Rishika
The ‘Dark Side’ of meditation
This is from another Quora response which has gotten more than 500 upvotes thus far. The original question was “What is the dark side of...
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Rishika
Mar 4, 20212 min read
What happens when a person reaches enlightenment? Pros vs. cons?
What are the pros and cons of enlightenment? For one thing, you won’t have to ask that question.
Rishika
Sep 17, 20202 min read
Opening the heart in troubled times
Does it all feel like bleakness and grasping and doom? I hear you, and I know how challenging it is to stay connected to our hearts when...
Rishika
Sep 4, 20203 min read
Stress reduction for the Apocalypse
(Reposting from my latest — and very occasional — newsletter The Seer, which you can subscribe to here. Just put “subscribe” in the...
Rishika
Aug 29, 20201 min read
Featured meditation on Insight Timer
Featured on Insight Timer: Breaking Through Limiting Thoughtforms guided meditation.
Rishika
Jul 28, 20205 min read
A meditation on death and grieving
I had another encounter with death yesterday. Its presence was already palpable, what with hundreds of thousands dead and dying from the...
Rishika
Jul 12, 20201 min read
Gravity (a poem)
One happy outcome of yogic practice is that as we clear away our inner clutter, it makes space for Logos to shine through.
Rishika
May 19, 20206 min read
Fighting our reflections
Not only do we fight ourselves by criticizing our literal reflections, we despise those parts of ourselves that other people model to us.
Rishika
Apr 27, 20204 min read
Pranayama? But I already know how to breathe...
Pranayama is not just one of the eight limbs of Raja Yoga, it is the platform upon which we build three others: dharana, dhyana & samadhi.
Rishika
Apr 18, 20201 min read
Lose your addiction to prediction
Got angst? Crazy narratives running through your head? None of that is real.
Rishika
Mar 16, 20207 min read
Coronavirus and the great rebalancing
Trump's human demeanor is troubling to a great many people, but it is also possible that his Soul is doing some very heavy lifting.
Rishika
Oct 4, 20191 min read
Longing (a poem)
Once upon a time I envisioned myself as a poet, but poetry is a notoriously poverty inducing profession so I pursued journalism instead...
Rishika
Sep 10, 20193 min read
Is the world going through an Awakening?
A spiritual Awakening is still a fairly rare thing ... and if that term is not familiar to you, I encourage you to visit Jim Tolles'...
Rishika
Aug 26, 20193 min read
A dark and stormy night (of the soul)
My apologies for the extended hiatus between blog posts. I have been hunkered down in Mexico riding out the proverbial "dark night of the...
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