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Faith Conquers FearMany people say it is knowledge that conquers fear as fear stems from ignorance. In the movie "Invasion" with Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig this is the premise. In the movie it is due to people's ignorance of how to deal with the virus that they perpetrate all sorts of uncivilized and murderous acts. One of the morals of the story, if one were required to take one away from it

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How to Achieve Your Goals1) Know Yourself This is the most important and crucial stage.We must know ourselves in truth; we must understand our motivations, our skills and abilities BEFORE we begin setting goals. In my opinion this is the number one reason people fail to achieve their goals - they do not know themselves. Take your time to understand your past; what has given you satisfaction

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Dealing with AdversityWe have all heard the term "turn your lemons into lemonade". The difficulty of doing so is the tricky part. A particular verse in the Gita comes to mind - "A person who is not disturbed by happiness and distress and is steady in both is certainly eligible for liberation." This verse touches on a consideration we ignore in our determined pursuit of happiness. We tend to think

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The Intricacies of Karma and SamsaraKrishna tells Arjuna in the Gita that all activities (kriya) “both auspicious and inauspicious” create impressions (karma) and leads to bondage (samsara). So “good” acts that leave “good” impressions (karma) or “bad” acts that result in “bad” impressions (also karma) are all impressions (you guessed it - karma) and therefore bind one to samsara.Samsara is the “

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Grief and DetachmentAs mentioned in earlier posts becoming detached enhances the pleasure we receive from life, not the other way round. Attachments put our focus, attention and energy on future acquisition and past regrets. Detachment enables us to live in the present.There are of course periods, events or situations in life which are causes for genuine grief. To become free of attachments does

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Spiritual but not Religious.The library is quite a peaceful place and the mid-afternoon daylight pours through the floor to ceiling windows. I have always enjoyed writing in the quiet of a library or bookstore, though the relative ruckus of High School adolescents reminds me to schedule my library sojourn for an earlier hour of the day.This morning, during my mantra-meditation practices, my mind

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Detachment and the Pursuit of Happiness.Those who have read my articles and blog, (www.GitaYoga.net), know that I am constantly advising that we give up our attachments. The opposite of attachment is erroneously believed to be detachment, this is not the case. The opposite of attachment is aversion. Let’s briefly define these three; attachment, detachment and aversion.An attachment is the belief

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Attachments and the Pursuit of HappinessThe first order of business is to differentiate between happiness and gratification. Gratification requires sensory input or stimulation, happiness does not. Gratification is affected by external environments, happiness is not. Gratification is dependent upon our external reality, happiness is not. Gratification is always in a state of flux; happiness is a

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continued..Unfortunately I did not realize the utter hypocrisy of that letter until years later when I was on the receiving end of such foolishness….In this relationship a different friend, (yes, I know, it’s a wonder I have any left), and I had come to a point where we were not talking more than the obligatory Namaste if we happened to meet at Temple.One day, however, I got cornered. He looked

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Should I Apologize?Absolutely not!I personally have given some of the most insincere apologies possible. I have also been the victim of such apologies as well. In coaching my clients one can imagine the number of times this issue has surfaced. “When should I apologize?” “How should I apologize?” And of course the most common of them all; “Why the h--- should I apologize?”However, it wasn’t until

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In 1999 I left India and moved to Norway. I was newly married, just starting a promising career and things were looking quite positive. I achieved an enviable running start in life when I rather suddenly encountered a brick wall.Sitting among the shattered debris that remained of a once promising life, you can imagine the amount of soul-searching that takes place. I had been immensely proud and

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Happiness: A Difficult Choice (Part Two)It all about alignment.We now know what the problem is, what happiness is and now we must go about achieving, attaining, experiencing happiness.One of my favourite sayings, by philosopher Chardin, “We are spiritual beings having human experience”, gets to the heart of the matter. As earlier mentioned we are spiritual beings yet we exist in a material

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Happiness: A Difficult Choice (Part 1)Happiness is indeed a choice. However, the problem is twofold. 1) We don’t know what happiness is. 2) We don’t know who we are or what we need. Knowing who we are is pivotal in gaining both the knowledge, wisdom and finally the courage to choose happiness.For the sake of this discussion I will take for granted that we agree on the existence of a soul or

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