Madhu's Musings

India - Australia World Cup Final: A bird's eye view through the Law of Manifestation The India-Australia final was one of the greatest matches played in recent times. India marched towards its much-cherished goal with magnificent talents, exceptional ammunition, and desirable circumstances. In contrast, Australia was just like another good opponent and the last milestone before the dream victory. A victory that, since eternity, is not limited to the playground but to the whole nation. As a nation, we feverishly identify with the cricket outcomes. Victory or Defeat. As an Indian now living in Australia, I have experienced a completely different scenario here, and perhaps that could be the key to their attitude towards the game and, hence, the results. It's possible to have a bird's eye view for me at this vantage point. Australia plays for the sake of playing, is not very concerned about the results, and completely believes in themselves till the end. For India, it was almo...

Bhagwat Gita is, if anything is, a manual for life. It's like a SOP for living our lives. A standard operating procedure ( SOP) is a set of written instructions describing the step-by-step process that must be followed to perform a routine activity properly. When Krishna is counselling Arjun and making him understand how to go through life with all its trials and tribulations, he is also talking to us, our inner Arjuns, to face and overcome our challenges. Krishna, the Universal Intelligence, the best psychologist the world has ever produced lives within all of us if we could listen to him. There are many paths that could lead us to our Krishna, like meditation, yoga, prayer, knowledge, and selfless work, but the onus is on us to travel on that path. Life has always been a great teacher and will remain so, but again, the onus is for us to learn from the lessons it imparts to us. Sometimes extraordinary, challenging situations force us to seek our inner teacher, our Krishna, for not...