Here’s my winning poem at a local poetry contest. So grateful to the organizers and judges to honor me with their choice. This poem is about the transformative power of love and vulnerability, and it is inspired by the ongoing healing love I experience in my relationship with my wife. … More When Love Is
When your mind is set on something, the universe will take you to it. When your heart is set on something, the universe will bring it to you. Mind makes stone monuments; love breaks through them. Love hurts, but it hurts only the walls and barriers and not what’s beyond them. Mind breaks and love … More Love invites
The goal of spiritual quest is not to find individual answers for the question of life and existence but to find the very root of this concern which is in the illusion of individuality and separation. … More The Rules of Maya
I woke up this morning too early and couldn’t go back to sleep. I woke up into a deep and still sadness. I’m so sad that things have to end. I always hated that. As a child, I hated the end of parties when everyone had to leave. I hated the end of family trips. … More Otherworldly immortality isn’t good enough; I wanna stick around here
Stillness is our fundamental nature. The moment we embrace and surrender to the chaos within us, we will experience profound peace. And all it takes to find it is to stop seeking it, for it’s already ours. Read more… … More Finding Stillness in the Midst of Chaos
If you keep imagining a desired version of yourself with consistency in detail and duration, the universe has no choice but to give it to you. Imagination is the power of self-creation. Read more… … More Have an imaginary friend, and let it be your best self
Happiness or meaning! Which would you choose? Happiness is about how we feel, physically and mentally, so its attainment is a matter of attention to one’s self. Meaning, on the other hand, is about how we are spiritually oriented toward the other, an activity that by nature must aim at something beyond and greater than … More Pursuit of Happiness & The Life of Meaning
My meditation sessions are sometimes blissful, sometimes chaotic, sometimes going absolutely nowhere. They are also sometimes insightful, flashing against my mind creative or spiritual ideas that I want to write down but have to mindfully, and painfully, wait until the end of the meditation to do so. Sometimes these flashing ideas, however novel, are very … More The weather small-talk: A cry for connection
I feel a tingling sensation in my legs; it feels so uncomfortable that I’m compelled to fold my legs or sit cross-legged. My breathing is so shallow I feel I am out of breath. It feels like there is a black-hole in my chest trying to pull me inside. All of this started out of … More Abandoning your fear of abandonment? Don’t!
Quantum tunneling is a quantum phenomenon in which a subatomic particle breaks through an impenetrable barrier and moves into a new state that would be considered impossible to access based on the laws of classical physics. Think about throwing a baseball at a wall with the intention of getting it past the wall. The baseball … More Quantum Tunneling into a Better Version of Yourself
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