What a wonderful place the world would be if everyone worked in harmony and everything went as planned. Instead, we subsist as modern day warriors, living from situation to situation, planning and expecting things to work as per plan. When they don’t, we worry, oblivious to how worry takes over our mind, making us fret […]
. It was a pleasant late morning in Vienna. After visiting the famous Schonbrunn Palace, doing a step or two to the tune of the Emperor Waltz there in the crowded ballroom, and after buying a souvenir, a beautiful cup and saucer with the portrait of Empress Elizabeth Sisi, we were on our way to […]
Life is struggle. Thou, Ahura Mazda, has ordained that man shall always fight ignorance, destitution, disease and vice. Man, in his madness, fights man instead. Man is all men’s brother, as woman is all women’s sister. Yet every man is against his fellow-men and a neighbour gnashes his teeth on his neighbour. Man has organized […]
January (Lucky Number- 1; Lucky Tarot Card- Magician): The divine energy blesses you this month. A favourable time for those who wish to start a partnership. You could buy new property or renovate existing ones. Your confidence is your greatest strength. Clear your confusions. February January (Lucky Number- 10; Lucky Tarot Card- Justice): Fortune favours you this month. […]
On a lovely afternoon, Meherbai’s Mandli met for a Club Lunch. Meherbai and her group of girls (all over 75) thought of going on a cruise “atleast once before we die,” as Freny Fatakri put it. “We’ll all have to work on our Kanjoos and lazy husbands and talk them into it,” said Naju Malai-No-Khaju. Said Meherbai, “Lets’ decide […]
Myth: Mount Damavand in Iran is a mountain in Northern Iran where a demon is enchained. Therefore, it would be improper to call it holy or to revere it! It is a beautiful mountain. It is the tallest mountain in Iran, but, there is nothing holy about it! Fact: Mount Damavand is indeed the highest […]
The Parsi Community has a number of travel and tour operators who provide religious tours as well as vacation travel-packages for visiting our holy places. However, the one name that stands out from the rest is ‘Dini Travels’, founded by 67-year-old Diniar Mehta, who has, for over the past four decades, grown to become the […]
(Makes 2 kgs cake) Ingredients: Flour – 400 gm Butter – 400 gm Icing Sugar – 500 gm Milk – 250 ml Eggs – 10 Vanilla essence – ½ cap or 1tbsp. Mawa (fresh) – 500 gm Baking Powder – 5 gm Method: Pre-heat oven to 180°C. In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and […]
Ancient Indian literature always referred to the mind as a monkey – jumping from one branch to another i.e. one useless thought to another. To counteract this, the Smritis teach us Mansik-Ekagrata or centering the mind. A centered mind is free of worries and emotions. It is quiet, at peace, concentrated and focused. But it is not […]
Heaven is the best and the shining and the all happy abode of the righteous. So bright is its light that words can describe it not, nor tongue can tell. Beyond compare is the bliss that the denizens of heaven enjoy. It is the place of eternal peace and rest and joy. Ahura Mazda, the […]
મરહુમ મહારાજ શ્રી સ્વયંજ્યોતિના સહકાર્યકર્તા જયેશ એમ. ગોસ્વામી . ARIES | મેષ: અ.લ.ઈ. બુધની દિનદશા ચાલુ હોવાથી તમે નાણાકીય બાબતમાં પરેશાન નહીં થાવ. બુધની કૃપાથી આવકમાં વધારો થવાના ચાન્સ છે. તમે તમારી બુધ્ધિ વાપરીને પારકાને પોતાના કરી લેશો. તમારા કામને જલ્દી પૂરા કરવા માટે સાથે કામ કરનારનો સાથ મળી જશે. બીજાને સમજાવી શકશો. નાનું ઈનવેસ્ટમેન્ટ […]