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PREM PRAKASH
The Three Worlds
In the Bible, Paul is credited with the verse, “Faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” From the yogic perspective, mature faith is helpful in spiritual development, but we don’t want this as our terminal point. We desire to develop the
It Ain’t Fair
One of our gurus, Sri Ma, explained our situation in a concise manner. She said, “Spirituality is very simple, it means giving more than you take.” Everyone who has parented children has heard some version of the refrain, “It ain’t fair.” When our now 22 year-old son, Jahnu, was a
The Myth of ‘The Thinker’
In our modern age, we often imagine we are too sophisticated to believe in myths. We scoff at the beliefs of previous eras, when supposedly superstitious people told fairy tales about supernatural forces that influenced human events. It’s not entirely a bad thing that we are more rational; none of
I Don’t Mind, part 2
I Don’t Mind, Part 2 My buddy, Mahavir, spent most of his life as a guest of the State of New York. That is, he was in their prison system for about 45 years. He’s not with us in this world anymore, and I’m sure he wouldn’t mind me sharing
A Pandemic of Healing
Life in a material world is difficult. It’s not easy having a body and all this entails. There’s so much to navigate here; from food to clothing to shelter, from relationships to work, from trying to keep your kids from killing one another (kidding) to trying to keep others from
A Pebble in My Sock
The other day, I put on some socks. Lo and behold, it was uncomfortable to walk because there was a pebble in one of the socks. I sat down, took off the sock, shook out the pebble and went about my day. We all have things in our lives that make
Don’t Mind
There once was a teenage boy who was quite the rapscallion. He was in trouble at school, with the local authorities, and seemingly immune from social niceties. He came from a good family, and his parents tried everything to get him on the straight and narrow. They had him
This Stuff Really Works
In the epic myth, Ramayana, Hanuman is presented as being the intermediary between the world of humanity and that of divinity, a Christ figure. His mother was a monkey, his father was the god of wind. As such, he is part mammal and part divine spirit, just like us. The