Maya…

Yet another blast. Yet another one in India! Yet another one in the city of Mumbai… on 26 November, 2008. But there is more. Attacks at 7 locations. A city under siege. By not more than a handful of terrorists; 10 to be precise. Armed with grenades, AK-47s and stunning levels of motivation. The entire […]

Major Blunders in the world according to Mahatma Gandhi

Wealth without work
Pleasure without conscience
Knowledge without character
Commerce without morality
Science without humanity
Worship without sacrifice
Politics without principle

Gandhi called these imbalances “passive violence“, which fuels the active violence of crime, rebellion, and war. He said, “We could work ’til doomsday to achieve peace and would get nowhere as long as […]

Numerous experts have argued that the deepening global financial crisis has significantly damaged U.S. power, influence and credibility in the world and perhaps even signals the end of two centuries of U.S. and European dominance of international affairs.
As many have observed, the global order that is emerging has a distinct Asian tilt because of the […]

Its official. Barack Hussein Obama II is the President-elect of the United States of America. He made history (or has broken it) by becoming the first black to be elected US president, defeating Republican McCain. Obama won at least 338 Electoral College votes, far more than the 270 he needed.
Obama was born (August 4, 1961) […]

A leading neuroscientist says processing digital information can rewire your circuits. But is it evolution?
A new study by UCLA neuroscientist Gary Small says that technology change our brains. And according to Small’s new book, “iBRAIN: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind,” he writes. “As the brain evolves and shifts its focus towards new […]

The forms taken by lord Vishnu in his ten incarnations bear a strange similarity to Darwin’s theory of evolution.
But before you read any further, I would like to add a word or two about myself. If you think I am writing this to propagate Hinduism, no I am not. In fact, I do not belong […]

A prayer is nothing more than a fervent statement of what is so. Every prayer, every thought, every statement, every feeling is creative. To the degree that it is fervently held as truth, to that degree it will manifest in your experience.
What one must know here is that, there is always a thought behind a […]

In Vedic philosophy, maya (Sanskrit: ma: not, ya: this) is the illusion of a limited, purely physical and mental reality in which our everyday consciousness has become entangled, a veiling of the true, unitary Self. One must seek to “pierce the veil” in order to glimpse the transcendent truth. In Hinduism, Maya must be seen […]

What if we had a different world all together… what if there were no killings… what if there were no robbery… what if there were no cheating other people… what if there were no sexual harassment… what if there were no rapes… what if there were no child abuse… what if there were no criminals… […]