Triggers are a force to be reckoned with. You're going along, singing a happy tune and skipping down the street, and then - suddenly - someone says or does something and, Boom...
In a word, No. We do not need to mend ourselves. As Sadhviji so beautifully shares, if we need to mend ourselves, it means we're broken. And, we are NOT broken - despite what we and so many others tell us. The challenge is that...
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati at Parmarth Niketan discusses the following topics and answers questions from seekers from around the world, during her daily Satsang from the banks of the holy Ganga River:
Games and Disguises of the Ego
Sanyas – Taught or Called?
When Sex Takes...
Many people were raised in households in which they learned to suppress their emotions - especially the emotions of sadness and anger. No matter what happens in your life, they were told, you never cry and you never get angry. Period. No ifs, ands or...
We tend to believe that, once we begin to walk a spiritual path, we will progressively keep getting more and more enlightened, and become happier and more serene people. But the universe doesn't always agree with that plan. A thousand things can happen...
When we talk about sexual activity and spirituality, it's not really about the actual act. It's about doing something or feeling something based on the needs or desires of the body which, of course, implies that we ARE the body. And, that's not what...
Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati at Parmarth Niketan discusses the following topics and answers questions from seekers from around the world, during her daily Satsang from the banks of the holy Ganga River:
Truth for Everyone
Suppressing Unwanted Thoughts
Spiritual Depression
Karma and Birth
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How can service & spirituality help us overcome depression?
Depression, in the psychological world, is - no kidding - the piece of poop at the center of the universe. Which speaks of two things: Feeling like poop. And, being the center of the...
The question "Why?" is a function of the mind. So, if you ask yourself why you get emotional when you look into your loved one's eyes, you're in the mind - and, no longer having the experience that you're asking about. You're too...