Enlarge. Excel. Evolve.

( Dr Karan Singh, Indian Parliamentarian, Statesman & renowned Thinker releasing the book at India International Centre, New Delhi. Others include-left to right; Raja Choudhury, Renowned Filmmaker, Dr Amit Nagpal, Author and Sh Satpalji Maharaj, Indian MP) Do we need a little more JOY in our lives? I think all of us are going to say a loud YES. Background Life has unbounded possibilities and jubilation comes in many sizes and guises. Happiness is all about attitude, attitude of finding joy in small things and small wonders of nature. Some of the biggest sources of happiness like watching the sea, falling in love, holding a baby in your arms and so on come absolutely free.  The book was conceptualized in a brainstorming session with a friend (Ashish Bhagwat) and  is designed to be a holistic guide to living joyfully. It is not only a life manual in some ways but also intends to create a paradigm shift in our attitude towards happi...

Evolution: Acting with no fear “ First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do”  Epictatus Franz Kafka, in “A report to an Academy – Ein Bericht für eine Academia” tells the story of an ape that has transformed into a human after being captured in a jungle and was brought to Europe. The ape presents to the Academy, how he learned to act like a human throughout many trainings. His only goal in this evolutionary journey was to gain his freedom in order not to live in a cage. The mystery of his success resides in his reply when he’s asked to explain how he achieved this incredible transformation into another species. “I needed a way out, and for no other reason”  We have no way out. Evolution requires hard work on “Self.” As a foetus, we feel safe in the womb. As a baby, we are protected and our needs are satisfied by our parents. As a child, we curiously start interacting with the environment to the extent we feel safe. We experience delig...

  Knowing Yourself-Being Aware of Emotions Fear, grief, guilt, despair, disgust, dislike, hate, rage, anger, shame, jealousy… Emotions, emotions, emotions… We are driven by our emotions, as we strive hard to fulfil our worldly desires. We become victims of our emotions, as we hopelessly cling to our addictions like relations, positions and habits. ð    We cling to miserable and unhappy relations because we have no self-confidence, but we have fear, grief, hate, envy and disgust… ð    We cling to devastating and embarrassing positions because we don’t act with self-respect, but we act with disappointment, anger, rage, despair, hatred… ð    We cling to negative and destructive habits because we don’t feel self-worthy, but we feel guilty, ashamed, angry… Just take a deep breath and think about your desires, then try to understand your emotions behind. What is your real need waiting to be gratified? Be aware of your emotions...

Know yourself, who you really are… Knowing yourself is the inner work required for evolution. Almost all initiatic teachings emphasize the need of realizing who you really are. Our emotional reactions, (hence created confusions) are shaped by defiled humanly perceptions. Let’s just remember, how many different masks we wear throughout our communications and how frequently our contentment fluctuates. Our feelings depend on how much we fulfill our desires or realize our goals. We desire to be powerful to feel more secure. We desire to have money to obtain whatever we wish to enjoy life. We desire to be beautiful or handsome to be loved and adored. We desire to be respected to feel honored.  Our desires will (and should) never end, since they are leading us for our evolution. Life is getting pretty easier and enriched with faster communication technologies, more comfortable houses, better-equipped cars, all kinds...

Dr Ferda Kaleagasioglu, based in Istanbul, Turkey is a pharmacologist, acupuncturist & hypnotherapist and is presently an author and researcher. Why do we Live on the Planet Earth? Did you ever look at a brilliant star in the night and wonder how many light years distant it is?  How did you feel about the immensity of the universe?  Amazed? Filled with admiration? Curious? Lonely? Frightened? Then did you think over and maybe reason the meaning of life? At a funeral or after recovering from a severe disease, in brief when faced with death, did you say to yourself how short the life is and tomorrow may never come. Did you stop for a moment and observe the non-stop rush dominant in our daily lives? From birth till death, we are trapped in this automatism based matrix.  On certain occasions, we become aware of the surrounding matrix but we forget thereafter, drifting into worldly responsibilities and goals. As we move towards our goals hence interact wit...