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Priyanka

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Karma Yoga: Spirituality is NOT Social Service

[et_pb_section admin_label="section"] [et_pb_row admin_label="row"] [et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]This seems to be a common theme in a lot of my disgruntled conversations with people. Either they have this zeal to help and improve the world, which is fine, BUT they channel it with a complete and utter disregard for spiritual & religious traditions. Because mistakenly they think that social…

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Importance Of Sant Sangati | संत संगति का महत्व

[et_pb_section admin_label="section"] [et_pb_row admin_label="row"] [et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]This article has long been pending. One of the reasons it has been pending so long is because it is pretty vast and I am not sure where to start. But I want to attempt this. In fact that is the purpose of this blog. This blog lets me delve deeper into thoughts which…

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Renunciation quote by Vivekananda

Renunciation: A Look At Its Meaning & Associated Myths

[et_pb_section admin_label="section"] [et_pb_row admin_label="row"] [et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]Lately I have a new interest - Podcasts. Podcasts aren't really new to the online space and I am a digital marketeer, but I have just very recently connected with the joy of podcast listening. ;) It was prompted by a vitamin deficiency driven insomnia. At night, I would lie down…

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Ashtavakra Gita

Introduction to the Ashtavakra Gita

[et_pb_section admin_label="section"] [et_pb_row admin_label="row"] [et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]The great and well known Bhagavad Gita was a discourse between Arjun and Krishna in the moment of Arjun's great confusion on the battlefield, while the lesser known but amazing Ashtavakra Gita is between Ashtavakra and Janaka. And here Janaka is in a different state as a devotee and seeker. He is…

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Mahashivaratri : Shiva In My Life Photo Series

[et_pb_section admin_label="section"] [et_pb_row admin_label="row"] [et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"] A night to be awake and aware! #Mahashivaratri 2017 🎶🎷🎵🎼❤️ योगेश्वराय महादेवाय त्र्यम्बकाय त्रिपुरांतकाय त्रिकाग्नि कालाय कालाग्नि रुद्राय नीलकंठाय मृत्युंजयाय सर्वेश्वराय सदाशिवाय महादेवाय नमः महादेवाय नमः महादेवाय नमः #yoga #yogi #mahashivratri #adiyogi #india #festival #incredibleindia A post shared by Priyanka Dalal (@priyankawriting) on Feb 24, 2017 at 8:39am PST //platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js Earlier in…

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Adiyogi: The Source Of Yoga, Book Review

[et_pb_section admin_label="section"] [et_pb_row admin_label="row"] [et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"] A post shared by Priyanka Dalal (@priyankawriting) on Feb 28, 2017 at 6:03am PST //platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js I have been pretty over-excited with Adiyogi for a while. I found out about this book just a few days before #Mahashivaratri and it became my first pre-ordered book on Amazon. I knew from a while that Sadhguru…

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Of Being Single

[et_pb_section admin_label="section"] [et_pb_row admin_label="row"] [et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]I want to share a few thoughts on being single. I mean being single after the typical Indian marriageable age. For most Indian communities "marriageable age" passes once you cross late 20s and early 30s. It has now been a few years since I wrote my 'How To Be Awesome By 30' post,…

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2016 for Me – Year End Review

[et_pb_section admin_label="section"] [et_pb_row admin_label="row"] [et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]As the year drew to a close I saw many people were glad the year was finally ending. I don't know why they need to personify a year to blame all the bad stuffs. Anyway personally my life has been awesome. Even world wise things seem to be going well, as…

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The False Sense of Safety Due To Social Acceptance 

[et_pb_section admin_label="section"] [et_pb_row admin_label="row"] [et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]Parent:"In India one shouldn't cycle. The traffic is too risky" Me:"in India one shouldn't do a lot of things cause it is too risky for eg: crossing the roads" *parent agrees whole-heartedly* From a long time I have been noticing that social acceptance makes people FEEL SAFE. Note that it only makes them feel…

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Develop A Karmic Understanding, Forget ‘Lucky’

[et_pb_section admin_label="section"] [et_pb_row admin_label="row"] [et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]I have been traveling for two months now. First Australia & then Taiwan. Both amazing places, full of stories and on the road stuff. All of a sudden I find so many people saying that I am really lucky - and initially I just ignored it but it really got to…

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Angulimala’s Story

[et_pb_section admin_label="section"] [et_pb_row admin_label="row"] [et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]I always felt that his was a very intriguing story. Most Indians would be aware of it but just to summarize it, Buddha was on his usual walking journey and he came to a village. The villagers forbade him to walk through the nearby jungle because there was a dangerous bandit there.…

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