If you own a computer, you are probably familiar with the term “reboot” — the process by which a computer is restarted. Why bother restarting a computer? Because the longer a computer is on, the slower it often becomes due to the accum...
It was probably at school, during a math lesson, that I first heard about Zeno of Elea’s famous paradox demonstrating the impossibility of movement:
You measure the distance between an arrow and its target and divide it by two. When the arrow has...
I recently watched a 2002 interview of Nichelle Nichols (Lieutenant Uhura — she wore red on the Starship Enterprise, and her kiss with Captain Kirk was the first interracial smooch on TV in the United States) where she was speaking warmly of Star...
As I age, I notice the increased necessity of staying in shape. Diet and lifestyle are no longer taken for granted, now that I have to take them seriously. And more than ever, I'm conscious that my body has its own language. It does not speak English. W...
I don't know you. I don't know your name. But I do love you because you are a human being. That is sufficient for me to open up my heart and bring forth to you all that I know.
— Maharaji
When people ask me who Maharaji is, I usually describe hi...
When Prem Rawat first arrived in the West, it was a time of fear about nuclear war or some other great destructive catastrophe. Seeing him as some kind of authority in such matters, people often asked him, “Will the end of the world happen in our...
Whenever I hear people recall stories from their childhood I feel awe at their ability to remember all those details. My own childhood is a blurry vision on a screen. Not much can be seen clearly, but I know it happened and can intuit some of its det...
A few years ago I was watching a program on television that had an interview of a sociologist who had studied different funeral rites in European countries. Explaining how our way of honoring those who have passed is directly linked to our concept of...
When I was a young boy, I loved to swim in the ocean in a place called Jones Beach. Happy to be out of the suburbs for the day, I'd run into the water, make my way out to the biggest waves and body surf as far as possible into shore. Again and ag...
“I have good news for you,” Maharaji often says. “You are alive.” I sometimes feel that the essence of his message can be expressed in one short sentence: Life itself is the greatest gift. But do I really experience...
