THINKING IS FREE

Does knowing that the body, mind and intellect our our tools mean that we can switch off the emotions we feel? If you thought that, then you'd be wrong like me. Hi team, it's Akash and in todays episode Ishaanji and I talk about mental health and how we integrate it into our spiritual life. It's human to feel and express and it's time we stop shoving things under the carpet.

It seems like just about everyone is moving or has moved out of Auckland! Today Ishaanji and Akash weigh up moving over seas and the duties and responsibilities we are to fulfill vs the duty one has to their nation and family. Is happiness in another land and what will the big shift over bring us?

EPISODE 100 - WE MADE IT. THANK YOU TO ALL OUR LISTENERS WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE JOURNEY WITH US FROM DAY ONE AND SEE YOU AT EPISODE 500 FOR THOSE WHO HAVE JOINED ON THE WAY!

Today Ishaanji and Akash talk about how to tame the mind and focus it towards a goal. Imagine having complete mastery of the way you think and behave. Imagine a world where you were the master of you mind and all you could achieve.

Today we welcome Priyanka to the episode to talk about Garbha Samskara and the Prenatal Course offered by Chinmaya Mission to help and prepare couples for their journey into parenthood.

Upon what benchmark do you measure excellence? Are your standards set so high that they are unobtainable? Who do you serve when striving for excellence? Today Ishaanji guides us on the path to rewrite our narratives and direct our pursuits to a high calling and purpose. Who could we really be if we tried and aimed to exceed excellence.

Are you constantly setting yourself up for disappointment? Is it okay to hae an expectation of others and yourself? Should these expectations be the same or differ between yourself and others and what is the difference between an expectation and a standard?

It's our last episode with Pooja today as she bids her farewells and starts on her journey abroad. We thank her for turning up every week and brining her beautiful energy, inquisitiveness and outlook to our show. May the grace take you far and high Pooja!

Happy Raksha Bandhan everyone! Today Ishaanji and Akash talk about the purpose and significance of the annual tradition Raksha Bandhan. They look at the spiritual significance and discuss the actual source of our protection and what we often misjudge as our source of protection. May you all have a blessed and safe Raksha Bandhan.

Who controls the tides? How does a house plant know to follow the sun? Who is the creator of the greatest canyons and the most beautiful sunrises? Today Ishaanji, Pooja and Akash talk about our debt to the greatest master of the universe, our God. They talk about how we can repay such a debt to the one who has given us this life and access to this knowledge and what a world without God may look like.

What would have had to have gone right for you to be reading this right now? Imagine if you're parents were a second late to boarding their plane, your grandparents didn't get the job that supported the family, or a distant relative didn't make a crucial decision which meant your family couldn't migrate overseas. How beautifully everything has worked in your favor for you to be where you are. Today Inshaaji, Akash and Pooja discuss the debt owed to our parents and ancestors and the importance of remembering and continuing tradition in ones family.

August 1st 2024 - Is the global overshoot day - the day where humanity's demand on the environments ecological resources in a given year exceeds what the Earth can regenerate in that given year. When you take a moment to think about everything you use and take from the environment around you, how much are you giving back. What are you doing to extend the worlds overshoot day? Yes we all want the newest phone and travel to new lands but at what cost? When will we start to pay our debt and fulfill our obligation to our environment?