Science and Spirituality

In the 21st Century, one can find a wide range of variations of Yoga practices to choose from; starting with the old school yoga asanas to brand new forms of beer yoga and goat yoga which are obviously more attractive than the old school hatha yogas which look plain old boring. In the midst of all these, the central essence of yoga might have been lost but it sure has spread farther and wider than anyone could have imagined when it was first developed a few thousands of years ago in the sub-continent of India. Yet, there remains one imminent question. What is Yoga? Is it a set of insane acrobatics which only the most elastic of human beings can do? Or is it sitting as still as a rock and chanting a mantra for 15 hrs straight? Even though people are more open about yoga these days and have taken the practice to develop their physical bodies or de-stress themselves from the clutter of daily life, there are still some religions which are offended by the mere thought of yoga a...

The Five Layers of Being With a global population of 7.2 billion , the human species seems to be the most dominant of all and we managed to reach the peak of our glory in just a very short amount of time. We have traversed the lands, we are exploring the waters and often we set out to venture across the mysterious, gargantuan space. We have manifested every imagination, every drawing in the book and made it a reality. Our technology keeps on growing and ever expanding. We have understood mathematics and reached heights in science; we have split something as minuscule as an atom and we have created something as gigantic as the pyramids. We have asked every question that our mind could comprehend; we have answered as many as we could and still seek the rest. One such question that still remains and have been intriguing people over all ages; Who am I? Who are we? What makes us human? What makes me, me?? What makes you, you??? What is the basic difference between you and me-- How we ...

Unlike popular belief, spirituality isn't necessarily the search for God, joining a cult, becoming a sage and exiling to the forest. No. It's not really any of that. All of these might be some of the ways people follow spirituality but it is just an aspect of it. In the true sense, spirituality is the process of development  of oneself. It is seeking to understand the true nature of our system to upgrade it and evolve along with it.  In nature, every organism is trying to reach its highest potential- from a tree to a lion, every organism is striving to reach its maximum level. Every one but us. Sadly, we as humans have limited our strive to reach our highest level to only one field: academics and economics. Now I may have mentioned two but both are similar in nature. It just depends on what stage of our life we are at now; when we were kids, we we told to focus on our studies, as we grow up we learn to focus on our wallets. Other people who decide to become spiritual get ...