Indra’s Net: Recognizing our Interdependence

Indra’s net, in Hinduism and Buddhism, is a metaphor used to illustrate the philosophy of interdependence. The image associated with it is beautiful! A net where every node is a jewel (diamonds) representing life, and each jewel reflects all the others.

Body Scan Meditation as Relaxation Technique

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of relaxation? Many of us might imagine a cosy evening in front of the TV or a Sunday afternoon reading a book. Why is relaxation important?

A Calm Mind: How Mediation Reduces Our Tendency To Get Angry

Anger is often a reflection of our disagreement with either our circumstances, or opinion and behavior of others. It reflects our inability to connect with our larger real nature, which remains ‘complete’ without any need for a change, without an opinion or need for one, beyond good and evil, right and wrong, and is actually […]

The Power of Positive Thinking

“Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate,” as Norman Vincent Peale emphasises in “The Power of Positive Thinking”. Ask yourself what is positive thinking? Write it down.

How to Practise Letting Go?

Over the following months, I will share concepts related to yoga and meditation on the Peace Blog. This week, the topic is ‘letting go’. Something that we all have needed from time to time, just so that we can get on with our lives, and leave the past, the pain, the grudges, and in some […]