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WHAT IS IT?

There is an outdoor shoot; the sky is dark and cloudy. A shoot seems unlikely; your job is at stake. Suddenly the sun breaks in. LUCK. There is a flight to catch; there is no way you can make it in time. You reach the airport only to find that the flight got delayed because a minister chose to fly on the same plane and got late. COINCIDENCE. Doctors have given up hope. There is no way you can be recovered medically. Your near and dear ones are praying and their prayers get answered. MIRACLE. Life is beautiful. Too good to be true? Exactly. We have instilled in us this strange notion that ‘good’ cannot be true. What is even stranger is that we are actually comfortable with this thought. Human behavior surprises me. When things are not working out, we crib but find ‘solace’ in saying ‘that is life’. And as soon as something good happens, instant reaction is to justify by calling it luck or co-incidence or miracle… Think about it. There are just two ways in which things may turn –

"One good deed a day keeps sadness away "

Heard of a saying "An apple a day keeps doctor away”? Well on similar lines some great scholar said “One good deed a day keeps sadness away "... For next 7 days let’s try this in our lives and share our experiences on this blog every day telling all what good deed was done that day... The purpose of this exercise is to share the best practices amongst ourselves and encourage one and all to engage in acts of charity and service...as Charity & Service is the key to the universe's greatest law of Karma (actions).. Let's start with Dhyan Foundation's contribution as an example for all. DF contributes in shaping up street children's future by providing them basic education...without charging anything for that. The initiative has now taken a form of a full fledged school called Anand Vidyalaya....

Holi play of energies, positive and negative by Yogi Ashwini

Energy can neither be created nor destroyed. Entire creation is nothing but manifestation of energy, and this has been revealed by yogis thousands of years ago. Every object of creation, all lokas or dimensions of existence and yugas or dimensions of time, they say, exist as energy forms. The earth’s movement changes the dimension of time. When the earth moves on its tilted axis, yugas change, as do seasons when it revolves around the sun. Every movement from one dimension to the other brings about transformation as every day comes with its unique energy patterns. The concept of sandhya is helpful to understand energy changes that occur daily, when powerful transformations take place. There are two forces in creation, positive and negative; both these energies keep the other in balance. Vedanta describes four types of sandhyas that occur on any given day. The first, the Brahma sandhya, occurs an hour before and after sunrise. This is a time when positive forces are at their peak. This