How to Live The Good Life
“I have read that a deer has to run on the average sixty to seventy miles every day, because it is frightened. . . We are in a worse plight than the deer. If the deer gets enough grass it is satisfied. But we are always multiplying our wants. . . We have become so […]
Love Makes the World Go Round
“Let your love go to all, whatever they do to you. A blind man cannot see color, so how can we see evil unless it is in us?” — Swami Vivekananda The most beautiful emotion we can experience is love. It can inspire us to do incredible things. In fact, medieval theology believed that love […]
Do You Believe in Possibilities?
“He who believes not, believes not even after seeing, and thinks that it is all hallucination, or dream and so on. The great transformation of Krishna – the Vishvarupa (form universal) – was seen alike by Duryodhana and by Arjuna. But only Arjuna believed while Duryodhana took it to be magic.” — Swami Vivekananda Just […]
If Today Was the Last Day of Your Life
“We shall all die! Bear this in mind always, and then the spirit within will wake up. Then only, meanness will vanish from you, practicality in work will come, you will get new vigour in mind and body, and those who come in contact with you will also feel that they have really got something […]
Love the Terrible and the Painful
“Loving only the good in God and nature—even a child does that. You should love the terrible and the painful as well. A father loves the child, even when he is giving him trouble.” — Swami Vivekananda You slogged your butt off, but the results were nowhere close to what you hoped for. You got […]
Take One Step
“There are many things to be done, but means are wanting. . .. We have brains, but no hands.” — Swami Vivekananda Learning new skills, reading books, becoming fitter, achieving financial independence, traveling the world – there are countless goals we want to pursue. But days turn into months, then years, and we’re no closer […]
Do This Before Trying To Change a Tradition
“There has been more bloodshed in the name of God than for any other cause, because people never went to the fountain-head; they were content only to give mental assent to the customs of their forefathers and wanted others to do the same.” — Swami Vivekananda Have you ever wondered why cows need to be […]
When You Should Not Go With the Flow
“Everything is conscious which rebels against nature: there, consciousness is manifested. Just try to kill a little ant, even it will once resist to save its life.” — Swami Vivekananda It’s become our nature to get distracted by notifications. When we are working on a task that requires focus — reviewing data, researching a project, […]
If You Have More, You Can Do More
“Give to the weak, for there all the gift is needed. If the Brahmin is born clever, he can educate himself without help. If the others are not born clever, let them have all the teaching and teachers they want. This is justice and reason as I understand it.” — Swami Vivekananda People often clamor […]
The Underrated Superpower of Saying No
“Beware of compromises. I do not mean that you are to get into antagonism with anybody, but you have to hold on to your own principles in well or woe and never adjust them to others’ ‘fads’ through the greed of getting supporters. You’re Ātman is the support of the universe – whose support do […]