Depression is a state of failed promise to oneself. Is it time to collect our wits together and reach out for new promises we make to ourselves? We are the ones who set our goals, and promise to reach them. We can do that yet again!
Spirituality in India boasts a pallette of religions. Incidentally, the term ‘Hindu’ was used by the Arab traders to identify the people living east of the River Indus. Indus came to be known as Sindhu and the term Hindu was born. Uttar Pradesh, a state in the Indo-Gangetic plains had a flourishing trade, and became a political citadel as well. Many faiths and religions have mingled and coexisted in this land. Quite like the rest of India, there are thousands of holy places here, marked with the presence of sages, seers, devotees and mystics, bygone and present.
The goal of mankind is knowledge. Pleasure is not the goal of man, but knowledge. Pleasure and happiness come to an end. It is a mistake to suppose that pleasure is the goal. After a time man finds that it is not happiness, but knowledge, towards which he is going...
“When my ego was there, God realisation was missing. Now on realising God, my ego is lost. There is no darkness now that I see light.” ~ Kabir, a 15th century enlightened master