by Vishnu | Jan 18, 2015 | Enlightenment, Personal Development, Spirituality
“The prerequisite to true freedom is to decide that you do not want to suffer anymore.” – Michael Singer Imagine some of the most painful moments in your life. Do you think about them often? Does your mind plague you with internal chatter about what happened in the...
by Vishnu | Jan 26, 2014 | Books, Enlightenment, Inspiration, Present Moment, Spirituality
“Don’t let the past steal your present.” Terri Guillemets I have a confession to make. Anyone who reads my blog knows that I write a lot about pain and heartbreak, inspired primarily by a painful and heart–shattering divorce. Over the last couple years, divorce has...
by Vishnu | Apr 14, 2013 | Enlightenment, Faith, God, Purpose, Religion, Spirituality
If you’re a spiritual-seeker hunting for the truth, you might feel like you’re regularly letting yourself down. You don’t have enough hours in the day to play chauffeur to the kids, be a fabulous manager at work, and super-volunteer in your church and community....
by Vishnu | Apr 7, 2013 | Enlightenment, Faith, God, Perspective, Purpose, Religion
4 a.m.’s in the prayer room. I’d be trying to stay awake while folded up in an uncomfortable lotus-style seating position next to my devoted grandparents. The smell of camphor and incense sticks either put me in a dreamy daze or might have made me high. I haven’t...
by Vishnu | Apr 1, 2013 | Books, Enlightenment, Happiness, Inspiration, Optimism, Perspective, Spirituality
“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” the Dalai Lama Do you think about happiness much? Like why you’re unhappy all the time? Or why your life is as happy as bottomless Mimosas, advertisement-free television and...
by Vishnu | Jan 6, 2013 | Books, Enlightenment, God, Religion, Spirituality
Piercing almond-shaped eyes. Crushing-molars being sharpened like knife blades preparing to indulge you like a sumptuous delicacy. Orange striped carnivorous animal, lying in wait to pounce at you at a moment’s notice. The majestic Bengal tiger of South India. Named...