Volume 26, Issue 2

By Soumitra Basu - Jul 15, 2018

The ‘I-Am’ experience is an important psychotherapeutic tool. Existentialists shifted the ‘I’ from the mental ego of Descartes to the ‘sense of being’ that was different from the ego. In the consciousness perspective, the ‘I’ can be shifted still behind to the universal ‘I’ and finally to the True Self or Person giving a radical view to existence.

By Unknown Author - Jul 15, 2018

The winds of change are clearly blowing all over. There is an increasing dissatisfaction with the old world paradigms and ways of life with humanity seeking a new way. Since the new way is not yet clear it is likely that the confusion may remain the dominant state for some time to come. But is not this confusion here to teach rather than frighten us?

By Unknown Author - Apr 24, 2024

A New Age is dawning upon man. It is dawning as naturally as the sun lights up the skies again after a spell of night. It does not ask us before it rises. It is up to us whether we are ready for the signal flare and to welcome and greet the New Light. Or else we are caught napping when we should be toiling.

By Mira Prabhu - Jul 15, 2018

An Enlightened Being can take any form, and wait for just the right moment, to deliver a transformative message — since such a one is unconstrained by human limitations and the element of time does not exist in the Absolute realm. Yogis use the metaphor of luminous pearls on a very long string to depict our successive incarnations. Earth is a school — and we need wisdom, effort and grace to figure out our unique lessons. And yet, if we forget that our true nature is immortal Spirit, we cannot learn these subtle lessons — and so we reincarnate over and over again ad nauseam, until we realise we are far more than our egoic system and firmly decide to graduate from samsara.

By Mira Patel - Jul 15, 2018

In times of confusion and overwhelm, it is hopeful to know that we’re not alone, that we have access to all the resources needed to make us whole, and that we are helped along the way. We can draw an analogy and parallels from something as playful as solving a jigsaw puzzle!