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– Barbara Ann Briggs
Saying Yes to Life
To say YES is to live. The ability to say YES opens us up to more happiness, strength, positivity, patience and faith in our lives.
Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive...
Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive...
The Mechanics of Meditation
“How do we meditate? My mind is so active! Isn’t it very difficult to make the mind quiet?” This is a common question. The answer is: Meditation is not difficult to practice. It is a very simple...
The Joy of Surrender
On the spiritual path, one often hears the term “surrender” referred to as a requirement for living life in harmony with a higher power. It is as if one is required to let go of certain limitations or restrictions in one’s thinking and...
The Interwoven Fabric of life
The universe we inhabit is a living
breathing organism alive to
the quality of our every feeling,
thought, word and action. We
are living in a dynamic, selfinteracting field of energy which
pulsates with infinite frequency
responding to the ...
What is Enlightenment?
To live in the full light of wisdom, bliss and fulfilment – to live life in enlightenment – is the natural birth right of every human being. Everyone yearns for the state of completion, a state of eternal contentment, lasting peace, and...
The Sacred Purpose of Human Life
Humans are uniquely gifted with the capacity to seek enlightenment, to understand unity consciousness… so what are we to do with that gift?...
Creating a Harmonious World Through a Coherence of Consciousness
With the world in distress, a vast expression of our collective consciousness could realign humanity and rebalance our planet...
Fighting War with Silence
A profound social gathering attempts to combat the wars born of egos with a collective consciousness of silence and peace...
Inner Peace: The Basis of World Peace
There is only one path to world peace, and that is the path to peace and happiness for every individual on our planet...
Global Significance of the Mahakumbha Mela
A pilgrimage to the MahaKumbha Mela delights the senses while elevating the spirit and collective vibration of all humanity...
Pandemic Paradox
The coronavirus may seem like a collective catastrophe, but it is actually a wakeup call to humanity to change our destructive ways...
Pandemic’s Message to Humanity
When the world witnesses an unprecedented upheaval in its functioning, then we must investigate the cause behind such an unusual occurrence. Why did such a destructive virus invade our planet ...
Cosmic Square of the Lord
Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri form a square of sacred energy in the Himalayas. Intertwined with Hindu mythology, these four dhams are more than pilgrimage centres, they...
Emergence of a New World Order
All over the world, a new and throbbing pulse of awakening is being felt in the collective consciousness of humanity.
The present situation in the world indicates that a new world order is on the verge of arising...
The present situation in the world indicates that a new world order is on the verge of arising...
The Crisis of Homelessness and a Call for Love
The crisis of homelessness is a crisis of the heart, our individual and collective heart — and the solution lies there as well.
We are in the midst of a massive crisis of homelessness. There are countless numbers of refugees roaming all over the earth...
We are in the midst of a massive crisis of homelessness. There are countless numbers of refugees roaming all over the earth...
How Visionary Fiction Can Heal Our World
Today, the world is witnessing a major upheaval and transformation in its functioning. It is a time of transition. The shell of the egg is cracking and a new way of perceiving life is emerging. The outdated world order...
The Birth of a Book of Visionary Fiction
When my feet first touched Indian soil in 1986, I felt as if I had finally found my home. Since that time, my destiny has led me back to India time and time again, first to study sitar in Shimla...
A Universal Individual
The world is in need of ‘universal individuals’ who can think globally. A universal individual pledges their allegiance to the whole world family. Already there are multitudes of them who work to advance their ...
A Global Perspective
The world is in urgent need of a global perspective. The world needs a broader vision which encompasses the entire world family. No longer can we be content to focus exclusively on our individual needs and desires. We must take into consideration the needs of the whole of...
Urgent Call for Peace
There is a urgent inner call for peace rising up from the depths of the collective consciousness in the world. This inner desire is manifest in the mass rallies in numerous countries attended by banner-waving citizens begging for an end to war. This is the outcry that must be addressed if the world is to shift from...
Anger: The Enemy on Earth
Anger is an enemy because it disturbs, confuses and destroys one’s mental equilibrium and causes one to say and do things, involuntarily, against one’s will. It veils the true nature of the Self, which is eternal bliss consciousness and makes one lose one’s proper sense of values...
How We Shape Our Destiny
Does man enjoy freedom of action or are all the events of human life predetermined by invisible laws over which he has no control? Can man shape his destiny or is he a puppet in the hands of fate?...
The Source of True Courage
Fear is born of separation of the individual from the cosmos, courage from the awareness of the oneness of life. Like Arjuna, connecting with this truth will give us the power to emerge victorious in the battlefield of life...
The Guru: He Who Awakens
The syllable “Gu” is darkness and the syllable “Ru” is light. The Guru is he who removes the darkness of ignorance with the light of self-knowledge.
