What’s Forgiveness Got To Do With It?
Posted byAnindita GangulyJuly 12, 2023Tags: Health and Well being, Psychology and Spirituality
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Forgiveness has a lot to do with freedom from painful emotional states which allows us to live and love well. Recent research studies in psychology have found the beneficial effects of forgiveness on emotional and physical health. The concept of forgiveness is discussed in various spiritual and religious traditions. I
INTERVIEW WITH JASON STEPHENSON: GURU OF SLEEP MEDITATIONS
Posted byAnindita GangulyApril 25, 2023Tags: sleep meditations, spirituality and psychology
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I am very honored and excited to present my interview with Mr. Jason Stephenson. I discovered his powerful and soothing sleep meditations in 2020 when I was struggling to sleep some nights during the COVID-19 pandemic. Zara Abrams (2021) wrote an informative article in the Monitor in Psychology through
HOW AGAPE LOVE SAVED MY FATHER’S LIFE?
There is agape love in the world. People doing heroic things and saving other people's lives with no personal gains. I have an unique story of agape love that saved my father's life. My family and I celebrated Ramananda (Ram) Ganguly, my father's eighty first birthday yesterday. He is a
Finding Hagar: God’s Pursuit of a Runaway
I recently read Dr. Michael F. Kuhn's brilliant book, “Finding Hagar: God’s Pursuit of a Runaway". Dr. Kuhn has lived for about 25 years in different parts of the Middle East (Egypt, Lebanon) and North Africa. He is a professor, scholar, and a prolific author. He is a highly accomplished
Interview with Dr. Sherry Ruth Anderson: Women’s Spirituality
I had the honor and privilege of interviewing Dr. Sherry Ruth Anderson on the themes of women's spirituality and aging based on her two books. Sherry and Patricia Hopkins (1991) published "The Feminine Face of God: The Unfolding of the Sacred in Women" and subsequently, Sherry published (2013) "Ripening Time:
The Radical Act of Surrender
Posted byAnindita GangulyDecember 11, 2022Tags: Spirituality, Surrender to Higher Power, Tibetan prayer flags
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Tibetan prayer flags represent prayers sent to heaven. Tibetan prayer flags often have the image of the Tibetan mythical creature, wind horse, or Lang-Ta, who carries prayers with the speed of the wind and strength of a galloping horse. I love the visual image of surrendering prayers through Tibetan