If you’ve ever asked yourself, “What would make me happy?” you’ve likely found different answers to this question at different times. Most people think happiness relies on close relationships, financial security, and a sense of purpose. After all, you could say that life revolves around love and work, since these give our life meaning. But only if they help us…
Tag: emotional freedom
Are You a True Spiritual Seeker?
I’ve been working on my next book, which is about developing emotional and spiritual freedom, and the more I delve into it, the more it seems to revolve around the following dichotomy: For an ordinary person, life is about social validation and material success. For a spiritual seeker, it’s about finding inner peace and true freedom. How do you effect…
Why You Need Solitude For Spiritual Growth
You spend your life invested in other people. Whether it’s through work, family, partnerships, friendships, or the external world you let in with news, TV or radio shows, and other forms of engagement, your attention and energy are mostly focused outside of you. Furthermore, you carry the world you’ve internalized as the aspect of ego I call your ‘sense of…
Is Your Ego-Mind Gaslighting You?
We live in the world of appearances. This has become painfully obvious when we hear politicians and the mass media talk about ‘fake news’ in an attempt to manipulate and confuse us. Granted, some news may be fabricated, but the overall purpose seems to be erasing all critical thinking to impose a particular agenda. This is known as gaslighting, which…
How To Remain Confident In Spite of Criticism
Nobody likes to be criticized; it usually triggers memories and feelings of unworthiness or lack of love from childhood. Back then you didn’t have much control or a voice, and the adults in your life had most, if not all the power over you. This became what I’ve coined your ‘sense of otherness‘—the inner bully that traps you in a…
What Is the Spiritual Cure For Anxiety?
Do you worry about the prospect of events you judge as negative or the possibility of future suffering? How about past events and the way you responded to them? Perhaps your concerns relate more to a current self-perception—in terms of being right or wrong, perfect or imperfect—and how others see you now. You worry about whether your self-images are getting…
It’s Time To Grow Emotionally & Spiritually!
When the Sun moves from the Tropic of Capricorn (representing the father) to the Tropic of Cancer (the mother), in mid-January, it marks the beginning of the harvest season on the Lunar Calendar. In India, it is known as Makar Sankranti (see Are You Ready To Hit the Ground Running?). It’s when Mother Nature begins to wake up and things…