I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, Present, and Future. Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach. – Charles Dickens, “A Christmas Carol.” Published in 1843 on 19th December.
He wrote it to show that the Victorian society ignored the needs of the poor and the rich behaved selfishly. Continue reading
A Christmas message of Swami Sivananda—1951. Continue reading
A wish is a lovely word. Everyone likes to use it. It says so much. Children are asked what do they wish for and parents, relatives and friends try to fulfill their wishes. To see the joyous smile on a child’s face is a reward. Wish fulfillment is a lovely feeling for the person whose wish is grated and for the granter. With Christmas coming soon, many many people all over the world are making wishes and hoping that they will be fulfilled. Continue reading
A newborn baby boy was abandoned near a toilet in Nabadwip (Bengal). The baby was wrapped like an eskimo and left in a basket. There are wild dogs everywhere over there and a ring of neighborhood dogs circled the baby until it was dawn. A resident of this town picked up the baby and then the dogs left. Continue reading
What does it mean? It is a word to describe “online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative or offensive.”
How is it possible for us to name this horrible word as the word of the year? It is the kind of word, which needs no explanation. Continue reading
Hate and violence are such terrible words. I am so sad because there is so much abhorrence and brutality around us.
We had a terrorist car bomb blast in old Delhi outside the Red Fort. This area is in the most crowded part of Delhi and opposite it the market is called Chandini Chowk. Chandini means Moonlight and chowk means Square. The name Chandini Chowk was given because a canal ran through it in the 17th Century. Continue reading
Now the festive time is here and the good will season is there for all of us. We are enthusiastically looking forward to each festival and celebration. Are we aware of what the reasons for the festivities are? They are celebrated not only for our joy and delight but to awaken our moral compass. Continue reading
Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus. It is a time to remember the importance of love, faith, generosity and service.
Dear ones, how do we celebrate Christmas? I know that many of us will put up a Christmas tree and decorate it. We will put up stockings for Santa to fill. We will buy gifts for our loved ones and friends. Of course, we do all these lovely things because we enjoy them. I do not want to dampen your ardor. Continue reading
And the Grinch stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons… tags… boxes and bags… Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps means a little bit more. – Dr Seuss
Do we recall the gift God gave us in Jesus? What comes in our minds when we think of Christmas? We worry about our gifts exchange. We think that if our gift is not right, it will be misunderstood. Have we forgotten that we are loved, are never alone and can hope for the future? Continue reading
My dear ones, we are in a time frame which is heralding good tidings. Let us look back and see how our past year was spent. How would we like to change it? Have we been conscientious in our quest? What can we do? There are so many things which can be accomplished. We have to seek and the only then will we know the truth. The truth can be cruel but what is worse is when we become indifferent to each other. Our Antennae are out there, but they are only there for our friends. Continue reading
Welcome your thoughts of sharing, kindness, and love. Look around you and smile. Express your feelings. Use the word like, enjoy and believe. See the difference in your face with these expressions. Continue reading
Red, green, gold, purple, white, and blue have very potent associations. The attributes of the colors are very powerful. Red is associated with love, green with regeneration, gold with energy, purple with spirituality, blue with the heart, and white with purity. Continue reading
There are so many proverbs and sayings and they all say the same thing. However, are we paying attention to the wisdom and the ultimate truth. We are too involved with ourselves and our thoughts. Our thoughts are governing us, and they do not allow us to look beyond our nose. Continue reading
Christmas carols are sung because it is a way of telling the story of the nativity and the birth of Jesus Christ. It also enables one to express joy and hope. However, when we hear the carolers, we just listen to the carols without registering their actual meaning.
They are joyful hymns and the seven lessons that we can learn from them are: Continue reading