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Reflections

1.  Trio When I am caught up with the inner trio of my judge, victim and guardian voices, all I receive from the world are judgements and retributions; and I get busy to defend myself. Where, then, is the possibility for me to listen to the other's concern? How, then, will I receive the other from where they are? 2. The trigger for my heroic potential I have the possibility of bringing out the Heroic Potential in me, When I am alive to the impact that my world has on me. When I am numb to these realities, my actions become sterile, bereft of the source of my inner energy! 3. Naivity and Reactivity in the Bhima Space One aspect of not in touch with Bhima propensity is that I enter a context naive, without an assessment of the context; and possibly feel lost unable to act meaningfully in the context. When this element of the Bhima in me is over active, I am too caught up with the threats in the context that I receive everything that I encounter as a threat. Thus I get defensiv...

Simblifying life

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Ever since I took to yoga around 2008, the theme of Simple Living has been orbiting in many of the things we did in the way we live. and this is an attempt to journal our experiences. I have been thinking of making this article complete before posting it, and that was an absolute non starter. And hence this attempt to plunge in to writing, post it and build it along. So, this blog will remain an incomplete work, forever! Let me start with some bullets on the actions we have taken so far. We realized that one thread in simblification is reduction... so, what have reduced over the past few years on this journey. Sold off the dining table, so we can sit down and have our food Gave away the RO, and went back to boiling, filtering the water and storing this in a mud pot Stored away the Microwave - Don't have the heart to even gift this to anyone Stopped using soap (barring really exceptional days), and instead use Multani Mitti, Shikakai. Stopped taking bags (esp polythene b...