Spiritual Straight Talk
SPIRITUAL STRAIGHT TALK ARTICLES
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When a Simple Question Becomes a Knotty Problem—A Zen Story
February 2020 -
There is no right and wrong, there is only appropriateness to life. If you understand, you will handle it well. The essence of spiritual process is that you are not concluding, you are only seeking.
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The Myth of Head versus Heart
January 2020 -
People say their head leads them in one direction and their heart in another. In yoga, we say, you are one. Thought and feeling are not different. One is dry. Another is juicy. Enjoy both.
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Unhappy With Compulsions?
December 2019 -
Remember every unpleasant experience you have had—without resentment or anger—so that you never get into the same situations again. Karma is not the problem; how you carry it is the only problem.
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Why Vegetarian or Vegetarianism?
November 2019 -
What you eat should depend not on what you think about it, or on your values and ethics, but on what the body wants. See how your body feels after eating the food. Try 30-40% raw fruits and vegetables.
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How to Create a Peaceful and Equal World
October 2019 -
Never look up to anyone; never look down on anyone. Never look up to anything; never look down on anything. Look at everything the way it is. If you and I are peaceful, the world will be peaceful.
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How Not to Turn Advantages into Disadvantages
September 2019 -
Family, affluence, and education are examples of how anything that is created for your well-being can be turned into a disadvantage: Educated people are the ones who are destroying the planet right now.
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Skeptics are True Seekers
August 2019 -
Skepticism means you do not know. It is only true skeptics who turn spiritual, because they are looking for something. Joyfully be a skeptic, a spiritual seeker, and seek the truth.
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Is Laughter Really the Best Medicine?
July 2019 -
Laughter is known as the best medicine, but it can also turn into a bondage. Work on the source of your laughter. The deepest core of you is joy. Let it find expression.
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How to Deal with Friction in Life?
June 2019 -
Inner Engineering means just this: you can sit without any friction. Then outside friction will also go down. You must understand, your friction is just you. Talk less. Bow down. Learn tact.
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Love: It’s What You Are
May 2019 -
Love comes from within, not from above. If you divide the world into right and wrong, yours and not yours, your love becomes enslaved to external situations and is no more your quality.
