Author: Rhea
Last evening, was quiet and silent is a very different way. As if, something, had have been averted. The sky was soft and the breeze inviting. I went out for a walk to my favourite ocean. There were a few enthusiastic walkers and joggers and equally enthusiastic idlers. I am both often. Yesterday I just felt like, sitting. So, I sat on the grass with my back to the tree and ocean in front of me and the gorgeous sky above. It was prefect. The space and time. And, I had, not a care in the world moment. In my…
A few days ago, some friends came home, and one of them brought me a book (Fritjof Capra’s , Tao of physics), It is one of my favourite books. It was, he said in an apologetic tone, an old copy. I was delighted. Something about old books. The first thing I did, when I was alone with the book, was smell it and then touch and feel the oldness of the pages, with eyes closed. As if I was reading braille (as if) and took in the many touch imprints. And almost taste the deliciousness of it. This is something I…
One of the first ‘self-help’ category books I read was 7 habits of highly effective people. It was very effective for many years. Then I got in the habit of the 7 habits and fell asleep, to it. And lost it. Definition: A habit is a routine of behaviour that is repeated regularly and tends to occur subconsciously. It is a settled or regular tendency, especially one that is hard to give up. For years now I am watchful of anything becoming a Habit. By virtue of its definition. For example, I had a ‘Habit’ of watering my garden everyday,…
When true connection happens- Silence speaks. And yet so often, words are all I have. And they do take my breath away. Sometimes literally. I am a big fan of irony. I write. And I often get tired of trying to express the un-expressable, through words. And yet at times, there is a quality of swirling mist around the spoken words which makes them easy to be absorbed by the skin and not just the mind. Sometime back someone I met, Gyan Pandey uncle from Lucknow, and he said in the passing, “Shaabd patr ki supatrata ke anusar khulte hai”…
A map is something used to navigate unknown territory. The term “map” derives from Latin “mappa,” a word meaning in antiquity, a napkin, or a cloth or flag used to signal the start of games. By the ninth century at the latest the term “mappa mundi” could be used to describe a representation of the known world.(Wikipedia. ) I for one, am someone who gets lost in the same place many times. And No I don’t think we can go with the gender stereotyping. I have many friends who are women and are superb. (I guess my dyscalculia will be blamed conveniently)…
“In the Pause between the Stimulus and Response lies the freedom of choice” -This quote by Viktor Frankyl, I have heard, believed and championed for many years. And.. yet to be honest, I have seen a certain behaviour with myself and many close ones….There is a pause and then, after that pause – It’s still the same “reaction”. We have just added one more step to the pattern-the Pause. And also, are we free to use this freedom to choose? And so, as I contemplated this… Pause- I had many questions( as usual) Was pause then…just Silence ..withheld?- Was pause a strategy?…
I have been fascinated by shadows ever since I was little. And used my hands to make shadow figures on the wall. It won’t be too much of a stretch to imagine that is true for most children across the world. I have noticed like me, children first make animal shadows. Mine was the deer (I suppose it was easy), dog, bird, duck, butterfly, fish – but you get the drift – mostly animals. An dnot just make but also move them tell stories with them etc. My fascination continues. Now I photograph them, capturing them the with light –…
Truth Is unknowable, but it can be perceived by pursuing what is untrue. Last 8 months I have had the practice of “Being unoffendable”. For me to begin with the premise was, ‘being offended’ was another self-righteous form of separation. And somehow gave self a permission to also be harmful, hurtful to another. And it did not feel in congruence. I realized that when someone said or did something, and it “hurt”, while the pain itself, as a feeling was truthful, the story of the hurt (the meaning) was untrue. In deep democracy (a method of uncovering and holding the…
As a child I have been fascinated by dust. In my grandmas house where I grew up I have spend many afternoons watching the single beam of light that would come through a tiny crack in the roof tile. And I would could see the dust dance ..move.. glide..shine.. and I would tentatively put my finger in one location and then the entire spectrum would shift…to a different pattern of dance…. And I would feel so delighted.. I felt as if I could touch and change my world.. literally. I guess as I write this my fascination with interconnection and…
Today I start my 100 days of blogging EVERYDAY experiment Each day some exploration The Theme is Light – Shadows – Surrender I don’t really know what will come ..but here goes.. Invisible dark matter. The universe as we know (the 4% of it..yes that is ALL) is made up of dark matter and dark energy…unknown…unconscious… invisible. I firmly believe that the quantum physis world has more answers, since it breaks away from the causality dead loop or the notion of – I KNOW because I see. (and therefore – If I don’t see I don’t know and THAT causes…