“Whoever you are no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination. Calls to you like the wild geese harsh and exciting, Repeatedly announcing your place in the family of things”- Mary Oliver I often wonder about my soul choosing this body and this life to experience, evolve, and awaken. This reflection brings [...]
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Across generations, the universe’s two fundamental movements—centripetal and centrifugal—have often been judged through a socio‑ethical lens. Even mystics who perceive their character clearly have named them Higher and Lower, Divine and Demonic, Devas and Asuras—casting one as harmonious with the unifying force and the other as “out of sur,” out of tune. Such framing hardens [...]
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Lost I find myself when I am lost.There is so much silence in losing my small world. I find order in disorder.I find stillness in shambles The silence is profound when there there is no path to tread and nowhere to go In that confusion and in that chaosI find someoneI find His handI find Him […]
Akash Bhora Surja Tara- Rabindranath Tagore Sung by Uttam Kumar Bala To help in getting a sense of what Tagore has said in Bengali, we found 3 renditions in English. My heart sings at the wonder of my placeIn this world of light and life;At the feel in my pulse of the rhythm of creationCadenced […]
Siddhartha Gautama’s encounter with Mara, A digital painting by Uttam Kumar Bala
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QUOTES From Ravi Ravindra “Why has the Universe taken the trouble to create this coherent system, called “Ravi” in my case, for few decades?” Ravi Ravindra 2015- Delhi “Breath is the vector of intention and attention” Ravi Ravindra 2017 “Our 'duty' or responsibility is to search. As we search, gradually we [...]
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As I observe my behaviour, my habits, inner attitudes and beliefs I note that the hold of conditioning is strong. And despite my assumption that I am open, flexible and a receptive person I see that this is not always so; and that I can see and feel my resistance and an inner rigidity to […]
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