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Congress president Sonia Gandhi has aimed to kill the effigy of “Ravana”. In India, the effigy of “Ravana” is burnt to commemorate the celebration of “Dussehra”. All other leaders watched the burning of the effigy of “Ravana”, a symbol of evil. In India, the “Dussehra” festival is celebrated as a symbol of the victory of “good” over the “evil”. It is in this context the effigy of “Ravana” is burnt. It is also celebrated on account of the victory of “Rama” over “Ravana”.
It is said that “Ravana” had ten heads. This can not be true biologically. To me, this is just a metaphor. It is symbolic for the evil within. He was a king. He was a scholar. He had all the knowledge of the scriptures. And he also had boons from the Gods. But he was never trustworthy. The ten heads symbolically represent all possible evils or “Vikaras” in a human being. “Akara”, is an outer form and “Vikara” is an inner form. The body is an outer form and the mind is an inner form. An action is an outer form and a th…

This is a breaking news. An FIR has been filed against actor Aamir Khan and others as per a news report in Times of India and also in India Today.
As per the report an FIR was lodged against the actors after locals objected to a scene in which a man dressed as Lord Shiva was pulling a rickshaw in which two burqa-clad women were sitting. Aamir Khan, Rajkumar Hirani and other actors were shooting in Chandni Chowk for their forthcoming movie PK (“Peekay”). It is heard that this movie is a satire on “God and godmen”. 
As per the news report, a police official said, “We lodged an FIR under section 295 A (injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religious of any class) and 153 A of Indian Penal Code (IPC) (promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language) against the actors”. 
It is really strange why Lord Shiva was being depicted in the shooting in that way? The scene at the shooting place was depicting an act…

Who is Sai? Many would like to know the meaning of the word “Sai”. The word “Sai” is used to address God, a supreme force behind everything. Kabir was a mystic poet of India. He uses the word “Sai” in two of his “Dohas” (couplets). His couplets where he uses the word “Sai” are as below:
जैसे तिल में तेल है, ज्यों चकमक में आग । तेरा साईं तुझ में है, तू जाग सके तो जाग ।
In the above couplet he is saying, Just like how oil is contained in the sesame seed, and just like how fire is within the flint stone, in the same way your God is within you, wake up if you can
In another couplet he uses the word “Sai” as below:
साई इतना दीजिए जामें कुटुंब समाय,  मै भी भूखा ना रहूं, साधु न भूखा जाय ।
In the above couplet he is praying God to give him at least this much in which his family could eat, he could eat, and a sage visiting his home also does not go hungry. He is only asking this much and nothing more. This is how beautifully he uses the word “Sai” in the above couplet. 
Who is Narayan? We may also l…

हे राम ! न आसा, न राम !!
यह कैसा कुटीर है,  जंहा न आसा है, न राम है |
यह कैसी आस्था है,  जंहा कुछभी स्थाई नहीं है |
यह कैसा आश्रम है,  जंहा विश्राम के नाम पर काम होता है |
यह कैसा साधू है,  जिसमे न कोई बुद्धि है, न सिद्धी है |
यह कैसी भक्ती है,  जंहा भक्तीके नाम पर भोग है |
यह कैसा धर्माश्रम है,  जंहा धर्मके नाम पर अधर्म है |
हे राम, यह कैसा शिविर है,  जंहा न आसा है, न राम है |

There are good coins and bad coins in an economy. And this does not mean that the laws of the economy are wrong. There are accidents in life. And that does not mean that the laws of life are wrong. There are events in the universe and that does not mean that the laws of the universe are wrong. The laws of the science are the same to every observer. This is not only a scientific fact but also a spiritual insight. The above poem is just an effort to distinguish between good coins and bad coins.

Truth is One. We can neither join nor divide it. And all joining and dividing is the game of the mind. The mind always goes to either this extreme or that extreme, like the pendulum of a clock. Both these aspects of a division and an unity speak of duality. And the truth is in a non-duality or transcendence. This happens when the mind is no more. The first glimpse of the truth happens in a no-mind. Both the epics, that is Ramayana and Mahabharata, illustrate this metaphorically. And understanding both of them very well is for our common good. Rama creates boundaries and he does not transgress and still proves that he is a “Maryada Purushottam”. He is a rule keeper. He is an Enlightened Leader of the Dwapar Yuga.

Krishna comes after Rama and destroys all the boundaries. He destroys all the rules, and recreates new rules and new values. He is a rule maker and a king maker. And he too still proves as a “Poornavatar”. He is an Enlightened Leader of the Treta Yuga. And both of them demonstr…

Life is a journey and not a goal. We are all on a spiritual journey. Everything is in flux. And nothing is static. Everything is dynamic and continuously changing and moving. We are all human beings on a spiritual journey. Leadership and Followership are just choices. It is a voluntary phenomenon. And it can can never be forced.
Everything is changing except the change. All change is for the new dawn. All change is for the rising sun. All change is for the new fortunes. All change is part of the nature. Everything is changing and everything is moving. All change and movement is resting on a far bigger principle called the changeless or the eternal. The time is resting on a far bigger principle called the timelessness. The wheel is moving on its axle which is eternally at rest and relaxation. Look at the galaxies. Scientists say that they are flying apart. Look at the cosmos. It is ever expanding. The scientists even say that it is accelerating. Our body is changing. Our mind is chang…

Manage yourself to manage everything in life. When you can’t manage yourself, you can’t manage anything really. Managing yourself is the key to manage everything. Self-management is real management. All life management is self-management. Leadership is only an effort to share this key. This key is a master key. And this key unlocks the door to our inner being. Our inner being is a Sachitananda. 
Enlightenment is to discover one’s own being. And leadership means to share this whole being. And all this action has to happen now. It is either now or never. Enlightenment is a vision and Leadership is an action. Enlightened Leadership is a dynamic action to make this vision possible. 
Please also explore the following links to understand more about Enlightened Leadership: 
» What is Enlightened Leadership? » Enlightened Leadership FAQ » Enlightenment is the Flowering of our Consciousness

Shivalinga is a symbolic oneness of an individual. In reality an individual is indivisible. The whole has always been One. In the beginning there was nothing. And this nothingness was a formless Ekalinga. This formless Ekalinga has manifested into a Quantum Principle of two complementing energies - Shiva and Shakti. 
The cosmic creation is nothing but an interplay of these two energies. When these two energies interact actively it results into creation. And when they interact passively it results into transformation. These two energies complement each other. 
These two energies churn the Objective Universe to move it into a Subjective Universe. The human being is a subjective universe. Every human being is made of these two energies - Shiva and Shakti. Again these two energies interplay to transform the human psyche. When these two energies fight, it results into destruction. And when these two energies cooperate, it results into creation. And ultimately when these two energies meet, …

There has been some controversy on the recent Hindi film, OMG (Oh My God !!), saying that it has depicted the ancient Hindu values in a very bad taste. However, there is a good entertainment value in the film. There is no need to simply generalize and rationalize everything. But we need to know and understand the whole science behind the idols, temples, and prayers. It is true that in some cases these processes are being misused. The idol itself is not wrong. It is only a symbol. It is a metaphor for something higher. The temple itself is not wrong. It is a symbol. It is a metaphor for something higher. The process of prayer is not wrong. The prayer is a process of creating a quality of prayerfulness in us. There is no need to simply say that all the temples are wrong. There is no need to simply say that an idol and an idol worship are wrong without understanding the whole science behind them. The right process of a prayer may lead us to a quality of prayerfulness. And this prayerful…