The One and Only Secret for Getting a Jumbo Memory!
Just how good is your memory? It is said that elephants never forget anything. Though this may have started off as some fable, there is now considerable scientific evidence showing that elephants do indeed have a phenomenal memory. How would your life change if you...
Stop Acting, Start Living!
I have just returned from a weekend retreat at the Global Retreat Centre run by the Brahma Kumaris. This is a non religious, NGO whose teachings I have been exposed to for many years through my parents. Please do check out the amazing work they do. The core of the...
How to do an Obama and Receive the Nobel Peace Prize!
I am writing this quick post from a beautiful retreat place in Oxfordshire, England. I am on a Peace Retreat for the weekend and as I was driving down from London, I listened to President Obama graciously acknowledging the Nobel Peace Prize, awarded to him just one...
Rip Up your Happiness Contract and Be Truly Happy!
Did you know that you have your own “Happiness Contract?” This is a set of beliefs you hold that determines just how much happiness you feel you deserve and how much happiness you believe is too good to be true. A week ago I attended an inspirational talk by Dr Robert...
Find Peace Today Rather Than One Day, Some Day!
Today, 21st September, is the annual “Peace One Day”, a day of non-violence and ceasefire, a 24 hour-long initiative for life-saving activities around the world. It's time to make peace happen in the world. It all started 10 years ago with one man’s vision and within...
Why No Pain, No Gain is a Myth!
Do you believe that life is a struggle? Or do you breeze through life like a butterfly? I believe that we all take life too seriously and we struggle through life, whereas we really don’t need to. We have been brought up, especially in the West, to believe that...
Why it is Okay to Blow Your Own Trumpet!
Are you self-effacing, down to earth and humble? Or do you shout from the rooftops about how great and wonderful you are? Gandhi was a very humble man, but he was a very powerful man indeed! Though there is no one right or wrong way about how one should put themselves...
If You are What You Eat, Then Why do You still Crave Chocolate?
This morning I had a fabulous breakfast feast with home made bean sprouts, fresh coconut from the Notting Hill Carnival and garnished with vegetarian Furikake and smothered in oodles of virgin olive oil. Furikake is a wonderful Japanese seasoning containing black...
8 Simple Tips to Have a Carnival in your Life Every Day
Have you ever been to any of the world’s top carnivals in Rio, Trinidad or London? What would your life be like if everyday was a carnival? Over the last 2 days, I joined thousands of others revellers at the Notting Hill carnival in London, Europe’s largest street...
Get your Goals with Less Pain!
I have often written about goal setting and the importance of having clearly defined objectives. My friend and blogging mentor, Leo Babauta has recently written about an alternate approach – he talks about being open to what emerges and going for simplicity. His...