'Keep The Drama On The Page.', says Julia Cameron in her book - The Right to Write(https://www.amazon.com/Right-Write-Julia-Cameron/dp/0874779375/ref=asc_df_0874779375/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=266149135190&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17003752409644412540&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hv...
I just came back from a 10-day Vipassana Meditation Retreat. I met up with a couple of good friends after almost decades on the way to the retreat. And they asked me why I attend these retreats - as they are more austere than spa retreats. They are silent retreats with no electro...
My parents just arrived from India. The flights from India are super long-spanning more than a day with multiple stops. My parent's flight schedule was from Chennai -> Abu Dhabi -> Chicago -> Columbus. I diligently tracked it on the FlightAware app, which gives a real-time visual...
During the ten days Vipassana Retreat, Goenka Ji tells the story of a little kid and his favourite dish. His mom makes his favourite dish - rice pudding and to add flavour she adds cardamom to it. The little kid sees the cardamom seeds, thinks they are small stones and refused to...
I gave a talk on Leadership yesterday at an undergraduate class, my first ever talk as a leader officially. The students asked a lot of questions at the end of the, and on my way back I was thinking about the talk and life in general. That's when I realized the difference between...
In the ten-day Vipassana(http://dhamma.org) course, Goenka Ji tells us lots of stories. My mind wandered over to the following story today.
Goenka Ji asks that the light bulbs we have in our houses - they appear to remain the same for a long time, if they do not change then w...
I practice Vipassana Meditation(http://dhamma.org) - Vipassana in Pali means "To see things as they are".
And in the book Non Violent Communication(http://www.cnvc.org/) by Marshall Rosenberg he also talks about "Observing without judgment".
At one level it makes perfect se...
Have you your tried to clean something which has been covered with grime and dirt? One single swipe of the finger will not do it - neither will one single swipe of a cloth. It takes time. First, you might have to let it soak in some liquid for hours and then clean it layer by lay...
In Creativity and Personal Mastery(https://theraoinstitute.com/) course, prof.Rao tells us a story. A baby is happily drinking his bottle of milk. Let's say you take it away. The baby's face gets all red, and he bawls his little lungs out. There is no mistaking that he is upset...
I did my first 10-day Vipassana course(http://dhamma.org) in Delhi, Gurgaon. Vipassana meditators run all the Vipassana courses on a volunteer basis - nobody is paid. They do it because they want to and genuinely too. I had to do two more courses before the desire to serve aros...
I am not talking about your physical location like home, town or state but the one place where you are present constantly - you never leave that place even for a second: Your Mind.
What comes to your mind when you listen to this song(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udra3Mfw2oo...
Story 1: For almost a year in a row I had two apples for breakfast every day. I would wake up in the morning, use my apple corer, fill up a plastic cup and eat them during the car ride to the office. It was convenient, healthy and kept the doctor away. I don't really care for app...
The story goes - Abraham Lincoln's brother wrote him a letter stating that he wanted to move from his current location because he didn't like the people, didn't like the place. His brother moved places and after a few months the same story and the same letter to Lincoln. Lincoln ...
At a CPM(https://theraoinstitute.com/) reunions, one of my friends suggested the idea of a improv - one of the first things he said is that you have to start with an Yes. I found that exercise very difficult because it meant I needed to put the BIG "I" behind and go with the fl...
In the 10-day Vipassana(http://dhamma.org) courses Goenkaji tells us some stories during the discourses. The one below is similar to the one Goenkaji narrates during the course.
_There once lived a great warrior. Though quite old, he still was able to defeat any challenger. Hi...
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It was summertime and I remember very vividly that my dad who is usually very fit kept sleeping for an entire weekend - non-stop. He had just made a trip to Delhi or some other city for business and when he came back all he did was sleep. His...
I was telling a colleague about my Belize trip and I mentioned about the delicious virgin mango-coladas. And his question was "How come you don't drink?" I thought it would make for a good blog post. Here we go.
Growing up in India in 80s and 90s in a middle class family, I just...
I just got back from serving at a 10-day Vipassana Meditation Retreat. Vipassana means to "See things as they are" and it's one of the many ways to reach enlightenment or at least get started on the journey. It was bought to India by S.N.Goenka to whom I am very grateful.
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