Friday, January 31, 2020
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
(Mind26)-Don’t chew stolen tobacco!
You probably have heard of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa – the Guru of Swami Vivekananda. This interesting story that I am going to narrate is related to him.
Monday, January 27, 2020
GardenTalk10- Completely safe pest control with no chemicals used
Many organic farmers face problems when it comes to pest and disease control. It is the rule of nature that anything that grows vigorously is sure to attract pests and diseases. That is the way probably, the nature controls imbalance.
Friday, January 24, 2020
(Mind25)-Is honesty the best policy?!
In the rat race that we call pleasure seeking, we seem to have forgotten certain essential tenets in our lives. We don’t realize what we are gradually missing.
Several years ago, I had an experience while buying a rather expensive watch in a US shop. I liked the watch and wanted to purchase it. But the shopkeeper told me that he would not accept any credit cards and wants only cash.
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
(Mind24)-Offering the other cheek!
Monday, January 20, 2020
GardenTalk09- Venturi – a useful device
We were discussing about the bacterial solution we prepared in the last episode. Now, one of the options is to feed that solution directly to the plants after some dilution. This has multiple effects.
Friday, January 17, 2020
(Mind23)-Chicken first or egg first?
Patanjali starts off his Yoga process with a set of do’s and don’ts almost akin to Buddha’s steps for right way of living. These steps are meant to prepare the right mental condition needed for Yoga practice.
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
(Mind22)-Eight steps of Yoga
When I talk about Yoga, I normally talk about Patanjali’s Ashtanga Yoga as described in the Yoga Sutra which is a primary text of Yoga, composed sometime during 200 B.C.
This Yoga has 8 steps. These steps are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi.
Monday, January 13, 2020
GardenTalk08- One magic – many effects!
We were discussing the magical solution developed by an Indian scientist namely Dr. Krishan Chandra. We also saw how easy it is to prepare it, not to mention about almost zero cost of the solution.
In many of his YouTube videos Dr. Chandra never gets tired listing the myriad ways of using his magical solution. For him, it appears as if it is a most sacred religious artefact😉
Friday, January 10, 2020
(Mind21)-The Right way to enjoy
Sometimes I get amazed by the rat race that goes on in the name of enjoyment. People go to any extent to ‘enjoy’. For many people enjoyment is the very purpose of their life.
I am not against enjoyment per se. I am not like those ancient Buddhists who shunned enjoyment as a cause of all miseries. But they frowned only upon worldly enjoyment. They had no problem with the enjoyment or bliss one experiences as a result of meditative practices.
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
(Mind20)-Are you really happy?
Who does not want to be happy? All our actions and endeavors are directed towards that end. We all want to be happy.
But what is happiness? Have you ever pondered over it seriously?
Monday, January 6, 2020
GardenTalk07-Let us do Magic!
As we discussed in the previous episodes, our Indian Scientist Dr. Krishan Chandra seems to have a magic solution for all the ills of gardening. It almost costs nothing as he puts it.
But his claims are not easy to believe. If things were that rosy, why are not everyone doing it? In a matter of few years we could change the entire world and solve not only farming problems but also many of our health problems as well, that are increasingly becoming a menace due to our use of chemicals and pesticides in farming.
Friday, January 3, 2020
(Mind19)-Yoga is the solution to all world problems
As usual, I am using the title as a sequence of overloaded words. I am simultaneously implying that Yoga is the solution to all your ‘worldly problems’, as well as all the ‘problems of the world’.
I may appear to oversell Yoga. But it is true as I explain later.
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
(Mind18)-Let us begin the year with Yoga
Let me welcome you back to a great new year. As part of the series on Mind, I will now start discussing about Yoga – a way of entering into domains beyond our limited Minds.
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