Discernment helps us distinguish the right from the wrong, the good from the bad, the healthy from the unhealthy. When it is time to choose, we instinctively choose to attach ourselves to whatever makes us happy and detach from whatever makes us unhappy. Thus detachment is a natural follow-up to discernment. What does this mean to my life as a spiritual seeker?
Among all the uncertainties of life, there is only one thing absolutely certain—and that is, we will die one day. We plan for many things that may or may not happen. Do we have a plan for our eventual death? A death without any preparation can be a disaster. With preparation and planning, it becomes an art, which transforms the inevitable into an opportunity to be wise and free.
What is the thinking behind calling the Vedanta Society’s Sunday programs “Satsang” and “Antar Yoga”? What do these terms mean—and how are they related to spiritual life, and to our personal spiritual practice?
We all have insufficient information about others (sadly, often even about ourselves) to be able to judge accurately what kind of people they are—even more importantly, what kind of people they will be in the months and years ahead.
Masks are playing a big role in our lives in the last two years. Some like them, others tolerate them, and some others hate them. Some feel that masks are still needed, others feel it’s time to throw them away, and still others feel they were never useful. So what do we do with these masks? Today’s reflection is a deep dive into the world of masks, seen and unseen.
Everyone forgets things. But when we forget things that really matter, we pay a heavy price. No price is heavier than being condemned to a life of unstoppable aging, inevitable sickness, and eventual death, not to mention anxiety, stress and worry. Vedanta teaches that this is the result of forgetfulness, and it can be overcome.
