Sheep To A Lion
A story from Swami Vivekananda that is resonating with me this week ... I will tell you a little story. There was once a baby lion left by its dying mother among some sheep. The sheep fed it...
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Voices from the field — writings on inner transformation, gift ecology, collective coherence, and the quiet experiments that ripple outward.
Self-Knowledge Is Beginning Of Wisdom- J. Krishnamurti
Krishanmurti, during one his talks found audience very confused and all over the place, said; "What I am speaking about is what your life is! Please understand I am talking about your life...
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Deadline To Deathline -- Would It Work?
Last month in my office, I was working on 2 projects. One had a deadline and another did not. Three week later, I realized that I was paying more attention to the project with the deadline since I...
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The Ripple Effect
"The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit." As 40 of us sat in a circle this February in the sacred premises of Maitri Space we could...
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What Do You Have To Do? Pack ...
What do you have to do? Pack your bags, Go to the station without them, Catch the train, And leave your self behind. This has been mantra for #MarchToEmptiness phase of my life. Thanks to Mihir for...
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Twenty Rupee Note
I was recently reading Pope's Advice on Panhandling, and it reminded of an interaction I had today. In Arunachala (home of Ramana Maharishi), there are a lot of old women who clean the way to...
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Taking Off: MBL Laddership Circles
Over the last few years, ServiceSpace has hosted Laddership Circles, and it has become a dynamic part of their service offerings on their online engagement spectrum. It is getting very clear that a...
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Dignity Of Labour!
Yesterday Jayesh Bhai and atleast 10 others were sitting together in Swagyan Mandir with a few 'contractors' who were to come on board to construct another epic dream for our extended global...
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Circle Of Inclusive Friends
[Originally Posted by Ashwin Karthik]My participation in the Inclusion Retreat, held in Gujarat, gave me an opportunity to meet some great people. With our hearts connected, we came together again a...
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Plan And Execute Vs Search And Amplify
Last Saturday I had an interesting conversation with an old friend, who asked me the difference between plan-and-execute versus search-and-amplify. It felt like a great question to deep-dive into...
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Learning Non-attachment From A 5-year Old
Few days back Reva and I were sitting in Pratyush’s apartment with her greeting cards craft kit. She shared all her nice papers and scissors with me and together we started making trees and...
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Through The Gentle Nudges And Onwards
After a tsunami wave of multiple retreats in the last few months, a few of us got together to reflect on what were our insights / ripples / moonshots. What emerged out in the circle was no short of...
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March Towards Emptiness
Hello Rockstars in service! :) I have a interesting nugget to share as I am in a phase of transit to nowhere. :) My only material possessions while in Bangalore were books, clothes and a...
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Meals On Wheels Update (+ New Name!)
Deep gratitude to so many of you, and particularly Sheetal-bhai, Khush di, Mumbai meals on wheels team for showing me the way. Inspired from mumbai meals on wheels, We've recently started...
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Be The Change To We The Change
I am in process of reading some inspiring wisdom from emails of Nipun-bhai to Highway Dharma Letters of Rev. Heng Sure ... though not new, but understanding the mechanics of change at a deeper...
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New MBL Newsletter (and More!)
Most of you must've noticed many news changes on the website (some of which Meghna recently highlighted). And now, our newsletter has just received a gift -- that feels like Santa has arrived in...
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Exciting Updates On MBL Site!
Last month, what feels like ages ago, we had an eventful and inspiring 2 days of "MBL 2.0" retreat. We took lots of notes and have been doing a lot of homework on various inspiring...
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Jaideep 2.0: My Story Of Turning Heartpreneur
inclusion retreat gang :) I had heard that there are many monks in the Himalayas who meditate deeply and pray for the well being of this world. I had never believed it because I used to only...
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Launch Of IshqFakiri!
Lot of you will remember that precious moment when we tagged Vipul (at Startup Service!) with the first copies of his album. He came to gift us some songs, and in turn we ended gifting him his own...
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Awakin Kids This Weekend! :)
Grateful to all of you, for holding space for my parents last month. For the first time, they were able to experience Awakin Circles in different cities (Ahmedabad, Baroda and Surat -- all in a...
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Samdarshan - Learnings From ESI
[Originally Posted by Christopher Lowman] Between October, 2015 and January, 2017, I spent a cumulative total of 13 months living at ESI next to the Hriday Kunj, in one of the “Be”...
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