Can anyone do meditation ?

by Piyush Kumar

Anyone who begins the journey of meditation soon encounters a common problem: thoughts keep appearing during meditation.

Many people eventually give up because of this. They assume that if thoughts are still coming, their meditation must have failed.

But the truth is that having thoughts during meditation is completely normal—especially in the early stages of the journey. In fact, expecting the mind to become completely thoughtless from the very beginning is unrealistic.

One of my classmates once asked me, “Can anyone meditate? And what should we do when thoughts arise during meditation?”

Let us answer this question in two parts.

The spiritual life of non-human animals

by Piyush Kumar

A myth has taken hold amongst humans that only humans are spiritual. But what if the opposite is true ? That it is humans which have lost touch with their spiritual selves. And other living beings still leads spiritual lives.

The Yogic nature of animals

Let us look at the evidence. Except for humans, all other animals (and birds and insects and fishes and so on) live close to nature. Here we will use the term animals to denote all other non-human living beings.

Animals are more spiritual than humans. Animals live close to nature, have very few desires, do not accumulate stuff and live for the present. These are all signs of spiritual evolution. This is exactly how an advanced Yogi would live.Read more here→

Spirituality from an environmental perspective

by Piyush Kumar

There is a surprising thing each one of us can do, which will have a positive impact on the environment. At first glance, it may appear to be a selfish method, and it would seem that this method has nothing to with saving the Earth. However, if we examine closely, we will see that this method can have profound implications for ourselves as well as for all living beings.

Maha Shivaratri

by Shuchi Gupta

Maha Shivaratri is an annual festival dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva. This festival has a very important significance in Hindu Mythology. It is believed that devotees who sincerely worship Lord Shiva on this auspicious day, perform poojas, chant Vedic mantras, practice sadhana and meditation are bestowed with a sense of peace and inwardness and absolved from their past karmas and sins.