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How does one express spirituality? The most basic way is through one's deeds. These deeds involve being a better human being who is sensitive towards other human beings, that is, being humane. This is the guiding theme of this year's World Confluence on Humanity, Power and Spirituality. Organised by the Srei Foundation, Business Economics and the Institute of Inspiration and Self-Development, the annual World Confluence, has since the last four years, sought to bring together people from different career paths onto a common platform whose hallmark is spirituality through service. Eschewing doctrinaire and divisive interpretation of religion, the World Confluence seeks a commingling of the beliefs and practices of different faiths, which elevate and empower the mind, soul and body. The purpose is to harmonise thoughts with actions, and bring unity rather than create divisions among people of different faiths; the binding factor is the expression of spirituality through h...

Volumes have been written on ghosts and spirits and haunted houses. People have reported seeing apparitions and shadows and have heard their near and dear ones who have died long back. I am sure the reader would have also seen TV programmes or heard such stories. Some of you may even have experienced such happenings in your own homes. All this is not just in the mind — it is real. Our scriptures talk in detail about the afterlife and ghosts and spirits, and also explain the reason for their existence. On leaving the body, the spirit hovers around the physical remains for a period of 13 days. This period can become longer or unending depending upon the spirit’s attachment to its body, house, property or near and dear ones. The spirit may also stay on because of your thought — if your thought is very strongly attached to the departed soul and you are not releasing it, then that can also tie the soul to the place of its physical existence or to you. The spirit has no relations, ...