When and why does healing work?

This morning as I was walking to Babajaan’s dargah in Pune, I felt I was dragging my aching legs as I walked. In my mind, there seems to be a belief that I have had a physically demanding and tiring time the past week. And that thought, of course, is experienced as real by theContinueContinue reading “When and why does healing work?”

What role are you wearing today?

There was a time I wore my identities very tightly around me. Some of them were very essential for my protection and state of well-being. Daughter, sister, wife, daughter-in-law…these were vital ones. Much needed for self-preservation, safety and security. In midst of this, I tried that of a dancer. It gave me a sense ofContinueContinue reading “What role are you wearing today?”

Why does the game exist?

Baba, if all this is a dream, an illusion, then why create something? Why choose? Why gift a human the potential of choice, of creation? Sai Baba- Because that is how the manifested world works. Since, there is a belief that you exist, there has to be a choice. The whole ‘game’ here is toContinueContinue reading “Why does the game exist?”

Are you dis-spirited or inspired?

When something doesn’t go our way we feel gloomy. We lose hope, we feel discouraged. This often translates to a very physical feeling of fatigue and exhaustion. What we are feeling is dis-spirited… without spirit. We feel abandoned, we feel a sense of loneliness. Contrast this with the the state of creativity. Creation is theContinueContinue reading “Are you dis-spirited or inspired?”