A Blog on Spirituality
The concepts of Sustainable Development (SD) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) have been around for a few decades, but they have not been known to include Spirituality or spiritual factors in their purview. In short, both these concepts refer to a business looking out to preserve or enhance social and environmental aspects along with economic development. So, when we heard […]
Read moreSurrounded by forested hills and overlooking most of the valley, the new Spiritual Research Centre is at a vantage point where one can view spectacular sunrises and sunsets. Standing on the balcony of the new Spiritual Research Centre, it is difficult not to feel one with nature and forget oneself. But then Spirituality is just that, forgetting oneself and merging […]
Read moreStarting out as a completely unknown website in 2006, www.ssrf.org, which is the website of the Spiritual Science Research Foundation, saw steady growth in the number of visitors to it over the years. However, from around 2012, the website started to experience an exponential growth in visits. Due to the value of the content published, Google started to list the […]
Read moreOn 3 January 2019, Mrs Shilpa Kudtarkar from New Jersey, USA, who has intense yearning for God-realisation and who is always in a state of spiritual emotion (bhāv), attained spiritual level of 70%, thus becoming an SSRF Saint. The blissful ceremony to felicitate her reaching Sainthood was held at the Spiritual Research Centre and Ashram in Goa, India. The ceremony […]
Read moreHelping someone in need, trying to make the world a better place, and having empathy towards people who are downtrodden and struggling to meet basic needs in life are noble aims that are close to many people’s hearts. These are aims that transcend boundaries and unite us in spirit, and it is the theme on which humanity is founded. Some […]
Read moreTwenty years ago, in June 1998, a helicopter pilot flying over central Australia spotted the outline of a giant man drawn into the earth. The drawing is still visible, and its size is enormous measuring 4.2 kilometres tall, with the outline measuring some 28 kilometres in length. At the time of the discovery, the outline was 30 centimetres (12 inches) […]
Read moreThere have been some major changes sweeping through the United States lately, and one of them is legalisation of marijuana. The states of Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada and California voted to legalise recreational use of marijuana and Montana, North Dakota, Arkansas and Florida voted to legalise medical marijuana this month. Major media organizations are saying that this may be the start […]
Read moreNegative effects of horror movies on society through their widespread growth Recently, multiple people watching the screening of a horror film called “Raw” at the Toronto International Film festival felt very ill and even lost consciousness during the screening due to very visually gruesome scenes depicting cannibalism, lacerations and various other gory scenes. Despite this negative impact, the movie has received […]
Read more1. Achieving the New Year’s resolution Out with the old, in with the new. New Year is the period of year when we pause to reflect on the year that has come and gone and we assess the changes we would like to implement in our lives to better ourselves. A New Year’s resolution is a tradition in many countries in […]
Read moreNote: for those who are not Star Wars fans, while we do make parallels to Star Wars, this blog is about the fight between positive and negative forces in general and can be understood by anyone even if they didn’t watch the Star Wars movies. 1. Introduction – the mesmerising battle of Light and Darkness Good versus evil, good guys […]
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