About Life Purpose and Life Responsibilities

I wrote the following article last year in September. My opinion has not been changed since, but there are a few things that I would want to add. And I will do so later in the separate post. But here is what I originally wrote […]

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Maha Shivaratri 2018 – Great Night of Lord Shiva

Happy Maha Shivaratri to everyone who practices Yoga in any form or shape! Tonight is a Great Night of Lord Shiva known as Maha Shivaratri, thus it is the most auspicious day to appease Mahadev. It is widely believed that Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati […]

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Goddess Saraswati (post from January 22nd)

Devi Saraswati is honored today. She is a beloved Goddess of wisdom and knowledge. I am going to light a yellow candle next to the statue of Saraswati today. This statue usually sits next to my laptop as I write articles for LaPulia Studio, research […]

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“We become what we watch and read and listen to…”

Here is the post that I published on FB (October 6th): About Watching TV series based on Vedic Traditions This morning, my mom, in the very concerned tone of voice, told me: “Rita, I don’t remember when the last time I saw you’re watched anything […]

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About Life Purpose

I wanted to write a post about our wordy responsibilities, Life Purpose, and so often misunderstood Sanskrit word “Dharma”. But I will begin with the excerpt from my favorite series about God Shiva called “Devon Ke Dev Mahadev” (2011-2014) – translation: “God of Gods Mahadev”. […]

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About Faith and Fear

One of the most important lessons that I learned from Mahabharata was 30 decades ago. But only recently, I was able to fully comprehend and understand it completely with my whole being and apply this lesson in my own life. Here is a story of […]

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About Many Teachers and One Guru

I’ve always had teachers: from earlier days of my life to ensure I get through elementary school to current professors. I also had many “non-traditional” teachers such as Ken Wilber for Integral Psychology, Stanislav Grof for Transpersonal and Holotropic, even late Dr. Wayne Dyer, (just […]

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Summer Solstice and Spiritual Practice

Summer Solstice, (June 20 – 21) marks the longest day of the year. It is also called Midsummer’s Day. Because the Sun is considered as one of the primary sources of energy (or prana, or chi) and light, this day is one of the auspicious […]

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Past Regrets and Future Desires

“To feel alive is to be completely and totally immersed in the simplicity and elegance of Here and Now without being consumed with future desires or past regrets…” (entry from my personal journal, 2010) Well, it’s been good 7 years since I wrote the above. […]

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