Namalsiddiqui

LATEST ARTICLES ( 46 )

• Thank YOU!

  Today marks exactly one year to the day I pulled together courage to sign up for a blog. A blog where I would be woman enough to share the one thing that is so... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2012 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Ramblings of a Troubled Heart

  Those days I was restless I had anxious nights, sleepless nights I was scared of going to sleep, and woke up tensed and nervous As if I had just been saved... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2012 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• I'm a Good Girl.

  Earlier, I meant to write about social conventions and its effects. And by that I mean in a broader sense, not just a man opening the door for a woman. I tried... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2012 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Dancing Flame

  

  As Jean Paul-Sarte said, 'Everything has been figured out, except how to live', yet we all live life, just not sure of how to. Life, to many remains a mystery. Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2012 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Morning Greetings!

  

  Here's a morning wish for you guys! All the colors of the flowers This city and its rising towers Don’t care if last night was sweet or sour This morning I... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2012 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Window

  

  Salvador DalíWoman at the Window (Muchacha en la ventana)oil on board (my Edited version)1925 She sits back and stares at the empty word screen on her... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Imagine.

  

  Pic by me! Imagine a rainbow. Imagine if this rainbow is tangible. Imagine I am a bird. Imagine you are a bird. We are birds, perched atop this rainbow, set on ... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2012 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Thirty Maxims of the Self

  

  Twenty four isn't many years in terms of age and maturity, or is it? (It is okay to be a bit delusional about age sometimes ;)) The measurement of wisdom and... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2012 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Affinity

  

  A solitary walk takes me to the rocky beaches of a barren yet crowded land…A full moon tide leaves me drenched in the weight of the waters Soaking. Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2012 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Past, Present, Future.

  

  The past is a flickering candle, a dusk that settles with it everything that has happened. The future a promising light, a new dawn that brings warmth and... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2012 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost...

  

  I came across the Holstee Manifesto poster at work and on a friends Facebook wall recently. I quite like it as it is simply say, logical and rational. I liked... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2012 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• She

  

  is the every day girl or woman you meet at school, work, in the bus, on the way, different places. She is the one you come across every day. She is the old woma... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2012 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Ruminations

  

  Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field, I'll meet you there. - Rumi I usually have millions of thoughts running in my mind, yes I do... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2011 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Saudade

  

  Portuguese: "yearning"), overtone of melancholy and brooding loneliness and an almost mystical reverence for nature.... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2011 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• A Case of the Heart and Soul

  

  Winter days have made mornings in this desert, a beautiful one to wake up to. I'm not sure if it is the weather or just the state of my mind, that makes... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2011 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• In Loving Memory

  Pieces of this have been written in Karachi and Sharjah, it's a combination of different thoughts and mental notes I've made in my mind in the last two weeks. Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2011 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Battle Within

  

  The most important of life’s battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul. – David O. McKay Imagine a game of tug-of-war and the two... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2011 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• A Certain Uncertainty

  

  If you ask me, what a good evening is like? I'd most probably say, a walk at the beach with some chai (tea in Urdu) with great company. Simple as that.... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2011 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Inspiration on the '60 Steeles West'

  

  Hello Lovely people! Don't you just love it when you get caught off guard and someone tells you something amazing about yourself, and how it inspired them or ho... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2011 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Confessions and Prayers ...

  

  Hi guys! Often, we are so engrossed with work, friends and other matters of life that we forget the most important matter. Well, I do feel that way and maybe... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2011 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY