Humans love stories. We tell our kids stories when we put them to bed, we tell our friends and families stories about funny or dramatic things that happened to us, we are now using various social media outlets to tell these stories to the world. We are also constantly telling ourselves stories. Consciously, and usually… Continue reading The stories we believe
Author: Smriti
The observer effect
We are such a beautiful stew/melting pot/potpourri of human-karma-spirit-observer-consciousness. Human me is bound to karma, ego, conditioning and generational trauma hurt. If I see myself as human only, the suffering would be unsurmountable! I would live in that place of hell and fire where I would be incapable of holding my own emotions and blame… Continue reading The observer effect
The one person
Once we make self-care and self-love and self-need first and foremost, the path to helping, caring for and loving others in the most authentic way will open up by itself. I have always been someone who has put the safety, comfort, happiness and ease of others prior to mine. I have felt that if I… Continue reading The one person
Drop that ball!
This concept of “dropping the ball”, is all too familiar in the Western world. We are taught quite early on that no matter what, we mustn’t drop the ball. We must keep it together and fulfill all our roles and responsibilities to the fullest of our capacity, no matter what. What if we did “drop… Continue reading Drop that ball!
The Four Pillars I lean on
The four pillars I lean on in my life are these- Awaken, Trust, Transform and Live. Awaken to “this, here, now”. The present moment is all there is. This is where life has brought me the experience I need to observe. I am only here to observe the experience. Awaken to what is here now.… Continue reading The Four Pillars I lean on
The Inner Holy Trinity
My inner self has this beautiful holy trinity, my Spirit, my adult human self and my inner child. My inner child has conditioned with ego growing up, this child has listened and believed everything that their adult caregivers have fed them growing up. This child is easily afraid and often feels scared and alone. Often… Continue reading The Inner Holy Trinity
So much more than a physical box!
I want you to think of a box, something you ordered that arrived in a box, something someone sent to you in a box. This box, has a shape and size and depth. However as adults were are more interested in the items in the box. Whereas children mostly care for the box. If this… Continue reading So much more than a physical box!
Space between
The above image is from one of my favorite paintings. Mostly because it has a thousand different ways of viewing and interpreting and also because I was able to bask in its presence a few years ago. It was a magical experience. Call me insane, but I felt Michelangelo himself present there in spirit, and… Continue reading Space between
Higher Mind-Lower Mind
In his book-Meditation, Ivan Antic states that the mind is virtual reality, and as such a really useful tool. In the diagram above, he states how the consciousness of mind is always connected with a level of understanding of the nature of reality. in order to understand the nature of reality, we firstly need to… Continue reading Higher Mind-Lower Mind
Yin Yang-Balance
The Yin Yang concept of balance is well known to most. While Yin can represent the ultimate feminine or night (the high priestess) aspect and Yang the masculine or day (The magician) as depicted in the tarot cards above, it means so much more than simply that. Yin / Yang: Two halves that together complete… Continue reading Yin Yang-Balance