becomes a struggle between reason and emotion, and when the latter triumphs, we find that our vision becomes clouded by the false realities we create for ourselves. Only if we learn to detach from the things that fog our lens on life, do we start seeing life for what it truly is, in proportion. Swamini Supriyananda explains.

We normally associate this quality of bravery with something majestic, something extraordinary, but we have to be brave in so many diverse ways and in to be brave for something as small as telling our secret. And what happens when we choose to not raise up to the occasion? Swamini Supriyananda elaborates.

How much discipline do you have?

The power of words!

Humility...such a strange thing.

Life will be full of challenges and we were never guaranteed otherwise. Whilst we have no control over the problems that arise, we do have control over how we deal with them. With every challenge, there is fear - fear of failure. However rising out of that failure with perseverance is what brings beauty to our life. Swamini Supriyananda closes this series of talks with how important it is for us t...

"Worrying is like a rocking chair" It is something we all inevitably do; we even rationally understand and know that there will be no benefit from worrying, yet it is an emotion we just can't eliminate from our lives, and takes us nowhere. It would be so much better if we conquered this counter-productive sentiment and chose to sit on the rocking chair without a care in the world. Swamini Supriyan...

Silence is a very powerful tool. In silence our mind takes a break from the the constant flow of thoughts we have when interacting with all the objects, emotions and thoughts of the world. As our mind gets quieter, our intuition gets louder. Swamini Supriyananda unfolds the various ways silence can empower us to expand ourselves from finite towards the infinite.

In this world, we go around constantly thinking of what we have to do, what will make us grow, what will make us more likeable; everything is about Me, myself and I. To move away from the limited, and strive towards the limitless, we have to expand our hearts and deter from the egocentric world. How to expand our hearts? Swamini Supriyananda narrates one of Pujya Gurudev, Swami Chinmayananda's end...