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 Psychology, spiritual on July 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Kolkata is fiery red all over. Conches are sounding all over. Hindi filmy music mixes with Bengali new Poojo sangeet Radio Mirchi is buzzing with new excitement. There is jubilation in the air. – She is coming. Only for four days. She is coming home. The rains continue to lash the streets. The little ponds [...]
Posted in Psychology, Vipassana, spiritual, tagged Add new tag, Meditation on May 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
With a flair of charm and with the air of apprehension she says the first three words ….
Utkarsh : For Her…
Lingering in my mind, these words I longed to hear, did not find the air inside the mouth to form the words and give it shape nor found the air outside to set the words [...]
Posted in Psychology, Vipassana, spiritual, tagged Add new tag on April 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There is no light nor sound, which can reach this space, this 8 x 4 ft cell in which I have locked myself in. It is pitch dark and except for that one opening at the top of the cell, which allows air to enter, there are no windows or skylight.
I stretch my arms, but [...]
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 Psychology, spiritual, tagged Auroville, Iyengar, Madagascar, Pondicherry, Pondy, Pune Poona, Spiritual companion, Sri Aurobindo on March 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Gayatri lay out the table on the floor. She was expecting a visitor who had been frequenting her studio apartment at Ganeshkhind Road, in the Deccan Gymkhana, Pune. But today, for the first time, he was coming for lunch. She had decided to do an original Bengali lunch, carefully choosing the vegetables and fruits from [...]
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 [...]
