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Francis Gonsalves is a professor of theology. He can be contacted at fragons@gmail.com

Happiness is not the enigma as it has been led to assume. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra - Hand-in-hand: Equal, enlightened, empowered

IWD 2020 is special since it marks the 25th anniversary of the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.

7 March 2020 7:14 AM IST

ut just by thinking about relaxing things, we are not going to feel relaxed. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mystic Mantra: Don't change channels, be a channel

Striving for justice is not political activism; rather, it's daridra Narayan seva: service to God in the poor.

20 Feb 2020 2:25 AM IST

The Bible personifies God as having ears. Prayers and petitions begin with a request to God to incline your ear .

Mystic Mantra: God, our Father, who sets us free

God is regarded as Father in some religious traditions, mainly Judaism and Christianity.

8 Feb 2020 3:19 AM IST

In the Catholic catechism we are taught that the purpose of our existence is to know, serve and love God and to be happy with him hereafter.

Mystic Mantra: Seeking harmony in being humane

Catholics versus Protestants; Shias versus Sunnis; one sect or panth against another, and so on.

23 Jan 2020 1:54 AM IST

Tapping with bamboo is an ancient Chinese therapy called Pai Sha. (Photo: ANI)

Mystic Mantra: Choose to bloom rather than to survive

At a basic level, plants symbolise life.

9 Jan 2020 1:20 AM IST

Christmas-time, Christians erect cribs at home.

Mystic Mantra: When God came down to be counted as citizen

She is betrothed to carpenter Joseph, who is forced to rush to Bethlehem, his janmabhoomi, to enrol himself and his...

25 Dec 2019 2:25 AM IST

A long queue of fire tenders (clockwise from above) at the site where a major fire killed 43 persons at Anaj Mandi area of Delhi on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Mystic Mantra: Can't each of us see God and be God in loving and...

Seeking to capitalise from every crisis, politicians begin blaming each other.

12 Dec 2019 1:23 AM IST

It takes time to hone and propel a higher purpose in life, just as much it takes leisure to mature, or mellow.

Mystic Mantra: Strive to be go-givers, not just go-getters

Trees give fruits, hens hatch eggs, animals give milk and the fields birth rich harvests.

3 Dec 2019 4:28 AM IST

The CRY Child Rights and You organisation provides heartrending statistics of millions of Indian children who are poor, hungry, malnourished, abused, illiterate and slog under inhuman conditions to support their families.

Mystic Mantra: Children's DayCelebrate the child within you

The love and care received during childhood makes them develop a healthy sense of self and security, reaping lifelong...

14 Nov 2019 1:37 AM IST

It takes time to hone and propel a higher purpose in life, just as much it takes leisure to mature, or mellow.

Mystic Mantra: Face your world with a smile

Your face is your passport to enter into people's lives.

31 Oct 2019 12:18 AM IST

Yoga is the journey from A to B. A, is where you are, B is the finality. Guru, is someone, who has already walked that path and has the experience of finality. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Strive to discover the self beyond selfies

The public self or external me is all-important for many, today.

17 Oct 2019 5:59 AM IST

Yoga is the journey from A to B. A, is where you are, B is the finality. Guru, is someone, who has already walked that path and has the experience of finality. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: We'd do well to be wiser than King Solomon

The sad circumstances of his birth notwithstanding, Solomon grows up, humble, with phenomenal intellect and intuition.

3 Oct 2019 1:39 AM IST