The way I see it

I was recently asked to talk about Swami Vivekananda and how his life and works are relevant today. Here are the excerpts from that speech. I would like to start with a sanskrit hymn for the Guru - " Gurur brahma  gurur vishnu  gurur devo maheshwara  gurur sakshat parabrahma  tasmai shri guruve namaha ", which roughly translates as - "Guru is Brahma, Guru isVishnu, Guru is Shiva Guru is the absolute Brahman Therefore I bow down to the Guru" We are here today to celebrate Swamiji's life and message on his 156th birth anniversary. First I want to thank Mataji who has honored me by asking me to talk about my inspiration, my Guru - Swami Vivekananda. I am going to talk about how Swamiji changed my life! I came across Vivekananda in my late 20s when life was extremely comfortable for me. I was married to an amazing husband, had a  great job, house, car, money and everything that a girl my age would need to lead a successful life. I was very happy init...

The new year is upon us. The one thing that is on my mind at every new year's eve are the Resolutions. In the past few years, this has changehd mostly because of the Wheel of the Year that I follow as my Wicca practice. But I still cannot stop thinking of new year resolutions. this year I want to READ... a LOT. It's been several years since I sat down and read a full book consciously and I really really miss it. My plan is to read a book a month. This might be too aggressive and would also depend on how long or intense the book is, but I want to start out with that. This time I don't want to focus on spiritual books completely but I want to read something that makes me think about hte world differently, grow my mind, increase my knowledge of things I am unaware of and overall evolve as a human being...which is always the goal anyways. I intend to update the blog with the books I read and if I have something to say about it. Wishing you all a very Happy New Year 2019!