Inspiration

What is courage?

In 2019, existing in a world where looking different or living an atypical life still requires courage despite our presumed sophistication as a species. How cruel and bizarre that someone’s very existence should require daily acts of bravery to sustain!

Change and Permanence

I’m back in Rishikesh after several years’ absence, slowly taking in all the remarkable changes (I hesitate to say developments) that have happened here since 2013. The local businesses are being crowded out by bigger commercial …

What do you believe?

Today we honour the New Moon in Sagittarius, which sets the scene for taking action and maybe even taking risks on big new ideas and plans following a bit of a lull in enthusiasm over the …

Namaste from India!

So far as I am able to judge, nothing has been left undone, either by man or nature, to make India the most extraordinary country that the sun visits on his rounds. Nothing seems to have been forgotten, …

Shine a light on the darkness

We become more humble and connected to society through a sincere and deep self-examination. This clears the way to understanding what we do want from our lives and helps us avoid repeating the same mistakes that have us going around in circles through lack of self-awareness.