Being Human

“Come back to me quickly. You can have your Kingdom of Heaven,” she impulsively spoke her thoughts aloud to him.

He winced and thought a little. Then answered with great sadness, “But I can’t go on that journey anymore. I have nothing left to pay the fare.”

"I have left so much behind", Pi said, "In the end, the whole of life becomes an act of letting go."

"But what hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye."

Neither Friend Nor Foe - Insightful story with English translation of lyrics & meanings of

- ‘Koi dost hai na raqeeb hai’ sung by Jagjit Singh, and

- Its reprisal ‘Na suboot hai’, sung by Sachin Limaye

'I am afraid to take this leap of faith. You say that the eagle alone can look into the sun. And the sun rejuvenates its eyes. But I am weak and fearful."

"If I am no eagle, the sun will scorch mine. And smite them down for my arrogance."

Insightful story: Repaying Parental Debt

Can it never be repaid?

How is this ancestral debt, which a common man can’t repay even by true service of the parents?

'What do I care about most?' he thought.

And it came to him suddenly, 'I don't want to lose my father.'

"And have you tamed your mind yet, my knowledgable husband?" Isha teased, clearing the dinner table.

He smiled and replied, "No my dear, not yet. I try often, but I always fail."

"Rome ruled that land at the time of Jesus," answered Rosh, "so the Jews lived under Roman law. The Jewish crowd wanted the adulterous woman to be stoned to death according to their law at the time."

"But if they stoned the woman, they would be prosecuted for murder by the Romans. If they didn't stone her to death, they wouldn't be following their own ancient law."

"No," said Kabir, "but please give my regards to the Allah of Mecca."

The friend was puzzled.

"Is there a different Allah in Mecca?" he asked.

"What possible good can there be?" he whispered.

"For me? In the destruction of my life's work? My wealth? My confidence?"

Quietly he lay, staring at the white hospital ceiling. It was a plain canvas, unlike his own life. If only life could be as uncluttered as ceilings were.

His life had been full. Made full by his own ambition and effort. It had been a life of becoming.

"What a life mate!" our friend crowed, "Zed security. Such fame. And such beauty."

"People dying to see you. When they see me, they just shoo me away."

"You must be the happiest bird on the planet."

"Music was traditionally taught and practiced orally. Sounds transmitted the vibrations of existence long before language developed and became capable of conveying conceptions."

"Language ensured broader and consistent comprehensibility of ideas through a linguistic code, but words, the code, the language - itself became the bottleneck in communication."

"I sometimes feel like doing some damage," Josh's eyes were filled with tears, "they are so unfair. They are not my schoolmates, but curses that plague me constantly."

"It annoys me so much, I don't know what to do with them... Or myself... Anymore."

In 1955, this 75 year old battler embarked on one of her longest and most grueling journeys.

A 40,000-mile, five-month-long tour through Asia.

Spiritual Story: Unsoiled By Muddy Paths

How do some walk the murky walks of life without being stained?

Kabir delivers his wife to a lusty grocer to repay debt

"What we do in life, what choices we make in life comes from our perception of who we are."

"But that still doesn't make it clearer for me how I am that?" asked Josh. "How can I be the same as you, or one with Nature or God?"

Am I my body or my mind? My consciousness or my memories? Or am I a sum total of all of these?

Discover some pointers in this old Buddhist story or this Sufi song...

Spiritual Story: Why Do We Seek?

Who am I? Where have I come from? Where am I going?

Why are these questions important? Why do they compel our hearts?