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There is a sort of meditation in tantra which says, “While tasting, the food becomes the taste”.

Mystic mantra: Simple lifestyle steps for staying healthy

Medical research is pointing to two ways we can be proactive for increasing our wellness.

27 Dec 2019 4:36 AM

It is the time to build the virtues of humility, non-violence, austerity, honesty, sacrifice, forgiveness, etc.

Mystic Mantra: New beginnings

A new year is a new opportunity to leave the past behind and move forward in life.

26 Dec 2019 12:54 AM

Today, the saints are teaching a very superfluous kind of religion which is of a very poor quality — only ritualistic, and hypocritical. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Where’s the authentic spirituality of India?

The rulers sat at the feet of the rishis, just like King Janak sat at the feet of sage Ashtavakra.

23 Dec 2019 1:12 AM

In addition to a year that is beautiful and joyful, we should wish for our loved ones a year that is auspicious — shubhamand joyful. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Bring fresh outlook and vision to New Year

It is only when we seek and work for something greater, higher and nobler that we can accomplish a qualitative change in our life.

20 Dec 2019 1:36 AM

Bhai Mani Singh, a great warrior, was an efficient leader who guided the panth whenever any crisis arose. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)

Mystic Mantra: Bhai Mani Singh - A martyr for Sikh faith

Bhai Mani Singh, born in a village near Sunam in Sangrur district of Punjab, came to Anandpur Sahib when he was just a child.

19 Dec 2019 5:00 AM

While most of us focus on spiritual preparation to welcome Jesus and by extension welcome others, she evokes a complete turnaround, persuading us to focus on, “welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you”.

Mystic Mantra: Who welcomes whom at Christmas?

Even within the realm of spiritual preparation there can be different points of emphases.

17 Dec 2019 7:55 AM

Mystic Mantra: In hateful times, live those negative emotions fully

It has come to the point where science and religion are agreeing with Osho’s repeated reminder that man needs to be cleansed.

16 Dec 2019 12:05 AM

Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya's Dargah in New Delhi.

Mystic Mantra: Death anniversary or Urs, it’s an occasion to rejoice for Sufis

Urs means “wedding” and in Sufism, death anniversaries of mystics are celebrated as wedding ceremonies.

14 Dec 2019 6:16 AM

Our conviction of His existence gets proven beyond doubt, and thereby faith, devotion and trust get strengthened. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: The three stages of God realisation

The ignorance of duality and separation from Him is lost and we become one with Him.

10 Dec 2019 12:57 AM

While Christmas itself has several other symbols like the star, the Christmas tree, the little stable signifying where Jesus was born, Advent season too has its own special symbols.

Mystic Mantra: On the meanings behind Advent symbols

The wreath reminds us of both the immortality of our souls and God’s promise of everlasting life to us through Christ.

05 Dec 2019 7:37 AM

“Zakat” or almsgiving is one of the pillars of Islam, next in importance only to prayer and worship. (Representational image)

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.

03 Dec 2019 4:28 AM

Mystic Mantra: Nouns are a fiction created by man

If you just close your eyes and look within, you will find everything that has been, is still there, flowing.

02 Dec 2019 1:03 AM

In Indian culture, there was a time when there used to be a festival every day of the year — 365 festivals in a year — because a festival is a tool to bring life to a state of exuberance and enthusiasm.

Mystic Mantra: Why do we celebrate festivals?

Nowadays, unfortunately, a festival means they give you a holiday, and you wake up only at 12 noon.

30 Nov 2019 7:41 AM

It is something that happens to a sincere meditator who continues meditating regularly in absolute patience. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Drink the juice of self-nature

Sahaj is a valuable word. It means that which happens without any doing. Just go in — showering without clouds.

25 Nov 2019 12:05 AM

It is all part of our mind’s inner voice — the well-ingrained element of our consciousness, or soul. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Make an endeavour to understand self-belief

Self-belief is a veritable dynamo. It resides within and outside of our mind.

23 Nov 2019 2:29 AM

The Cauvery is maybe 40 per cent of what it was 50 years ago. Almost all our rivers are going through this, which is a disaster waiting to unfold. (Photo: File)

Mystic Mantra: Time to embrace and nourish our rivers

If you put so much water in one place, the soil gets leached and all the bio-activity in the soil is reduced.

19 Nov 2019 12:05 AM

Desire springs up from the ever-active unsatisfied senses and mental comparison with what others have and what we don’t have.

Mystic Mantra: Desire - The main cause of mental disturbance

Necessity is out of compulsion to live, desire is out of competition.

18 Nov 2019 7:17 AM

The Osho vision comes up with simple solutions to difficult problems, and anxiety is no exception.

Mystic Mantra: An Eastern cure for anxiety

The people of the East have invented ingenious devices to cure the problems of the ego.

16 Nov 2019 12:20 AM

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 Day–Celebrate the child within you

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

14 Nov 2019 1:37 AM

Every disciple who is dedicated and full of trust can steal it, and it is a wordless transmission, as Osho always reminds us: Those who cling to my words, miss me.

Mystic Mantra: The transmission of enlightenment

These gurus were enlightened mystics, self-realised souls, but not so educated to communicate effectively with modern scientific people.

11 Nov 2019 12:56 AM

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