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Is God the cause of negativity in humans?

Gita 16.15 The ungodly want to look good not become good

Gita 16.14 Greed makes the covetous murderous

If everything is under karma are terrorists wrongdoers or simply instruments for punishing wrongdoers?

Gita 16.12 Sensual desires are ropes of enslavement not roads to enjoyment

Mind It 1 – Understanding the modes mind and emotions

Krishna is knowledge object of knowledge and objective of knowledge

If I want to come first in my class am I being attached to results?

Gita 16.01 Godliness is both a decision and a disposition

We want appreciation for making our contribution – what to do about this wanting?

3 Day Seminar on Understanding Emotions Behaviours & Relationships in the Three Modes

When we live in a competitive world how can we avoid comparing ourselves with others?

How our mind messes our relationships 2 – Focus on contribution not expectation

How our mind messes our relationships 1 – Understanding instincts and impulses

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

How can we get rid of unwanted thoughts?

Ambition, Satisfaction & Devotion 2 – Hospital metaphor for harmonizing material and spiritual growth

How is the moon the mind’s predominating deity?

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

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

How can we be materially successful while practicing bhakti?

Bhagavatam study 69 1.13.46-50 When we can’t protect ourselves from kala, karma and guna, how can we protect others?

Overcoming fear, desire and anger to take shelter of Krishna

If we use our extrovert nature to serve Krishna, are we functioning in the mode of passion?

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

Duryodhana character analysis 2 – Ambition distorted by envy becomes cancerous

Let personal conception of God lead to personal dealings with God’s parts

When does determination turn into obstinacy?

Pursuing our loudest desires is not freedom – pursuing our deepest desires is

How small conflicts become big – Daksha pastime analysis 1 – Unprocessed resentment causes explosion

If bhakti doesn’t protect us from troubles, then what is the point of practicing it?

Shakuni Character Analysis 1 – The mind rationalizes selfishness as selflessness

Spiritualizing our work through IAC – intention, action and contribution

I am useless – Is this feeling in ignorance or in transcendence?

How spiritual life relates to our material Life 2 – Work not for or against your nature, work with your nature for Krishna

How spiritual life relates to our material Life 1 – Rejection, Complementation, Redirection

If our attitude is determined by our modes, then how much can we change our attitude?

From Passion to Compassion 2 – From religion in passion to devotion in goodness

From Damodara month to Damodar mood – From circumstantial devotion to transcendental devotion through intentional devotion

The art of work – Detachment directed by devotion maximizes contribution

From destructive competition to constructive competition – 2

Why crave for the pleasures that make you a slave

When intelligence is the sitting place of lust, how can it point us to our long-term interest?

Ramayana series 3 – Shurapanakha’s slyness – Beware of those who manipulate us using our weakness

The mind keeps us enslaved

Ramayana Series 1 – Dasharatha’s dilemma

Thwart the desires that titillate initially but torment eventually

Inner healing through forgiveness

Even if we can’t be on the same page as God, be at least in the same book

When we have to work so many hours in nondevotional jobs for our financial needs, how can we grow devotionally?

If my counselor breaks a regulative principle, how do I maintain my faith?

How can we emotionally accept that people who treat us like crap are delivering us our past karma?

The need for appropriate adaptors when transmitting the current of bhakti

When our emotions come in the way of our bhakti practices, what can we do?

Demystifying Reincarnation 16 – The soul’s defining characteristics and levels of consciousness

Worldly intoxication and devotional intoxication differ in consciousness, content and consequence

Overcoming negative emotions 3 – Fear

Just as Nalakuvera-Manigriva were given remembrance their past lives, why can’t we be given remembrance of our past lives?

How to overcome lust or material desire

If my chanting remains inattentive despite my best effort, am I being offensive?

Our survival instinct tells us to avoid pain, whereas austerity means to accept pain – how to decide what to do?

Should we be simply attached to the principle of service or to specific services according to our nature?

Overcoming negative emotions 2 – Depression

When our emotions don’t keep pace with our convictions, as when facing adversities, what can we do?

Live in the present but not for the present

From material detachment to spiritual attachment – Ignorance Tolerance Transcendence Immanence

How can we protect our consciousness?

Seeing ourselves clearly through others’ eyes

How can we evaluate people’s level of consciousness without becoming judgmental?

What type of yoga is best for rising to spirituality?

The essence of the spiritual world and of spiritual life is not location but disposition

Overcoming negative emotions 1 – Resentment

Can our anarthas be dovetailed in Krishna’s service?

Does the mind discourage the soul?

Developing Vaishnava qualities

Three principles for controlling the mind – Intelligence Diligence and Dependence

From anartha nivrtti to artha pravrtti (04)

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

When we start studying Bhagavad-gita what is the motivation for continuing to study material science?

If our family members don’t practice regulative principles is it right to disconnect from them?

Why didn’t God create another dimension for us to enjoy?

Why can’t all realized souls join hands to demonstrate a working model of harmonious spiritual living?

Are anarthas also part of our nature?

From anartha-nivrtti to artha-pravrtti 4 – Understanding Pravrtti

From anartha-nivrtti to artha-pravrtti 3 – Understanding Artha

From anartha-nivrtti to artha-pravrtti 2 – Understanding Nivrtti

From anartha-nivrtti to artha-pravrtti 1 – Understanding Anartha

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?

Does complete faith in Krishna make us fearless?

If we don’t have full faith are we hedging our bets?

Do different people need different percentages of material and spiritual life?

When we ask Krishna to protect us are we treating him as our servant and are we advanced enough for him to intervene?

When we want to go to the spiritual world is our devotion motivated or unmotivated?

When we decide to change ourselves how can we know that those changes will be for good?

Should we try to learn from our past when our perception of our past will always be distorted by our biases?

Is anger reduced by becoming spiritual or by developing the brain’s frontal lobe that is associated with controlling emotions?

Can there be something called spiritual science?

FEAR acronym – Learning to deal with our fears