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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…
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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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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"]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"]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…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]The International Day of Yoga 2018 got me thinking of how formal Yoga practices happened in my life.
It's been almost 15 years since my first formal yoga practice. It started with Kaivalydhama institute at Marine Drive in Mumbai. They have some very relaxing asana practices they teach to beginners with focus…
A note on my 3 month stay in Tiruvannamalai town right by the Ramana ashram. The different sadhakas I met, being close to the Ramana ashram and the ever present – Arunachalam mountain watching over us 🙂
Random person, "Keep the wish ready in your mind, so you make it when you enter the temple and see the deity"
Me: http://www.nooo.me/
*takes a deep breath*
Okay.
Twice I have heard this,
Some very smarty pant people have told me,
"Make a wish when you enter the temple"
There are so many fundamental…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]I have a lot of people around me - friends, family and others - and inevitably through discussions on religion or about spirituality, I find that there are a few fundamental problems in their thinking.
So here in this series, addressing some of the totally wrong thinking about Spirituality I find in people…
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[et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"]As a kid, I wanted to conform. I didn’t have a penchant for sticking my neck out and standing out this way in society.
Oh, you went to Europe?
Yes.
Where all did you go?
Germany and Denmark.
That’s it, just two countries?
Ya….. I was cycling. :)…