Art Is Creating a World Others Can’t See
Art is giving birth to something as yet unborn....
Art is giving birth to something as yet unborn....
My experience of the deep spiritual process of Nirahara Samyama during Navaratri 2020....
This song plays in my head on repeat mode sometimes. Sometimes my thoughts wander around and end up on this song. It is not really the song itself, but rather the spirit it captures, that I love: We can be heroes. At the end of the...
I go through phases in life: phases where I am running and phases where I wish I were running. There is no in-between. About 8 months ago, I developed a condition which caused me immense shortness of breath and weakness. The pollution worsened it, probably. The...
First things first, I'm not sure if I will exit social media, or when I will, but it is definitely on my list, and has been on my mind of late, and there are some pressing reasons for it. This post is about that. Some time...
One of the biggest blessings of my life was being born into a vegetarian family. Being a vegetarian by birth is a luxury few can lay claims on. I see so many ppl struggle with vegetarian cooking & moving away from meat. I don't judge...
Someone who is not doing what you are doing can never grasp the problems and challenges you face in what you are doing, and how rotten it feels when you are not able to do what you set out to do as well as you...
I'm one of those people who love cherishing the romanticized idea that passion for something and loving what you do is what decides how well you do it, and how successful you are in it. I'm not wrong. But I have to admit, that I am...
My story of how my spiritual life started with Ganesha when I was too little to even know Him....
My way of dealing with such people is: move or you will be moved. ...
Anyone who knows me knows that I have always been a tea aficionado. Tea and I go way back....
I have always wondered what it takes to have patience...
The idea of easy and tough is different for different people. For one, running may be tough, and for another, not running. Being a runner for a long time, suddenly being told to not go running is something I wasn't prepared for. Except that I...
"Knowing the future suffering, ends the future suffering."...
"Imposter Syndrome" is just the psychiatrist jargon for feeling like you are not as good as others think you are....
To anyone who really knows me, they will know that I take health breaks every few days. It is not any grand secret. It is a part of my life, and something I have learnt to live with, and manage. But what many don't know is...
This must be one of the quotes I have pondered over for the longest time, and very often. It says a lot, and yet, many people misunderstand it all the time. 99% of the times when people say they will "try," what they really mean is...
I have always known that love is a more powerful force than anger. ...
Writing a book is quite unlike writing anything else. QUITE.It is like letting your brain & every other sense organ get fried in the content that you are writing.It means you go to sleep thinking about it, and wake up with it. It means food,...
In my recent travels, I met a little kitten. Rather, she found me. Or maybe, I was drawn to her. You get the idea. She looked almost like a miniature version of my Cookie. She warmed up to me immediately. Started rubbing on my feet,...
An eternal revelation, a mystery, a conscious fire, a happening, an immeasurable energy, an ocean of mysticism, a congregation of enlightened beings, a place beyond space and time – and, a completion of lifetimes. Kailash, the abode of Shiva. The place where the entire cosmos...
In the year 2008, I was depressed. “Depressed” is too small a word actually. I am depressed every now and then even now, that’s not such a big deal though. It’s like having a cough or cold, it disappears in 2-3 days. In 2008, I...
There are times in life, rare times like this one, where I undergo a complete dismantling. I look, sound, appear “normal.” But I am actually delirious. ...
I thought dreams are what drive us forward. But I feel like I’m living something like my own version of Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut. ...
I completed two levels of Nirahara Samyama. Now the real challenge begins. I have already come this far before. I already knew I can come this far. The next level is the one yet to master. ...
Today, I decided to solve a problem for myself, for once and for all. I wanted to identify what are the things that "put me off," why they do so, and resolve them in one way or the other....
Being misunderstood has a lot to do with these opinions generally flying around. People wanting to box you into one category or another; one stereotype or another. ...
This was just an overwhelming love for Krishna which I wanted to express with my paints. ...
"Samyama" is a Sanskrit word that is sandhi of "sam" and "yama." It literally translates to bringing balance to and being in tune with all of nature. ...
Not everyone who writes is a “writer.” To be a writer is to be many things at the same time. ...
You don't need to looooowe Mondays. But you don't need to hate it too. You can love both weekends and weekdays. ...
A seasoned warrior tries to avoid battles many times. That is not his weakness. It’s his compassion. ...
Feelings were a big problem. Thoughts you can discard. Feelings tend to persist. ...
They love attention. They hate being ignored. ...
The act of creation, by definition, is creating life, it’s giving life to something. And whenever there is creation, there has to be destruction ...
To make art you need inspiration. When you make art, you share that inspiration with scores of people. Yet, what happens if you run out of fuel? ...
In some ways, my life had just begun. I another way, it was already looking bleak and hopeless because I didn't know what life was for. ...
The cause of Chris Cornell's death was hanging. What was the cause of hanging? Depression doesn't kill people. Pills do. ...
Fluoride is a poison. Anything told to you differently, is a lie, sugar-coated in more poison. ...
Why Eid is the Biggest Massacre Unstopped by Animal Rights Organizations ...
For one person, creativity could be solving mathematical equations; for another, it could be sewing hand bags..what is your creative niche?...
Whether you think about it or not, whether you agree with it or not, whether you express it or not, you are creative. ...