Are you a Yogi, Bhogi or Rogi?
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Are you a Yogi, Bhogi or Rogi - but definitely not a Drohi?
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Losing to Win: How Mars gets in the way of Relationships
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In a rapidly modernizing and changing India traditional values of arranged marriage are being discarded for more western style marriages. It came as no surprise when I found Indian social media sites littered with distressed young people caught between "falling in love" and the old traditions of their parents who require that horoscopes be matched, especially for the detrimental placement of Mars called Manglik.
New Years Resolution and Rahu
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Depending of the condition of Rahu in the horoscope, his urgings can range from material to spiritual, self obsessed to altruistic. His intensity will keep us from caring for our health, eating too much, drinking too much and exerting beyond our capacity. He may also care too much, compel us into overblown focus on a goal or belief, magnify our creative abilities, or interpret infatuation for enduring love.
Read MoreYoga is One Thing The Whole World Can Agree On
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Escalation of war and sectarian violence, religious strife, race riots, climate change, Ebola -
in 2014, humanity seemed to be coming apart at the seams and it was easy to lose sight of all the divine elements in the world as we were fed cable news hysteria of one crisis after another .
As the year comes to a close, I wanted to share some very good news that you may have missed.
Do We Have to Choose a Life of Happiness or a Life of Meaning?
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An article in Scientific American, A Happy Life May not Be a Meaningful life, cited a study in which happiness was strongly associated with seeing life as easy, pleasant, and free from difficult or troubling events, good health, plenty of money and feeling well most of the time. However, what the researchers found was that none of these things correlated with a greater sense of meaning and purpose.
Vedic Astrology: Pseudo Science or Super Science?
/On September 25, 2014 India’s space craft “Mangalyaan”, successfully reached the orbit of Mars after a grueling ten month journey. On the same day the progressive media outlet NPR* radio ran a short five minute segment - "Science and Astrology comfortably co-exist in India".
Is It All in Our Head?
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Everything grows out of our thoughts, first in our consciousness then later in the world. This leads all eastern spiritual traditions to teach that karma can only penetrate to the level of our thoughts.
My Head Got in the Way of My Feet
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It was the last night of the spiritual retreat with my guru Amma (also known as the hugging saint). I had spent the last few days working hard serving Amma’s program where ever help was needed; washing dishes, serving food, loading equipment, decorating the temple and crowd control, so the thousands of people who came to the program could get their hug from Amma in a timely manner.
Happiness is Overrated: In Defence of Saturn
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Most old religions, including astrology, are based on Saturn’s teachings that the divine will give us whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of our consciousness.
Kundalini: The Energy of Death & Transformation - My Journey Through Scorpio
/In 1995, my Rahu dasha ended and the week my Jupiter dasha started a series of unexpected events led me meet my guru, Amma, the hugging saint. Jupiter is called Guru in Sanskrit because any spiritual karma that is due in the horoscope awakens with more ease during the dasha periods of Jupiter, the planet that is the giver of divine grace, wisdom, and higher consciousness.