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The way we prepare & consume food profoundly impacts our body, mind & emotions.

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Our body, mind & emotions is very greatly influenced by the way we cook & eat food. The Energy of Your Mind. The mind & all feelings are radiated in our surrounding environment & influence people around us. When you are one of those happy jovial types you see everyone drawn to you, they mirror your smiling nature whereas if you're one of those always morose ones opposite happens. There is a certain science to this. The energy emitted is constant & the nature of that energy makes up our own environment. Food is an energy carrier The reason as to why Hindus have been doing specific mindful practices for thousands of years. Members of ISKCON for example would focus their attention towards God while cooking & eating the food & would chant the Hare Krishna mantra along with it. They also offer the food to be called Prasadam (a sacred offering) before eating. This is so that the food has Sattva Guna (goodness, purity & light) & not Tamas ...

Why Temples Must Enforce Dress Codes

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  The True Purpose of Worship We go to a temple for one primary reason-to become better human beings. Whether one is there for healing, for wealth & prosperity or for penance, the underlying reason for being there is to transform ourselves for the better. But if that is the case, why then do many resent a strict dress code & insist: "Why does the clothes I wear matter? Should it not just be about God? If you don't like it, just shut your eyes!" While the conversation with the Almighty does go beyond our bodies & is not a matter of anyone judging another, a temple is a sacred space where everyone is considered an equal. Hence outward differences must be shed. It is not a space to flaunt one's individuality or dress provocatively. Equality & Indian Spirit In a temple there are no distinctions of money, status or even education. Every one of us is a child of the Almighty & therefore must be treated equally. This equality can be represented by the gr...

The Tragedy of Kaikeyi: When Ambition Breeds Ruin

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  When King Dasharatha found that Queen Kaikeyi, being completely deaf to his logic & selfishly set on breaking apart the royal family & ripping away from him his cherished son Rama, he lost control. In his rage & betrayal, Dasharatha exploded at her; accusing her of bringing his life, his reign & his lineage to ruin. "I loved you deeply & cherished you, completely unaware of your true nature," Dasharatha lamented. "You are sin incarnate & evil itself! I embraced you like a beautiful garland of flowers but all along you were like a hangman's noose around my neck! Who has filled your head with such a senseless, cruel whim? You talk like a woman possessed by evil spirits!" The Law of Karma: Cosmic Justice While there was no violent, swift punishment in Kaikeyi's story, the cosmic justice known as Karma brought forth a more tragic end to her story. This punishment was to be consumed by inner regret & to be forever alone. Though a for...

The Scientific Universe of Sanatana Dharma: Why Ancient Hindu Cosmology Merges with Modern Physics

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For centuries global theology has been dividing the Creator & the Universe. Most of us have been brought up to view God as an external entity residing in an invisible, remote Heaven, overseeing a corrupted planet & the Universe with flaws created by him & punishing through divine reward & retribution. But what if the spiritual paradigm where the Creator & Universe are not separated, but is instead synonymous? Seven thousand years ago, eons before the first laboratory or the telescope, the ancient Indian Rishis deduced a cosmology so scientifically accurate it still astounds present-day scientists. How did they achieve this? Perhaps they possessed extraordinarily advanced scientific intelligence, or as I hinted at in my novel MARGA- The Alien Code, perhaps they had access to a deeper, perhaps even cosmic, intelligence. From a scientific perspective, Hinduism isn't mythology (though some seem to try desperately to imagine it is); it's a complex decod...