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The Life That Is Happening
I write what I have lived.I write what I have wished. Reading and writing are counterparts. Reading is breathing in, writing is breathing out. We just become everything we love. The world was never meant to be a competition of appearances. It was meant to be a gallery of individuality, where every person adds their…
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Move the Way Love Makes You Move
You are absolutely capable of creating the life you cannot stop thinking about. Free will is a miracle that liberates you from the claws of fate. Throughout the day, we are given so many opportunities to be grateful for:the food we eat, the love we receive, and the air we breathe. What a privilege it…
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What Does It Mean to Live—and What Does It Mean to Be Alive?
On honesty, privacy, and the quiet difference between surviving and being I wake up at three every morning to write these blogs.I am awake and aware while my world is still sleeping. Quietly. And then life begins—at a familiar rhythm of roles, responsibilities, and identities.I make sure I am done writing before sunrise. Before accumulated…
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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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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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What will you spill if your life is shaken?
A phase in life when you can only rise Spiritually, we are all falling endlessly. The more the mind is exhausted, the more the spirit rises. The life of an awakened person is shaken and taken by a storm. All the illusions that were held by the mind are demolished. You create what you think. …
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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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The joy of missing out
I was exhausted and slept for 24 hrs straight. If you stare at the blank screen, it’s not because of artist’s block. It is due to a lack of clarity. I haven’t written for a while. Too much was going around. Not writing felt like a crucial part of my day that was missing. No…
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Keep your temper – Accepting the World as a Part of You
Embracing the World as an Extension of Yourself The universe is mental. The world is judgemental. We like to give verdicts – right, wrong, good, bad, ethical, unethical. Black and White. To save energy in understanding something, we take a shortcut to label it. Call it a name and be done with it. This is…
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CONTENTMENT
CONTENTMENT A Journey of Letting Go, Awakening, and Creative Expression There is something about childhood that stays with us as an adults. We have most of the first experiences in our childhood. The first kiss, witnessing the death of a grandparent, friendship, domestic fights and so on. Our worldview is shaped in our childhood. And…