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Mystic Mantra: The mysterious realisation of advaita

Einstein says that nature is neither solely material nor entirely spiritual.

18 Feb 2019 12:58 AM

Spirituality means you are beginning to experience that which is beyond the physical. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Spirituality - Not a moral code

There was a yogi sitting in the forest, absolutely blissful, but if people came anywhere near him, he threw stones at them.

16 Feb 2019 12:15 AM

When the sense organs contact the sense objects, we experience heat and cold, which in turn, lead to the subjective experiences of joy and sorrow. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Under the spell of delusion

Under the spell of misconception, we do not realise that something as basic as lack of food or water can be the cause of our irritation.

15 Feb 2019 12:37 AM

You can only experience yog when the heat crosses all the levels and reaches the Agya. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: The shakti of the Siddhasan

During dhyan, slight heat gets generated in the body that is emitted from the Kundalini.

12 Feb 2019 12:16 AM

Our faith in God and human beings too is shown precisely in the small acts of kindness, brotherhood or sisterhood, and familiarity in our day-to-day lives. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Healing through compassion

Compassion is often seen as a distant, altruistic ideal cultivated by saints or as an unrealistic response of the naively kind-hearted.

11 Feb 2019 6:42 AM

When we remain on an even keel, we are able to find solutions, and are open to adjusting and compromising to ensure a peaceful resolution. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: The secret to harmonious relationships

Most problems arise when people disagree with each other or have differing viewpoints about a matter.

08 Feb 2019 12:04 AM

Many people tried to answer his questions but not being able to satisfy the king, they lost their lives. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Three questions about God

The Minister’s son assured his father that he would satisfy the king tomorrow in the king’s court and he need not worry anymore.

07 Feb 2019 6:42 AM

Mystic Mantra: Three points of mindfulness

Let your consciousness be unburdened by your mind that dwells in the past and the future — and observe reality as it is.

04 Feb 2019 12:29 AM

Desire and ambition are expectations in different degrees and form, which when not fulfilled, cause anger. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Anger causes untold sorrow

If freedom from expectations is not possible, we can, at least try to let go on the insistence of their fulfilment.

01 Feb 2019 12:49 AM

There is a fountain of youth within us that can be found through meditation. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Discover your inner youth

This stage comes to everyone because the aging process is a part of life that each will one day experience.

31 Jan 2019 12:51 AM

Our truths are within us, deep inside where we place them for later discovery. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: The modern man’s dilemma

The light of the scriptures, which was once a powerful beam that illuminated has slowly thinned out.

25 Jan 2019 12:08 AM

Francis’s writings overflowed with the love of God and neighbours. His Introduction to the Devout Life and Love of God and Spiritual Conferences are spiritual classics with striking sayings like: (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Warm drafts

Born in an aristocratic family at the castle of Sales in Savoy, France, Francis was the eldest of 13 children.

24 Jan 2019 5:58 AM

Mystic Mantra: Osho - A mystic without a biography

No biography can penetrate to the depths, particularly of a man who has known the no-mind also.

21 Jan 2019 5:34 AM

Contemporary Sufi thinkers like Abdullah bin Bayyah and his disciple Shaykh Hamza Yusuf who loosely adhere to the Ghazalian school of Sufism, observe a distinction between ethics and politics. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Sufis on ethics and politics

Some Sufis even warn of the toxic effects of mixing religion with politics.

19 Jan 2019 6:30 AM

Devotees gain on three major fronts when they praise the Lord. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Why should we praise the Lord?

From our experiences of dealing with the empirical world, we are aware of the need for applauding an action well done.

18 Jan 2019 6:54 AM

The Kumbh is celebrated with the belief that due to certain planetary positions, the positive energy levels of that particular place during a particular time, increases to its peak, thereby providing an atmosphere for spiritual growth and enlightenment. (Photo: AFP)

Mystic Mantra: A spiritual search

In Islam too the planet moon plays a significant role because of the use of a lunar Islamic calendar to determine the date of Ramzan.

17 Jan 2019 1:10 AM

The Sufi poets frequently allude that music awakens in the soul a memory of celestial harmonies heard in a state of pre-existence, before the soul was separated from God. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Spiritual sounds from mystics

Every human culture produces some form of music.

16 Jan 2019 1:09 AM

Our body is a reflection of the entire creation with its five elements. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Five elements of the body

According to ayurveda, two-thirds of the diseases of the body are caused by an imbalance in the vata dosha or the vayu.

15 Jan 2019 12:20 AM

Mystic Mantra: When the shoe fits, the foot is forgotten

Most human problems will dissolve if people start living naturally, just as they are, not asserting all the time that they have to be somebody.

14 Jan 2019 12:14 AM

Guru Gobind Singh, “the son of a martyr father and the father of four martyr sons”, was born in 1666 at Patna in Bihar.

Mystic Mantra: Guru Gobind Singh - A martyr

Guru Gobind Singh also composed poetry to put courage into his Sikhs.

12 Jan 2019 12:24 AM

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