meditation
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How you breathe and how you walk — these are not just background actions of a busy day. They are active forces that influence your blood pressure, often more profoundly than we realise. For many, these rhythms are unconscious. But what if they could be re-trained, tuned, and harmonised — not only to reduce pressure
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We lost a friend recently. He was one of us — educated, accomplished, a PhD in engineering. His death came suddenly, without warning. The kind that stops conversation mid-sentence, that puts silence in a WhatsApp group where laughter used to live. In that pause, one friend wrote something that has stayed with me: Can we
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Walk into a church. A mosque. A temple. The rituals look worlds apart — hymns rise, heads bow, incense curls through the air. But beneath the symbols, there’s one unmistakable common thread: Everyone is speaking without expecting a reply. Call it prayer, meditation, chanting, or reflection. Strip away the vocabulary and what remains is a
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Imagine, for a moment, that everything you think you know about yourself is an illusion. Not in a scary, existential-crisis kind of way—but in a liberating, life-changing one. This is what the Buddha discovered 2,500 years ago, and his insights still shake the foundations of how we see ourselves today. Most of us walk through
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Life is beautiful. I often think of this simple truth, though its edges are not always soft. We all emerged from nature — from soil, water, sunlight — and one day we will return, mingling again with the quiet earth. Yet somewhere between these two mysteries, we live out a tangled story. The nature we
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– Maq Masi You pour a cup of tea. Steam rises. Somewhere, quietly, something is shifting. Not a riot. Not a declaration. Just a whisper: “Form is emptiness; emptiness is form.” It sounds cryptic. Perhaps poetic. Or even absurd. How could such words—so weightless—change the weight of history? Yet, they already have. In my youth,
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I once wrote an article on silence. Many friends responded warmly—some with reflections, others with questions. One friend opened up about his frustration with his adult children. Though they are all married and living their own lives, they often come to him with their problems. “They never listen,” he told me. “If they had, they
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Why do we often feel a persistent undercurrent of anxiety, a nagging sense of unease? It’s not simply the daily pressures of life; it’s the relentless pursuit of desires that overshadows our fundamental needs. Unlike animals, who prioritise survival, we humans are driven by a constant yearning for more: more success, more recognition, more validation.
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What is Yoga? Yoga is more than just physical postures. It is a systematic path to inner peace and self-discovery. The word Yoga comes from the Sanskrit root “Yuj”, meaning “to unite”—signifying the union of the individual self (Jivatma) with the universal consciousness (Paramatma). While today’s popular yoga focuses on fitness and flexibility, its original
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We live in a world that constantly demands our attention. It’s easy to get caught up in worries about the past, anxieties about the future, and pressures of the present. These challenges—whether they stem from work-life imbalance, social pressures, health issues, or disputes—gradually take a toll on our emotional, mental, and even physical well-being. Yet,
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