Rituals Before Inspiration When you are asleep, the mind explodes helplessly.The gates are resting, and the boundaries are blurred between real and unreal.Some nights are insightful dreams; some are nightmares.Nonetheless, the day you start largely depends on how you slept the previous night. Studies from scholars like Freud suggest that a dream is an unfulfilled … Read more
An inquiry into illness, impermanence, and awareness Is our growth really confined to the physical condition? I got stuck with a lifestyle disease, and it changed my perspective on life completely. Hospital visits, tests, and online counselling sessions suddenly became an integral part of my life. I gained weight, all the blood tests were off … Read more
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 … Read more
An inquiry into the mind’s fragility, the ego’s illusions, and the freedom found in awareness. Critical Thinking and Spirituality Psychology, Philosophy and Spirituality intersect at critical thinking. Psychology aims at human development. Philosophy addresses the quality of life. Spirituality is the very nature of thoughts. At some point in life, these three perspectives towards critical … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
A Journey from Seeking to Being, from Chaos to Inner Stillness Life is unfair. Because you are not fair to life. We assume that things will go according to our whims and fancies. We plan way ahead of our time. School – College – Job – Marriage – Children – Retirement. You can elaborate as … Read more
NOT ANTI, NOR PRO There is nothing more persistent in life than the life itself I have fallen many times in my life and had to stand up again. Regardless of what you call success and failure, life goes on. There is nothing more persistent than life in the life itself No matter how many times you … Read more
NATURE OF AWAKENED MIND Wash your mind Taking bath holds a significance in Indian Culture. You take a bath before going to the temple and praying. You take a bath if a crow or lizard touches you. You take a bath when you come back from a funeral. You take a bath in the rivers and pray … Read more
FULFIL YOUR MIND, LIKE A CHILD Why living an extreme will help you find yourself? I have seen both the polarities of the mind and physical existence. Poverty — Richness, Depression — Euphoria, Duality — Non Duality. I don’t believe, what I have seen. As it all lacked the essence of life. I have discarded all of it not deliberately, but mindfully. … Read more