We all talk about finding peace and harmony all the time. Of finding the balance between yin and yang. Of being one with the energy of the universe. I do want all of those things. I want to be in sync with the energy coursing through our universe as well.
Continue ReadingDarkness
There was a peaceful darkness Out there, where the wind was the only sound for miles I was out on the porch Admiring an occasional twinkle The world was calm, for the moment And the next moment it changes The sky suddenly burst with lights, it came from all directions And light rained down upon…
Continue ReadingWhy are we lost
Why are we lost Each and everyone of us Walking this way or that Am I awake or did I die? Fighting it all Fading away Where do we go from here The beads are strumming
Continue ReadingThere’s always hope
There’s always hope It flows through my veins Rising and subsiding, like waves But never ever going away It seems dark, maybe darkest But dawn is on its way For I believe in my love Faint but never gone It would always stay
Continue ReadingNow I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds
I was quiet, I once was Long before the darkness descended A stream of water I was Flowing down a small green hill I was full of life Of beings alive and not I gently continued my path down This little green hill of mine
Continue ReadingEmpathy and Efficiency: Thoughts about a workplace
There has been lot of talk lately around Empathy. Most of it has been in context of a workplace. I work at a workplace and have done so for a few years now. It is not easy to understand empathy even though it is primitively simple in definition. Empathy means the ability to understand and…
Continue ReadingLooking for signs of life
You have been looking, hard I may say And yet its not what you expected to find Floating over darkened waters, icy and red Looking for the signs of life And there are none You are climbing the mountains Capped with glistening snow Looking for the signs of life And there are none
Continue ReadingDie and let die
There are two things that have inspired me to write this. The first was a quote I heard in a documentary by Robert Oppenheimer (who apparently picked it up from Bhagvad Gita) , “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” For some reason I cannot get it out of my head. The second reason…
Continue ReadingAccidents of coincidence : Coming together of unrelated events
It’s one of those things that you know exists and yet you cannot explain if you try to. Our world, however, depends on words completely. If you cannot put it in words, it probably does not exist. You cannot say that it is unreal but yet you cannot prove its existence.
Continue ReadingJourney to the unknown : Cambodia
To read from the starting : Part1, Part2, Part3, Part4, Part5, Part6, Part7, Part8, Part9 The last week of this vacation was upon me. As difficult had I found it to come, it was now equally difficult to think about leaving. I was at the border town of Aranyaprathet in Thailand and planning to get…
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