What is Reality? From a Yogic perspective


Photo by: Tim Bogdanov/Unsplash.

In this article, I am going to describe objective Reality, as explained in the way of Yoga. It is definitely a hard challenge to objectify something beyond my own comprehension, but I will try to do my best to explain this topic well-entrenched in the …

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The Fruit of Life


The wise one liveth in this world,
and so does the coward.
One, unafraid to see the edges of existence
while the other, unable to discover his essence.

This world is a vast ecosystem
beyond anyone’s comprehension.
You and me, the rocks and the rain;
the majestic beauty of …

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Om in a nutshell


Om: the common teaching of all religions and the freer of all humans. Image posted on Meditative Mind.

I copy the following verses from one of the ancient Hindu scriptures:

ॐ (Om).
ॐ असतो मा सद्गमय ( Om, Asato ma Sad Gamaya )
तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय ( Tamaso …

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The Stranger Within Us


The omnipresent stranger residing within us, seeing us grow and eveolve through time. Image originally published in the Meditative Mind.

There is a stranger within us that we do not know about. We do not know how it came to be, nor do we know of his* destiny. What we …

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A house: a home


Can it be such in this life that I wake up for a few moments from this monotonic dream, from my associated names, and from my body? Can I become nothing, or rather, as they say, everything?

A house needs to permit me a shelter in myself, and drive away …

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On Being a Yogi


Let us pause our daily lives for one second. Let the sand in the hourglass stop its motion for just a moment, and let the entire universe stop along with it. “I” and only “I” am awake at this moment in the infinite Cosmos. At this moment, my identity is …

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Taco Bell Song


Taco Bell, the spirit of soulless America.

[Waiting in the Taco Bell drive-thru line to order my food]

I can’t seem to focus on what is
Does God see what’s in front of me?
I can’t seem to feel what I want to feel
How can I …

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You are an amazing person.


You are an amazing person. You came into my life unknowingly and gave me so much. You gave me a good friend. You gave me a reason to smile, and a reason to love. When I took so much from you with the incident, I felt hopeless as if I …

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How I spend my day


I woke up around 6 am in the morning today. I used to begin my days with a cup of coffee, but I had a strong desire to walk down the ocean today. Without even freshening up, I walk down the ocean in front of my apartment in Alki Beach …

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