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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]A 6AM blog post to wake up early may be a fairly dumb idea. But I want to try it out nonetheless.
I haven't documented it here, but I have been looking to wake up early in the morning, consistently. Consistently is key, because I do wake up early on many days…
Priyanka
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]It's that time of the year, when I do a review and assessment of my year gone by. Along with that, I also have a self-evaluation assessment, which also happens at this time. So this Diwali & traditional New Year time have always been a reflective time of the year for…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]As Navratri passes by once again, I find myself pondering on the Devi.
It has been happening quite often. I find myself a bit flummoxed with the Devi.
And I am realising it is a more deeply rooted matter than mere pondering.
I can't quite grasp it. And yet it is there.
As I wondered…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]In the ashram a lot of random things get said. Different ashrams have different levels of crap being spoken in a very normalized fashion. From a friend who had apparently been to another hippie place (not sure it can be called an ashram) said that Isha is really good in that…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]I was going through an English explanation/meaning of the Jain rituals like the Pratikraman. I have hugely propounded always that we should delve into the actual meaning of words and scriptures. And so I am always encouraging (pushing) my Jain relatives to delve into the actual meaning of the scriptures which…
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A fairly misunderstood word in today's day and age. The misunderstandings are natural because it is a deep reality that is not in our face nor obvious. We need to think and perceive the world with some depth. Moreover, in spiritual contexts the word has been used to mean many different things. And while…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]This year, I spent my Mahashivratri in Silence.
This is not common for me. Every year since 2006, I spend it watching the SJV / Isha program via TV or web-streaming or live at the venue.
Here's how it happened,
I was on my 2 month cycle tour in Thailand.
This was during the Mahashivratri…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]A lot of the bhajans and spiritual material are full of praises of their own path. Often even at the cost of other (genuine) paths. Praising their own path, developing an ego about it, thinking it is the best is an inherent aspect of most spiritual communities. And I have realised…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]In Varanasi, I found a Spanish friend who had been living there for over 8 years. And she was the first person who told me a little about what she knew of the Aghora community. They eat dead bodies she said. I was curious. We went to the Harishchandra ghat to…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]In our indic culture there is galores of stuff written and taught about parents. The most fundamental is respect towards older folks, specifically parents and grandparents. It is almost basic norm for us kids to touch feet of older folks. And some other respect related habits which only after seeing western…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]I had never given much thought to the word 'Taliban'. It has a clear negative and violent association with it as I don't know a thing about Arabic or Persian language. I only know about the group that calls itself so and then indulges in abject violence. However, I do…
One of the first blog posts here was when I turned 30. I was very happy and upbeat with my life. And quite characteristically I thought I was awesome. (I still do).
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Everyone should think they are awesome. Not in a fake way. Live a really deep life and feel awesome. There are some very intellectual…