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On May 26, Christians celebrated Ascension Day, the day—40 days after his resurrection on Easter—that Jesus ascended to heaven in bodily form. Meanwhile, the Baha’i faith holds May 29 to be a holy day in their calendar, as it is the…
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Accidents do happen in our life. Outwardly there are many causes, but there is a deeper cause which is always there. If the nervous envelope is intact, accidents can be avoided, and even if there is an accident it won’t have any…
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At a tea stall in Meghalaya a few minutes before the Bangladesh border, with a cup of tea and a piece of cake in my hand, I move towards the exit of the wooden shack. As I rest one foot on the plank just below the entrance, I hear yelling…
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Things turn ugly in a relationship when we lose our calm and engage in yelling, arguing, nagging, complaining and criticizing.This is certainly not how we want our children to remember us, or they would want their future children to…
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Our peaceful existence in society is incumbent on how well we put our senses to use. Our sense is our ability to think or act in a reasonable way. Our sense in a given situation in a nutshell is our good judgement. We are taught and…
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Thursday August 18 is Janmashtami, a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Krishna, an avatar of the god Vishnu. Part of the celebration involves the recitation of passages from the Bhagavata Purana and the Bhagavad Gita, believed to be…
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The most surprising aspect of the three-decades-old climate change debate and discussion is that all nations – with the exception of tiny Bhutan – have not thought it necessary to transform the way economic growth and development are…
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Tuesday August 30 is National Grief Awareness Day, an occasion for people to reflect upon and process major losses in their lives, including the deaths of loved ones.There is virtually nothing more universal than death: we all are born,…
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I love getting letters and cards by post; most would agree that this has a completely different feel to ecards sent these days. One loving friend who knows this mailed me a card for 2023 that said, ‘Another Trip Around The Sun’.This phrase…
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Everyone wants to live in peace. No one likes to live in search of it. But lack of knowledge and inner powers make many of us strive and struggle to get peace from wrong sources. Then, true peace remains a distant dream.My spiritual guide,…
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