Like dance or music, life should be a balance between chaos and orderliness. Human beings live in misery because they go to extremes; they either impose too much structures on themselves or go full hippie.

Freedom of soul translates into power of body-mind. To free the soul from Karmic burdens, you should first know what is Karma and What is soul? Why does soul record everything body-mind does? Is there a way to stop it from doing so? Is there a way to erase everything it has recorded?

If this happens in my life, I will live happily thereafter.' No. This will give happiness only for a few days. Then things will be same again and you will pin your hopes of happiness on something else. Learn to live the present moment.

Human beings have a unique ability to turn anything into suffering. Imagine that humans have started flying like birds. Flying has become a status symbol. Living on the ground is considered shameful. There is a mad competition to stay in the sky all the time. People don't land. They suffer. Counsellors teach how to ease stress of flying. And spiritual Gurus say, "You fools! It's OK to land and live in peace.

A person wanted to live a free life. She is depressed because she got stuck in marriage and children. Another person is living a free hippie life. She is depressed because her life seems like a kite without string. The only constant in her life are the tattoos on her body.

When you get a day off from painful routine, you feel happy. When somebody quotes double price and then gives a little discount, you feel happy. Happiness is a trick. Seek freedom, not happiness. Then you will also get freedom to create your own happiness.

You may not be happy with what you have. But if all of it is taken away from you and then given back, you will become happy with it. You become happy with what you freshly get, not with what you already have.

When school-going teenagers say that life will be good after they join college, it's understandable. But if you're 30+ and still believe that your life will be good in future when XYZ happens, you just don't want to see through the illusion of Time.

When you don't have job, you want job. When you have job, you want transfer. When you get transfer, you want increment. When you get increment, you want loan. When you get loan, you want leave. When will you stop chasing illusions and turn inward?