The voice in your head Hello, I am the Ego. The voice in your head that keeps talking all the time. “The dishes need to be cleaned.” “When will I ever learn!” “What does he think of himself.” “I am better off being on my own.” “I need to heal…

Embracing Uncertainity I often joke, before I was born God sat me down in his heavenly drawing room and said to me: “Look son, I have two designs for your next life. The first one will be easy and smooth. Loving family, easy career progression, traditional values, devoted wife, caring…

Beyond concepts “I understand, but I am not living the Knowledge.” “If I was Pure Awareness, I would not behave in that manner.” “I have experienced Emptiness, but the feeling of Emptiness does not last.” “I need to work on myself, before I can still the mind, to become Awareness.” …

Learning to love We are all on a journey. The journey to find love. Every character undertaking a journey becomes the Heroine of her story. And every story has a beginning, a middle and an end. 1. The Beginning: The Loss Of Love No matter what our background, we all…

Letting life happen. I recently met someone doing a marketing course. She happened to attend my class and found value in the teachings. Over a meal she shared some interesting ideas of how I could advertise to reach more people. Some of the ideas were engaging. “Let’s see what happens.”…

From should to is. “You should study!” “You should respect elders!” “You should be kind to others!” Most of us would have heard some of these statements in our childhood. Whenever I heard a ‘should’ it would make me cringe. It made me feel that there was something wrong with…

Our multiple identities. It’s raining outside. Misty and cold. I sit here in the studio of a friend, wondering what to write. Should I write? Or should I just sit quietly? Listen to the gentle music. Experience the warmth of the shawl wrapped around my legs. As I close my…

From doing to Witnessing. All our actions stem from desire. Even the desire to be desireless is a desire. It is almost impossible to practice Krishna’s advice to Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita, ‘nishkama karma’, desireless action. “The cause for human suffering is desire.” says Buddha Yet, desire and action…

Being present to Presence. Sitting here in a mountain village in Dharamshala, I wonder what must be happening back in Mumbai, the city I have lived most of my life. People rushing to offices, trains running one after the other, street vendors shouting to sell their wares, corporate executives grabbing…