Common Ground

Freedom and Happiness

The Art of Presence

B. RATHINASABAPATHY shows how owls embody conscious living at Kanha Shanti Vanam, serving as silent nocturnal guardians whose precise hunting, cultura

The Eco-Guardians Nobody Sees

ICHAK ADIZES revisits the question of happiness and mental well-being, asking whether we have been looking in the right place.Many of us have asked ou

Where is Happiness?

VICTOR KANNAN on beauty, joy, spiritual growth, and the search for what endures.What is a thing of beauty? We experience beauty as something that give

A Thing of Beauty:  On Joy That Endures

ELIZABETH DENLEY explores how joy supports our mental well-being in a troubled world, reshaping our response to pain and suffering.It seems to me that

The Secret of Life: Keep Moving

DAAJI traces the path to unconditional joy through contentment—and suggests it may be closer than we imagine.There is a question that lies beneath eve

Joy Without Conditions

Peace Through Understanding

MAMATA SUBRAMANYAM reflects on how her identity as a "nice" person masked a pattern of people-pleasing and self-erasure—and how the uncomfortable work

Do You Want to Be Around Me Just Because I’m Nice?

Building a Self-Care Routine from the Inside OutCHLOE POWELL explores how daily hydration supports the body’s natural balance and well-being, offering

Start with Hydration

A Dialogue on Compassion, Wisdom, and Spiritual UnityTHE VENERABLE GESHE DORJI DAMDUL,in conversation withPURNIMA RAMAKRISHNAN,explores why compassion

Buddhism and Heartfulness

DAAJI, in conversation with APOORVA PATEL, explores why inner transformation often begins with discomfort—and how meditation on the heart, practiced s

When Discord Leads to Harmony

A Simple ReflectionLLEWELLYN VAUGHAN-LEE explores the tension between AI and spiritual growth, asking whether technology supports inner transformation

AI & Spiritual Life

B. RATHINASABAPATHY and ANANTHENNI SREENATH explore the banana plant's remarkable range—from its sacred role in Indian tradition to its diverse variet

Peel, Eat, Repeat!

How Sacred Geometry Connects the Cosmos,Human Creation, and the BodyTattoo artist DILLON FORTE explores sacred geometry—from the golden ratio in natur

Patterns of the Infinite

RUBY CARMEN retells the Irish legend of a boy whose courage, remorse, and an unbreakable oath transformed him into one of Celtic mythology's greatest 

How Setanta Became Cu Cullen

Unity in Diversity

Beneath your chair gravityreverses itself at the centerof the earth! Why mope,knowing this or thatnobody in space is worriedabout what worries you?Che

Poem for the Depressed

As Within, So Without

What We Can Do Together

The Pace of Nature

Start, Then Refine.

ELIZABETH DENLEY traces the changing qualities of attention, from focused observation to loving absorption.“To be great, be whole;Exclude nothing, exa

The Quality of Attention

From Attention to Attraction:The Gentle Descent into the UltimateJASON NUTTING explores the inner movement through which meditation shifts from effort

From Attention to Attraction

ICHAK ADIZES reflects on why what matters most in leadership and organizations cannot always be captured by measurement.Managing by results is one of 

Why Not to Measure

MAMATA SUBRAMANYAM examines the role of joy in healing, resilience, and care amid global grief.My favorite songwriters and authors often share a varia

Am I Allowed to Feel Joy?

B. RATHINASABAPATHY draws us into a living landscape where birds, butterflies, and moths become gentle guides to attentiveness, balance, and a more in

Nature’s Winged Messengers

CLARK POWELLO Mevlana, friend of the turning stars,you who made longing a language,and silence a home—I come barefoot to your words.My ink has grown w

A Poet’s Prayer to Rumi/Dogen's Life Work Blows Out the Window

ALANDA GREENE writes about fear, self-doubt, and what it means to claim one’s voice.It’s not as if I haven’t faced challenges. Climbing a mountain alo

Solo with Voices

FINNEGAS AND FIONN: The Salmon of KnowledgeIn this retelling of an ancient Irish legend, RUBY CARMEN explores the mysterious ways knowledge finds its 

Finnegas and Fionn

Do It Anyway

The Myth You Make

We Belong to the Earth

The Why, the What, the How

Seeds of Change

New Thinking

Stay Eager

SKIP LEEDSYou so love Or fear but have never seen this worldYou are not blindAs least as this world knows it – your eyes soak in the swarming particle

You Have Never Seen This World

Standing ground: How Women Interrupt Cycles of ViolenceDR. SCILLA ELWORTHY discusses women’s role in stopping armed conflict and the grounding that en

