My thoughts, haikus and freelance musings
How do we develop a ‘Self’?. For be assured, the self exists only as a potentiality in the beginning. It is yet to grow and flower. For this, primarily the correct conditions must initially be present from the outside. But such is the crying out for growth, that even when the initial conditions are not … Read more
Piano’s have no lifeThe musician gives his ownThey join with respect. To bring things to lifeis the highest expression.Thus we become strong.
Are we just layers?The onion has no core.Are we Onions? Do all of us change,varying with the shifting time?Can I trust myself? So when the test comes,will I betray myself then?And how will I sleep?
We take time so much for granted, that we forget that as far as our life is concerned, time is something very much abstract. It’s not real. We’re not talking about the mathematical space-time continuum here, we’re talking about awareness of time as an entity, the past, and the future. The idea of measuring time … Read more
A teacup. So plain.Completely normal and simpleAnd yet just so right! Three parallel cracksrunning on a stained white wall.Creases on a face.
This isn’t a topic I spend sleepless nights over. However, since the West seems to be particularly interested in it, I’m going to have my say. For me the issue is a no brainer. Abortion is ethical. And for the following good reasons. First. Let’s open up a different view of looking at a foetus. … Read more
Increasingly in the news, I’m hearing how important decisions are being made based on the “Sentiments” of the people. Whether it’s homosexuality (Art. 377), or some mandir issue, or banning some movie or book, or deciding whether to hang someone. The whole idea being, that “It’s what the people want”. But you don’t just give … Read more
This world’s all there is.If there’s heaven, leave me out.I’ll just pick my nose. A leaf’s just a leaf.What we see is what there is.Just a simple leaf. Things are as they are.Chuck the great deeper oneness!And if you itch, scratch.
For 50,000 years, man has been cowed down by nature. Travelling from place to place as a Nomad, searching for food, our brain has most often been of little use against the claws, the teeth, the speed, the wings, the Climbing abilities and the strength of other animals. Simple tools made crudely out of stone, … Read more
A prominent factor in today’s life is the craving for stimulus. No sooner do we sit still for a moment, than we’re possessed by an urge to do something. To check the mail, to call a friend, watch some TV, to eat something, I mean anything. We’ll just be sitting down peacefully, when a voice … Read more