Swami Mukundananda

What are the things one should remember before asking God for something? Some people ask God to bestow material prosperity, become rich, and so on. It's like a child asking for a bunch of chocolates when taken to a jewelry shop by her mother. Similarly, God is an Ocean of Bliss, so why not ask for something that will fully satiate the soul? Listen more to learn as Swami Mukundananda relates an Eye-Opening story to explain what we should seek from God in this Episode of the 'Golden Rules for Living your Best Life' series.

On this auspicious Ram Navami week, Swami Mukundananda relates to us the untold story of the Divine Birth of Lord Ram. The virtuous and noble King of Ayodhya, Dasharatha has grown old and had a desire to have a child. He approached Sage Vasishtha and upon his instructions performed a Yagya or a ritual to please the Sun God to beget a child. The Yagya got completed successfully, the Fire god appeared after the Yagya and handed Dasharatha a pot of Kheer which Dasharatha distributed evenly to his three queens. The princes were conceived after the consumption of the Kheer. Months passed by after that and the time of the Divine Birth or the Avatar of Lord Ram came close. The Festivities started in Ayodhya in full swing, the river Sarayu was overflowing with joy and when the Sun reached its peak in the noon, in that auspicious moment, Kaushalya gave birth to Lord Ram. Kaikeyi gave birth to Bharata. Sumitra gave birth to Lakshmana and Shatrughna. King Dasharatha, the queens and the whole of Ayodhya was overjoyed to hear the news of the birth of the four sons. The Birthday of Lord Ram is celebrated as Ram Navami every year. It falls on the Ninth day of the Chaitra Navratri. On this special day, whoever prays to Lord Ram and Mother Sita with full Faith gets all the auspiciousness and their grace.

Getting better 1% every day: How it changes your life? Many people underestimate the power of small decisions to improve their life. Life is all about course corrections. Suppose you want to develop a beneficial habit that will change your life. In that case, you only need to make a small decision today - For example, reading the Golden Rules for Living your Best Life and implementing 1 Gem of Wisdom from it daily for a year. Very much doable - Isn't it? Listen more to learn as Swami Mukundananda relates a few inspiring examples to explain how small decisions to get better every day gains momentum over the long term and changes your life.

Gossiping is one of the destructive habits in life where one engages in casual conversation about another person, sometimes finding faults, etc. The habit of gossiping is very toxic to the mind and our personality. Besides, there are adverse karmic reactions when we gossip about someone and find faults with them. How, then, to avoid it? Listen more to learn as Swami Mukundananda explains it in detail in this episode

What life skills are most important to our success? There is an IQ or an intelligence quotient that determines one's mental reasoning ability. It's a score widely used to measure a person's intelligence. However, far more important than IQ are some of the life skills one must possess to achieve ultimate success. What are they? How does it work? Listen more to learn as Swami Mukundananda relates a few real-world examples to explain it in detail in this episode of 'Golden Rules for Living your Best life' series.

What happens when you Visualize God in your mind during meditation? More importantly, how to do it? The easiest way to attach your Mind to God and bring focus is to meditate upon the image of God. This technique is called 'Roop Dhyan' meditation which Jagadguru Shri Kripaluji Maharaj, the 5th Original Jagadguru of this world, emphasized throughout his life. When you practice Roop Dhyan sincerely, God will bestow his divine power into your meditation. What will happen after that? But how to even start visualizing God during your meditation? Given that the material mind cannot perceive God's Divine form. Listen more to learn as Swami Mukundananda answers all the above questions. Get inspired to do the 'Roop Dhyan' meditation of God every day.

How to deal with negative people in life? People have big dreams and goals. However, what stops their progress is allowing the mind to get disturbed due to the opinions of people with negative mindsets. What, then, is the best way to respond to negative people? Listen more to learn as Swami Mukundananda explains it in detail in this episode of this 'Golden Rules for Living your Best life' series.

Miracles of God are happening all around us. If that's the case, what prevents one from seeing them? The answer is quite simple - We want all the graces of God to come in the way we expect, without realizing God has his ways of gracing us. How, then, to develop the right mindset to experience the miracles of God in our life? Listen more to learn as Swami Mukundananda relates a heart-touching story to explain it in detail.

Getting better at managing our time is critical to achieving maximum productivity. God has gifted us 24 hours or 1440 minutes to spend every day. The question is - How to utilize them in the best possible way? To get more things done in less time and never waste time, we must discipline ourselves with a few habits we must enforce every day. What are they? How do the top 1% of successful people do it? Listen more to learn as Swami Mukundananda explains it in detail in this episode of this 'Golden Rules for Living your Best Life' series.

Do you know one of the top reasons why Relationships break? It's due to poor communication, and it is for this reason maintaining healthy relationships requires conscious effort every day. Why? Because one miscommunication could ruin years of friendship or any other relationships in life and result in long-term regrets. Fortunately, it's straightforward to maintain healthy relationships and friendships when you get better at your communication. Listen more to learn as Swami Mukundananda explains the four communication rules to maintain healthy relationships in this episode of the 'Golden Rules for Living your Best Life' series.