Top 12 New Year Resolutions

Beginning of the year is a good time to hitch on to some good habits and best practices. Get wise, keep fit and have the faith! Remember, you have nothing to lose. Here're 12 resolutions you can take up this year...

GET WISE
1. Be a Better Person in Body, Mind & Intellect: Here're 8 things you can do to inculcate and assimilate the essential values into your personality.

2. Attain Peace of Mind, and Enhance Your Mental Stability & Equanimity: Discover the10 commandments of attaining peace of mind and learn how to approach opposed feelings with a sense of equanimity.

3. Kill Pride, Ego and Arrogance & Jealousy: Find out how to keep your ego,arrogance and pride at bay.

And don't ever let jealousy trouble you.

4. Start Reading the Scriptures: The vedas, the upnishads the bhagavad-gita and the epics. have all the knowledge you need to make your earthly existence much more meaningful and wise.

STAY HEALTHY

5. Begin a Breathing Exercise: This is a stepping step to staying healthy, fit and energetic. Spare a few moments and find out more about 'pranayama'.

6. Reap the Benefits of Yoga: Check out the basics of this time-tested physical discipline before you get stated.

7. Meditate Regularly: Mastering your mind through meditation may work wonders for your health and happiness. Check out the techniques of meditations.

8. Become a Vegan: If you're not yet a vegetrain find out the benefits of being one.

LIVE SPIRITUALLY

9. Pray to God Everyday of the Year: Prayers can make you strong! Find out why and how to pray discover the power of chanting various mantras, including the gayatri mantra.

10. Practice Dual Religion: Whether you're a hindu or not, whether you belong to the east or west, experiencing the best of both worlds can be most meaningful.

11. Set up a Puja Room for Yourself: a place for puja and prayers can change the way you relate to the divine. So can listening to devotional music. Check out this top 5 list of music for relaxation.

12. Go on a Pilgrimage, or Visit a nearby Temple regularly: Visiting holy places and temples can be a welcome change from your humdrum routine. Read how to plan for a pilgrimage Or find a temple near you (Remember, wherever you are, you're not far from the Absolute!).

Source:Hindustanis.org