http://spiritual.thinkingpal.com Spirituality is science. Religion is syllabus. Sun, 30 May 2010 08:19:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Note: This is a collection for verses from Sri Chanakya Niti related to women. Neither do I take credit of the wisdom presented, nor am I ready to take blame if someone doesn't agree with something or someone feels bad about anything in the issue. I leave it to the ... http://spiritual.thinkingpal.com/chanakya-about-women/ The psychodynamic, behavioral, humanistic, and multicultural, are generally identified as four main forces in counseling and psychology. By “force” is meant that each of these perspectives has widely impacted a variety of helping professions, such as counseling, psychology, social work, and nursing. They have also influenced other fields including education ... http://spiritual.thinkingpal.com/stages-of-spiritual-life/ The Vedanta Sutra starts by "defining" God, as follows: अथातो ब्रह्मजिज्ञासा । ब्रसू-१,१.१ । जन्माद्यस्य यतः । ब्रसू-१,१.२ । English Translation: http://spiritual.thinkingpal.com/definition-of-god-what-is-god/ When it comes to devotional songs in Oriya, one name that is hard to forget is: Namita Agrawal ji. I have got a few online sources where we can hear the devotional songs by Namita Agrawal. I will update this page whenever I get  more. Source: http://www.esnips.com/web/NABH-Oriya/   ... http://spiritual.thinkingpal.com/oriya-devotional-songs/ Let me share one interesting thing I observed recently: My uncle's son(1-2 year old) has been showing great interest in God, gods, spirituality, Bhajans, Kirtans, Vedic chantings, Slokas, etc. Let me narrate a few incidents: http://spiritual.thinkingpal.com/religious-affinity-in-a-child-carried-from-past-life/ Question: Why do we see so many honest people suffer, and so many corrupt people passing their life in merry? Has God made no arrangement for justice in this world? It shakes my faith when I see such examples. How do I retain my faith under such circumstances? I am ... http://spiritual.thinkingpal.com/why-honest-people-suffer/ If you are a vegetarian, and have to dine/party with non-vegetarians, you know what question you are going to face. Many a times someone ends up asking "why are you a vegetarian?". How should you deal with them? What should you answer? A friend of mine asked me the following ... http://spiritual.thinkingpal.com/how-vegetarians-can-deal-with-non-vegetarians/ This is a hypothetical discussion between two spiritualists. One of them claims that he has now become God by getting enlightened, and the other is asking some tricky questions to him. I am referring to the one who claimed himself as God as "Enlightened_manGod" , and the other person as ... http://spiritual.thinkingpal.com/are-you-god/ A few days back someone asked me few questions about worshiping God. Here is a list of his questions and my answers to him: Does God Become happy by worshiping him? Do we demand something by worshiping? Do we please God by worshiping? Does God bless those only who worship him? If I abuse ... http://spiritual.thinkingpal.com/why-to-worship/