Feb 03, 2011

Days of Emancipation or the End of the World as We Know It?

While in the last centuries the masses of the rich countries have been busy consuming (mostly mindlessly) quite a few changes have happened under the surface of this world. Changes that have been noticed by different people, changes that have become buzz-words but changes that our leaders were not able to pre-empt because their implications are hard to predict for our puny human minds. Developments that might seem to be quite unrelated, that actually might come together in synergies that transform humanity—and as the most dominant species—our world drastically. This is not an attempt to predict, but an attempt to line up some of the thoughts in my puny mind in order to see which ones may align and affect each other. You are welcome to join this and draw your conclusions. :) — read more ›

Sep 25, 2010

Self-Organisation and Guerrilla Attitude

Last weekend was another Ultimate tournament. I had the honour to captain a team of players from all over India. While being a Leo, I never felt too comfortable leading larger groups – especially when they are heterogenous. Smaller teams, with keen people, yes. A flock of people instead just always felt like herding cats. No offence, but I think everybody who has tried that, knows how it feels. That, I guess is one reason why people are so often scared of taking initiative and responsibility. — read more ›

Feb 02, 2009

From a distance

Travelling by plane always makes me ponder. It must be the bird’s perspective of things deep down there, one sees villages, roads, mountains, rivers and all the other things from a completely different perspective. It is beautiful, amazingly beautiful not only because it’s an unusual perspective. Our Earth IS MAGNIFICENT. And yes, from a distance all looks great and spotless, or at least many things. — read more ›

Jan 21, 2009

A Beginner's Thoughts on Vipassana Meditation

Quite a few people asked about the meditation experience and here I should give a bit more detailled description on that and then raise a few questions. — read more ›

Aug 09, 2008

J.Krishnamurti on mediocrity and what to do with one's life.

This is one of the essential parts from the book on J.Krishnamurti’s thoughts I have been reading for a looong time now. The book is called Total Freedom: The Essential Krishnamurti and is a very heavy but highly interesting read that I will revisit later in my life. — read more ›