“You are not the mind; you are beyond mind. You have become identified, that’s true, but you are not the mind.” – Osho It has been almost two years since I began practicing Vipassana meditation; even now it surprises me, little by little, as to how I have not yet …
Read More »Talking without Speaking: Communication in the Void
“It takes one-tenth of a second for an individual to create a first impression, which is usually a lasting impression” stated Zaq to the beautiful woman on the right. She crossed her legs, inched a step back, alerted her eyes and put on a fake smile to let the thought …
Read More »The Observer behind the Veil: Buddhism and the concept of Non-Self
More than often, one stumbles upon a piece of literature which opens up a wide range of concepts in mind; concepts which were hitherto unexplored of and even denied blatantly in the past. These pieces of literature have a huge impact on the way we view the world around us, …
Read More »11 Sanskrit words that describe consciousness in ways that English can’t
This is article #4 – part of deep trip series on Sanskrit. Before you proceed, please read the previous articles in the series. Click here for Article #1… Click here for Article #2… Click here for article #3… Through this series of articles, I claim of an existence of a psychedelic …
Read More »Awake
Remove the layers, Prejudice and judgment Feel the freedom Revel in the chaos; Absorb the energy, Throbbing and vast, Acknowledge the whole, Revel in the beauty; Feel the connections, Deep and pure, Do not give into fear, Revel in the nakedness; Look into the eyes, See yourself …
Read More »Sadness is a blessing!
No, it won’t be easy. It will be a tumultuous battle between your head and your heart. Your shoulders will be burdened by the loss of lost loves Eyes yearning for one last glimpse of your past. Your strength will give up and the blood running inside your veins will …
Read More »Down the reverie maze
I look over the edge of the cliff, over to the vast immense ocean as it carves away at the mountain-side, relentlessly attacking its piece of art; just another one in nature’s vast gallery of exhibits. As I walk down the aisle and look at the pieces of art with …
Read More »Are you a victim of Artificial Selection?
If we just step back and look at the repercussions of our decisions throughout time and space, we will see that there is much more at work than we can actually perceive. One of the processes whose repercussions we can see around us is the process of artificial selection, which …
Read More »Dark Matter and the Human Psyche: A Song of Fire and Ice
Dark matter and dark energy are some of the most mind-boggling phenomena in our universe. The moment we started considering these two unseen forces we started to understand how little we truly know about the universe that we are a part of. These two forces are said to form a …
Read More »NASA confirms that we can eat the sun
The title may have taken you off guard, but like all the other things in life you have to read between the lines and decipher the real meaning that is evident here. To start, let us focus our attention on a fairly ancient practice known as Sun-gazing, which has been …
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