Monthly Archives: November 2009

Jealousy

Saturday, November 28, 2009

I was reading Think on These Things, by the independent spiritual thinker Jiddu Krishnamurti, when I came across a passage that struck me:
Questioner: What is jealousy?
Krishnamurti: Jealousy implies dissatisfaction with what you are and envy of others, does it not? To be discontented with what you are is the very beginning of envy. You want [...]

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Celebrating Thanksgiving as a Hindu

Friday, November 27, 2009

This week, Americans will be celebrating a tradition that is older than the nation itself – Thanksgiving day. It was a tradition that began in the Plymouth colony in 1621 as a celebration of the colonists’ first successful harvest. Central to the Thanksgiving celebrations is the thanksgiving feast, of which the main item is a [...]

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Appreciating yourself

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

I was talking with a few of my friends and one of them was complaining how she was too light and wanted a tan while another person that was actually dark was complaining how he  was too dark and wanted to become lighter. I found it funny that this pattern of wanting something that we [...]

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