Excerpts from the book ‘Ignited Minds‘ Written By A.P.J. Abdul Kalamji SUMMARY Our spiritual wisdom has been our strength. We survived as a nation the onslaughts of invaders and the numbing effects of colonialism. We have also learnt to adjust to the rifts and divisions in our own society. But in the process of [...]
Excerpts from the book ‘Ignited Minds‘ Written By A.P.J. Abdul Kalamji On one occasion, as I was leaving for Bangalore, I spoke to a friend of mine and told him that I would be talking to young people and whether he had any suggestions. He did not offer any suggestions as such, but offered [...]
Excerpts from the book ‘Ignited Minds‘ Written By A.P.J. Abdul Kalamji On 3 February 2002, I had an extraordinary spiritual experience when I visited the Brahma Kumari Spiritual Academy at Mount Abu. The deity of the Brahma Kumaris, Shiva Baba, descended on one of the disciples, Dhadhi Gurzar. Before our eyes, her personality changed. [...]
Until recently, people lived in an agricultural economy. Families lived off their land and were well rooted. Large joint families were the norm of the day. All the scriptures and the code of conduct prescribed and supported a harmonious development of a family. Today, we are in an industrial age, moving from one place [...]
An Article By Manoj J Lekhi from the Book 'Are you a Super Leader? ' Depression has become an everyday phenomenon. Every other person is struggling to rise above this reluctant feeling. This emotion has a huge impact on one’s health, relationships, happiness, professional life and personal well-being. In order to understand [...]
In my own case, when I joined SSY in 1989, I had been married only for a year. Owing to the way in which the power of SSY had simply blown me away, I was also very much inclined then to go for more and more advanced programmes. Though Nina, my wife, herself, was very [...]
Excerpts from the book ‘Ignited Minds‘ Written By A.P.J. Abdul Kalamji I was at Christ College, Rajkot, getting ready for a function there when there was a call from Swami Nikhileswarananda of the Ramakrishna Mission. Swamiji requested me to visit his ashram and I had to agree. After the function at Christ College, I [...]
Excerpts from the book ‘Ignited Minds‘ Written By A.P.J. Abdul Kalamji In September 2001, I visited the Dargah Sharif of Sufi mystic Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, better known as Gharib Nawaz, at Ajmer. Here, in AD 1256, at the age of 114, the saint entered his cell to pray in seclusion for six days, at [...]
Excerpts from the book ‘Ignited Minds‘ Written By A.P.J. Abdul Kalamji My journey started on 13 June 2001, when I met Pramukh Swami Maharaj of Swaminarayan Sanstha at Ahmedabad. My discussion with Swamiji on the fusion of science and spirituality, and the role it could play in national development, went on for an hour. I [...]
The book, Secret, is a wonderful book offering the process of vision manifestation. This book says, ‘Be in alignment’, which means that it is ONLY when you are happy that your visions come true. So, we need to be in a state of ‘okayness’ or, better still, happiness, or gratitude, for a vision to [...]
