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On the occasion of Eid Milad-un-Nabi, we need to revisit the true prophetic personality traits that we often overlook.

Mystic Mantra: Prophet Muhammad — The messenger of mercy

The traditional reciters of Milad, popularly known as milad khwans, beautifully explain the Sirah (lifetime and message) of the Prophet (pbuh).

09 Nov 2019 12:40 AM

Don’t spend your time double tapping a picture of friends laughing together when you could be laughing with someone in real life.

Mystic Mantra: Savour life, relish the moments

We’re all missing out on a life that is unfolding in front of us, one that is so wonderful and yet won’t be there later on.

06 Nov 2019 5:56 AM

An easy way to identify a googly is that you are getting negative thoughts about a spiritually evolved person or a person committed to the path of seva or service, or being told that a person who is living for just him/herself, who is immersed in intoxications is a better ally. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: The journey from prithvilok to suryalok

Remember, spirituality is a pyramidical structure — there is only so much space at the top.

05 Nov 2019 1:42 AM

Mystic Mantra: Sit silently and let the grass grow by itself

Some things happen through effort, and some things happen only through effortlessness.

04 Nov 2019 12:51 AM

When you do not cling, you will be liberated — a very simple technique. Nothing clings to you by itself. It is you who is clinging onto so many things. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Liberation is close if you feel hopelessness

In the traditions of yoga, we have always cultured people towards hopelessness because when there is no hope, you will stop clinging.

02 Nov 2019 12:18 AM

There is a technique called meditation that we can try in our lives.

Mystic Mantra: Meditate to reduce stress and stomachaches

The key is to have another kind of response to problems that will not stimulate these physical reactions in the body.

01 Nov 2019 12:10 AM

The face reveals nature and character. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Face your world with a smile

Your face is your passport to enter into people’s lives.

31 Oct 2019 12:18 AM

Our mind mirrors our values and beliefs, including the essence of our existence. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Disengage the ‘troublemaker’ in your mind

Most of us tend to imbibe the nourishing inner wisdom of our mind, not so much when the going is good, but during difficult times.

30 Oct 2019 2:12 AM

It takes time to hone and propel a higher purpose in life, just as much it takes leisure to mature, or mellow.

Mystic Mantra: The higher purpose of our existence

In other words, to emerge as winners when we are happy, elated, and buoyant; or, get into a tizzy and be diffident, or gloomy.

26 Oct 2019 7:48 AM

The senses see objects in the present; the mind focuses on the past; and the intellect plans the future.

Mystic Mantra: When desire arises, we must be vigilant

The intellect has the ability to plan, think and improvise; it also knows how to improve upon previously experienced pleasures.

25 Oct 2019 12:55 AM

Jesus demonstrated through his life that despite being busy ministering to people during the day, he would find time at “night to go and pray in a lonely place”.

Mystic Mantra: ‘Park & Pray’ and ‘eRosary’ - New ways to pray

The eRosary is a new way to capture the imagination of the tech-savvy generation to pray for peace in the world.

24 Oct 2019 2:19 AM

There is a sort of meditation in tantra which says, “While tasting, the food becomes the taste”.

Mystic Mantra: On feasting and fasting - Eating with awareness

Indian ayurveda and yoga have given tremendous importance to eating — it was called a sacrifice, a havan to the body.

21 Oct 2019 2:36 AM

When we do not forgive someone, thoughts of anger, bitterness, and revenge rankle in our own minds and hearts, and we are the ones who suffer. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Forgiveness inspires others to love

If we know that anger can cause irreparable damage to our brain, then we may want to consider learning the art of forgiveness.

19 Oct 2019 6:15 AM

Not infrequently, our sense of “self” is shaped neither by what we know of ourselves nor by what we’d ideally yearn to be; but by what others think of us. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Strive to discover the self beyond selfies

The “public self” or “external me” is all-important for many, today.

17 Oct 2019 5:59 AM

Mystic Mantra: When a disciple goes astray

The moment he becomes stronger he will become bad — give him power and power will corrupt him immediately.

14 Oct 2019 4:54 AM

Mystic Mantra: Canonisation after a life of holiness

There are other saints who acquire their sainthood living active lives, mainly by serving the poor and the needy.

12 Oct 2019 3:43 AM

Mystic Mantra: The legend of Gurdwara Panja Sahib

Guru Nanak asked Mardana, who was feeling very thirsty with no access to water, to approach Wali Khandhar and request him to release water.

11 Oct 2019 5:17 AM

On the other hand, religious festivals not only give us occasions for merrymaking, but also present us with a noble, divine vision. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Why religious festivals are so important

The Sanskrit word for entertainment, manoranjana, means delighting/entertaining the mind.

10 Oct 2019 12:11 AM

On the spiritual path, success in meditation is to be able to focus within by having a still mind. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Let’s devote ourselves to forgiving and forgetting

One of the greatest distractions that interferes with our meditation is when something happens that we don’t like, and we cannot forget it.

08 Oct 2019 1:41 AM

Mystic Mantra: Chanting ‘Om’ can awaken a new consciousness

When the energy falls into a circle, becomes harmony, there is no discord, no conflict — you have become one.

07 Oct 2019 2:32 AM

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