THE ROLE OF THE SENSES IN MEDITATION OR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE What is the right approach to our senses – seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, and tasting – on a journey of meditation and self-understanding? Are they hurdles one must disengage with, or pathways to understanding? What is their nature? Senses as a hurdle or as a [...]
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The Biggest Obstacle An Essay on the Search for Self In over fifty years of searching for Self, I have been privy to different institutions, methods, and the approaches of fellow travellers — all treading the same ancient road toward a barely sensed goal. Each approach carries its own merit. Each institution that has coalesced [...]
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I observe that infants create, explore, and experience the world with wonder, joy, and amazement. There is no place in this discovery process for the arrogance of knowing or doer-ship. There is no sense of superiority or pride of achievement in what one has learnt, discovered, or experienced. There is only an experience of pure [...]
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For many years I have awakened each morning with an unbidden sense of gratitude for life as a gift of this vast and mysterious universe. I have often wondered whether this gratitude is a learned moral posture—shaped by culture, ethics, and habit—or whether it arises instead as an expression of a deeper state of being, [...]
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I have often wondered what J. Krishnamurti meant by “Flowering in Goodness.” The word goodness is so closely tied to what is culturally considered right or better—the proper way to be and act—that it quickly becomes linked to approval and disapproval, again based on cultural definitions of right and wrong. In conversation with a group [...]
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What do I expect will happen to me after my body dies? What do I hope will happen? How does my attitude affect my life now? In moments of introspection, I sometimes view my body from above, recognizing it as just one object among many in the space around me. This perspective raises profound questions: [...]
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In my youth, I once attended a session on Sufi stories. One story from that evening has remained with me for many years. It carries within it a seed of wisdom so subtle that each time I retell it, something deep within me responds viscerally—sharpening my clarity about the significance of self-remembrance in spiritual practice. [...]
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“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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