(Bulla, Who Knows Who I Am?) Came upon Rabbi Shergill’s rendition of Bulleh Shan’s powerful poem and was caught off-guard by it’s timelessness. Syed Abdullah Shah Qadri, known by his followers as Bulleh Shah, was a Sufi poet, philosopher mystic who lived beyond the conventions of his time in the early 18th century in Punjab,Continue reading “Bulla Ki Jaana Main Kaun”
Category Archives: Self
Veganuary
Not really one for making new year resolutions but my daughters took it upon themselves to stop eating any animal product for January. Veganuary is a UK based non-profit that encourages people worldwide to try a vegan diet for January as a compassionate response to the cruelty of animal farms and a responsible action againstContinue reading “Veganuary”
The Past Tense
Be wary of insecure people who look backwards into foggy memories of their past and claim those were the good times. These are incomplete musings of the fortunate who form the majority of our society’s demographic. Heavily dosed with innumerable biases, such memories are selective and most times don’t feature the unpleasant, or as aContinue reading “The Past Tense”
Reducing the Transcendent or Elevating the Tangible
Transcendent, natural selection
Memories..
Originally recorded 2019-09-10 14:07:10 PM Memory is coming up again and again in my recent thoughts as I journey towards coloring more and more areas of my ‘color-the-shapes’ existence. We humans are our memory. If it wasn’t for the accumulated data and interplay of these data-points built up over a lifetime, we would be helplessContinue reading “Memories..”
I am…
”I’ am not a noun, I am a verb! The layers that make me are in flux, like smoke billowing into and out of existence. These layers give the perception of me – to myself and to others – when I register into existence. I’m kind, I’m vicious; I’m intelligent, I’m dense; I’m quick-witted, I’mContinue reading “I am…”
