Imagine a person working on a computer that has viruses. He is busy typing, but the computer is hung. A computer expert informs him, "Sir, you need to install an anti-virus." He responds curtly, "Don't disturb me; I am busy."

This ultimate defeat in the form of death is just not acceptable for our minds, filled as they are with dreams and schemes for enjoyment. Consequently despite periodic reminders of death through disasters, accidents and attacks, we live primarily by the denial of death. Actually death is an indirect reminder of eternal life, just as pain is an indirect reminder of good health.

Krishna as God is a mesmerizing blend of greatness and sweetness. For the demoniac, Krishna’s sweetness gives way to his greatness… But for the devotees, Krishna’s greatness gives way to his sweetness.

Statistical surveys have shown that the religiously committed are less likely to succumb to seeking perverted pleasures. Adopting religious principles rigorously also sometimes helps addicts to free themselves.

By the power of the latest technology, humans can now fly in the sky like the birds and swim in the water like the acquatics?

Most people decide what they eat based mainly on taste, cost, habit, nutrition and convenience. But for those who are a little more thoughtful, here are some other points worth considering.

Television is not run by social workers interested in the benefit of the audience. T.V. is run by businessman who are ready to do anything and everything to maximize their profits.

Meet Mr. Befooled! He has a broad smile on his face. He is thinking, “Just see how clever I am! I have outwitted my doctor.” Sometime ago, he was afflicted by a severe cardiac pain. His doctor prescribed an expensive medicine and a cheap painkiller. After he started the treatment, his pain subsided.

One of the most significant scientific developments of the last century was the discovery of the mind - body connection

Most people today have been led to believe that science can explain – or soon will explain – all natural phenomena – including the origin of life and the universe. Not many of them get to know that this notion is a belief that is only a few centuries old.

The Gita explains that God is the source, the essence and the best of everything. So, of worshipers of God, God alone is the best. Therefore, as Radha, God is the supreme worshiper, and as Krishna, God is the supreme worshiped. both par excellence.

Once a person prayed to God, "Please give me a flower and a butterfly for my garden". When he opened his eyes, he found a cactus and a caterpillar instead. He was dismayed and wondered why God had misunderstood his request.

Most people assume that they can't enjoy life because they don't have enough money. But obesity statistics show that, even if they get all the money in the world to eat whatever they like as much as they like, still they will not be able to enjoy unlimitedly because their body limits their capacity to enjoy - inescapably.

Science "conquered" space – and realized how little it knew about space. To the uninformed, space missions proved human greatness. To the well informed, they showed human smallness. Space research reveals that there are more stars in the universe than all the grains of sand on all the beaches of earth, and our sun is just one of these cosmic grains.

Of course we can all be heroes too - in service to the supreme hero, like Hanuman. Unfortunately our society portrays the Ravana tendency as heroic and the Hanuman propensity as obsolete. The festival of Dussehra commemorates the ultimate defeat of Ravana and reminds us of the destiny that awaits our society, if it continues in its godless selfishness.

The silly point is that we protest about the star shown as a smoker, but not about the same star being shown as a drug-dealing gangster or an underworld don. When movies blatantly exhibit sex, rape, addictions, crime, violence and murder, and when movie stars are today’s perverse role models, isn’t it silly to be shocked when the same happens in society?

The modern media with its vivid depiction of violence portrays anger as a heroic quality, as the quintessential psyche of the macho man. But is it really? Most people recognize that in real life anger is not a pleasant emotion, yet they savor the violent scenes in the movies.