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Reflections for Daily Living

The Mukta Center blog shares weekly insights on mindfulness, psychology, and the art of living in the present moment. You’ll find simple practices to quiet the mind, reflections on freedom and clarity, and fresh perspectives on health, relationships, and purpose—plus previews from upcoming ebooks and workshops. It’s a way to stay connected, inspired, and supported as you bring more awareness into daily life. 

Awareness and The Shadow

by | February 27, 2026 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Awareness is the space of presence within each of us. Yet it is often described as something separate from our personality, separate from our thoughts. In fact, personality is frequently portrayed as the obstacle — the very thing that blocks access to this clear inner...
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Part of the Incredible All

by | February 14, 2026 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Life is astonishing - enigmatic, mysterious, and profoundly alive. Each day is a living miracle, yet we often move through it absorbed in its demands and routines. Even our bodies reveal this miracle. We are literally composed of stardust, formed from atoms that...
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Two Lenses on the Mind

by | February 6, 2026 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Two Lenses on the Mind: Western Psychology and Yoga Human beings have always tried to understand one central mystery — the mind. Why do we think the way we do? Why do certain patterns repeat throughout our lives? Why can insight sometimes change everything, while at...
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Imagination

Imagination

by | Jan 24, 2026 |

Imagination: The faculty or action of forming new ideas, images, or concepts.The ability of the mind to be creative or resourceful. Fanciful or hallucinatory expressions—and even experiences or imaginations—are “sound without substance”: empty words, phrases, or...

On ‘Being’

On ‘Being’

by | Jan 12, 2026 |

For many, there remains a deep confusion about what being actually refers to. Becoming is relatively easy to grasp—it is visible in effort, ambition, growth, change, and activity. But what is meant by this idea of an ever-present center of awareness within—a core of...

Compassion

Compassion

by | Dec 31, 2025 |

Love is the burning point of life, and since all life is sorrowful, so is love. The stronger the love, the more the pain… Love itself is a pain, you might say, the pain of being truly alive.— Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth What a profound and unsettling message....