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Positive vs. Negative

Today, I realised that negativity spreads much faster than positivity.  In this era, where dharma is lost and maryadas no longer followed, it's not surprising to see so much of negativity.  Sometimes, I do feel a bit helpless, that instead of spreading the positivity, I succumbed to the negativity. I saw this on Facebook and felt it is nice to share it here.  Very true. I feel that in every person, there is good and evil.  It is up to us to decide, which one we want to be.  But it is sad to see that evil is much easier to be than good.  Maybe because there is so much of evil in this world now, that it is becoming like a norm and thus everyone is doing it, like the saying, 'If you can't beat them, join them.' It is sad to see that many people prefer to be evil than be good.  Let's have a look at anger .  So easy to get angry nowadays and today it is what anger that spreads so fast, from one person to another.  It takes a very st...

Happy Raksha Bandhan 2012

To all my rakhi brothers out there, those I had tied the rakhi many, many years ago, Happy Raksha Bandhan to you all!   Errol Johnson, if you are reading this, Happy Raksha Bandhan to you, brother!  You are the first brother I tied rakhi to.  We haven't met for a long, long time.  Hope you are doing well with sister-in-law and your children.   Since I came to Sahaja Yoga in 2000, I was really amazed at the Raksha Bandhan ceremony.  It was then, that I was taught the beauty of the relationship between brother and sister.  The true brother and sister relationship, eventhough not blood related. Since I grew up without a brother (I only have a younger sister), I have wanted to have a brother for the longest time.  Before Sahaj, the male friends who treated me like a 'younger sister' had ulterior motives.  So, when I came into Sahaj, and was introduced this ceremony to me, I was overjoyed!  On the first Raksha Bandhan Ceremon...