by Olga | Feb 9, 2021 | Focus of the Month
त्यक्त्वा कर्मफलासङ्गं नित्यतृप्तो निराश्रयः । कर्मण्यभिप्रवृत्तोऽपि नैव किञ्चित्करोति सः ॥tyaktvā karma-phala-āsaṇgam nitya-tṛpto nirāśrayaḥ karmaṇy abhipravṛtto ‘pi naiva kiṁcit karoti saḥ One who has let go of the fruits of their actions is content and free...
by Olga | Jan 6, 2021 | Focus of the Month
As we bid farewell to 2020, we have gained the opportunity to see with clear eyes, the superficial and fragile construct of our systems and how the tiniest atom can shift the trajectory of the world. We have experienced one of the most transformative epochs this Earth...
by Olga | Dec 3, 2020 | Focus of the Month
Now and then over many years I have written the occasional FOTM. I realize now, that in one way or another I always write about awareness. As it is such a huge subject, I have approached this in different ways; the present moment, consciousness, the witness state, the...
by Olga | Nov 1, 2020 | Focus of the Month
यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत् । यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम् ॥yat karoṣi yad aśnāsi yaj juhoṣi dadāsi yat yat tapasyasi kaunteya tat kuruṣva mad-arpaṇam Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you give as help to another, even your own...
by Olga | Nov 1, 2020 | Focus of the Month
aśraddhayā hutaṁ dattaṁ tapas taptaṁ kṛtaṁ ca yat asad ity ucyate pārtha na ca tat pretya no iha But to engage in sacrifice, self-discipline, and giving without good faith is asat, without worth or goodness, either in this life or in the next. Bhagavad-Gītā,...
