When I started out I had nebulous ideas about immortality, gender dynamics and the potential of technology to transform our existence. We are moving towards a huge change in human life – I don’t have doubts about it anymore.
Category: Reflections
Meeting His Holiness the Dalai Lama
He straddles centuries in his persona, and engages in contemporary and current issues with ease. It was a privilege to be in his presence.
Ascendance 2.0
In fact, we lived with them on Earth, and we came to Elone together. There must have been something that tied us together. I think that is also lost to us now; lost to both of us. We have never stopped to look for that bond, never questioned the roots of the animosity that plagues us today. But the knowledge that we shared an intertwined existence is still with us.
Ascendance 1.0
Imagine a world where men and women live as antagonistic species. How would they react when they learn about their shared past….
Happy birthday kiddo!
We think that we look after and nurture our children, often overlooking how in their own way they do the same. They help us grow and expand in ways we never would, but for them.
What they see 3.0
It does represent audacity of hope. Right now it is one individual that is pushing it. but hope and tireless pursuit of knowledge and achievement is the hallmark of the human race on Earth.
Dwelling on loneliness
In a sense, when I dwell on the issue of loneliness I feel it stems from our existence. In essence we come in this world alone, travel the journey of life also primarily with ourselves, and depart alone.
Climb Every Mountain…
It was a different spiritual journey. For those who can’t meditate the conventional way, give rigorous physical activity a chance. It requires focus and discipline that has a much needed calming and soothing effect.
Lodhi Garden – evening walks….
Last week, as I walked in Lodhi Garden with a full moon keeping me company in a winter evening, despite the Delhi air being of ‘poor’ quality, I tried to understand what about it is so enchanting.
Hitting Ground Zero
So as it turns out, dengue, both medically (potentially) and metaphorically, gave me a new lease of life. It helped me bury my failures and losses and let me resurrect afresh.
themindprism - sadhna shanker 