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How Does Fear Affect Our Roles as Mothers? - Neelam Shivhare explores some of the great ancient texts of India on motherhood, compares the behavior of Kaikayi and Yashoda

Neelam Shivhare explores some of the great ancient texts of India on motherhood, compares the behavior of Kaikayi and Yashoda, and realizes the importance of removing fear from our hearts in order to nurture our children.For young women like myself, who are future mothers, I trust we are on the path of becoming selfaware and brutally honest with ourselves. We are creative beings, never forgetting the gifts with which we have been bestowed— the love and tenderness, natural instincts, and intuition to feel the right path. It all lies in the mysterious meanderings of the heart. Are we really listening to our hearts, or confusing the bombarding information on social media with reality?

Aging Gracefully - For a few months now I have been asking the question, “How to age gracefully?”

Victor Kannan explores the process of aging, with a focus on aging gracefully. How can you be at peace with yourself as old age approaches? How can you develop maturity in behavior and focus on life’s best interests?

Portrait Painting

FABIO KOHLER is an artist and musician.

The Mountain of No Return

SARA BUBBER tells a beautiful Japanese folktale on valuing wisdom and experience and asks you to do a personal reflective exercise.

By Acts of Love

CHRISTINE PRISLAND shares her love of books, good storytelling, and a particular author that inspires and delights her

The Difference Between Trust and Respect

DR. ICHAK ADIZES shares some thoughts on the nature of mutual trust and respect, and why we can trust without respecting, and respect without trusting.

A SIMPLE WAY TO IMPROVE Your Health and the Health of the Planet

DAAJI explains why a plantbased diet is good for your health and well-being, and for the planet. Some of the reasons may surprise you. Yogic science is very comprehensive on this subject, and now medical science is catching up. Daaji then challenges us all to do an experiment for three months.

International Cities of Peace

J. FREDERICK ARMENT is in conversation with CHRISTINE JONES about his organization, International Cities of Peace, as well as other ways he promotes peace in the world. The foundation of it all is the importance of relationship, community, and love. This is the first of a series of conversations.

THE SEEKER OF KNOWLEDGE

SARA BUBBER shares a story from the Upanishads about knowledge, communication, truthfulness, and courage. She then gives us a few reflections and an activity to connect with Nature.

Serving Smiles: FROM HEART TO TABLE

NIROOP PRABHAKAR owns and runs the restaurant 615chutney in Nashville, Tennessee. 615chutney started as the only Indian food truck serving vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free South Indian food. Niroop's goal was to bring South Indian cuisine to the US. He believes that customer service is the key. The voices of his customers and employees matter to him. Here he is interviewed by the Heartfulness Wellness team.

Nature's Humble Superfood

KARUNA RAWAL is interviewed by AAVNI KUPPUSAMY after they met at the SXSW Food Tank event in Austin Texas earlier this year. Karuna speaks about how her company, Nature's Fynd, is pioneering ways to make high protein, high fiber foods from fungi. They offer sustainable agricultural practices without destroying the planet and without the high price tag.

Communicating with Plants and Animals

SARA BUBBER is interviewed by ANANYA PATEL about her experiences of communicating with plants and animals, and how they have enriched her life and her sense of humor.

My Mother's Hands

ANNA MONARDO is coming to terms with her parents' traditional arranged marriage and their struggles to settle in the US and provide a good life for her family. In this brave account, she exposes the problems that many new immigrants face, and honors the roles her parents played in giving her a life free from the shackles of war-torn Europe.

Why Not Artificial Consciousness?

VICTOR KANNAN explores the debate oround whether AI hos consciousness. He comes up with 0 very compelling logic for how it can easily be solved.

Treating Insiders Like Outsiders

DR. ICHAK ADIZES explores the need for effective internal communication and decision-making within organizations, and how we can all contribute to that.

