Fear of missing out is defined on Wikipedia as “a pervasive apprehension that others might be having rewarding experiences from which one is absent”. This social anxiety is characterized by “a desire to stay continually connected with what others are doing”. Before I started writing this blog I thought it was just a cultural term…
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What is the opposite of bliss?
This blog, like many other blogs I have written in my life, was triggered by a book I am reading. The book I am reading right now is called Krishna: The man and his philosophy by Osho. I don’t believe in religion for sure and was a little skeptical about reading this. But it came…
Continue ReadingTo crave or not to crave
It is quite likely that in the last hour you craved momentarily for something or someone or a feeling. It usually hits us out of the blue, sometimes lasting for one moment while at other times it lingers on. It could be a feeling of intense desire, it could be that sudden hunger for ice…
Continue ReadingThe Need for compassion
We live in troubled times. Maybe not all of us but most of us can sense the growing distrust among people. It may be Europe which has been devastated by multiple attacks recently or the war ravaged middle east. And more recently the feeling of distrust has been growing here at home in USA. I…
Continue ReadingAn Amateur Guide to meditation: The Still Mind
There are two things that I have become enchanted with over the last year or so: Meditation and Mindfulness. Both relate to your mind, one aims to train your mind while the other allows you to focus on now. In fact it is common to hear the term Mindfulness Meditation. As I wrote in my…
Continue ReadingWe need to meditate, starting yesterday!
I have often thought about writing about Meditation. But the truth is that I barely understand the concept myself. For so long meditation used to bring images of monks seated in saffron robe who have given up on the luxuries of life. And I didn’t want to give up any luxuries, hence I couldn’t meditate….
Continue ReadingA gateway through time
On those empty green roads No.. I done think I should call them that The path of green gently trodden grass That leads to an unknown place It is not a path in space perhaps But more like a gateway into another time A time where there is no wrong A soft glow of right…
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Tonight, when the world is out And I sit outside, on the grass Looking at the dark lush valleys And sounds of ruffling leaves I think about those moments When life as I know changed Yes it is all too simple, all too clear For the world, for you! Its apparent what I do is…
Continue ReadingWhen I was first in Love
And today morning, when I saw her smile It felt like when I was first in love As if time had reversed itself And I stood there like that first time Oh so long we have come And at times the road seems dark When the times are tough And smiles uncertain Yet all we…
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Havent felt like writing lately. Was reading down the memory lane. Found this. This one is one of my 1st writing when i was in Kota ( Rajasthan ), preparing for IIT entrance, around Sep 2004 i should guess. Bundled up in endless joy Trying to please you , god knows why Trying to make…
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