the shelter of now

Now is reality. Now can be felt right now and it also escapes from you right now. Now is the only thing that exists and is only thing we all can create and change and deal with.


Now is reality. Now can be felt right now and it also escapes from you right now. Now is the only thing that exists and is only thing we all can create and change and deal with.


Two locals totally immersed in the game of chess unmindful of the buzz and chaos at the busy square of Parque de bolivar, Cartagena, Colombia. Mind games and yet unmindful about everything around. Moment captured at Parque de bolivar, Cartagena,тАж


This kid captivated my attention with his wonder and amazement at everything he sees. Life is pure and pristine. This moment captured at quishuarani, Peru at 3700 meters as part of my┬а lares trek to Machu Pichu.

At Ramanujam’s house with Praveen in Kumbakonam


Playful at Playa Blanca. A local souvenir and hat seller in Playa blanca. Taking a pause in life to listen to the sound of the waves and the colors of the Caribbean. Life’s beauty and hardships go together. Finding theтАж

A local Caribbean colombian woman selling traditional home-made sweets and delicacies at Portal de Los Ducles near the clock tower in the walled city of cartagena de indies, colombia. Her smile is infectious and her affection is boundless.



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Alumni Highlights Interview on my Yoga Journey in the IIMB Newsletter, July 2017. тАЬYoga off the mat!тАЭ The word тАШyogaтАЩ is derived from the Sanskrit word тАШyujтАЩ, ┬аYoga means the union of the individual consciousness or soul. Yoga is roughlyтАж





There is nothing up there. Everything is within us. The inside. The inside experience that is enhanced by what we explore outside. The outside in that allows us to blossom inside out. So what kind of exploration are we uptoтАж

In our journey through life, three fundamental pillars sustain us: food, movement, and sleep. These elements are not just necessities but the very essence of our well-being. LetтАЩs delve into how each of these pillars contributes to a balanced andтАж
To discover my happiness in other’s happiness is a great feeling. To realize that there are no others and we are all pieces of the same puZzle. To know that every breath we take in and let go of isтАж
What are we? One and none. Not one in many, but many in one or rather, many in many. We do not exist all by ourself. We exist all together. We are not the center of this universe. We areтАж

In thought faith In word wisdom In deed courage In life service Light of your being is lightness of your body how heavy is your light? May you move from darkness to light. Cheers and NamasteЁЯЩПЁЯП╜

and THIS right here right now is my place & time of meditation. the real, surreal and ethereal – You can experience them all by meditating on the silence of your infinite breath. Benevolence, Compassion, Sympathetic Joy, and Detachment –тАж

Strength comes from surrender – to the gravity, to the universe, to the divinity that exists within each one of us. Movement on the physical plane is awareness at the spiritual realm. A stretch in the material world is expansionтАж


Uttana ekapada sirsasana inspired by the motto of IIMB: Tejasvi navadhitamastu. This line, derived from the Shanti mantra ( peace invocation ) of Taittiriya Upanishad, реР рд╕рд╣ рдирд╛рд╡рд╡рддреБред рд╕рд╣ рдиреМ рднреБрдирдХреНрддреБред рд╕рд╣ рд╡реАрд░реНрдпрдВ рдХрд░рд╡рд╛рд╡рд╣реИред рддреЗрдЬрд╕реНрд╡рд┐ рдирд╛рд╡рдзреАрддрдорд╕реНрддреБ рдорд╛ рд╡рд┐рджреНрд╡рд┐рд╖рд╛рд╡рд╣реИред реРтАж

Give time a break!

man himself is the ultimate mythology, knowing oneself is knowing god let every path you traverse become a path of pilgrimage, every work you engage in become service. there’s no worship in mosque or temple or special holy day, atтАж



And he is God, who is not merely a sum total of facts, but the goal that lies immensely beyond all that is comprised in the past and the present – Rabindranath Tagore Tagore’s admiration of Mahakavi Kalidasa here: TagoreтАж

every act of yours must be an act of meditation. every word you utter every turn you take every feeling you express every emotion you experience every moment you live

Om Namah Shivayah

the source of OM. the source of creation. when energy and matter was indistinguishable. when the opposites coexist and dance in harmony. when there is only one and no second. when there is all and one and none. when thereтАж


That in whom reside all beings and who resides in all beings, who is the giver of grace to all, the supreme soul of the universe, the limitless being – I am THAT
