Yoga is more than just Physical postures. Deviant versions of yoga bereft of spirituality and meditation can be dangerous and not beneficial at all. Dr Indranill Basu Ray MD The practice of yoga has swept the world with an enthusiasm never seen before. Yoga has achieved the status of a mass cultural phenomena, as shown […]
I started meditation at the age of six. At that time, sitting for meditation every day meant trying to quieten the millions of thoughts that flooded my mind. Years later, I learned that meditation was much more than sitting down and trying to empty my mind. In fact, the more you try to empty your […]
That winter was severe and a dismal chill descended upon Boston. Snowstorms blew through almost every day, or least that was what it seemed like. I walked from my home through piles of snow and muddy sleet to catch the early morning red line train to go to Massachusetts General Hospital where I was working. […]
There is no supernatural. We are continually learning new things. There are powers within us which have not yet been developed and they will develop. We shall learn things of ourselves, which will be full of wonders, but none of them will be beyond the natural. -Thomas A. Edison Miracles are often not easy to […]
The concepts of life and death as defined in Eastern philosophy are shown to have an uncanny similarity to some aspects of latest research in medicine. Core concepts of birth and death in Eastern philosophy have centered around the concept of having multiple births and lifetimes, finally leading to transcendence from this recurrent cycle of […]