Standing Ground

The Art of AttentionFrom Distraction to PresenceATUL PATEL shows how governing attention, intention, and attitude helps us move from distraction to pr

The Art of Attention

MEENU TEWARI and HESTER O’CONNOR reflect on the Third International Conference on Health and Wellbeing and its call for integrative, heart-centered ap

Bridging Medicine’s Divides

DAAJI reflects on how alertness becomes the basis for right action in daily life.Every individual, in every profession—whether they are a carpenter, h

Be Attentive, Remain Aware

MARG PATEL reflects on love and continuity in the Heartfulness tradition through his observations of his father, DAAJI, and the Masters who came befor

The Afterglow of Their Love

DR. SABBU KISHORE outlines the widespread yet often overlooked impact of vitamin B12 deficiency on neurological health, cardiovascular risk, and overa

The Hidden Impact of Vitamin B12 Deficiency

by Daaji and Elizabeth DenleyRISHI RANJAN offers a chapter-by-chapter reflection on The Heartfulness Way, Book 2, outlining its practical approach to 

The Heartfulness Way, Book 2

CLARK A POWELL shares how a dream visitation ended twelve years of self-imposed exile and revealed the bliss he’d spent a lifetime pursuing.I got a ph

From Isolation to Solitude

ICHAK ADIZES reflects on how change undermines what we take for granted—and what it takes to sustain love, health, and success over time.If you want t

How to Fail: A Prescription

MEGHAN STEWART explores how nonviolence starts at home, showing how emotional intimacy, regulation, and repair shape how families navigate conflict.Wh

Where Nonviolence Begins: Emotional Intimacy in Family Life

ELIZABETH DENLEY shares reflections on love as the foundation for human existence and how it manifests in our daily relationships.The English language

An Ode to Love

Ecologist B. RATHINASABAPATHY reflects on how a humble grass carries stories of suffering, sustenance, beauty, and devotion.The Bead That RemembersAmo

Tears That Become Prayer

ART ESSAYANUJA CHANDRAMOULI and the journey of transformation through mythology—profile by PURNIMA RAMAKRISHNAN.“Life is like driving a car. You have 

Ancient Narratives as Maps to Modern Transformation

Capacity First

To Be Kind

The Secret of Change

Nature's Secret

The Creative Power

RUBY CARMEN weaves an ancient Irish tale of Dagda and the magical harp, whose music heals, transforms, and protects the Tuatha de Danaan.Let me tell y

Tuatha de Danaan

The Most Wonderful Fairy Tale

Shared Joy

JOSEPH ROBINSON reflects on the tension between longing for peace and reaching for more—and what lies beyond that divide.I, and most of the people I k

Notes on Wanting More

Discovering State and Condition: The Two Axes of Spiritual EvolutionDAAJI reflects on the distinction between spiritual state and spiritual condition,

Discovering State and Condition

When Fear Becomes Power: The Goddess Who Transforms Survivors With ComicsIn her profile of RAM DEVINENI, PURNIMA RAMAKRISHNAN traces his journey from 

When Fear Becomes Power

JANMARIE CONNOR discovers how childhood tales taught her the art of surrender, which would later guide her spiritual practice.Long before I had langua

Discovery Beneath the Surface

RAVI VENKATESAN explores how inner stability and strategic awareness allow leaders to navigate corporate politics without losing clarity, authenticity

Navigating Corporate Politics with Inner Stability and Strategic Awareness

Ubuntu: Discovering Ourselves Through One AnotherJAGDISH NARAN explores Ubuntu, the timeless truth that we discover ourselves most deeply through one 

Ubuntu

BHUVARAGASAMY RATHINASABAPATHY and ANANTHANENI SREENATH explore the hidden world of Ficus—keystone trees whose secret blooms, faithful wasps, and unwa

Where Flowers Hide: The Mystery Of The Fig

BRINDA MILLER tells VANESSA PATEL how her eclectic approach to art mirrors her approach to life and civic leadership.Vanessa Patel: Brinda, your art p

An intimate conversation on art, festivals, and giving back.

Life as Mixed Media

LIAA KUMAR follows Barnaby the squirrel on his frantic search for a winter home—and the simple discovery that finally helps him feel at rest.Barnaby t

Barnaby’s New Home

Catching Excellence

Trying Again

The Shelter of One Another

The Basis of Society

Letting Go to Create

Shaped by Belief

The Other Hand

In this conversation, infectious disease specialist DR. KUNAL DESAI speaks with homeopath DR. VIJAY about how gut health shapes immunity, emotional ba

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