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RUN Your Life, Don't RUIN It

Many lifestyle experts suggest that one should avoid running in life in order to lead a happy and peaceful life. But here I wish to contradict few things about that in my own way. According to me, life is a RUN in itself. It holds true for everyone here on the planet. Even the blood is constantly running in our veins and arteries to keep us alive. Chemicals known as neurotransmitters are constantly running through our nerves and thus allow us to function properly. Even when we are sleeping, when our body is at rest, our mind is running. Still don’t believe me?              Just imagine the single sperm responsible for your conception was able to do so as he was running ahead of millions of other sperms. So the run of life begins right at this stage. When you were ready to come into the world, your run started in the mother’s womb. For delivery, u had to run along with your mother to the hospital. In the hospital, the staff runs everywhere to fetch instruments, stretchers, drugs etc. ne

Dharma = Religion?

                People in India are very proud of their “ dharma ”. It’s a common word especially among Hindus. But with utter pain I have to suggest here that very few people really know the true meaning of the word.   To put it in other way, do you really think that you are honestly practicing dharma ?                   Dharma is a Sanskrit word. It’s mostly related to Hinduism these days. But we can safely assume that the word can be used to connect all religions including Christianity and Islam; not only Hinduism. If we look at literal meaning of the Sanskrit word, dharma means duty . So by thinking without conservative mindset i.e. by trying to be open to correct our misinterpretations, there is no harm in saying that performing your duty honestly without any self interest is dharma . So if someone claims that my dharma is Hinduism, Buddhism Or Jainism to name a few, it means that it is his duty that he   should follow the righteous path shown by the great teachers of these