Mindfulness

How can we avoid getting infected with material desires because of the triangularity of desires?

How do we balance not repressing ourselves and avoiding things unfavorable to Krishna consciousness

If repression can’t accomplish anything – Gita 03.33 – why should we restrain our senses, Gita 03.34?

QA on mindfulness at South Illinois University 2019 Spring

Hold your plans lightly, not tightly

Sentimentality Sensitivity Spirituality

Nonviolence in speech – Be sensitive and sensible

How to deal with distress through devotion

Inner Change – 3 reasons why changing ourselves is tough and 6 ways to make it easier

Understanding our outer world, our inner world and how to direct them

The Convergence of Technology, Psychology and Spirituality

Confront how bad we can be to become how good we can be

Thinking about thinking – how our thoughts can harm us or help us

How to become more personal in our dealings

Self-discipline or self-discovery – Charting our inner journey

How to avoid jumping to conclusions – DAS acronym

How to have loving exchanges 2 – Cultivating non-judgmentality

Is living in the present without living for Krishna helpful?

What is the difference between consciousness, conscience and guilt?

The MIND enigma – Mystical, Impressionable, Neutral, Directable – Insights for better mental health

Gita 01.05 Our mode of description reflects our intention

Does becoming spiritually advanced means treating all situations and all people equally?

Does fear of temptation indicate lack of devotion?

Rise from being full of thoughts to being thoughtful – 4 reflections

The time to understand time is now

Understanding, identifying and managing the mind

Overcoming negative emotions 2 – Acceptance, Aspiration, Analysis, Action

How Gita wisdom addresses mental health problems

If our mental software is corrupted, should we try to counter it or rise above it?

How to choose our thoughts wisely – Science, Spirituality and Wellness

Gita 18.48 See beyond the unpalatable to the essential to pursue the transcendental

Does becoming fully conscious make it difficult to connect with others who are not that conscious?

Increasing willpower – by increasing the distance between us and our feelings, and our feeling and our actions

To think or not to think – 4 reflections for a happy mind

Don’t let your expectations of life come in the way of life

Gita 18.25 To see our actions disconnected from the past and the future is to see in illusion

How do our beliefs and habits shape what pops up on our inner screen?

When we can’t avoid anxiety what can we do?

Why to become spiritual now

When the mind is restless how are performers like archers able to focus on one point?

How chanting works on the mind – and how the mind works during chanting

Tap the mind don’t be trapped by the mind 3 – From shakshi bhava to seva bhava

Tap the mind dont be trapped by the mind 1 – The pressure for pleasure

How does bhakti-yoga help us overcome anger?

Understanding how bhakti addresses anxiety

When the higher taste doesn’t seem higher

If we neglect all the emotions of the mind are we being impersonalistic?

Are the past and the future illusions – is the present the only reality that we should live in?

How to control the mind with the intelligence 2 – Concentration

I am afraid of darkness – what can I do?

Mind It 1 – Understanding the modes mind and emotions

How can we avoid becoming discouraged on seeing that the modes are pulling us down?

What is spirituality?

Can self-help techniques be used in Krishna’s service?

How can we get rid of unwanted thoughts?

Managing the mind 4 – Training the mind by dividing and castigating

Managing the mind 2 – Understanding how the mind affects our free will

When things don’t make sense, look for a deeper sense

From Fear to Surrender 4 – FEAR acronym – 4 steps for overcoming fear

If we can do a service well and see others doing that service poorly, should we stay uninvolved to avoid becoming proud or critical?

I get dreams to act violently against Muslims – what should I do?

From Fear to Surrender 1 – Understanding how our fears originate

The most dangerous jumping is jumping to conclusions

How is the Gita relevant today – Marathi

How can we increase the quality in our existing devotional commitments?

When neither distress nor taste motivates us consistently in bhakti, how can we become consistent?

How can I overcome my attraction to watch every detail of my favorite actress?

Dealing with insecurities – Hindi

For meditation, we need the right object and the right conception

Do we need only devotional principles to change our past’s influences – can other things help?

When we are frustrated, is it possible to think logically as explained in classes?

If past mental impressions stay despite a long practice of bhakti, what to do?

When a parent won’t give a child a pile of chocolates, why does Krishna create a world filled with sense objects?

The mind keeps us enslaved

What are the precursors to anger – how can we know that we are likely to explode at someone?

Live in the present but not for the present

Even if we can’t be grateful for all circumstances we can be grateful in all circumstances

My journey from material science to spiritual science – QA session

How can we be cautious about not indulging in something without constantly thinking about it?

How is anger not just an emotion but also a thing?

When repressing desires doesn’t work what to do?

How do we balance thinking and feeling in spiritual life?

How can we be grateful to Krishna in all situations?

Everything is a miracle

Sharpening our focus – going beyond piety to spirituality and the mental to the spiritual

Why does our mind dwell more on painful memories than on joyful memories?

How can we be more and more in the present?

Temptation is caused not so much by perception as by provocation

Irrational irritability results from indiscriminate sensuality

Go beyond the mind’s transitory feelings to the heart’s transcendental feelings

Be open-minded not empty-minded

Talk show – Virtual Reality and Spirituality

When our goals are in the future how can we live in the present?

Bring out your best 1 – Self-help

From the Blue Whale Challenge to the Blue Whole Challenge

How much can analysis help in controlling desires?

How can we overcome anger?

DEEP acronym – What our phone can teach us about our mind

OASIS – Five reflections for self-improvement

How can we fix the mind on the heart – Hindi?