When the Drop Meets the Ocean
A mother came to me for solace. She was grieving over the sudden death of her only son. I sought for a way to help her. The words came: "Only the body of your son is gone. His soul is eternal and in spirit...
The Vedic Ideals of Womanhood
She is always the first to serve the good, pure and divine… It is her dharma to maintain beauty, charm, grace, peace, harmony… If woman falls from Dharma, then war and pestilence prevail. The destiny of the world is in the hands...
Forgive and Flow
It was the day before Maun Amavasya. I was at the Maha Kumbha Mela in Allahabad. The Swami in whose camp I was staying was delivering the evening discourse.
At the end of his discourse, he said...
Inimitable India
In what other country on earth could this happen? Recently, I was visiting Uttarkashi, a hill station in Uttarakhand. While there, I walked into a shoe shop and saw a pair of shoes I liked. They were perfect walking shoes and the exact color...
The Lure of the Goddess
The river seemed to open her eyelids at dawn, her veil fluttering in the morning air. Her veil of pale blue silk, made of undulating waves and woven by the hands of God rippled in the shimmering light of dawn. Her voice, like a caress, sang in silence of a ...
A Cure for the Virus of Racism
We can eliminate racism by integrating transcendental meditation into our educational systems to elevate our awareness to level of unity consciousness
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Government: A Mirror of the Nation
Any government anywhere in the world is a reflection of, that is, an innocent mirror of the collective consciousness of the nation. If a government’s actions are not evolutionary, not helpful for the growth and development of the citizens of the nation, it...
The American Drama
I just had to laugh when I looked at the man with the big horns attached to either side of his head and a furry exterior accentuated by vivid tatooes on his face and chest. It seemed even more ludicrous when he was asked why he came to the Capitol and his reply was: ” I came here because...
Health as Wholeness
Wellness is more than the absence of disease. It is rather a harmonious and integrated style of functioning of the body and mind. It is a state of wholeness, harmony and integration between all aspects of the mind/body matrix. In this state, the unified wholeness of life ...
Cosmic Message from Mother Earth
The universe is a sentient Being, an omnipresent field of pure Life, pure existence with feelings, thoughts and indelible laws which automatically and infallibly with inexorable precision react to our actions. Human ...
Universal Individuals Arise!
The world is in need of “universal individuals” who can think globally. A universal individual pledges their allegiance to the whole world family. Already there are multitudes who work to advance...
Retirement Beneath the Mighty Himalayas
I was born in New York City and lived there until I was twenty-one, but I never felt comfortable in America. I studied philosophy at New York University and attended dancing school and acted in plays while I ...
The Six FREE Natural Healers
Mother Nature is immensely generous in that she provides abundant ways for us to heal ourselves of many ailments without modern medicine. There are six natural healers which are absolutely free for everyone! They ...
Finding Myself in India
The year was 2001. Month: late Autumn. Weather, cold and brisk, typical British weather. I stepped out the front door of my rented apartment, about to embark on a journey to the far East. The airport was Heathrow; the plane was scheduled to...
Strategy for Prevention of Wars
The best strategy of defence is to prevent the birth of an enemy. Prevention is always better than cure.
In the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, it says:
“Avert the danger that has not yet come...
Pure Love
Pure love is all divine in its essential nature. In pure love, the soul of the lover and the beloved become one in an eternal embrace. Shri Radha’s love for Shri Krishna is an expression of the height of divine love, the...
Citizen of the Universe
A citizen of the universe is what is needed in the world today. There are citizens of India, citizens of England, citizens of America, citizens of Iraq, citizens of Israel, citizens of Brazil, citizens of all the countries of every nation on earth. An overemphasis on the narrow boundaries of national...
The Value of meditation
Deep within the temple of the heart, the light of the Divine shines, guiding every human being toward the state of eternal union with God. The search for happiness is in truth the search for God. God is that Absolute, unchanging Bliss which alone can satisfy the thirst for lasting contentment ...
Unfold Inner Wisdom
There is an ever-increasing state of chaos in the world; tension increases daily in the individual, in social life, in national affairs and international relations. The great and urgent need is for something to re-establish harmony in the individual human ...
The Antidote to Fear is Love
In the wide array of vibrational frequencies we express everyday, there are basically two emotive movements: expansion and contraction. These two opposite directions of emotional intensity are based ...
The Benefit of Meditation
Meditation is a process of awakening the deeper, more creative, more powerful levels of our inner being. Through meditation, we become more wide-awake inside. We gain the direct experience of the Self, the Atman, the transcendental wholeness ...
India was chosen as my abode by my destiny. The inner call came the first time I set foot in India.
Barbara Ann Briggs
