(An extract of the message released as a part of the Book Launch event by the honorable Governor of Tamil Nadu, Shri R.N. Ravi ji in Heartfulness Center, Manapakkam, Chennai, India on Sat 29 Jan 2022)   For the last 76 years, Shri Ram Chandra Mission has been teaching meditation and yoga for the improvement of individuals first, and subsequently society. At the individual level, many today suffer severe stress-induced psychosomatic illnesses. At the social level, the biggest danger to human survival...

  Next to peace of mind, what is the most important benefit that you gain by meditating in silence, all alone? It is the realization that all is one!   It is no coincidence that we get this idea now, on Guru Nanak Saheb’s birth anniversary. One of the important lessons we can imbibe from his life is this idea of equality and unity of all humanity. He declared that God is one, and lives in every one of us. Those were the...

When we let go of our inhibitions and do our best and often end up pushing beyond our limits, we achieve progress.  When we let go of our inhibitions and do our best and often end up pushing beyond our limits, we achieve progress. Nature has decided a course of evolution for the humankind. It has pre-determined that human beings will pass through hurdles to emerge stronger and better. These hurdles are different for each person. Some could experience mental obstacles,...

Why Teacher’s Day? If there were no teachers in the world, all other professions would be extinct. It is similar to saying if there were no mothers, there would be no babies either.UNESCO declared 5th October to be World Teachers’ Day in 1994. Different countries celebrate it on different days. For example, In India, Teacher’s Day is celebrated on 5th September and Argentina celebrates it on 11th Sept.While the world anticipated and prepared for crises in environmental, economic, and political...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNNkLdLIFNY   Hindi lyrics and English translation of this song:आत्मा ने हालतें परमात्मा जानी न थीं नाथ जब तक आपकी हमपर महरबानी न थी।। Soul has not known the longing of God Lord till your compassion touched my heartनाखुदा बन कर बचा ली आपने मेरी ये नांव जिसकी इस बहरे जहां में कुछ निगहबानी न थी।। Like an adept sailor you saved my sinking boat In the muck of the world with no refugeमैं तलाशे राहे हक में मुद्दतों हैरां फिरा आप जब रहबर...

When faced with certain situations in our lives, we usually need a lot of confidence to get through them, like an examination, or an interview, sometimes even for important meetings at work, etc. Life will always bring us unexpected changes and challenges that repeatedly test our resilience and adaptability. We need to develop the confidence that, ‘Yes, come what may, I am ready to face it’.   Yes, come what may, I am ready to face it’  Sometimes we lack this much-needed confidence...