Posted in Communication, Philosophy, Psychology, letting go, spiritual on December 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It is said that a king once came across a sage and was so deeply affected by him, that he gave up his huge kingdom, his wealth and his women to follow the sage in the search of The Truth.
This sage was not any ordinary man. For years he had been practicing a silent meditation. [...]
Posted in Communication, Psychology, letting go on June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Stephie,
We have not been in touch for years. Neither you wished to reach out to me nor did I want to bridge the gap of silence between us. However, the reasons were different for both of us.
We carried the burden of loving the same man.
I had lost him to you and you [...]
Posted in Philosophy, Psychology, letting go on June 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
When a fruit is ripe, it drops by itself. So does our attachment to things, persons and ideas.
Theory after theory, talk after talk, book after book has been written on this subject – how to overcome attachment, for attachment brings pain, self-inflicted pain. But the mind of man is hungry. It thrives on desire. And [...]
Posted in Philosophy, Psychology, letting go, spiritual, tagged Add new tag on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One-Handed Basket Weaving
There was a dervish who lived alone in the mountains,
who made a vow never to pick fruit from the trees,
or to shake them down,
or to ask anyone to pick fruit from him.
“Only what the wind makes fall.”
This was his way
of giving in to God’s will.
There is a traditional saying from the Prophet
that [...]
Posted in Psychology, letting go, spiritual, tagged Freud, Narmada, Parikrama, Buddhist, Monk, River, Swamiji on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Rows of drawers, intersected by tables and chairs, fill my dream screen. I open one and taking off my diamond earrings from my ears, place them inside one of these drawers, taking care that it is at the bottom of the drawer, underneath some papers. When I come to look for it later, I am [...]
Posted in letting go, tagged Change, letting go, New world, Prakriti, Purusha, Society, tolerance on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The old house made of stone with Mangalore tiled roof is leaking from almost everywhere. The heavy rain has woken Richa sleeping on a bed with two people on either side – another woman and a man. The bed on which all of them are sleeping is the only zone where the rain is not [...]
