For readers’ comments, click HERE for the blog’s previous version. “Hello Miracle, my old friend. So good to see you! Long time, where had you been hiding?” “Hello there! I suppose I could say I was just hibernating, taking it easy, you know! How have you been? I see you look quite hale and hearty,… Continue reading Hello, It’s a Miracle!
Flower in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower—but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is. ~ Lord Alfred Tennyson (1863) A re-reading of Sri… Continue reading "Flower in the Crannied Wall"
For readers’ comments, check out the previous version of this blog by clicking HERE. Note: This could be seen as a sequel to my earlier post on Why Should I Write, in which I share some writing advice from Sri Aurobindo, advice that speaks to me personally at this point in my writing and in my life.… Continue reading Light is All You Need
So the other day I was about to start arranging some flowers gathered from my garden. When it comes to Frangipani flowers, I usually like to float them in a couple of old shallow utensils I have in different sizes. Utensils that were perhaps used in someone’s kitchen in the years gone by but are… Continue reading Oil and Water
I am not ready to die a legal death; my papers aren’t in order. Not ready to die a social death; my attachments (detachments?) aren’t in order. Not ready to die a personal death; my inner being isn’t in order. But die I must. Death doesn’t wait. I died yesterday. Must learn now to live.… Continue reading Die I must
Source You can be socially smart but existentially stupid. ~ Sadhguru I read this quote a few days ago somewhere. And it stayed with me. Mostly because of the phrase ‘existentially stupid’. Without getting too philosophical and speaking very generally, existentialism as a school of thought considers the nature of the human condition… Continue reading Don’t be Stupid!
What a strange and difficult year it has been! On so many fronts, in so many ways. So many struggles, so many conflicts, so much uncertainty…and yet something deeper and higher kept guiding, showing the light, and holding the hand whenever required. Pain was immense, and yet Peace kept afloat in the middle of that… Continue reading New Beginnings
A new post in the series – Satyam Shivam Sundaram A series featuring inspiring words from various sources, words that speak of timeless truths, words that remind me of the deeper and hidden truth behind surface events and phenomena, words that shine light when all seems dark, words that are just what I need – … Continue reading Day of Light
Read and contemplated upon a beautiful aphorism from Sri Aurobindo yesterday. This is my prayer and invocation for this special day of Diwali. May this Festival of Lights bestow upon the humanity a vision to see a bit more deeply, a bit more highly, a bit more widely. “When I look back on my… Continue reading From Darkness to Light
Diwali spirit continues…. An alternative title to this post could have been: How to have an Enlightening Diwali – in Three Easy Steps Step 1: Light a diya or a candle in a quiet spot. Step 2: Light up the mind with a poem titled Diwali by Vikram Seth. So… Continue reading Diwali with a Modern Indian Poet and a Legendary Indian Musician
Deepavali spirit continues…with the series, Reminders to self Photo source Concentrate on a newly lit incense stick. It becomes deeply fascinating and delightful to notice that amidst the initial wanderings of what could be called its “visible fragrance”, there soon emerges a purposeful voyage for its light and fragrance. What is it that this… Continue reading Light an Incense
….it’s We Who Have Gone Out for a Walk.” The above quote from Miester Eckhart came to my attention just at an appropriate time. Deepavali or Diwali is just around the corner. The festival of Lights. And like in almost all Indian homes there is some activity going on at my home too. After taking stock… Continue reading “God is at Home….
Beauty Interprets, Expresses, Manifests the Eternal 