Ever since I’ve started meditating, my mind is muddled with questions regarding my life, my aim, my existence and so many things. Is it because of something new taking place inside me or is it because of a social conditioning that we begin to look for such answers whenever we think of meditation and spirituality. Why are there only questions? How do we get the answers? Is it just the beginning?
Do Words Cause Wars?
Anti-Muslim speech has been curtailed in the U.S. since 9/11 so far as official channels go. Popular sentiment and right-wing radio are another matter. The Bush administration has been chastised for using terms like “war on terror” and ’clash of civilizations” as code for an attack on Islam itself. The Obama administration has tried to erase those phrases. But words don’t cause wars, not directly. They reflect the consciousness of the speaker, which is a much more potent cause of conflict. By his relative silence, Feisal Abdul Rauf is following his long-avowed policy of not getting his hands dirtied with nasty politics. Yet many moderate Muslims have tried this tactic, only to find that they are leaving a vacuum that is quickly filled by extremist voices. (more…)
Stuart Hameroff and Deepak: The Big Bang and The Big Wow (Part 6)
Daily Inspiration
In our willingness to step into the unknown, the field of all possibilities, we surrender ourselves to the creative. Enjoy the journey. -Deepak Chopra
Overcoming Mother Issues
My relationship with my mother has become very strained. Though I consciously make an effort not to do or say anything that in any way gives her a chance to stir me. I have a feeling that I can’t love her any more even though she is my mother. I try to forgive and forget but she finds ways to upset me and out there to get me somehow. Is it something in my energy that’s creating all this? How do I take the responsibility of these circumstances and her behavior towards me? Please guide how do I calm her, my circumstances or so become so strong that her comments, her actions don’t disturb me. (The question is small but I hope u understand that intensity of this matter. My heart bleeds because of her words and actions and also no sitting together and solving issues helped. Everything falls back to square one.