Days slip into months. Months slip into years. In the midst of the passing time and in between life’s business, many of us ponder: What is the purpose of life? Is it just eating, sleeping, and working? — Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar answers, “There is much more to life.” He adds, “The question, ‘what is the purpose of life?’ is very precious. You have to find out for yourself.” It’s a personal journey which we all have to undertake. …

Yoga became popular in the West as a solution to lose weight or as a physical exercise and also to relieve ills such as stress, anxiety, professional burnout, addictions and insomnia. — From being an ancient spiritual pursuit for those seeking enlightenment, yoga has been absorbed into mainstream lifestyle by people from all cultures and backgrounds across the globe. It has a profound impact on multiple levels of our existence. While stretches and postures make the body supple, pranayama and meditation take…

Practice the 5 tips to walk yourself out of the tendency to blame and move beyond the little disturbances. — When you get angry or you blame somebody, you feel a heavy load on your head. You feel uncomfortable inside, and you spread unpleasant feelings all around you too. Blaming does not give you anything positive in return. Instead, owning responsibility for all your experiences in life makes you powerful.

Is there a winning formula to enhance performance at work? — That was brilliant! Smart thinking! You are an intelligent person! When we receive positive feedback, we feel happy. Our confidence receives a boost. And it is only natural that we would like such appreciation to come our way more often. Something that is bound to happen if we habitually make…

Illness and disturbances happen in the body when it’s natural processes get blocked. — By energizing your system with Prana, life energy, and breath, you can prevent the illness before it starts. That is what yoga does. When a chakra or energy center is stuck, movement can help release the prana (energy). Yoga postures are a great way to release stale or stuck energy…

Is feeling crunched on time a pressure to do more or is it an inspiration? — People do feel they are crunched on time. This is our reality. All of us have only 24 hours in a day and enough activities to do to keep us on our toes. Yet many of us still seem so perplexed with the challenges around it: There is not sufficient…

Ego does not let love flow. What’s needed is the skill to transcend the ego. — Ego causes heaviness, discomfort, fear, anxiety. Ego is separateness, non-belongingness, wanting to prove and to possess. Ego can be transcended by knowing the truth, by inquiring “Who am I?” Often, you feel contempt or jealousy towards someone with ego. Instead you should have compassion. If someone is egoistic, he is…

There are 4 attitudes you must develop to handle your mind — 1) Friendliness: Be friendly with people who are happy. If you are not friendly with happy people, you will be jealous. This is because you think that your enemy is happy, and you cannot tolerate your enemy being happy. So, shake hands with happy people. …

Think that the love you receive is much more than what you deserve. If you come from this space of humility, then you will behave with magnanimity and dignity in all your dealings. — Love is a very deep, intimate phenomenon in your consciousness. It just flowers. It cannot but flower. There is no way you can meddle with it. You go near love, you dissolve, you simply don’t exist. That is the definition of love. Either you are there or there is love…