Dear Arm, let me take you to that place where sunlight floods the skin and seeps through every pore, slowly drenching every cell with its cosmic goodness. You will feel it, I know. And in that place, where time gobbles itself out of existence and space is boundless, you will hear the sweet, soundless music […]
Invitation to an Injured arm Read More »
How do I let the timeless, eternal ‘I’ encounter the time and space-bound I? When the latter is in physical pain, for instance, how do I replace it with the pain-free I? The ‘I’ that does not know pain? There is no ‘replacing’ as such. There is only the giving up of the illusion that
Pain, its Memory and Resting in Awareness Read More »
Let my pain and discomfort disappear like early morning mist burned by sunlight Let the healed self emerge like a new day, fresh and expectant Let my presence be abiding like the unerring blue sky Let my joy be complete, undisguised, contagious like the gurgle of an infant unfettered by wordly concerns For
For these are the things that matter in life Read More »
Tread lightly on each other’s worlds lest you wake a slumbering giant or disrupt the innocent’s sleep Tread lightly on each other’s worlds for theirs is precious to them as yours is to you Even though we carelessly, thoughtlessly, hurriedly, angrily, fearfully tread our own take care to tread another’s otherwise for
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Sensations are set alight by the slightest touch or movement. I lightly scratch the skin at the base of my scalp and my left leg tingles like a string of flashing Christmas light bulbs. I can sink from the zone of thoughts into the soma, feeling my breath so acutely, noticing how, even though I
Will you give yourself the complete freedom to not intervene? Read More »
Think of meditation not as a pill for instant or short term relief though it might provide that. Think of meditation more like daily exercise whose immediate effects may be unattractive – ‘This feels hard, I’m not getting this right, My mind cannot stand still, It’s all over the place, This is making me more
You are the blue sky not the clouds Read More »
We revel in recognition and praise. We seek it especially when we have put so much effort into what we do. The feedback we get can make or break us. If it’s great feedback, it does wonders for our self-esteem and self-worth. If it’s not, we might feel unappreciated and disappointed and we might beat
Are you ready to release yourself from prison? Read More »
If we are not thinking and talking about joy and peace, love and kindness, excitement and possibility, why are we surprised that we don’t experience much of it? If we are mostly thinking and talking about conflict, anger, hostility, disharmony, unkindness and the things that have gone ‘wrong’, why are we surprised that we continue
It’s common sense but how easily it eludes us Read More »
Have you learned to appreciate silence? The kind of silence in which only the cicadas seem to be alive? When the slow drip from a tap is deafening? And when the loudest thing happening to you is the heaving of your chest? Have you learned to appreciate such silence? Have you learned to appreciate
Have you learned to appreciate silence? Read More »
As I think about what to write, what to share, I arrive at a point of general vacuity. Well, several ideas come streaming through but none excite me. That’s when I realize and remember that the best writing I do is when I am writing for myself rather than some imagined audience. I
Writing for myself and its gifts today Read More »