See how nature – trees, flowers, grass – grows in silence; see the stars, the moon, and the sun – how they move in silence…we need silence to be able to touch souls – Mother Teresa Hearing: the special sense by which noises and tones are received as stimuli. Listening: to hear something with thoughtful […]
Symptom: an indication of the existence of something, especially of an undesirable situation Source: A body or process by which energy or a particular component enters a system. A place, person, or thing from which something originates As we look with awareness around, what we have been seeing, feeling and experiencing right now, in India […]
‘You are the sky. The clouds are what happens, what comes and goes’ – Eckhart Tolle Of all my personal observations that have fascinated me during this phase, watching the clouds has been a very joyous and highly reflective experience. They seem like accessories that adorn the sky. As though the sky wakes up each […]
Close to two months of lockdown. Off late, you might find that… You are done being positive, you are done being resilient, you are done trying to hold it all together, you are done with trying to understand the virus, you are done trying to figure out when this is likely to end, you are […]
Hello, hello! I wished to propose something: It’s been a month in our homes now. The initial anxiety, the initial adjustment to the new routine, our initial curiosity to understand what Corona is, our initial worries about supplies…well, we all seem to have made peace with it, either through our routines, either through some rhythm, […]
(Fear of Missing out TO Joy of Missing out) How can animal migration teach us the benefits of the J.O.M.O strategy? Animal migrations are phenomenal. Be it the numbers, the precision of navigation, and the amount of energy required to engage in one. How do each of these species even manage to survive such long […]
I am a recovering perfectionist. In other words, in the last one year I have identified and observed how it has the capacity to block my natural flow, spontaneity, expression, work, and so slowly but surely, with a help of a very dear friend (thanks Kavita), I have been finding ways to see it and […]
How comfortable are we with NOT KNOWING? Over the years we have got used to figuring out everything we want to know, that we don’t know as yet. Google, technology, global connections, easy access to experts, and so much more that we can’t even keep track of, has made `knowing’ available at our fingertips. There […]
What can we learn from nature, to be and live as communities? During such times, it is being able to access the outside, from the inside, that keeps my spirits lifted. I have been taking pictures of the marine bird communities over the last one week from my window. Some are migratory, and some are […]
Over the last few days, there are certain fears that my husband and I have been confronting, and talking through. And these conversations certainly help. But what helps even more, is talking about our blessings during this particular phase. Suddenly the energy shifts, and life feels much lighter and brighter. So, I decided to through […]