I had earlier written about navigating the proverbial Heart v/s Mind conflict situation. This refers to a logic v/s emotional dilemma. ‘Heart’ is used in these situations to mean the emotional or illogical desire. Cultivating a ‘sense’ of the situation is the solution. The sense of the situation goes deeper than both logic and emotion. […]
As I write this post, it’s the night before my last day in Tiruvannamalai. I spent the last 3 months staying in an apartment nearby Ramana ashram and Arunachalam. I didn’t plan for such a long stay, I was only thinking of a month or two, but things panned out into 3 months here. Here […]
As I write this post, I have been staying in Tiruvannamalai for over 2 and half months. And in these days many people have expressed that they don’t understand which path I am following now. I do the kriya practices of Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev of Isha Foundation. And now I am spending time at Ramanasramam […]
A few different people have told me that they want to start meditation but not sure how/where. Obviously, there are multiple options in the market, but people aren’t sure where to start. I thought a bit about it and have come up with a few suggestions. Before that, a quick note on what meditation means. […]
This seems to be a common theme in a lot of my disgruntled conversations with people. Either they have this zeal to help and improve the world, which is fine, BUT they channel it with a complete and utter disregard for spiritual & religious traditions. Because mistakenly they think that social service is a better form […]
The great and well known Bhagavad Gita was a discourse between Arjun and Krishna in the moment of Arjun’s great confusion on the battlefield, while the lesser known but amazing Ashtavakra Gita is between Ashtavakra and Janaka. And here Janaka is in a different state as a devotee and seeker. He is a king and has […]
Parent:”In India one shouldn’t cycle. The traffic is too risky” Me:”in India one shouldn’t do a lot of things cause it is too risky for eg: crossing the roads” *parent agrees whole-heartedly* From a long time I have been noticing that social acceptance makes people FEEL SAFE. Note that it only makes them feel safe, […]
I always felt that his was a very intriguing story. Most Indians would be aware of it but just to summarize it, Buddha was on his usual walking journey and he came to a village. The villagers forbade him to walk through the nearby jungle because there was a dangerous bandit there. This bandit would […]
The Guru Pooja was for me an eye opener. I always had the fascination for Sanskrit as do a lot of people across the world. And I always wanted to be able to say at least a few Sanskrit shlokas. However, whenever I say any scripture or anything I want to be reasonably clear about what […]
Recently a conversation at work, X: “I will find data to support my ideas” Me: “It should be the other way around. Look into data and then ideate” When you try to justify your ideas with data it is not that hard to find some random data that supports whatever you are saying. It is […]