Stillness ...

Look at the wave. The wave rises and falls. It comes from the ocean and goes back into it. It has it's own form of a wave but its core essence is water. Two waves can have different forms. One can be tall or short or one can live a bit longer than the other. But the essence of every wave is water. Wave existed as water before it took the form of a wave. And it will continue to exist as water even after it dies and becomes one with the ocean. So where is the birth and where is the death! Did we exist before we came in this form? Will we exist after this form dies? What is our true essence? Look at the tree. Before the tree was the seed. Then the seed became the tree. The seed is the tree. Seed has the essence of life and it transforms itself into another living form. From that same tree came many more seeds. Many of those seeds became trees again. From life comes life. Is this life which is in the seed different from the life which is in the tree? One form just tr...

On the international yoga day today, the most relevant question that all of us should ask ourselves is, are we happy? Are humans happy in general? Is anyone around us happy? Not momentarily, not for few hours or few days, but always, in all circumstances? If we are so smart, so intelligent, then why are we not happy? Please think about this. Now, how yoga is related to this? Well, yoga is a systematic and holistic approach towards happiness. It's goal is to bring us face to face with who we really are. With its practice, all chitta-vritti (mind modifications or alterations e.g. distractions, conflicts, etc.) are eliminated and when this happens, what remains is our own self. According to upanishads, this self is sat-chit-ananda. Yoga calls it purusha, vedanta calls this brahman, Buddhists call it shunya, and many know it as consciousness. Whatever we may call it, it's true essence is ananda, blissfulness. When we discover this in the core of our being, we have found the foun...

Empty are words and so is the world and all the promises that it holds it offered you prescriptions its rule book and instructions a path that looked rosy and shiny promised to take you to your destiny you did what you were asked to do but nowhere that actually led you to You kept running like a mad horse crossing pastures one after other on your back carrying the load of your dreams and expectations your plans and calculations you have been restless like the mad ant which is looking for sugar in the sand hoping one day to reach the goal when chase would end once for all Tall your achievements are indeed! but you find yourself hollow and empty you gave it all that you had, honestly but your adventures left you high and dry the mirage that is still out of your grasp lures you even more as each day passes by Clueless you still are about what you are after is it success, riches, fame or glory? or the best in your craft that you aspire to be? is it the masterp...