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THE TREE BAOBAB

I was fortunate to live in Southern Africa for over a decade and during this time was very taken by this tree named Baobab. The tree looks dead, but it is very much alive! Africans call it the Tree of Life and for good reasons too! In former times baobabs were used for shelter, water…

THE VIRUS

The modern world, which is approximately a thousand years old and modern science even less, say approximately 400 years, is seen to have taken a beating from the Covid-19 virus. What does this beating tell us? Would the human race now pause to introspect? All the advancement that we, our past generations ( interestingly, how…

THE PERSPECTIVE

What does life mean to each one of us? It could be different for different people. But most certainly it depends on how we look at life. This process of looking at life could fit in with our present topic and would broadly match the definition I have in my mind. Life is action, growth,…

THE CONNECTION

A connection is made when the phone is answered at the other end. Your attempt to reach someone depends on the other person. This is different for divine connection. Here we shall discuss ‘connection’ which we may or may not be aware of, while at the same time being aware of the term God, whatever…

THE WORD (SOUND)

When love, unity, purity and peace combine, they create an eternal vibration audible to the ears of a discerning person in deep meditation. This humming sound of cosmic energy is known by the sacred symbol of OM or AUM(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Om). Om (also spelled Aum) is believed to be the origin of all sound. It is also…

THE ELEMENTS

Everything in nature is made up of the five elements, viz. Space/Sky, Air, Fire, Water and Earth. This is an intended explanation of the complexity of nature. All elements that occur in nature, occurs because of fusion in stars. “Panchamabhuta”(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancha_Bhoota) explains that every human body is made up of five elements. Each of the five…

THE AXIS

Are we all familiar with the term ‘Swastika’? Or the symbol depicting the same? As per Oxford Dictionary, “well being” and later with the learner’s version, “an ancient symbol in the form of a cross with its ends bent at an angle of 90°, used in the 20th century as the symbol of the German…

THE ICON

May I request my readers to zoom into the photograph below (The Icon for this Site), to study the photograph and note the inscription alongside. Thank you all! The photograph was clicked by me, when we were about to climb the peak alongside the above marker. I must admit, probably like anyone else in my…


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