The Shivanga

  Ravikarn, The System is broken. Our education system, economic system, government -- it’s all structured to keep all the power, money, and autonomy in the world in the hands of less than 1% of the population. Which might be cool if it allowed anyone with determination and drive to rise up the ranks and get there themselves. But it’s not designed that way. The System is designed to distract us. It focuses our attention on the wrong things, and worse, it evaluates us accordingly. We are taught to be subservient, to listen, to follow, to do as we’re told, to stay in line. We’re punished and sanctioned for not measuring up or going against the grain. And because it’s so ingrained in our culture and it’s been this way for so long, many people fail to see or to even believe that there’s another way. But then there’s people like you, Ravikarn. People with the “Something More Gene,” to quote our friend, Krystal Aranyani. You may not know what it is, but you believe there has ...

I have always loved to visit places with minimal or no crowd at all and experience oneness with mother Earth with single pointedly focus. One of my such favorite places in Pune is Kanifnath. I have always loved being there and spend some time getting rooted with Earth. Quiet and Serene place and very less crowded.  However,  today it had altogether different view. Although,  I rode there early morning at 6am and reached by 7am, it was flooded with the crowd. WoW 👏   Never before,  I had seen such large enough crowd to come and hang on here. There were handful of people generally and today there were hundreds.  It amazed me, but inside I was happy to see the finally people are coming closer to the nature once again. A passing thought,  maybe they are understanding that nature is Life and destruction is death. I wish this stays for long and not temporarily covering merely pandemic times to pass some time. This is one of the large...

Noises that we hear today are of various types. Most of the sounds never existed 100 years back. Like noise of vehicle's,  refrigerator,  fan, Oven, Industrial,  etc. Earlier when all these sounds were missing; sounds of nature was pretty dominant than it is now. Cities have not only ripped the planet, it has also stolen the cuteness of nature. Now that lighting bolt has struck Human Beings, mind it only Human Beings by the Pandemic, all the economic sounds have come to stand still. Sounds of nature are once again clearer. Sky's appear blue, without the need of being on the Skyscrapers.  It doesn't mean we have to stop all the revolutionary outcomes. Those are absolutely impressive and appreciated. Having said that, it is definitely need of the hour to see that we use the earth resources within defined limitations. Nature is always willing to give; but we consciously should make a choice in making use of the resources. We do have enough understanding abou...

Pornography is a by-product of your so-called religions. It is a religious phenomenon – excuse me! It is because of your priests that pornography exists. And it is not a new thing, it is as ancient as man. Khajuraho, Konarak, Puri, what are they? Pornography in sculpture. And you can go to the ancientmost caves and you will always find pornography of some kind or other. You can look into folk literature, folk songs, folk stories, and you will always find them pornographic. Pornography is as old as the priest. Once the priest comes in, pornography comes as a shadow; it is bound to happen. And when you are taught to be life-negative you become afraid of talking about things frankly, authentically. You do not like to talk about sex, because what will people think about you? You want to hide it. You try to create a facade – as if sex is nonexistent in your life. But deep down you are boiling. Deep down, you are thinking of sex twenty-four hours a day. Modern psychol...