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Mental health, happiness, depression, stress etc are some topics I deeply care. A few years back I went into deep deep states of feeling worthlessness, depression or whatever you say it. No one around me can even notice that I feel sad because I was an expert at hiding it. I would want to reach out to someone but found it difficult to talk sadness. Media and world around is conditioned to speak about travels, exiting adventures, promotions at work and all sorts of happy things. It was difficult to speak about my feelings to anyone because it was just emotion. When I would express I would be asked why are you sad? Come lets go out for lunch you will feel better etc. Deep down I knew going out for lunch etc won't work but I would still go since I didn't want to upset the other person. They would ask why are you sad? I would mentally think, had I known the answer I would have felt better, you asking me is not helping at all. Contemplating, thinking, trying various things what work

Have we ever questioned the present moment and stuck there? Let me share an incident: I had to take my sister to railway station/airport. But missed the airport bus and cab drivers cancelled. Got frustrated and helpless and panicked. Then we did miss the flight. You know I keep complaining oh why didn't we wake up early? Why didn't we prebook the cab and so on. But after few minutes I thought ok now I cannot do get back the past moment. I got a whole another day to spend with my sister. that's it. We both walked back with our suitcase and enjoyed the rest of the day.Booked the flight after 2 days and then life moved on. You see, what happened? It happens everyday right. You get stuck in traffic and question oh why didn't I leave early or why didn't I take the other route. You get in conflict with someone, you question why did I say that, You miss a deadline in office work, you question, oh why did I go for that birthday party? why did I watch that Netflix show/ What

A great speech written by my sister Niharika! I can relate to every word she wrote. We both have spectacles and have seen baba work relentlessly all his life to give the best to both us. I am extremely grateful to baba and my sister and my mother, my whole family! Forever grateful :) Below is the most wonderful paragraph with so many emotions in a few words.  Hello! I am Niharika Pal and I love to travel. Plain and simple. I aspire to travel the world and maybe someday get on board with Spacex and take that tour to mars as well! But today I am not going to describe any exotic destination but rather dive into my childhood and relive the ways I have travelled and what they meant to me. When I was little, my favorite time of the year was during the summer holidays where Ma Baba Didi and I would make our yearly trip to visit my grandparents in Kolkata. There was this thrill in playing dress-up with Didi, while selecting clothes to pack, helping Ma in cooking snacks for the journey and then

When earth shakes disaster happens. Once in a while nature shakes, but your senses are shaken everyday. When senses are shaky, it disturbs the peace within. Meditation can happen when there is harmony in senses or when senses are steady or when Prana is smooth. When are senses shaky?  When senses think more pleasure comes from object they shake. Shaky senses make us tired. The same eyes which brings you light, brings you temptations.  The same is true with ears. If we keep tuning radio channels not listening to a single song we are confused. The same is true with smell. If we keep smelling multiple perfumes we are confused. In short, when senses are steady, prana becomes steady and then meditation happens.