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 Philosophy, Psychology, past life, spiritual on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If your thought are deeply entrenched in the contemplation of someone you love, you become the person you love.
Therefore I will only speak of myself, for in me now you have merged. Not of your volition but of mine. Not of your need but of mine.
And you think I have forgotten you.
Yes and no!
How can [...]
Posted in Philosophy, Psychology, spiritual on August 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »
“There is but one Infinite Being in the universe, and that Being appears as you and as I; but this appearance of divisions is after all a delusion. He has not been divided, but only appears to be divided. This apparent division is caused by looking at Him through the network of time, space and [...]
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 Philosophy, spiritual, tagged appreciation, Draupadi, feminine, Krishna, Manjul Bajaj, poem, Purusha, Radha, Rukhmini, satyabhama on March 24, 2008 | 8 Comments »
“Radha
immortal lover girl,
Survivor in love’s hustings,
against all odds,
I like to think
that on some days at least
you felt above it all.
Seeing in his many loves
only myriad reflections
of your own mystic
feminine power.”
- Poet Manjul Bajaj, poem Radha:
Book: Here and Now, Volume I Pg. 410-411
Veiled. Hidden. Secret. Mysterious.
Radha, symbol of the feminine energy, silent, yet speaking volumes. [...]
Posted in Philosophy, Psychology, tagged Masters, moon, relationships, Vipassana, water, Zen on February 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Relationships.
Who is the other? Or is it I forever relating with myself through others? Is there a purpose why we meet? Why the pull? What is unfinished karma? What is the clearing that takes place when there is someone with whom we are relating? There must be some reason why we have come together? And [...]
Posted in Philosophy, Psychology, spiritual, tagged Badrinath, Brahmachari, Freud, Gender, Pilgrimage, Rishikesh, Woman on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Smriti lay tossing and turning in her bed. She was not awake but she was not in deep sleep either. In fact she was dreaming. She was having a dream within a dream. In her dream she had woken up with a shock, finding herself in a public area, right in the middle of a [...]
Posted in Philosophy, Psychology, spiritual, tagged Sufi, Benaras, Ganga, Sunset, Manikarnika, Harishchandra, Master, Narmada, Parikrama on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We are on the Ganga, mid-stream, sitting in a boat that is full of people. It is dusk. The air is heavy with sounds from the temples around. Conches, bells fill the air. In front of us the entire ghat is covered with people, waiting for the Ganga aarti. Behind us, as the golden sun [...]
Posted in Philosophy, Psychology, spiritual, tagged Eklavya, Freud, Kurukshetra, Narmada Parikrama, Sardar Sarovar Dam, Shulpaneshwar ki Jhari, Tamil Nadu on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Subbamma was born to traditional Brahmin family in Tamil Nadu with a major problem. She had no hair on her head. And it never grew through out her life. After the passing away of her parents, Subbamma joined the order of the nuns. The terrible shame with which she had lived in her small village [...]
