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• On My Nani’s Passing

  My nani (maternal grandmother) passed away around this time last week, i.e. Thursday, September 18th afternoon, however we did not take her off life-support... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Next Time You Miss the Bus

  It landed on my soul’s sunlit altar like a singing telegram, a complete and precise little package of wisdom: “It’s okay to stop looking.” I instantly felt... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Blast from the Past (contd…)

  Continuing to talk about ‘Blast from the Past’ from my last post, here’s one I wrote way back in Novemeber’2008 just after my first Vipassna experience. Origina... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• The Gate to Interior Castle. My Walking and Meditation in Pokhara.

  The Himalayas are often connected with saints and sanyasis who spend their life in meditation. I see the Himalayas as a symbol of immense beauty, vast silence... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• This I Believe…

  written by Maria D’SouzaI believe in being a loving person. In cultivating my capacity for unconditional love and living each day with the primary goal of... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Insects as Insects

  “Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away. Your destiny is bound with the... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Surrendering to Jealousy

  If it’s true that a lesson will keep returning in various forms till we’ve learned it, there must be something big jealousy has yet to teach me, because I’ve ha... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Going Around the Sun and the Sunny Connections!

  This is a special year and the day this post goes online, I celebrate my 40th birthday. I have so much going on as I reach this milestone of a year. Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Seeing Old

  The other day I was in the kitchen with my brother. We were cutting some vegetables and I said to him, “You know the Mirror Song by Live?”“How does it go? Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Working with Elderly People and the Dying.

  Elderly people are a big mirror into the human mind – and they all deserve a kind word. This is what I wrote to my friend when describing my current work. Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• I Only Love Myself

  . Sounds rather selfish, but when the king and queen in the old age tale that Goenka tells ask themselves, “Who do you love the most?” They realize, “I only lov... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Background Static

  “Awareness and Equanimity are the only measurements along this path,” repeated our Dhamma doot (translation: messenger, ambassador), aka S. N. Goenka. Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• In This Together

  by Cenk MatalonShame, Guilt, and True Responsibility <3Every now and again I hear fellow meditators shame each other for “still” craving certain things. Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Watching the Show

  It is raining cats and dogs here and as I write this I can hear thunderbolts as if some explosions are taking place up above. I am in Cochin,Kerala, and this... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• What’s Your Meaning?

  What would you do if everyone was very aware and equanimous?  When everyone is Buddha, when everyone is clothed, sheltered and fed, would you do anything... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Practicing Gratitude

  Two weeks ago was my last day at my last job. Night before the last day, while meditating, an idea bulb went off in my head – “thank you cards!”. I cashed in.... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Overcoming Doubt

  Written by Jessica WrightI was very grateful to find this blog recently, after sitting my third course. At times on the course, I thought that I wouldn’t... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Being Impatient.

  A few days ago I was facing a couple of situations that I considered to be rather difficult. In my care-giving job my client, an old lady, was creating... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• 2 Years of Blogging!

  I started this blog 2 years ago, and I’m proud to say that I’ve written at least once a week for 104 weeks straight. I started writing because I needed a way... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY

• Love Thyself

  .I do now, but for a while I didn’t know how. What after all, am I? Who am I? I would go to the assistant teachers asking this. Is this me, this emotion, these... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, SPIRITUALITY