Acceptance never came easy to me. Perhaps I had never really learnt how to breathe in life to the fullest. I have heard a master say that only those who offered resistance to life suffered from breathing problems. As I huffed and puffed through life asthmatically, I would tell myself sternly “Acceptance is the key.” [...]
Is there anything as heart breaking as the fall of a tree? When the trees of our apartment fell in the recent cyclonic storm, all of us were as shattered as the trees in question. We could hardly bear to see the fallen trees. To make matters worse, the next morning , we had to [...]
The pink sunset of a fading evening gave way to a golden sunrise the next morning! Which do I like better? For the life of me , I cannot tell!
It was a lovely morning and as I got out of bed, I was gearing up to face a beautiful day when ping! went my phone. I felt too relaxed to even lean forward and pick it up from the table near my bed. “What if it’s something important?” I wondered suddenly and reached out [...]
Having been thoroughly washed and rewashed with soap water, the fruits and vegetables on the table wink at me looking squeaky clean. There is enough of them to last me for quite a few days.The breakfast on the table also is enough and more because I still can’t seem to remember that my maid isn’t [...]
It’s a Monday morning. But as I go out into the apartment gardens ,the usual Monday morning blues are missing. The cars remain parked . No sounds of people bustling. The birds are out and the grass is growing wild. The world is extraordinarily still. So still that as we sit on the garden bench [...]
I walked into the Cave and saw that a group of people had joined us and had already entered the cave.They were making a lot of noise and chanting . “The cave is for meditating in silence,” I thought feeling disturbed. We waited as they lit a lamp and burnt incense. My sister had picked [...]
Any kriyaban will aspire to accomplish one great pilgrimage in his lifetime. A pilgrimage to the cave of Mahavatar Babaji.And I too had this strong desire in my mind-To visit the guha of the deathless master, ever since I became His devotee. Thirty years had to elapse before I was ready to make the Himalayan [...]
"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise."-Victor Hugo And this too shall pass… There is nothing like this phrase for helping put things into perspective. When we are stuck in a place of darkness, these words help remind us that in this world nothing is permanent and everything be it good [...]
That is one good thing about this world... There are always sure to be more springs." — L.M. Montgomery If you check up the meaning of the word ‘hibernation’ you will find that it is described as a period of time spent inactive and indoors. Another definition says that it is a condition of an [...]
March 22nd 2020 was an unusual sort of a day. It was the day of the ‘Janata curfew’ declared by the government.In keeping with the government's orders or rather request to its people, all of us stayed at home. I realized the immense implications of this day only when a beautiful haunting call caught my [...]
Still Flowing Water 