small satori at work

Yogasthah kuru karmani - 'do action situated yourself in the position of yoga'... And yoga is cittavrittinirodah , 'control over the tendencies that arise in our citta'. Citta, is one of the terms used to refer to the mind. To do work with a control over the tendencies that arise in mind is the way to perform karma.

Teachers day greetings to all those people who dare to teach that it's ok to be on eself

every centralization of a knowledge system is against a widespread knowledge society

excessive self-absorbtion that belittles all emotions and sensitivity to vulnerabilities around is a sure sign of decaying spirit. healing powers and pathways can't cure such spirit, voluntary work and service can.

The Holy month of Ramadaan is just ending and friends of Muslim faith will be celebrating their Eid tonight with much festivity. It is a beautiful festival that emphasises voluntary sharing of wealth and brotherhood , underlying values of equity and equality surface through human action during these festivals.  Equity and equality that are embedded through ritualistic and religious practices which are also emphasized as ‘goals’ in the modern ‘development’ praxis that however doesn’t utilize or engage with religious idioms and expression in expressing the same.  In India almost with all faith systems, the idea of sharing or establishing equity is practiced through community specific rules and deeply set into the identity of the community (emphasizing the local component) and the equality component is established as a pre-requisite for a spiritual life (individual discipline is emphasized here). Economies get contained through equity dialogue and Inequality contained throu...

when manifestation happens all around do you gloat? or does one stay quite and enjoy the feel? or perhaps remember all the gurus in gratitude? watching the manifest world all around, the brief elation subsides when one ponders on the several larger challenges.

far away we reside in space, weathers, times, food and surrounds apart and yet when we connect through concerns, openness to listen - to breath together, to laugh over telephone lines and to pause for reflecting on the honesty of the moment, ability of human thought, manifesting capacity of a purer purpose and the love in the collective - this team-sense is beautiful too.

in far away lands the decisions made, happiness of belonging for times to come enriches decisions of far away land. blessings and prayers for the journeys ahead strength is all the wishes carry and love is all that there is.

every moment and instance and action provides us multiple ways of perception, anticipation and response. often everyone is not equipped / in the space to guide the response. so, response emerges from the collective memory, what we record, recollect and choose to remember has an impact on what emerges as collective memory. history as a record of violence, death, destruction - either to celebrate the victor or to exhibit the suffering of the victim - becomes a burden on collective memory. history of peaceful life, celebration, joyful times and plentitude does seem to be in short supply always.

Practicing peace in the war zone of life according to BG is the ultimate test, not retreating neither refusing, but watching, gently shifting the consciousness.

tall man carrying props props, in turn carry pedestal pedestal carries tall man! man is tall because of pedestal pedestals can't stand tall without props props need the man to stay tall - power games of perpetuity!