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It's fragile, but it will survive
LIFE AND THE CHALLENGE OF UNCERTAINTY Will you make the ends meet? I play with my 8-month-old nephew every day. I make sure to take out time to reciprocate the unconditional love and trust he showers on me. I was captivated by his innocent eyes, while I reflected on the journey of writing these entries every…
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Take a shower, you are holy
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…
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Be satisfied and then see what's missing
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.…
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Declare yourself unsuccessful — Live life like a badass
LET DIVINE GET A CHANCE TO ACT Ending life means “now what?”; declaring the failure means “So what?” I was trying to ends meet in the lockdown. In that moment I only prayed that no one should go through such a situation again. No one should suffer so much that, he is enable to put a piece…
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Why is suffering blissful?
A JOURNEY WITHIN AND BEYOND Unraveling the Paradoxes of Happiness, Pain, and Enlightenment We are suffering the life. Until we discover that life is not happening to us, we are happening to life. A mind that is not liberated is caught up in the drama of daily life. A mind that is liberated uses the conflicts…
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Be Conscious, not Cautious — We live in a polarised world
YOU ARE THE CAUSE OF ILLUSION Change begins with you When I used to work with marginalised communities in India, I saw power and glamour play a vital role in shaping the collective consciousness of the community. An aspirational image that we call mainstream, and a constant chase by the so-called weaklings to participate in the mainstream.…
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I Forget
FORGETTING IS FREEDOM Navigating the Ephemeral Dance of Love and Hate I read, write and draw. And forget about it. I fight, love and relate. And forget about it. I am glad, happy and sad. And forget about it. I am bliss. Forget it. Love is as resentful as hate. All the ships in the friendship, love-ship, partnership…
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I keep secrets, I am honest
POWER OF TRUTH Navigating Resistance on the Spiritual Path with Honesty Resistance, Resistance, Resistance! The mind has so many ways to create resistance. When I feel resistance, I always know that I am trying to hide something. That, I am not being able to honest about something. It is largely because of the spiritual nature of my…
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Bring contentment to life, you are short on time
HAPPY? What have you done for yourself? We are moving towards death by every ticking sound of the clock. Tik-tok, tik-tok.. We got no time. When we were young days were long. I had so much time in the day that I could spend hours gazing at the birds and Gazelles in the Forest. When…
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How to be consistent, without following a discipline
TEAR OFF YOUR TIMETABLE Find your rhythm of creativity The edutainment industry is diverting people from a rat race to a herd mentality. When I read books about “being successful” I feel everybody talks about the same trends in the industry which are bound to wear out shortly. As an artist, as a writer and…