Meherbai’s Mandli met at the PVM Gymkhana for a chai-pe-charcha, usually referred to by their husbands as ‘Khotta-Kharcha’ – the usual, boring male point of view being – why spend on tea or coffee at Clubs, five-star hotels or expensive Coffee-Shops when you can easily make tea or coffee at home. The female point of…
I confess! I hated spinach as a child. Granny would nag me big time with her “Eat your spinach” and go on like an old gramophone record stuck in a groove. History has a way of repeating itself! In my 40s, I found myself stuck in the same golden words – “Eat your spinach” and…
Some of us are born smiling, most of us have to work at it, which means learning new techniques and unlearning some old mental habits but the good news from the frontiers of psychology is that mood is malleable and happiness is yours for the choosing! Everyone wants happiness. We want it, strive for it,…
The word ‘Metaphysics’ implies something that goes beyond the physical matter of our observation and experience. Avestan Prayers are Manthric compositions which have a tremendous effect on the mind, thinking, psyche, emotions, consciousness and everyday life. Manthra is a path towards salvation, a secret and sacred key towards peace and bliss, particularly in present times…
‘Laugh and the world laughs with you!’ But studies at the ‘Laughter and Stress Busting Clinic’ in Midlands, UK show that we are laughing much less than our parents and grandparents did. Not only that, we adults laugh much less than children. On average, a child laughs about 50 times a day while adults hardly…
As most readers may know by now, Meherbai was a romantic person and maybe this is why the romance never flew out of the window even after 50 years of marriage. In fact, Meherwanji worshipped the ground she walked on, saying “Meherbai Na Jyan Jyan Sabakta Pagla Parey, Tyan Tyan Ujarda Thai” (She lights up…
Few people, especially in the third world countries, are familiar with 06, a man who accurately predicted the future like no one else. He was born in 1896 and passed away in 1971. Just as this limited, three-dimensional world, functions within our five senses, there exists an ‘unseen’, multi-dimensional world which we glimpse in our…
What is the origin of April Fool’s day? In the 16th century, France celebrated New Year every April 1st. In 1562, Pope Gregory changed the calendar to the one we use today and from then on, New Year began on January 1st. Many people didn’t know about the new calendar, or they ignored the new…
All civilizations, including tribal communities, have worshipped the sun as an essential force of nature and source of life. The sun’s disappearance at night and its rising again in the morning symbolises death and rebirth. The sun is either worshipped as a personified, life-giving deity or as a symbol. Sun symbols are often shown by…
Humanity has always regarded death with great awe and fear although death is the only reality in this unreal world of shadow-play (Maya). Every ancient civilization had rituals, procedures and concepts concerning death in order to assist the dead person’s soul on its final exit from this world. The Tibetans and Egyptians even have a…
According to occult Vedic literature, when the time is ripe for a soul to take on a physical body, the organ of physical activity (foetus) may be a beautiful harmonious instrument (beauty and health) or a very disadvantaged one (physically handicapped) due to previous bad karma. Man’s actions in the past lives shape his body…