Author: Sridhar Raamalingam

A Cuckoo and Peacock were best of pals. Every time both of them met, the Peacock used to show its beautiful dance to the Cuckoo. Slowly, but steadily, the Peacock became very popular in School, in the neighborhood, in the club. The Cuckoo was happy for its friend but very …

Lets take an example of how science and spirituality will deal with a situation and then proceed to understand the differences or similarities between them, if any. Let us for our example study “Hunger” as the subject. Science, tries to understand how hunger pangs develop, how our body and mind …

For all those who pride themselves in being very spiritual and look down upon others who aren't, I would like to ask you a few questions: Is Fire going to burn you any less because you are spiritual? Is water going to wet us any more because we are not …

A couple of days back I had to take my son for boating. As me, my wife and my son, sat in the boat, we saw a duck swimming effortlessly on water. It was so stable and serene, we couldn’t but notice its serenity. I pointed to the duck and …

This is a story of fishes that lived deep in a pond, so deep, almost at the bed of the pond. They had a very happy life. Even their society was divided into Priest fishes, Scientist Fishes, Worker Fishes, Business Fishes, etc just like in our society. The Priest fishes …

This is the story of a man called Mr. Victim. Mr. Victim came from a broken family. Had never seen his parents together. At school, he was treated as an outcaste. In college, he was a loner. Throughout his profession, he was a victim of professional jealousy. To avoid, professional …

In the previous posts about Astrology, we have seen how The Theory of karma is the basis on which Astrology is built. Having said that, the purpose of Astrology is mainly to understand the individual from the perspective of their Karmic account – the good, the bad and the ugly. …

There are many benefits that accrue when you meditate. There are many many websites that speak about the benefits of meditation and why one should meditate. However, my post is going to be a bit different in that, here I am going to discuss about what essentially happens when you …

So many of us these days are into meditation. But what exactly is meditation? When I have asked friends who meditate they have always said that Meditation is concentration, focus, etc., But what does Yoga Vashista have to say about meditation, “Meditation is the continuous flow of one single thought”. …

In the previous post, we discussed about the three types of Karma – Sanchitha, Prarabdha and Agami Karma. But what does Karma mean? The literal meaning of Karma is Action. Action being central to our lives, it is impossible to avoid it. For, non-action also becomes a kind of action …