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Keep your cup empty

Fear not the lack of knowledge

Fear thy acceptance of ignorance

A life in darkness is for those who don’t go out in search for light/wisdom

Truth is it’s everywhere, in every one of us

Just be a sponge and imbibe

Imbibe as much as possible until your last breath

Life

  • Slow down – the world isn’t going anywhere.

    The excerpt emphasizes the importance of living in the moment and appreciating life’s small joys, as illustrated by Shyam, a boy facing death. His mentor advises that rushing diminishes our ability to notice beauty around us. Instead, embracing a slower pace leads to discovering “pockets of happiness” throughout life. Read more

  • Ten life lessons from Arnold schwarzenegger

    Why Arnold? It is always good to learn from the real heroes. From those who have been there, seen things and done it than to listen from a random self-help guy. Arnold was Mr Universe thrice, seven times Mr Olympia. He served as the Governor of California for two terms. He was one of the Read more

  • An Old Memory

    “The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unencumbered acts of kindness and of love.” — Wordsworth. I am blessed to live yet another beautiful day. A silent and peaceful morning greeted me, graced by bright sunshine clearing the mist and dampness in the air. As I grappled with the bed Read more

  • The Nth way

    “A little fragrance always clings to the hand that gives the roses.” – Chinese Proverb A beautiful spring morning in New Delhi, with the golden sunrays kissing the green leaves to find their way through the dense canopy and soft blowing air, making the weather ever so pleasant! I stand before Safdarjung’s tomb on Aurobindo Read more

  • Reflections of love

    “Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.” – Jalaluddin Rumi On a hot baking evening on platform 4, Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station, I ambled past the pieces of luggage placed on the platform and the people waiting for the train. I was returning to my home after an exhausting year of Read more

  • The wayfarer

    Let me be an innocent wayfarer traversing the roads of life without preconceived notions Without an ounce of anger toward the men I meet along the way Without judging them for who they are Embracing everyone as equals  Lending a helping hand to needy  Cherishing whatever little love bestowed upon me  Carrying with me only Read more

  • The Journey matters

    On a dull winter evening, I trudged tiredly to the AIIMS metro station. On the way I walked past scores of people, patients and their relatives, some on their way back home and some living right on those platforms beside the Aurobindo marg. The place was covered partly by dust and mostly by remnants of Read more