learnings

  It  is always exciting to be aware of people who recharge us. All of us are surrounded by all kinds.  A friend and I had a long, deep conversation on our respective behaviour through the last few years. It was an interesting conversation peppered with our individual experiences. Most importantly our take aways were: we had not judged  Seeking approval from ourselves is important we are making efforts to evolve debated and discussed between Advaita and Visishita Advaita philosophy  ( without emotions ruling us) the poignant beauty of the 'here and now' as discussed in the Bhagavad Gita.....  We seem to be human 'doing' rather than human 'being' .  Our conversation flowed like a meandering river that left us so charged.  Have you had such an experience recently?  

This evening I received the grim news. A young girl I knew had taken her life. I am still numb with grief and questions.  She said she had never been in love.  She said she had never experienced the thrill of romance. Yet she did not wait to experience life. Why my girl why? 

 I am entering into my second month of deleting apps from my phone. I am surprisingly not missing them or feeling left out.Interestingly when I visit the social media apps on the laptop I spend less than five minutes! Somehow the layout / ease of use of the app on the laptop also does not appeal.  A couple of days ago when my iphone got updated it began giving messages about the number of times I pick up the phone and also for what purpose. Wow. technology and the company is actually helping me to understand my habit better. I realised I have to cut down on the number of unnecessary times I have begun picking up the phone! I was merely looking at the phone ,swiping from whatsapp to google news unnecessarily. It had become a habit after deleting social media apps. I had substituted a behaviour. So now my phone has warned me about it. I am amazed.  Today I kept a book next to me. Each time I picked up the phone to swipe, I would pause, place it back and pick up the book. I ...