NATURE AND THE SPIRIT The idea behind starting a new publication It would be an easy catch to assume that Raw Nature is solely about wildlife and travelogues. It\’s something like national geographic. But it is not only about wildlife and has nothing to do with facts and Wikipedia about everything that is nature. Moreover, Raw … Read more
DO YOU KNOW WHAT’S NEXT? Why did the monk enter the marketplace? No one knows why life was created on the planet. No one knows why we are given this opportunity to live this life. Life is a constant influx of change, from event to event, from moment to moment. Life is flux still we are … Read more
AUTHENTICITY MATTERS Ways to find an audience for your voice Authenticity is a decision not to sacrifice the message I write from the sense of belonging in myself. No matter where I am, or what I am doing, I belong to myself. It is also true that I belong to this world. Hence the jeopardy of … Read more
EXPRESS OR EXPLODE A Spiritual Perspective If you suppress a thought it will erupt, if you suppress the masses they will rebel. This is the very reason why the masses are kept under anaesthesia of consumerism. To suppress the rebellion. You are suppressed — whether you know it or you don’t You are hacked — whether you know it or … Read more
UNBORN STATE OF MIND How to have an empty mind? A mind explodes helplessly. Proliferating thoughts. Thoughts are dynamic energies of the mind. Energies you cannot skip but transcend. Many “Gurus” advise the seeker to suppress the thoughts. Having thought, and having a mind is deemed unspiritual. They also claim that they don’t have thoughts or even … Read more
DON’T SOUND LIKE EVERYONE ELSE Will you write what fits the conventional notions or honour your own voice? Many writers and artists who are starting out feel that their voice is unheard. This is largely because their work is not seen yet. Their efforts as an illustrator or a blogger are not getting the exposure that it … Read more
AWARENESS IS NEVER ON HOLIDAY Why a spiritual person should stay away from it? What you read in the scriptures was written for the people of that time. Lineages might offer you the wisdom to demolish the mind, but they utterly fail to convey the way of life. If it promotes Asceticism, you seize to be a … Read more
BE STILL The beauty of incremental growth Life is not an affair of a day. Life is lifelong. As long as you spend time on this earth, life goes on. And so the affair with the life. A play that has millions of acts to it and thousands of episodes. It is beautiful to live … Read more
GIFT OF PRESENT Don’t let the spirituality be reason for Procrastination We work. Everyday. When we are asleep, our body is still working, our mind is still working. Then why do we struggle to get things done? Why do we wait for the inspiration to strike? Why do we abandon a task, when interrupted? Because we … Read more
LION’S ROAR It means a lot Courage means to stand tall despite all the adversities. Courage means to withdraw from the greatest battles of the thought in your mind. Courage is to disengage from the rat race. The rat race of achieving mentally, physically and spiritually only because someone else is doing it. It means to … Read more