Pain-free living is possible. Pain comes in many shapes, sizes, and forms. Pain has no discretion. It affects the wealthy, the poor, young, old, men, women and all ethnicities without prejudice. Pain has no bias. Pain takes residence in human life and stays forever. At times pain uses your days as revolving doors – flitting...
You are what you eat “Let thy food be thy medicine, Let thy medicine be thy food.” - Hippocrates 460 BC These words are eternally true. Whatever you put into your mouth must be beneficial for the body. The food that does not help you get and stay healthy will only hurt you. If you...
Don’t ask for more … Affirm that you have enough and you do enough. I remember when I used to shop at membership outlets like Costco and Sam’s club. I would buy in bulk because I was told that is the way to save. One day I was at Walmart and I said ‘Hey! Diapers...
This morning I feel like a wild goose cackling away happily flying. At times I find my flock flying alone and at times I fly alone by myself, I know where I come from and I know where I am headed. At times I am like Jonathan Livingston Seagull, flying higher and finding friends. I...
On Success “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other." - Abraham Lincoln I think I have become a pro at starting things even when I am scared. I mean seriously not ready and yet I get into it. I always jump into the waters first and later learn...
Faith and Love "Faith makes all things possible, Love makes it easy." - Dwight L Moody Faith is inversely proportional to fear. The more faith we have, the less fear we experience. In the absence of fear, we can get started with anything, do anything, have anything. Fear is what keeps us from all possibilities. When...
On fear and want - A mystical approach "We fear the thing we want the most." - Robert Anthony, Author What we want is not a need, it is something to desire, a luxury. We can only want something that is want-able, something we can live without and yet it haunts us. It is this...
Flower, Earth, Manure "The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure." – D. H. Lawrence Everyone agrees that a flower is beautiful. Every flower is beautiful. If you go seeking for an ugly flower, you will not find one. It is as hard as looking for an ant...
“Change is the only constant in life” a Buddhist way of living Sometimes not giving up what we do not need prevents us from getting what we want. Things wait to come to us when we make room for it. E.g. imagine or visualize, picture or pretend you are walking down a main street in...
More often than not when I ask someone “Have you heard of Hawaii?” and everyone says “Yes.” I say “You know it is not just a place in the ocean.” This is when people begin to wonder what is this Indian woman talking about. Then I ask “How many of you have heard the word...