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I opened the sketchbook she gave me as a gift, and it read..
Resolution of energies that lingered longer than they should have I was brought into the spiritual realm by a sudden awakening in 2017.Before that, spiritual reading was a tiny part of my life. After it, it became the soul of what I read and what I expressed. My awakening was too young and fragile. It…
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On Mourning What Cannot Be Kept, The Grief That Arrived Before the Loss
Trees, family, and the quiet work of letting go This house was built 25 years ago, and the year we moved in, I found a mango tree near the house.I shifted it to the vacant plot in front of the house, and our home was complete.It found a garden. Years went by, and the garden…
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The Price We Pay for Wanting the World to Be Predictable
Society, Fear, and the Illusion of Control Society is built on rewards and punishment. The moment tribes began to function as communities under authoritarian rule, corruption followed. The same is true of families. When tribes were divided into families, parents gradually took on the role of controllers. And control is almost always enforced through fear—by…
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What Is an Unmarried Man in His late 30s doing in a Country Obsessed With Marriage?
On flourishing, virtue, and the quiet luxury of living on one’s own terms What is an unmarried man in his 40s doing in a country that is obsessed with marriage and children? I will never forget the day when I was about to be a father. My girlfriend rang me to tell me the “good…
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The Courage to Be Simple
On reflection, failure, returning, and meeting life without resistance. Over the course of hundreds of blogs that I have written, people have started to perceive me as an academic. I don’t mind labels, as long as they are not mine. But at this milestone-where I am curating all my work, all that I know, and…
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It’s not about what you do to yourself, it’s about what you do for yourself
The River of You: Writings from the Source Within I wrote mostly about writing and the creative process in the beginning. That was at the top of my mind. Although writing was and is a spiritual experience. It is only recently that I have come to acknowledge it. My writing leans towards spirituality. That is…
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How to become irreplaceable?
I still remember what my drawing master told me. I went to him to show my drawing and said, “ I like it, but no one draws like this.” He said, “You do”. That moment changed my perspective towards things. You are a unique individual, having a unique experience. And so is your expression unique to…
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How to become irreplaceable?
I still remember what my drawing master told me. I went to him to show my drawing and said, ” I like it, but no one draws like this.”He said, “You do”. That moment changed my perspective towards things.You are a unique individual, having a unique experience.And so is your expression unique to you.No one…
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Becoming Whole Again: A Journey Through Body, Soul, and Style
How Walking, Fashion, and Self-Love Are Reclaiming My Life I love fashion. Clothes are to the body, like thoughts are to the mind. You can have wonderful thoughts, but some days are filled with bad ones. Meditation can bring you to the naked state of awareness. A state in which everything is an extension of…
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Will you do it even if it is the end of the world?
Do not sacrifice who you are Life has been a roller coaster for me since 2000. I have tried many things and failed at all. Monetarily, I have paid a heavy price for living a life of passion. Momently, I have enjoyed every single bit of it. I am in my late thirties, and soon…
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