Climate change is threatening human lives as it disrupts the essential ingredients of good health – clean air, safe drinking water, wholesome food and shelter. It can scar decades of progress in global health.  The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that an additional 250,000 people are expected to die each year between 2030 and 2050 from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea, water-borne diseases and heat stress alone. Countries with weak health infrastructures will be the least able to respond as damage costs are estimated to be between USD 2-4 billion per year by 2030. How is this ha ..read more

Everything you see stretched out into the cosmos is a pattern executing a specific function. Whether you see the pattern on a leaf performing photosynthesis or a flower blooming to seduce, an animal digesting another or simple bacteria digesting the planet itself, the water that flows or the earth that rotates, the gravity that pulls or space that, well…, spaces. Everything has a particular function which makes the entire cosmos possible. The Humans, however, although their patterns are easy to detect, their true function is still unknown. The commercial or planetary functions of humans are d ..read more

Life is nothing short of an ecstatic feeling but only if you allow it to be. It’s easy to dwell in our past and continue on a predicted path. But, it is because we are doing the same things every day, we lose the excitement that life is all about. We know that life is never really about looking back but about looking forward, however, we know that sounds easy but it is really not. We are a product of our experiences and because they shaped us, we cling on to them for everything. What really is the fact here is that there is no point in holding on to the history of the experience. All that we m ..read more

There are two kinds of pain in this world, pain that hurts, and pain that alters. – Denzel Washington (The Equalizer 2) The world today is not an easy one to live in. Our hearts are constantly wounded and depression is on a surge. Most of our emotional pain is a result of our expectations. In fact, the root cause of every emotional pain is an expectation. Expectations we may have from our parents, our career, our partners or from life itself. We are constantly working towards a plan in our mind on how our day or life should be and we expect everyone and everything to go as per our plan. It’s ..read more

By paring your life down as actively as possible, you are almost guaranteed to appreciate what remains more, and are likely to pick up some serious wisdom in the process. The word minimalism has a negative connotation to many. They believe being a minimalist means you are sacrificing things. It means you are not taking advantage of all that is available in the modern world today. Being a minimalist is a state of mind, and not a set of rules. It can actually mean you have more of what you need, are able to enjoy everything you have and are not worried about what you don’t have. A ..read more

Travel is a word which is gaining a lot of momentum over the past decade. As we come across more and more content on our phones or magazines, we are constantly bombarded with new locations and the activities that are possible there. The world is getting smaller and more and more people discover that there is more than the bubble in where they live in. If you want to scuba dive with sharks in Malaysia, go backcountry skiing in  Kazakhstan or travel to the end of the world to Antarctica, whatever you are looking for, you can find the inspiration online. This all makes us want to grab our b ..read more

Everything that we eat is food for our soul.  Today, the modern man understands that his body is basically an accumulation of all the food he has eaten over the years. ‘Mind over matter’ is one spiritual teaching that all Yogis resonate with. When it comes to the question of what we feed our bodies, does it matter how we eat or what we eat?  We do yoga to calm the mind. The food you consume has the potential to either help in this process or it can have an opposite effect and increase the waves of negative thoughts in your head. A Yogic diet is a balanced diet that ancient Yogis ..read more

There are, often, debates on the definition of the word “Love”, but most say that it’s a feeling which can never be justified enough no matter how many words one may use. Life, on the other hand, seldom receives any justification.  Everyone knows what “Life” is.  Or at least, they all think they do. It’s a process for many to differentiate between anything dead or alive. But, in terms of a few philosophers, some people may be alive but their attributes are nothing short of those of the dead.  We are born in an age where there is a set timetable for most of us to follow ..read more

Awareness. So, you are awake. How does one deal with it? Do you value it higher than reality? How do you decide between the two? Most importantly, How does one prioritise? The reality is already established as a world with limits. Limits to everything and declared already as a temporary phase no matter what u do. The idea of death is inevitable. Awareness, on the other hand is a state of constant awe and wonder. Full of possibilities. It is a core strengthening process. It slowly builds you to be one with nature and the very process in life. It’s difficult to say if the process of awareness ha ..read more

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