Over the summer, my parents and I attended a Self-realization retreat in Philadelphia with about 3000 other participants. We met seekers of Truth from all over the United States and as far away as England, Germany, Mexico, Portugal, Brazil and India. We spent time together in prayer, chanting, listening to lectures on different topics…
DetailsHave you faced the death of a loved one? I imagine many of you have. But what if the boundaries between death and life aren’t so distinct? What if what we called ‘death’ is merely a transition into another dimension of Life? And birth is simply a passage from Life into this physical space-time reality…
DetailsToday a dear friend and colleague asked me if I would pray for her and her family. I felt deeply touched. My friend is deeply devoted and has a very strong and rich prayer practice. Yet something stirred within her to reach out and ask for my prayer. I was humbled and honored by her…
DetailsIt’s been a few weeks since my last post. I could say the reason for not writing is that I was too busy, or that I didn’t have a meaningful topic to share or that it was a case of writer’s block. Yet that would not be true. The thing is that nothing seemed to…
DetailsOver the week, I pondered how our children seem to be suffering from greater and greater stress-related problems; these range from increased mental health issues as well as different physical illnesses and at times, just feeling apathetic and retreating into a world of virtual reality and video games. I feel that the missing piece could…
DetailsI realize that I have not written many blogs in the past few months; my most recent one was shared on July 22nd – the Feast Day of Mary Magdalene. What can I say? I feel very grateful that during these past months I was able to travel out of lockdown to visit my elder…
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