A powerful thing about knowing ourselves is that the world can no longer enslave us. What we can contribute to this world comes from our ability to know ourselves. Knowing ourselves is when we are not projecting our illusions through the projector of wishful thinking on the screen of ‘What ifs. Every genius has known […]
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What Can Give Us A Real Sense of Completion
This article is a response to an enchanting email received from a reader on November 9th. In her email, she was kind with her words towards the blog Feeling Buddhaful. In the end, she asked me an intriguing question, “Where can I find a real sense of completion.” I thought about this question for a […]
Daring to Speak Our Mind
We cannot even speak to our God in public; we need a private space, ensuring that no one else is listening. Not sure why expressing emotions is becoming a taboo and being rigid is normal. However, we all have turmoil hidden under our controlled surfaces. We need to understand this; being able to ‘express oneself’ […]
A Little Wisdom; A Little Foolishness
We all have left the past behind us, some glorious moments, and some shadows of them. Once in a while, we sit back and hit the play button in our mind to visit those old places. Life is made up of many losses, and experiences gained. Day by day, when we grow older, this void […]
A Bagful of Should and Should Not
At any given moment, we are full of doubts and standing at the crossroads of should or should not. There is a massive burden of expectations. Many characters throughout our life preach us how to live, love, and even pray. Life could become a strange struggle from a crib to a grave if we do […]
Sometimes Ordinary is the Extraordinary
The daily struggle of life is to make it large, make it happen, make it cool, and somehow to make it extraordinary, which takes the pleasure away from the simple ordinary things. Have you ever thought that sometimes everyday is extraordinary? I have seen my mom and grandmother just like any other homemakers simply enjoying the […]
The Almost Forgotten Human Language is ‘Feeling’
We all have read this phrase “Think less. Feel more.” However, our lives are so busy these days that we forget to consider the core of all our learned languages, feelings. “Feeling” is becoming the almost forgotten language. We are caught up in the monotony of survival that there is no time to pause and […]
Why Playfulness is Prohibited When We Grow Up? #justcurious
What I have gotten so far that growing up means saying goodbye to your playfulness. Humans are the only species on earth who sacrifice playfulness in return of a name tag “Adult.” Imagine how much joy we get from the playfulness of mother nature – raindrops falling in the form of bubbles, swinging trees on […]
Being Vulnerable Means Living Without Fear of Losing
“Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage.” And truth and courage are not always comfortable. Being vulnerable is the most uncomfortable feeling. Wearing your heart on your sleeve in the world of swords, how easy could it be?! There is a brighter side to this, and vulnerability is a source of creativity. Being vulnerable […]
Committing to our path matters more than choosing our path
Choosing what we want to do is less frightening than committing oneself to that one chosen path. That is why when we decide which degree to pursue; we do our best possible research because we know that we will be carrying this choice a long way. As a child, I wanted to be an astronaut, […]