Nayana's Stories

  As human beings, we all strive either to be in heaven or hell. Heaven is a space where one dreams of a very positive context and space to live in. Hell is something which you are ashamed of yet that is one of the realities of life. We do things that put us in a hellish context and also pay a price for it. As human beings, we get pulled in both zones not really realizing which is the greater pull. Both are spaces of fantasy and grief. However, the true man relives in the here and now. That is a very difficult space to be in because it is neither a great fantasy nor something that would make you unhappy. If you make efforts just to be in here and now. You attain a spiritual balance with yourself and feel happy that you are not pulled by any extremes. All of us would love to be in this space because it is the ideal point of meditation and peace. All the Buddhas and great saints in life teach us to attain this ideal point which is neither hell nor heaven. Intelligent pe...

  We live in a comparative and competitive world where each one thinks he is better than the other. This comparison gives you the high and the status that makes you feel one up on the others. When I reflect on my stance on this I feel yes I too would want to be the best in whatever I do. But, I would not look down on or demean people who are lesser than me. The meaning of living lives comes from self-expression and humanitarian values and not these comparisons.  This truth cannot be borrowed but discovered by each human being himself through the journey of living life. This truth can be discovered only through what meanings you wish to give to yourself and not through others. If you are truly self-reflective you need to unburden yourself through these comparisons. In his effort to create a beautiful world god has ended up creating a messy and chaotic world that we are living in. We need to be alive and to be alive. We do not to be in a comparative mode. Just be o...

  All of us gave given a meaning to these two happenings in life. Success is more celebrated and acknowledge by most of us whereas failure is a taboo which is passed on from the system, from people in authority. Actually the maximum learnings happens through and we get into a mode of correcting our mistakes only if we have failed in life. Hence, failures should be welcomed and be a part of a day to day routine. Failures gives us richer experience of living a human being. Hence, the richest events and experience come through failures and not success. We have to be taught to celebrate failures which enhances our learnings and corrective measures in life. We are taught since childhood to be friends with successful people. However if we engage with people who are failures we can get to learn from them. These divisions creates a split in society and amgost human being which is not healthy. Failures appear like sinners and successful people like saints. It is wrong to diffe...