Whatever catches our attention catches us

In contemporary culture, the advertising industry offers us visual confirmation of an important teaching of the Bhagavad-gita repeatedly, even constantly. The Gita (02.62 -63) describes how giving our attention to any object stimulates irrational desires that impel us...

Are we being destroyed by distraction?

Just as weapons of mass destruction can destroy thousands of bodies, weapons of mass distraction – the mass media – can destroy thousands of minds. Let’s see how. All of us are innately pleasure-seeking. Usually, our search for pleasure is primarily...

Our values are our real valuables

Our happiness depends not on our valuables, but on our values. Why? Because our values shapehow we use our valuables, which actually determines our happiness. If our values are materialistic, then we use our valuables to enjoy materially and to accumulate more...