Dajji How did the rose Ever open its heart And give to this world All its beauty? It felt the encouragement of light Against its Being Otherwise, We all remain Too Frightened. – Hafiz c.1320 – 1389 In recent years increasing attention has been given to the concept of mindfulness, both in clinical and non-clinical settings, so much so that usage of the term has now been become mainstream.[1] But what does mindfulness actually mean? Does it include feeling? How different is a s

Dr. Bruce Davis As more and more people are paying attention to the present moment they are finding a harmony where before they were just on their way to doing what is next. As their awareness takes notice of the little moments of the day instead of being in a rush, their inner world and outer world seem to be talking to one another in the silence. Time, nature, our self appear to be beating as in an interconnected, omnipresent heart. One simple moment is as a grain of sand c

Ritu Khosla I have been in education for over fifteen years, mostly working with teenagers. Teenage years are synonymous with peer pressure, complicated further with identity crises; added to that is the pressure to study and perform well, technological distractions and parental expectations. This is also the time when parents start experiencing unfamiliar distancing from their growing child. Suddenly, the warmth and the beauty in the relationship is replaced by conflict over

Dr. Rosalind Pearmain (Mindfulness is "the intentional, accepting and non-judgmental focus of one’s attention on the emotions, thoughts and sensations occurring in the present moment.." )( Wikipedia) Heartfulness is a way of cultivating connection outwardly with the world through my heart centre and inwardly with the ground of being within. I start by learning to drop my awareness softly from the active zone I sense in my head, down into the infinite space of the heart. It fe

Victor Kannan How is Heartfulness different from Mindfulness? Mindfulness is derived from Buddhism. It is an extremely positive and effective program. It is also humanistic in its core. It espouses inner strength, balance and compassion to create a harmonious and effective state of existence, individually and hence collectively. Mindfulness is related to harnessing and improving the power of the mind. It deals scientifically with the anatomical changes to the brain due to med

Rashi Agarwal One of the most interesting and instructive courses I’ve taken as a graduate student was Arts of Communication. In the course, my professor noted that there were three golden rules: Number 1: Resonate. Feel one with your audience. Number 2: Be your natural self. Don’t try to be someone that you aren’t. Number 3: Center yourself, especially before you speak. Had someone offered me these insights when I was sixteen, I may have never bought them. My younger self wa

Leslie Blair “The heart is intuitive. It does not share the mind’s many limitations.” -Daaji, The Heartfulness Way I write this during a period of surprising struggle with myself over what seem to be multiple unnecessary concerns, blown out of proportion in my own mind. A few months ago, I sat down for my morning meditation with a positive outlook and no particular worries. Out of nowhere, a relationship that has been stressful over the years came to mind and I began anticip

Ghazal Yadav GHAZAL YADAV asks if we have been sleeping long enough and soundly enough. She explores the relationships between work-life balance, toxic productivity, FOMO, social media, and declining sleep quality around the world. It is no secret that sleep has slowly been pushed lower and lower on society’s priority list of needs. In the United States, adults average 6.8 hours of sleep, a stark difference from 1942, when the average was 7.9 hours. Sleep disorders are on the

Daaji YES, YOU CAN DO IT! DAAJI invites you to start the year with two simple grounding exercises that will bring you both focus and joy as 2024 dawns. “Life on Earth is about evolution. Every life is an evolution in developing wisdom, skills and attitudes.” —Daaji Dear friends, The New Year is a good time to pause, evaluate, and focus on the coming time. This is especially true if you are so caught up in busy-ness that you have lost track of where you are going, and even mor

Daaji Youth Are the Future. Guide Them, Don’t Break Them THE WISDOM BRIDGE SERIES In September 2022, DAAJI released his bestseller, The Wisdom Bridge, and throughout 2023 we are sharing highlights from the various chapters to give you a taste of the practical wisdom the book offers. This month the excerpt is from chapter 18 on Principle 7: Youth Are the Future. Guide Them, Don’t Break Them. There is an old engineer’s lament, “Between seeing the glass half full or half empty

Daaji Heartful Suggestions YES, YOU CAN DO IT! DAAJI Thoughts live; they travel far. —Swami Vivekananda We humans are social beings, and so our growth does not thrive for long in isolation. Our inner growth expands to touch the hearts of others, and our material growth also benefits many around us. We are all connected through the heart, and deep down we are all united in the common wish to live a peaceful, love-filled, joyful, and prosperous life. You may already be contribu