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Damdama Sahib, Guru ki Kashi, has emerged as a major centre of Sikh learning and is also known as the Damdami school of learning. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)

Mystic Mantra: Takht Damdama Sahib - Guru ki Kashi

Takht means a throne or royal seat and it symbolises authority, sacred and secular.

20 Jul 2019 12:14 AM

An expression of devotion cannot be measured in terms of material or financial values

Mystic Mantra: The inherent power of worship

True worship is an expression of one’s devotion, reverence and gratitude to someone from whom one has gained immensely.

19 Jul 2019 12:05 AM

Mystic Mantra: Gold of character must pass test of fire

God then finds ways of washing and sifting us as thoroughly as possible by providing us His Word and teachings through our scriptures.

18 Jul 2019 2:48 AM

Tolerance has an odour of superiority, and its implication is that one is impacted and bothered about the conduct of others but chooses not to mind.

Mystic Mantra: The virtues of tolerance

Tolerance helps us understand humans and build trust with people.

17 Jul 2019 2:28 AM

For Plato, the physical, yet mindful body echoed our frontiers with the inhabitant soul. (Representional Image)

Mystic Mantra: The soul is the fount of conscious awareness

It is this reality that establishes the pristine role of our conscious awareness in the working of our mind, body and soul.

16 Jul 2019 12:52 AM

Put simply, this means that individuals who live in accord with what they feel as natural are better equipped to regulate their fixations. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Be compassionate in your quest for control

It is an age-old trait — that to “be in command” elevates one’s defence, also standing, if not reputation.

13 Jul 2019 5:11 AM

Meditation provides a way to perfect our ability to stay focused within to find inner treasures. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Pursue spirituality with the attitude of a sports champion

Meditation allows us to attain the World Cup of Spirituality — union of the soul with God in the shortest possible time.

12 Jul 2019 1:20 AM

May the population explosion trigger implosions within us — destroying greed and selfishness.

Mystic Mantra: Support the weakest of our global family

The population explosion can either be seen as an insuperable problem, or as a God-gifted prospect.

11 Jul 2019 7:09 AM

Mystic Mantra: The ashram and the resort - A poverty of richness

An ashram is the heartbeat of mystery — and a resort is manifestations and ostentations only.

08 Jul 2019 12:05 AM

The world is full of the highest morals, but look at the immoral way in which people are living. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Individual well-being will grow into society

If individuals are rotten and you go on tinkering with society, you will have only empty rules and empty morality.

06 Jul 2019 1:04 AM

The Bhagavad Gita itself portrays mastery with the apt comparison of a turtle who has the ability to withdraw its limbs, into its hard shell, the moment it senses danger.

Mystic Mantra: Are you in command?

Physically restraining the body but allowing the mind to dwell on various pleasures can lead to dire consequences.

05 Jul 2019 12:10 AM

No one is so powerful as to be able to hate others without suffocating one’s own happiness and stifling one’s own personal growth.

Mystic Mantra: Forgiveness soothes the heart and cools the sting

Forgiveness puts the smile back on your lips and happiness into your heart.

04 Jul 2019 12:10 AM

There is no one who can explain to the child the true meaning of the Ramayana — Ayana of Ram, that is, the journey of Ram. The journey of Ram in pursuit of devi — Sita.

Mystic Mantra: One should focus on journeying, not finality

No one remembers the journey, but instead mistakes the end of Ravan as its culmination.

02 Jul 2019 7:41 AM

Mystic Mantra: The healing effects of hugging

There is an emotional need to touch somebody or be touched by them.

01 Jul 2019 12:06 AM

The more we endeavour to decipher such tapped or untapped prowess, the more we “fuel” our sense of being, as also our creative abilities, while accepting the wisdom that life is a blessing. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: The effulgent resonance of life

It epitomises the tang of success, while nourishing the resonance of our inner voice, or soul, with divine insight — and not just intervention.

29 Jun 2019 12:25 AM

Jesus’ life was marked by deep sensitivity towards everyone around him.

Mystic Mantra: The boundless love from Jesus’ heart

Many religious traditions see the heart as the fount of loving, feeling and doing.

28 Jun 2019 6:30 AM

Meditation is not a dry chore in which we go through certain steps mechanically. (Representional Image)

Mystic Mantra: The ocean of God’s love surrounds us

The love of God is pouring out to us through the eyes of the Master.

27 Jun 2019 1:49 AM

Mystic Mantra: Cleanse the heart & mind - Enter a prayerful space

Osho suggests that we go through a deep cleansing of our mind and heart.

10 Jun 2019 1:06 AM

Mystic Mantra: Wisdom from the spider’s web

Archane’s excess pride resulted in her being transformed into a spider.

08 Jun 2019 4:51 AM

If we accept that in the world of maya, nothing is impossible, then going further, there will be no surprises in life.

Mystic Mantra: Maya belongs to God - ‘Maya O Maya’

Life teaches us to be prepared for all contingencies.

07 Jun 2019 12:19 AM

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