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Setting the Record Straight


A friend “wants to shareOn topics other than spirituality”.When did I ever prevent him? Just a couple of weeks backHe … More

Family, fiction, Friendship, Life, Love, Poem, Poetry, Writing

Chastity — A Conversation with J. Krishnamurti


“Another thing is that, before our marriage, we vowed never to have any sexual relationship with each other.” Again, why? … More

J. Krishnamurti, Love, Renunciation, Sex, Life, Celibacy, Marriage, Writing, Family, Chastity, Sanyasa, Krishnamurti on chastity

Rilke on Sadness


Extract from letter Eight of Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet”: I want to talk to you again awhile, dear … More

Advice on coping with sadness, Emotional upheavals, Feelings, Grief, Lessons that sadness teaches, Letters to a young poet, Life, Love, Mental health, Philosophy for life, Rilke, Sadness, Sorrow, Suffering, Writing

Rilke on Love


from Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet” (extract from the Seventh letter) To love is good, too: love being difficult. … More

Advice to young people on love, Bible, Christianity, God, Impure love, Jesus, Letters to a young poet, Love, Love Life, Mistakes in love, Pure love, Rilke on Love, Rilke's advice on love, Solitude, True love, Young people in love

Hitherto Unblogged Poems from My Latest Book “The Seeking Soul” — www.amazon.in/dp/B0G4KCHV3W


The Corridor of Uncertainty My buddy AV Satish ChandraNow retired as prof of pol sciFrom OU, tired as he already … More

Advaita, fiction, God, Hinduism, Life, Love, My Book of Poetry, My Books, Philosophy, Poem, Poetry, short-story, Slice of Life, Spirituality, Truth, Writing

The Loss of Faith


In most of my relationships with people I have seen that lack of grace, That comfort, that charitableness That care, … More

Hatred, Kant's categorical imperative, Lack of love, Love, Poem, Poetry, Relationships

The Incomplete Loves in Our Life


We are far too romantic for our own good We want that lover in our life Who will think the … More

Imperfections, Love, Matters of the heart, Perfect love, Perfectionism, Poem, Poetry, Romantic love, True love, Unconditional Love

The Real Problem


That she may not love me Is never a problem; That I may stop loving her Because she may not … More

Love, Poem, Poetry, Romantic love, True love, Unconditional Love

“Not a particle of antagonism” — J. Krishnamurti


The phrase “not a particle of antagonism” comes from a 1968 conversation between Jiddu Krishnamurti and Huston Smith in Claremont, … More

Conditioning, Conflict, Different way of living, Ideals, J. Krishnamurti, J. Krishnamurti on love, Life, Love, Mental health, Mind, Non-violence, Philosophy, Religious Mind, Spirituality, True Religion, Violence, Writing

The Connection Fades


No matter how deep the connection No matter how sweet the connection It fades, it slips away into oblivion For … More

Affection, Attraction, Breakup, Chemistry, Crush, Friendship, Infatuation, Love, Poem, Poetry, Puppy love, Relationships, Romantic love, Sweetheart, The connection

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