AWAKENED SOUL & LOVE | BEYOND ILLUSION OF NORMAL LOVE

And so, the unconscious couple go into the state of unconsciousness—unconscious love goes into unconsciousness. Makes the writer chuckle. Where is “I”? If the “I” does not arise, if the sense of the body does not arise, then can “you” and the world arise? No. If they were real, they must also be present inContinue reading “AWAKENED SOUL & LOVE | BEYOND ILLUSION OF NORMAL LOVE”

AWAKENED SOUL & LOVE | THE ILLUSION OF NORMAL LOVE

Podcast Episode: AWAKENED SOUL & LOVE | THE ILLUSION OF NORMAL LOVE

Pip: Dippack Mistri is asking whether what we call love is actually love — or just a scheduling problem dressed up in poetry. Mara: That’s the territory we’re in today: the gap between how we talk about love and what love actually looks like when you measure it, question it, and trace it across theContinue reading “Podcast Episode: AWAKENED SOUL & LOVE | THE ILLUSION OF NORMAL LOVE”

EXPLORING THE DIGITAL MIRAGE: DATING APPS

Podcast Episode: The Illusion of the Lonely Seeker: Intimacy, Apps, and Modern Ruin

Pip: Dating apps, legal fallout, and the quiet exit of anyone paying attention — Dippack Mistri has been thinking hard about why modern intimacy keeps producing rubble. Mara: This episode follows one extended argument: that the way we’ve structured connection — through apps, cultural myths, and transactional shortcuts — is making us lonelier, not less.Continue reading “Podcast Episode: The Illusion of the Lonely Seeker: Intimacy, Apps, and Modern Ruin”

The Illusion of the Lonely Seeker: Intimacy, Apps, and Modern Ruin

The Digital Supermarket of Souls Let us look at the digital supermarket of Love. Let me say this. We live in a fascinatingly, speeding, and an absurd age. We want fast and quick results. Speedy internet, speedy cars, speedy downloads, uploads. Is it a wonder that we are ageing fast as a result. Clearly, neverContinue reading “The Illusion of the Lonely Seeker: Intimacy, Apps, and Modern Ruin”

Podcast Episode: 64th NAYANAR

The discussion emerges from a post exploring Tamil Shaivism and the connection between Ramana Maharshi and the Nayanmars. It contemplates the implications of Maharshi’s prayers to the Nayanmars, suggesting he completes their lineage. Ultimately, it challenges readers to reflect on spiritual devotion’s relevance in the present context.

Podcast Episode: THE METAPHORS OF VEDANTA

Pip: If you have ever stared at the ocean and thought, “yes, this explains everything,” you may already be halfway through a Dippack Mistri post. Mara: This episode covers one extended piece of philosophical writing — Vedantic metaphors, what they actually point to, and where they run out of road. Pip: Let’s start with theContinue reading “Podcast Episode: THE METAPHORS OF VEDANTA”

Podcast Episode: Wisdom of a Cherry Tree

Pip: If you have ever walked past a cherry tree and thought, nice fruit, moving on — Dippack Mistri is here to suggest you missed the entire sermon. Mara: That is exactly the territory this episode covers — one tree, one garden, and what a season of blooming, feeding, and bare winter branches has toContinue reading “Podcast Episode: Wisdom of a Cherry Tree”

Wisdom of a Cherry Tree

The Wisdom: A Cherry Tree Ashram: Fruits of Enlightenment The Puranas (Hindu religious scriptures that include mythology, tradition, etc.) teach us that we should treat trees with as much care and importance as members of our own family. In India, many trees, banyan, pipal, mango, etc., are worshipped. The writer will go further and state,Continue reading “Wisdom of a Cherry Tree”