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kirtaniyah sada hari: The effect of good news
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Sister site: everyday gita (redirect). Tuesday, October 21, 2014. The effect of good news. Hearing good news about others affects people in different ways. Personally, the feelings it evokes within me serves as a barometer of how emotionally healthy I am and my relationship with the individual. Feelings of joy and "they totally deserve it" are what I aim for. However, in instances where it dredges up not so pleasant emotions, I realize I have internal work to do. Not soon after, he came back and immediat...
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kirtaniyah sada hari: June 2012
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Sister site: everyday gita (redirect). Saturday, June 23, 2012. Have you ever felt like you had certain gifts to offer the world, but something was holding you back? If so, you're in good company. For a few years now I've been feeling that way. In many ways I feel that Krsna has blessed me with different talents, to the extent that it makes me feel confused. In fact, I often look at those who have one specific talent that they are exceptional at doing and think, "I wish I was like that." Why? Recently I'...
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kirtaniyah sada hari: May 2012
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Sister site: everyday gita (redirect). Thursday, May 31, 2012. Facebook Validation, Anyone? I don't go on cnn.com very often, but two days when I was randomly glancing at various articles on the website, one caught my attention. It was an opinion piece titled "Facebook threatens to 'Zuck up' the human race.". Now, I think most of us need this validation to varying extents, with or without Facebook. Memories of high school anyone? Then you too have been bitten by the bug of needing social media validation...
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kirtaniyah sada hari: February 2013
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Sister site: everyday gita (redirect). Sunday, February 10, 2013. As some of you may know, I've taken on the challenge of writing on a verse of the Gita daily (www.gitaasitis.com). That's why I haven't been writing as regularly as I would like to here. That being said, today I wrote some reflections on Chapter 2, Verse 10 of the Bhagavad-gita and thought I'd share it here. On the surface, this verse seems pretty astonishing. Krsna is smiling at Arjuna's grief? What kind of God is this? Our problem is tha...
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kirtaniyah sada hari: my inspiration for today
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Sister site: everyday gita (redirect). Tuesday, December 25, 2012. My inspiration for today. 8220;Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? I remember the way I felt the first time I heard this, "Wow, that's totally applicable to me and everyone I know! The need to be seen. Im not...
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kirtaniyah sada hari: October 2014
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Sister site: everyday gita (redirect). Tuesday, October 21, 2014. The effect of good news. Hearing good news about others affects people in different ways. Personally, the feelings it evokes within me serves as a barometer of how emotionally healthy I am and my relationship with the individual. Feelings of joy and "they totally deserve it" are what I aim for. However, in instances where it dredges up not so pleasant emotions, I realize I have internal work to do. Not soon after, he came back and immediat...
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kirtaniyah sada hari: January 2013
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Sister site: everyday gita (redirect). Friday, January 4, 2013. Last week as I was sitting down to chant my noon gayatri I realized something. I was trying to chant all the mantras really quickly as though I had some place to get to immediately. Truth was, the only thing I had lined up afterwards was checking my email! So why the need to rush? Similarly, as I hit fast forward in almost everything I do, I'm starting to realize the only person I'm short changing is myself. As aspiring bhakti yogis one ...
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kirtaniyah sada hari: September 2012
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Sister site: everyday gita (redirect). Tuesday, September 11, 2012. Last week pretty much anything that could irritate or annoy me became irresistibly attracted me. Whether it be a person who had just finished smoking sitting next to me on the bus (when there were clearly other available seats) to my least favourite exercise instructor (who thinks screeching is a form of encouragement) subbing in for my favourite one- the list goes on and on. But it was more than that. What is it that I'm defending?
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kirtaniyah sada hari: July 2012
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Sister site: everyday gita (redirect). Saturday, July 21, 2012. Wednesday, July 4, 2012. This past weekend I had the incredible opportunity to attend a retreat in Gita Nagari. Aptly named "Jewels of Gaura lila" it was approximately 3 days filled with exuberant kirtans, heart-melting talks and beautiful devotees thirstily engaging in blissful sanga. And what better way to kick-start the festivities than by being witness to over 40 devotees receiving initiation! I realize that it's only when everything is ...
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kirtaniyah sada hari: July 2015
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Sister site: everyday gita (redirect). Friday, July 24, 2015. The need to be seen. I was scrolling through my Facebook timeline awhile back, half paying attention, when an image came up which read:. Don't know which is worse: To be present and your presence not acknowledged or to be absent and your absence not felt. But it still doesn't mask the reality that your absence wasn't felt. As living beings, we all have a need to feel connected. Among individuals, that need for connection can vary from need...
