As I journey through life!
There is a wonderful video on YouTube 'How To Keep Your Heart Open In Hell' with a voiceover from Baba Ram Dass, which explains the existential quandary of our human-spiritual journey rather beautifully. He quotes Master Thich Nhat Hanh's poem, which goes thus: "My joy is like spring, so warm it makes flowers bloom in... Continue Reading →
On the evening of 24th April, one of the brothers from the Sai Lakshmi Bajan group sang ‘Sai Pita Aur Mata Sai’ as part of the love offering to commemorate Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s Mahasamadhi day.As the soulful bajan rang in the air, the beauty of sat [truth] was so palpable. And what is the... Continue Reading →
As I was thinking of writing a post this morning, the below verse by the Master played in the speaker. That put a smile on my face, as I was just contemplating the theme of no separate self, and this non-dual verse played out. Listen to the beauty, before we jump right in 🙂 https://www.youtube.com/embed/Fii6paDtqRA... Continue Reading →
"Happiness is peace in motion. Peace is happiness at rest." I was listening to a Satsang by Rupert Spira this morning, where the above-mentioned quote by/attributed to Naval Ravikant was used as a pointer. What a lovely quote to sit with! If earlier, the society talked about being spiritual in a human world, now we... Continue Reading →
It is the most distant course that comes nearest to thyself, and that training is the most intricate which leads to the utter simplicity of a tune. The traveller has to knock at every alien door to come to his own, and one has to wander through all the outer worlds to reach the innermost... Continue Reading →
One finds a lot of hesitancy in people to open up and be fully/truly them. This is obviously a learnt behaviour. Why is 'hypocrisy' a given? Because people fear that they will be blamed, shamed, judged, criticised, and what not. They feel unsafe to be who they are, just as they are. The beauty of... Continue Reading →
The Unmistakables, a UK based Diversity and Inclusion firm published 'The Diversity & Confusion Report' recently, where they draw attention to how certain %ge of people still feel unincluded in D&I narratives, how few others don't involve themselves for saying the wrong thing, while certain others don't feel the need to participate, among others. (Check... Continue Reading →
A friend shared a book called ‘Sensitive is the New Strong’ by Anita Moorjani, a book focused on handling sensitivity for empaths. I don’t read too much into labels because we are more than any of the labels that define us. However, living with sensitivity is not easy… (Even then: I would still any day... Continue Reading →
Finding meaning... 