When I was a young girl, my father used to take my siblings and I to a department store on the weekends to get things we needed for school. The rule was that we could each choose only one thing, which had to be practical—so no toys but things like socks, pens, and such—and also reasonably priced, because he didn’t…
Tag: self-love
The Need For Emotional & Spiritual Maturity
Humanity’s creative and intellectual capacity never ceases to amaze me. We’ve been able to produce remarkable works of art, music, film, literature, and philosophy, as well as impressive advances in science and technology. We’ve sent astronauts into space and now keep sophisticated satellites floating out there allowing us to communicate with one another, from all corners of the planet, as…
Why You Should Nurture Feminine (Inner) Leadership
The external world, by its own nature, promotes and upholds the masculine aspects of life. That is, what appears as manifest, active, and objective. In this context, the idea of leadership entails the duality of otherness—of me leading others or others leading me. But if you understand that life is a play of Divine Consciousness exploring and expanding itself through…
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 (I’m quoting myself here): 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.…
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…
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…
