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Mystic Mantra: Nankana Sahib has a special place in Sikh history

Gurdwara Chowa Sahib in Jhelum town, where Guru Nanak had found water in 1521, will also remain open.

19 Aug 2019 12:15 AM

But God rarely comes across people who are happy all the time and who also spread joy around them, and hence they attract immediate attention from the Almighty. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: God notices the blissfulness in us immediately

We should strive to be blissfully immersed in our own world, irrespective of situations in our life.

17 Aug 2019 7:50 AM

Our spiritual practices are meant to integrate all these three. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Integrate action, emotion and thought

Emotion is a power that influences our entire life.

16 Aug 2019 5:31 AM

Pope Francis wrote precisely on the care of our common home (the earth) in his encyclical Laudato Si, an urgent call to each one to act, more than talk about it.

Mystic Mantra: Experience freedom in being God’s children

Collins, from that distance, suddenly realised that we are all really one and that, indeed, this planet we call home is a finite and fragile place.

15 Aug 2019 5:52 AM

When they find that we are following a spiritual path, they may even want to learn more about it so they, too, can learn how to be kind and loving in the face of anger. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Offer the gift of kindness — Be a positive influence

We should leave the gift of anger with them and go on our peaceful, merry ways.

13 Aug 2019 12:35 AM

Muslims slaughter a sacrificial animal — perhaps a sheep or goat — as a symbol of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice Ishmael. (Photo: PTI)

Mystic Mantra: Id-ul-Zuha — The Muslim festival of sacrifice

There are minor differences between how the episode is narrated in Islam and how it’s told in Judaism and Christianity.

12 Aug 2019 1:01 AM

He did not like the idea of outward flaunting of Zikr and, therefore, he exhorted Sufi music (Sim’a) only within the prescribed limits. (Photo: Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Kashmir’s Mahbub-ul-Aalam: Beloved of the World

Makhdum Sahib’s entire lineage was known for an intellectual legacy and an ethics-based spirituality (Tariqat).

10 Aug 2019 5:50 AM

Experiencing the divine-human-cosmos as one seamless, sacred reality could help us to teach less and learn more: not only swimology, but also how to love mother-earth and cooperate with God and others.

Mystic Mantra: How ignorant we are of indigenous wisdom

We know many “-logies” but are often ignorant of the do-or-die down-to-earth wisdom of indigenous peoples.

09 Aug 2019 12:12 AM

It is a mystery as to how so many can be given Shaktipath at the same time. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: Some gurus are giving the Shaktipath to thousands

In no yug has mankind witnessed the sale and purchase of the revered sciences.

08 Aug 2019 12:13 AM

Osho devised a method of dynamic meditation and several other active meditations for the participants attending his meditation camps.

Mystic Mantra: Passion for meditation — Out of conscious choice

The passion that happens out of our conscious choice is what meditation is all about.

06 Aug 2019 12:08 AM

Lord Shiva, who held the poison in his throat, indicates that we should also not spit these negativities on others nor allow them to go down deep within us. (Photo: PTI)

Mystic Mantra: The significance of Shravan maas

All the Gods thereafter started offering the Ganges’ water to Lord Shiva to lessen the effect of the poison.

05 Aug 2019 12:42 AM

Mystic Mantra: The glory of Krishna’s flute

Hollow and empty, the flute does not produce any sound of her own.

02 Aug 2019 12:14 AM

Divine frenzy is manifest and pervades everything we do — the big, fascinating, humble or small. (Representational image)

Mystic Mantra: The long and short of divine frenzy

The whole summation of any imaginative voyage, simple or complex, is heightened refinement.

01 Aug 2019 12:08 AM

Mystic Mantra: How we can tame the monkey mind

Osho suggests — the best thing would be to stop struggling with yourself — you will never win this battle.

30 Jul 2019 12:10 AM

July 20, 1969 Photo when astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA). - On July 21, 1969, US astronaut Neil Armstrong is the first man to step onto the Moon, his teammate Edwin Aldrin joining him around 20 minutes later. (Photo: AFP | File)

Mystic Mantra: When Edwin Aldrin prayed on the moon

There were reports then that approximately at the time when Aldrin prayed on the moon, people in his church on earth too celebrated the Eucharist.

29 Jul 2019 12:10 AM

Mystic Mantra: Sha’rani in the ‘Madrasa Discourses’ project

More to the point, Sha’rani’s seminal work al-’Uhud al-Muhammadiyya is a guiding light for the modern seekers in Sufism.

27 Jul 2019 12:08 AM

There are times of happiness and then there are times of pain.

Mystic Mantra: How we can rise above pain with equipoise

Whenever the saints come into this world, they are always asking us to look at the brighter side of life.

26 Jul 2019 12:25 AM

However, Jesus’ choice of his closest disciples is quite surprising, even shocking. Most of his disciples were unlettered fishermen; one was a tax collector and another a zealot, a rebel against Roman governance.

Mystic Mantra: Saint James, who became lesser, yet greater

One would normally expect masters to choose disciples who are highly intelligent, charismatic and qualified.

25 Jul 2019 12:46 AM

Without any direction in life, it is like wandering in a jungle not knowing whether we going inside the jungle or getting out of it.

Mystic Mantra: What is the purpose of human life?

In the absence of any clarity, most people just live life for the sake of living.

23 Jul 2019 12:07 AM

Mystic Mantra: Schools should also teach compassion

The feeling of unworthiness creates hatred towards oneself, jealousy and anger towards others.

22 Jul 2019 4:37 AM

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Aakar Patel