Mystic Mantra
Mystic Mantra
Lord resides in self
From Baghdad Guru Nanak travelled eastward and camped at Kandahar. Entering the town he met a handsome young man, Yar Wali, who addressed the Guru as “Master with charming eyes”. The young man asked, “What is your name?” The Guru said, “My name is Nanak, the servant of the Lord.” Yar Wali fell at the Guru’s feet and said, “I am simply overwhelmed by your presence.”
God’s eternal love
Can a woman forget her nursing child, or have no compassion for the child of her womb? Even if the mother may forget; I’ll never forget you,” pronounces God in the Bible. He then continues, “Look! I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands, and your walls are forever before me.” (Isaiah 49: 15-16)
Formula for a sound sleep
It is a well-known fact that beggars sleep better than emperors; labourers sleep better than intellectuals. An article in an American woman’s magazine says that as many as 50 million Americans suffer from so-called insomnia.
From stars to flowers
One day as a child, while passing through a garden, Guru Harrai, the seventh Sikh Guru, damaged some flowers with his loose-flowing robe.
Yoga in original
What is yoga? Simply put, it is being in union with something. In that sense, one may choose to be in yoga with fashion, with beauty, or with sport. But none of these make a person a yogi. To embark on the path a yogi travels, you need to go through certain experience, which will bring you face to face with what is called atma sakshatkar, your true self.
Bhog, rog & viyog
As living beings, we know we have life in us, but we cannot claim any right over it. The fact that we are living enables functions like seeing, hearing, feeling, touching etc, and possibilities become endless. But we did not buy this life. We did not create it and cannot take credit for it. So it can be said that life is a gift, and a precious one, too.
The mallika of mysticism
Rabia of Basra is the most famous woman in the history of Islamic mysticism. A lifelong celibate, her devotion to God was so complete that she is credited with enriching the philosophy of Sufism with the concept of divine love.
Pray from the heart
A wealthy woman tourist from the West was admiring a native’s necklace. “What’s it made of?” she inquired. The native replied, “Alligator’s teeth.” Amused, the tourist asked, “So I guess it’s as valuable for you as pearls are for us?” “Not quite,” replied the native, “Anyone can open an oyster.”
Superlatives that describe Shiv
Easily attained, Lord Shiv is petitioned by saint and sinner alike. Demons and gods gain boons from him — sometimes in contradiction of each other, sometimes cleverly cancelling each other out.
The night of Shiv
When we say Shiv, most people look at him as some kind of a God who is beyond everything. But when we go through the Shiv Purana, we find that Shiv went through everything that any normal human being would go through. He is many things at the same time. He is the most beautiful and also the ugliest.
