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Stop Unreal Expectations

Prashant Solomon
August 5, 2020
Articles / Blog / Spirituality / Spiritually Speaking The Daily Guardian

(Published in The Daily Guardian August 3, 2020) We all expect things in life. Whether from other people, from ourselves or from situations. It is normal to have hopes and expectations. However, giving too much importance to unrealistic expectations is a recipe for disaster and should be avoided to have a peaceful and happy life. There is a popular definition of expectations. It goes like this. “Expectations are premeditated resentments.” When we have expectations, it is like we are pre planning the future resentments that are bound to occur. But whether it is expectations from others, from yourself or expectations…

To Love And To Create

Prashant Solomon
July 20, 2020
Blog / Spirituality / Spiritually Speaking The Daily Guardian

(Published in The Daily Guardian July 20, 2020) Prashant Solomon Being creative is one of the most important reasons we are here on this Earth. Many people question the reason they are born. Is it just a coincidence you are here? Are we only a statistic or a mere blip of insignificance in human history? Nothing can be further from the truth. There are basically two things that are important about life and everything else is a derivative of these. To love and to create. In many books about ‘near death experiences’ or NDEs there is an interesting similarity that…

The Changing River of Life and Its Meaning

Prashant Solomon
July 6, 2020
Blog / Spirituality / Spiritually Speaking The Daily Guardian

(Published in The Daily Guardian July 6, 2020) Prashant Solomon One of life’s most powerful ironies is that the only constant in life is change! This is perhaps best described by the philosopher Heraclitus in the 5th century BC in the following way - You can never step into the same river twice. Because neither the river nor you are the same. This indeed is one of the ironies of life and at the same time one of the greatest dynamics in the universe. There is a universal flux which exists throughout all of creation. A flux that ensures that…

Be Your Own Best Friend

Prashant Solomon
June 27, 2020
Blog / Spirituality / Spiritually Speaking The Daily Guardian

I have started writing a fortnightly spiritual column in the Daily Guardian newspaper. My first article 'Be your own best friend' was published on June 22, 2020. I am posting the content of the column below: Are you your own best friend? When we are alone with ourselves, instead of feeling bored or lonely, that time would be much better spent by looking inwards and introspecting. If this lockdown has a silver lining, this is one of them - it has given us a chance to slow down and look inwards. It has given us a chance to think about…

Coronavirus lockdown – not all bad

Prashant Solomon
April 26, 2020
Blog

The world is under lockdown! The year 2020 is still being dominated by the Coronavirus Pandemic. With just about every country on Earth being affected and most of the world in lockdown, this is perhaps the most significant event that we have ever witnessed. With millions sick and thousands dead across the world, there is obviously sadness in the air. With many businesses either shut down or about to be and many people losing their jobs this is a financial emergency for the entire world. That being said, everything is not all bad. The lockdown has its positives as well.…

Time to look back and introspect

Prashant Solomon
December 25, 2019
Articles / Blog / Christianity / Spirituality

This appeared in The Indian Express on December 25, 2019 Prashant Solomon The last week of the year is heralded by Christmas. At this time next week, we will be in the year 2020 which is not just a new year but the beginning of a new decade. This is a perfect week for reflection. It is a great time to look back at not just the year but in this case, the last 10 years and take stock of our own lives. Are we happy with the way we have spent the last year or decade as the case…

Stepping into Christhood

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. — Matt. 5:14-16 . There is a way, tried and true, that saints, adepts and avatars have walked. The way is universal and timeless and will reunite you to your higher self and when this happens, the most subtle consciousness of God realization will shine through you. This is the path of individuated Christhood and Buddhahood that Jesus, Krishna, Gautam Buddh and Mahatavar Babaji and many others, even in civilizations long forgotten, helped forge. As you follow in…

Playing Earth Games

Recently Elon Musk said that he believes it is entirely possible that our physical world is a highly advanced virtual reality game being played by our advanced future selves. But what if it’s way more glorious than that? Think about this. 20 years ago the video games we had were very primitive according to today’s standards. The graphics were cheesy, the experience of playing a video game still felt totally like a ‘game’. Fast forward to 2019. The video games of today have graphics that are very realistic. If you wear a VR headset and play a game you feel…

The Beloved – Part 1

It has been too long in terms of Earth time that we have seen each other in the flesh. You have been gone too long. Time is a strange illusion. At times it feels like just yesterday that I used to look into your eyes and joy leaped out from the depths of my heart. And yet at times it seems like it has been eons since I saw your smile and heard your sweet laughter. With each passing day it is one day further from the last time I saw you. But once again the illusion of time is…

There is a lot to be thankful for

Prashant Solomon
September 13, 2018
Blog
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Each morning when we wake up, we have no idea what the day will have in store for us. Not just that, we actually don’t know if this will be our last day on planet Earth. The only thing we do know for sure is that we are still alive at this moment. As we go about our daily life, we often complain either silently or expressly about the things that we lack in life. Not enough money or not enough happiness or not enough free time or not enough this or that. Life is something that is not meant…