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Aspiration

Awaken Yourself With Aspiration

Jyoti and her friend had a conversation at a New Year's party. "Jyoti, what is your New Year resolution for the coming year?" Jyoti replied "To sing better". "But you already sing so well and you have become famous." Jyoti said “I

Discipline

Challenges on the Path of Discipline

Consider these situations: A child is playing with her toys enthusiastically. As soon as its mother asks her to put away her toys and clean up she suddenly feels lethargic to do it. An elderly man who loves sweets is trying to adopt a healthier food pattern to improve his

Discipline

Disciplining Different Parts of Your Being.

Physical The body cannot function without strict discipline. Digestion, growth, blood-circulation, everything, everything is a discipline. Thought, movement, gestures, everything is a discipline, and if there is no discipline, people immediately fall ill. Physical exercises are not done for fun or to satisfy one's whims, but as a

Discipline

Discipline From the Deep Resonance

When you want to form a new habit, check where the push is coming from. Is it purely because you mentally know that it is good for you? Do you feel a resonance with the habit deep within you? If you do, you will feel joyful. For example, ‘Singing makes

Discipline

Going Beyond Activity Trackers and Motivation to Cultivate Discipline

Using fear, punishments or harshness are unhealthy ways of inculcating discipline into oneself or others. We can create crystal-clear activity logs or emotionally-charged posters to push us into a desirable course of action. While we can use these instruments to establish and strengthen practices, intellectual knowledge or emotional responses are

Discipline

Introduce a Two-Minute ‘Good Morning’ Practice and a ‘Good Night’ Practice into Your Life!

As soon as you wake up, greet yourself with a cheerful ‘Good Morning’ and a smile. Spend two minutes on experiencing the joy of being alive, of waking up and being presented with a new opportunity to live. Aspire to make the best use of this opportunity. Before going to

Discipline

The Truth of Discipline

When we mention the word ‘discipline’, some imagery of negative enforcement is not uncommon. Harsh strictness or force, either from within or outside, do not uphold the spirit of discipline. Knowledge, intelligence, thoughts and emotions are facilitators of discipline. True discipline comes from the core of your being, which can

Discipline

Discipline at Work

Whatever your work may be, discipline is indispensable for being efficient and productive. It is realised that work or life without discipline would soon become confusion and an anarchic failure. Work is a good means of discipline, for if you want to do the work properly, you must become the

Discipline

Why Should You be Disciplined?

Think of a goal that you wanted to manifest. To achieve it, you wished to wake up an hour earlier from the next day and work towards it. When the alarm rang, one part of you convinced you to stay in bed for another five minutes, which soon became an

Sincerity

Sincerity Practice of the Week

If you want inspiration to be sincere then read the biographies and stories of those who have been brave enough to follow their inner truths even in the face of great opposition, such as Sri Aurobindo, Baba Amte and Gandhi. Read A Life Sketch of Sri Aurobindo now. Follow us

Sincerity

Some More Practices to be Sincere

Last week we saw how observing our mind can help us to develop sincerity. One of the best ways to embed that into our lives is to start a journal. You could try journaling daily for a month. In your journal reflect on any inner justifications you made to yourself

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Sincerity Practice of the Week

Create a list of situations where you feel insincere. Are there people who you stay quiet around because you are afraid to say what you think, or tasks that drain you of energy? Review this list to see if you can drop any of these situations from your life. Follow

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Practices to Be Sincere

We saw that the key to cultivating sincerity is to look within ourselves in an honest, direct way. We can begin this journey with a very simple practice. Simply ask yourself ‘Why am I doing this practice? Why do I want to cultivate sincerity?’ See what your answer is. Spend

Sincerity

Inviting Sincerity in our lives

Contemplate How can you be more sincere in your life? Practice of the Week Reflect on the last big decision you made in your life and what your motivation was. When you have an answer, take time to go deeper. Is there anything beneath the surface - fear, ambition, obligation?

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How to Be Sincere?

Last week we saw it is in our nature to deceive ourselves, but the good news is that we can cultivate sincerity. First we can notice the justifications we give to everything we believe, like and do. Then we can explore whether these beliefs, likings and actions take us closer

Sincerity

Associations with the word “Sincerity”

Contemplate When you think about the word sincerity what comes to mind. Are there specific images, or sounds or sensations or feelings? Practice of the Week Look for an opportunity to speak from your heart. Pick a person, topic and time that feels safe and where your intentions are good.

Sincerity

What is Sincerity?

Last week we saw why sincerity is important, but what is it? Sincerity means the absence of pretence, deceit or hypocrisy. It goes beyond honesty, requiring earnestness in all you say and feel. It is when there is perfect alignment between one’s thoughts, feelings, words and actions. Sincerity is

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Experiencing Sincerity

Contemplate What is your experience of sincerity so far? When was the last time you encountered it and what happened? Practice of the Week Start an sincerity journal to review whether you made any inner justifications to yourself over the day (or week). Maybe you made an excuse to yourself

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Why Sincerity Matters?

Do you ever have problems falling asleep because of a feeling of anxiety and unease, a feeling that something you did or said that day wasn’t quite right? This feeling of unease, or of needing to justify your feelings, words or actions to yourself or others, is an indication

Beauty

Invoking Beauty

Practice for the Week When you take a shower pay attention to how your body is moving. Notice if there is a sense of harmony, or whether any movements feel awkward. Explore whether you can increase the feeling of harmony and grace by changing a movement. Let go of any

Beauty

Practices for Bringing Beauty in Life

So far we have seen the importance of beauty, what it is and how to cultivate it. The following practices can bring a sense of beauty into your life. Beauty in the physical environment Spend a few minutes really looking at your bedroom. Notice what is there and how it

Beauty

Beauty, Contemplate and Practice

Question for Contemplation How can you bring more order- and beauty - into your life? Practice for the Week Spend a few minutes really looking at your bedroom. Notice what is there and how it is arranged. Then make any changes needed to bring more order to your bedroom. Let

Beauty

How to Cultivate Beauty?

It is difficult for even the best pianist to play beautiful music if their instrument is damaged and out of tune. Any sound they make will be incomparable to the beauty of the same notes played on a good, perfectly tuned piano. It is the same for us. If we

Beauty

What is Beauty? Contemplate and Practice

Question for Contemplation When you think about the word beauty what comes to mind? Are there specific images, or sounds or sensations or feelings? Practice for the Week Bring beauty to your workspace by changing the screensaver on your laptop to a beautiful, inspiring image. This will bring you joy

Beauty

What is Beauty?

Last week we saw that beauty connects us to what is true and pure within ourselves. But what exactly is beauty? Beauty is the way the divine expresses itself in the material world. It is seen as a perfection of form and felt as a living harmony. It is a