Master yoga 2024 UNESCO PARIS

The Master Yoga exhibition, held at UNESCO House in Paris from June 14 to 21, 2024, marked the 10th anniversary of International Day of Yoga proclaimed by the United Nations. Organized by the \"Yoga for Unity\" collective under the aegis of the Heartfulness Foundation, the event brought together around twenty partner organizations and thirty renowned teachers. CLAIRE BIGAND was the exhibition coordinator, and here shares an overview of the week-long celebration.

Serve, Share, Sacrifice

BAWA JAIN, the Secretary-General for the World Council of Religious Leaders, shares his perspective on the greatest blessing, and his own grounding philosophy that guides him through life.

Becoming Better Communicators

DAAJI shares some tips on how to improve your communication skills, to bring harmony and compassion to daily interactions with others in the workplace, in the family, and everyone you meet.

Conscience with Love for Peace - Loveforce can be learned, and I guide people to experience it in the "Be the Love"

Sofia Stril-Rever shares her experience of the Mahotsav in Kanha Shanti Vanam at the United Nations, during International Day of Conscience with Love for Peace on April 5, 2024. Her call to action is to turn planet Earth into planet love.

A Model City of PEACE AND HARMONY

MUHAMMED HANIFF ABDUL RAZAK, Coordinator at the Multi-Faith Multicultural Center and Pure Land Learning College, shares how their organization has been involved in building social and cultural harmony in diversity in the city of Toowoomba in Australia. Their vision for peace is practical and based on the vision of the Venerable Master Chin Kung A.M. who founded their organization.

Wings of Gratitude

SARA BUBBER shares a story about shifting from misery to joy through a simple practice of gratitude. She then shares some tips on gratitude and asks us to do some fun activities.

expressing the inexpressible

On May 14, 2024, at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, DAAJI was interviewed by GUILA CLARA KESSOUS, the UNESCO Artist for Peace, and Ambassador for Peace of the Universal Circle of Ambassadors of Peace (Geneva) about art.

Becoming Nature

EMILIE MOGENSEN rekindles a correspondence with her father, THOMAS MOGENSEN, which she started in her youth. Years later, she now asks him about what truly matters to him after a lifetime of meditation, spirituality, and living in the world.

Unveiling the Power of Chyavanprash with Astavarga

SRAVAN BANDA presents one of the most common household remedies used throughout India today, Chyavanprash. Although ancient, it is just as popular now, and is well-known for boosting the immune system.

Exploring the Topic of Care In Literature

Professor LAURA OTIS of Emory University shares with KASHISH KALWANI the list of books chosen for the course \"Representation of Care in Literature,\" and why those particular books are significant.

Right, Wrong, and the Morals of Ethics

PAUL WOLPE lives and breathes ethics. He speaks with one of his ex-students and one of our editors, KASHISH KALWANI, about how we rely on ethical decision in everyday life-at work, in our families, and also for ourselves. Professor Wolpe also discusses how ethics, values, and morals are connected and how they are very rarely about right and wrong.

Collaborative Leadership

DR. ICHAK ADIZES presents an overview of his recent book, The Power of Collaborative Leadership: Tested Practices for Today's World. It includes the key organizational concepts of the Adizes methodology, but in their next generational form based on mutual trust and respect in action. He also invites us to join him in sharing this journey toward collaboration and synergy @work.

INVISIBLE Gardens

PIR ZIA INAYAT KHAN, the esteemed Sufi scholar and a key luminary of the 2024 Global Spirituality Mahotsav at Kanha Shanti Vanam, describes the Sufi concept of the \"Invisible Gardens\" of our lives.

Resonating with the Being(s)

BARBARA SONVILLA shares her experience of using one of the Peacefulness intentions while swimming in the sea in the Persian Gulf. The outcome is astounding and shows just how effective these simple intentions are in changing the atmosphere both within and outside us.

Reset Part 2

DAAJI shares some simple mental practices that will help you accept your thoughts and emotions, and feel at peace with yourself. They are best done alone and all of them are great balancing exercises.