The year 2020 highlights Charles Dicken’s astute observation of duality of human experiences: “best of times” (heroes and she-roes in the pandemic) and “worst of times” (multiple COVID-19 surges, unbearable losses of human life, strained health care system, attacks on
Endurance: Psychological and Spiritual Reflections
An Exhausted World The theme of exhaustion (physical, psychological and spiritual) seems a key theme in people’s conversations during this holiday season of the pandemic. I feel the exhaustion too, body, mind and spirit. Dr. Paul Thagard describes COVID fatigue
Grief, Loss and Letting Go
Many Losses This pandemic has been the year of grief, loss and letting go. There has been tremendous losses of lives due to COVID-19 and grief for their loved ones. Losses of fathers, mothers, children, brothers, sisters, grandparents and aunts.
Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Healing a Divided Nation
The idea of effective and healing conversations among polarized groups for healing and stabilization of a country is not a new idea. Even though, I had read about Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s Truth and Reconciliation Council meetings (TRC) in South Africa
GITA: THE POWER OF PERSPECTIVE AND CALM CONVERSATIONS
Lord Krishna, a manifestation of the Divine Lord in the Universe (in the Gita), talks about the importance of mental training or perspective when we are faced with difficult situations. For example, Arjuna says “ O, Kesava, it is easier
Faith in God-The Bhagavad Gita, The Bible and The Pandemic
FAITH in GOD As a spiritual person, my faith in God has been a key feature in dealing with the pandemic. My spiritual beliefs are influenced by my Hindu background, attending Catholic school for many years and studying Buddhist practices,