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Types of Meditation and Powerful Benefits

By Anup Mukherjee
 There are many different types of meditation techniques that have been developed and practiced over the centuries. Here is a list of some of the most common types: 1) Concentration meditation : This type of meditation involves focusing your attention on a single object, such as your breath, a mantra, or a visual object. For example, in visual concentration, eyes are focused on a single dot on the wall. This is called Tratak meditation. Focusing on breathing is also sometimes called mindfulness meditation. The goal is to develop the ability to maintain focus and concentration, and to bring the mind into a state of calm and clarity. Concentration meditation can be practiced in a seated position, lying down, or even while walking or engaging in other activities. It typically involves finding a comfortable and upright posture, closing the eyes or focusing on a fixed point in front of the body, and paying attention to the chosen point of focus. When the mind wanders, ...
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Compassion and Kindness for A Better Life

By Anup Mukherjee
 Compassion and kindness are two important virtues that can have a powerful impact on the world around us. Compassion is the ability to understand and share the feelings of others, while kindness is the act of being considerate and helpful towards others. Compassion helps us to see the world from another person's perspective and to feel empathy for their struggles and suffering. It allows us to connect with others on a deeper level and to offer comfort and support when they need it most. Kindness, on the other hand, is about taking action to help others and make their lives a little easier. It can be as simple as offering a smile or a kind word, or as significant as volunteering time and resources to help those in need. Both compassion and kindness have the power to transform lives and create a more positive and caring world. When we show compassion and kindness towards others, we not only improve their lives, but we also enrich our own. In short, compassion and ki...
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Past Life Regression: Great Tool For Mental Health

By Anup Mukherjee
  Past Life Regression (PLR) Past life regression is a process that helps one attain self-awareness through exploring past life experiences. Using regression can be beneficial in many ways, especially because it's based on the principles of trust and belief in the possibility that everyone has lived before and left indelible marks on their souls. A past life regression session may seem mysterious and strange, but there’s nothing supernatural about it. It’s simply a guided journey that enables you to access memories from your previous lives. Ardent exponents like Brian Weiss connect it to our memories from previous lives, while a few others look at it as another method of imagination and hypnosis. PLR is useful in self analysis in coming out from the nadirs of mental health issues, and sometimes even to alleviate mental and physical health issues. It is said we carry many traumas and pains from our past lives, and having insight into the circumstances and situations tha...
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In My Hands: A Perfect YA by Sathya Achia

By Anup Mukherjee
  In My Hands by Sathya Achia Sathya Achia describes herself as "author, yogini, traveler, and lover of words." In My Hands is her debut YA adventure fantasy novel. The novel draws in the reader to the story from the very beginning. The main character, an Indian American teen - Chandra is a sixteen year girl who is fated, and is the chosen one in the long standing fight between the good and the evil. In my hand there are lines, / A map to the past, present, and future, that is all mine. / If you read them, you will see / Death and destruction belong to me.... The Novel It is an extremely well crafted novel and it appears as if the author has put immense efforts into each sentence and tried to bring in a perfection which does not lapse even in the middle. It is an adventure that takes us from the USA to the villages and forests of South India. In a way, this is refreshing as it brings in the local narratives and local myths and motifs compared to the many o...
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The Zen of Good Writing: Awesome Workshop by Suma Varughese

By Anup Mukherjee
  The Good Writing Workshop I recently attended The Zen of Good Writing Workshop by Suma Varughese which was a wonderful experience. Some weeks back I read her book 50 Life Lessons and reviewed it here . I came to know about this workshop on her Instagram profile, and decided to enroll for it. It was a general writing workshop with no particular genre in focus, but it did have a "Zen" to it. The objectives of the workshop are: 1) To equip with tools of good writing 2) Make the participant fall in love with words and writing 3) Augment verbal skills 4) Kindle the confidence and kickstart the writing journey It was a two days online workshop. A PDF had been provided which was to be printed and formed the basis of the workshop. The writing workshop was in sync with the international standards, particularly when it came with the styles of writing. In the writing workshop while everyone was a budding writer, there were also poets, and painters and ...
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The Bedside Book of Life by Jal Patel: Amazing

By Anup Mukherjee
  The Bedside Book of Life - A Book For Lifetime The Bedside Book of Life by Jal Patel, having a beautiful cover, is an absolutely fabulous book that I've come across after a long time. Having read many authors/ practitioners - nearly all the books written by Brian L Weiss, Dolores Cannon (some of which I've also reviewed here ), Michael Newton, and many others, this book came as a pleasant surprise. The title of the book can be a misnomer that gives an impression as if it is some book of affirmations and good thoughts that can be read before sleep. In fact, this book can take an equal space with the authors mentioned above. This book is divided into small chapters - but behold - these small chapters has so much to think about that even I, who am conversant with the subject, had to pause to absorb what had been written. This book is divided into three parts, Part 1 (Soul Notes, Chap 1 - 36), Part 2 (Life Notes, Chap 37 - 51), and Part 3 (Healing Notes) Although thi...
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50 Life Lessons by Suma Varughese : Wonderful Quick Insights

By Anup Mukherjee
  50 Life Lessons by Suma Varughese I purchased the 50 Life Lessons book out of hunch at the AH Wheeler shop at Allahabad (now renamed, Prayagraj). I was visiting that shop after a long time and just wanted to buy a good book as a memorabilia during the vacation trip. Books can now be easily obtained online, and my preference is for ebooks, because of flexibility in carrying and ability to increase font size. As more time was spent on discussing books whose presence delighted my daughter, for myself, I chose this book at the last moment before leaving the shop. I was attracted to the title and the cover and didn't really look at the details. Daughter got her books, and this 50 Life Lessons was mine. When I finally got to see the book, I was immensely happy to find that it came recommended by Sister Shivani (of Brahma Kumaris) who is a great preacher and healer of India. The spiritual dimension of life woven in subtle, effective ways throughout the book is soul-nou...
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Money and Income : 10 Secrets to Abundance

By Anup Mukherjee
 I was recently looking at a meme on money that said that while ordinary people lost sleep because of small amounts, (a particular) industrialist loses sleep only when he loses some millions. This is not really true. Even those with big money lose their mind and sleep on loss of small amounts. They understand the value of even small amounts, because it's only the small amounts that accrue to bigger amounts. Money and Income Money and income are synonymous for the individual. After all, what is that money which is not with us? Some thing is money only when it belongs to us in whatever form of asset, else it is not money. Money with others is either a source of stress with the sense of relative deprivation, of anxiety, or in a macro economic context a source of power for that person vis a vis others in the society. And how does an individual have money? Through income. Income is the only regular source of money whether it be from salary or business profits. There can b...
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Accepting Gifts and 4 Secrets of Manifestation

By Anup Mukherjee
  Accepting Gifts is Manifestation Accepting gifts is manifestation in action, it is the concretizing of the law of attraction. If our energies are in sync with the energies of the universe, what we had wished for, perhaps desired intensely, at some point of time comes to us. Our mind is connected to the universe in ways that has not been deciphered yet. Our heart and the feeling of gratitude charts a course for manifesting our wishes. Manifestation needs to open up channels - it's like digging a tunnel through the mountain to reach the other end - us. Also, we have to be open to such miracles. Only when our heart is in an acceptance mode that the manifestation starts to happen. One way is that of receiving the gifts with an open heart. “Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own bl...
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