The Alley Cat

There was once an old alley Cat. One day, as he was strolling around a rich neighborhood, he saw a young Aristocat chasing its tail. The young Cat was desperately trying to grab its tail in its mouth. Curious, the old Cat asked him what he was doing. The young Aristocat replied, “Oh, I was at a Cat…

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May 24, 2020

Breaking Bad/Good

My post last week on the “Good Girl Syndrome” evoked a lot of questions and responses from my readers. One consistent query was “how do I break out of this conditioning?” That is a million- dollar question isn’t it? Breaking out of any conditioned patterns of thinking, beliefs and behaviors…

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Jun 14, 2020

Don’t Worry, Be Happy!!

Whenever we are asked about what it is that we want most for our children, we immediately say “All I want is for my child to be happy.” We say the same thing about all our loved ones — siblings, friends, parents. However, when we do a post mortem on the anatomy of this intention for our…

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May 24, 2020

Breaking Bad/Good

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Apr 18, 2021

The Tenth Man

In Vedanta, there is a very famous parable of the “Missing Tenth Man”. It goes something like this. Once upon a time there was a foolish Guru who had even more ignorant disciples. One day, the Guru and his nine disciples were crossing a river. The river was flowing with ferocity, due to recent rains…

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Jul 11, 2021

FREEDOM

Last weekend we all celebrated July 4th — Independence Day all over the country. In California, many of the Covid related restrictions have been relaxed and we were all able to move around freely without masks, limited social distancing, and not much worry. There is a lightness in the air that we haven’t…

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Jun 6, 2021

It Takes a Village!

I consider myself to be very fortunate to have grown up in India during the time when we didn’t have so much digital connectivity. We had no television until I was 15. As a result, my childhood was filled with bike rides, imagination, story-telling, staging plays and reading. These experiences…

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Feb 7, 2021

Non-Resistance

I kicked-off this year with my series on Enlightenment and outlined the three basic building blocks for the enlightened state namely — Non-Attachment, Non-Resistance and Non-Judgement. In my last blog, I discussed the topic of Non-Attachment. Today we shall explore Non-Resistance. In my experience, I…

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Jan 3, 2021

Enlightenment

Happy New Year to all my readers. May 2021 usher in a year of good health, healing, peace and unity. Recently, my 20-year-old son requested that I write about Enlightenment and what it means for lay people. I was shocked. Firstly, because he was interested in such a topic at his age and more importantly…

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Sep 5, 2020

Sherman’s Sermon

I recently visited Sequoia National Forest during the raging Northern California Fires. Standing under the Giant Sherman tree — the largest living tree in the world and under the General Grant Tree which is named a Living Shrine was truly awe inspiring. These trees are anywhere between 1700–2400…

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