::: ABHEDA TATTVA :::

Pandemics evoke fear. Fear in turn affects the psyche of the humanity leading to erratic behavior and chaos. The recent outbreak of Coronavirus is a befitting example of same. It is less of an infectious pandemic and more of pandemic of fear. So, what should we do..??! Be concerned due to it's infectious nature - YES . This is warranted. Go an insane overdrive digesting every online post/message and make it viral without verifying the facts - NO . This is unwarranted. Stop it yourself and stop the people in your network from doing same. Research and find out the truth. If you accept any limiting belief, it becomes the truth for you. Do not go that way. Widen the horizon and go with an open receptive analytical mind. Understand the disease and it's related symptoms. Understand the preventive measures to be taken. Understand the steps to be followed in case of a detection.  ACT as you should in the hour of crisis. Aid governance by educating the illiterate about th...

Where do we actually stay? -  It is not in the confines of brick and mortar being transformed to flats, duplexes, pent-houses or bungalows. Our real residence is "our mind" which has no limitations in terms of area or has any other restraints. There is no compartmentalization of any form and no rules to be followed. Our mind is a tabula rasa with unlimited space for anything and everything. It is upto us to design and organize it the way we want. It cannot be contracted out. No external is allowed to set it up. So, if you are feeling stifled within due to toxic people whose comments, reactions, words have taken residence; it is high time you do a clean sweep and flush them out. Treat resentment, grudges, expectations and dejections that are piling up in your mind as cobwebs that need spring cleaning. Life is beautiful - Inhale what is worth keeping and with a deep breath exhale the rest out. Keep your home beauteous, delightful and fascinating. The controls are in your...

Just like the beautiful seasons of nature that follow each other in a circle; such is Life ~  a path unfolding the mysteries that Life beholds for each one of us in a circle - The Circle of Life..!! Time always compels us to travel different paths. Many times we see the act of venturing into the unknown as a fearful journey when we don't really have to. The reason why we despair and become anxious is because of the uncertainty and unfamiliarity attached to it it but life is never written out. It is meant to be discovered. Moments keep moving time after time and with it the unknown unfolds which unless you "Keep walking..." you will never know. As Ayn Rand says " All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it - walk .” Treading the unknown is really gratifying if you vanquish the fear within you, embrace hope and do not conform yourself to any dogma's or societal norms. You will discover your real libe...

The world is shrinking day by day courtesy the brilliant advancement of technology. We have discovered our long lost friends and relatives with whom we lost touch. People who were a wonderful part of our childhood and growing up years. Happy to re-bond? Yes. Have the time? No. You are in a perennial race and you always are running out of time. Today's world operates with rules of it's own. Rules of a different kind that force you to comply and you do so willingly to step up and keep pace. Just when you think you have understood it, the dynamics change and so you force yourself to adapt once again forgetting that you have your own little world that needs you and there is an "I" too. You keep thinking that you are doing it for them, for you but NO, this is not true.  There was a time when we used to be strongly bonded in real and not via devices and gadgets. The montages of these random memories always evoke a genuine smile in your face. Why then are you letti...

As much as I did not want to I had to pick my bags again to relocate to a new abode; I had to do it. Work affairs..!! The only thing that excited me was that I was to go through the phase of being a stranger in an unknown city who did not know what was to unfold before her and for the fact that I could explore newer horizons. When I landed in this city, the first thing I did was inhale the air and let it sensitize me. I emptied my mind to make room for the new thoughts and feelings. I felt good then..!! I had to rush through the first few days as I had to find an accommodation, fix a convenient route to office, arrange for my meals and step up to speed at work. None of my so called friends and colleagues offered to guide me through let alone help inspite of an earnest request. The first dent was indented with the people mentalities here..!! Is it so difficult to offer help to someone in distress..??!! To add to it, there was the daily dose of power cuts for close to 4-5 hour...

"What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from." - T. S. Eliot The elements that had given shape to my life and  to which I had committed my all seem  insignificant now. Everything around appears so  fragile including relationships. Things change,  people leave. With the passage of time  everything that made sense in the past seem  derisory in their present form. Life's contrariness beguiles me. As I attempt to make sense in repose, the only  thing that strikes me is that there is something  wrong with reality. Is this an irreversible  phenomenon?  Today, I have reached a point where I question  everything. I seek answers and I seek them  aggressively. Eventually, life has to make  sense. Things have to fall in place. That's what  I am told..!! I definitely cannot reach the end  of my existential rope in this note without ...

My little brother met was on his way to work when he met with a a major road accident in 2007. He wasn't at fault. He had to undergo 9 major operations and lived in the hospital for over a year. His entire life flew off the handle with the severe damage to his leg, his mental trauma and agony of his girl friend ditching him and a bleak future that appeared like a horizon. In adversity aka tragedy, he realized whom he could count on in life. Learning for him but what sense of timing, eh..??!! This was just one part. It is rightly said when there is a hospital emergency in the house, it is the family that suffers most. Relentless efforts by my aged mom and me helped salvage the situation. The outflow for his recovery and recuperation was so much that one point, I, thought  I was alive and earning only to foot the hospital bills. To say our emotional life was chaotic would be a classic understatement. Through the endless dark hours, we were... awed, stricken, diffident n...