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The 9 day religious festival of Navratri is taking place in India at the moment, where the Divine is worshipped in the form of the Goddess . On the eighth day of Navaratri ( Durga Ashtami) , the rite of Kumari Bhojan takes place. Nine or more young girls are invited to the house by devotees...

Dadi Ratan Mohini, the centenarian spiritual leader and Brahma Kumaris' chief administrator, passed away on April 8, 2025. Her 100th birthday was celebrated on March 25. Over her 88-year spiritual journey, she became one of the central pillars of the organisation, guiding it through key phases...

Balakishore of Brahmakumaris expounds on the necessity for synergy between Principle, Context and Practice for optimal results. This also enables elimination of misunderstandings and conflicts between various groups leading to promotion of universal harmony...

A short but insightful article by Vernon Howard on spiritual exercise....

Sayyida Manoubia , a sufi sainit of Tunisia whose shrine is frequented by women alone. https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2024/0624/tunisia-women-sufi-saint-shrine-feminism

Insightful article on loving the neighbor in different religious traditions.. https://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/spirituality/2023/Jun/10/unity-in-diversity-love-thy-neighbour-2583132.html

A discussion between the enlightened sage Baba Lokenath and a disciple, on the theme of leading a peaceful and happy life through awareness... https://babalokenath.org/pages/teachings

Emotions when properly employed can bring happiness and creativity in life, while improperly employed through lack of discrimination or discretion can result in reactions leading to regressive conflict and strife . Through Awareness, one goes beyond the realm of conditioned likes and dislikes...

India is considered to be the only country on earth which has never persecuted its Jewish population. Indian Jewish poet Zika Joseph’s new of book of poetry, ‘Sweet Malida: Memories of a Bene Israel Woman,’ dips into the culture and mythology around the subcontinent’s largest Jewish community...

Declassified pentagon files have suggested the possibility that reincarnation is real based on data derived from its research projects. https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a63149552/pentagon-psychic-spies/...

An insightful article by Sister Jayanti Kirpalani, an administrative leader of the Prajapita Brahmakumaris, on cultivating values in everyday life . https://svbrahmakumaris.org/1859/ The main points of the article can be summarized in sequential order as... Morning meditation and...

Insightful article by spiritual teacher Eknath Easwaran on the still mind as perceived from the Hindu and Christian religious philosophies... https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/speaking-tree/a-still-mind-is-divine/articleshow/89230633.cms

What about Jesus's exhortations on the 'kingdom of God (or heaven) is within you'! This is the same as the Self or Buddha nature within oneself as per eastern religious philosophy, which indicates divinity is at the core of our nature. I think 'the self is wicked to its core' is a...

Article by Sister B.K.Asha of the Brahmakumaris on being self-aware to perform correct actions and attract success. https://thedailyguardian.com/how-self-awareness-brings-success/

Sensei Sandeep Desai on the 70 % threshold in Taoism... https://www.speakingtree.in/article/the-70-threshold

Suffering in eastern philosophy is said to arise from living unconsciously in past memories or future imagination due to the influence of strong desires in the form of cravings and aversions, known as raag-dvesh. Living unconsciously thus is also stated as living in psychological time or...

Hi all, Quoted above are a list of teachings of various masters which I compiled myself for a better understanding and contemplation of the message of proactivity and reactivity. Through study and analysis of the master's teachings, I had come to the understanding that it is proactive action...

Teachings of the Masters on Awareness-Proactivty and Unconsciousness-Ego-Reactivity.... Act. Do not react. --Sri Ravi Shankar Sin is never in action. It is always in reaction. -- Swami Chinmayananda Virtuous ( proactive) action increases intelligence, while sinful ( reactive ) acts...

Focussing on the similarities can prepare ground for harmony and peace, while focussing on the dissimilarities can prepare ground for hostility and conflict. Considering the substantial similarities and superficial dissimilarities, obviously the path ahead is that of mutual goodwill and...

I have come across some observations which depict an interesting correlation between God and light in the major world religions.... In Hinduism, the Vedas and Hindu scriptures considers the sacred Shivalingam as representing a cosmic pillar of light. The Dharmic monotheistic sect the Prajapita...