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Month: August 2021

I Don’t Know

August 24, 2021

An Emperor visited a Zen master to ask about the afterlife. “When an enlightened man dies, what happens to his soul?” Asked the Emperor. All the Zen master had to say was: “I have no idea.” “How could you not know?” Demanded the Emperor. “You’re a Zen master!” “But I am not a dead Zen master!” He proclaimed. Socratic ignorance refers, paradoxically, to a kind of knowledge – a person’s frank acknowledgement of what they don’t know. To acknowledge our ignorance is the beginning of the journey to awareness. Most of us think we know ourselves, whereas the fact is

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Absolute Freedom

August 21, 2021

Good is the opposite of bad. So, good is then the product of bad. Because if bad goes away, good will go away too. The opposite of something is embedded in it. In choosing one, we choose the other by default. Good-Bad. Beautiful-Ugly. Joy-Sorrow. Excitement-Boredom. The entire world around us is designed in binary mode.  The vital question to table here – Is freedom the opposite of bondage? Or is freedom the freedom from the game of opposites?  Freedom and Love are interesting concepts. They can live in the binary and also beyond it. There is relative freedom. Then there

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Living One-Way

August 9, 2021

What if You posted a blog and didn’t check on the number of likes it got. You went for a run and never measured the distance and speed. You wrote a letter and didn’t worry about getting a response. You learnt music, not thinking about performing ever. You started a company not thinking of an exit. You donated a bunch of money to a charity anonymously. You invested in your partner without expecting a thing in return. What if you loved and never expected anything in return. What if you lived one-way.

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Watching My Breath

August 4, 2021

Probably one of the most important things to do in life – Watch one’s breath for a few minutes. Probably one of the most challenging things to do in life – Watch one’s breath for a few minutes. I am learning from my relationship with running. When I tried to conquer milestones at running, I failed. Then I made running a companion, and it ran with me. Now when I run, I watch my breath for a few minutes. Sometimes. When you stop watching, it appears.

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