[বাবার লেখা সত্যি ঘটনা ] সে বছর ফিল্ড ছিল ভূটানের পাদদেশে উত্তরবঙ্গের জয়ন্তী এলাকায়। জয়ন্তী নামটি ভ্রমণপিপাসু বাঙালীর কাছে অতি পরিচিত। এলাকাটি বক্সা ব্যাঘ্র প্রকল্পের অন্তর্গত। কাজ করতে গিয়ে তেনার দেখা না পেলেও সক্কাল সক্কাল চরণচিহ্ন দেখেছি পাহাড়ী ঝোরার ভিজে বালিতে। ভোরবেলায় সামান্য বৃষ্টি থামবার পর কাজ শুরু করেছিলাম। জিপ ছেড়ে দিয়ে পাহাড়ী ঝোরার খাত …
Worrying about it
I think I remember that when I read The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, there was a story in it of the alchemist, who only wanted to make gold. A great sage told him that he would succeed with his ingredients, if only he added one more: unshakable confidence that he would be successful. I may …
Is All One?
As our sensory-material world draws us into its web, being distanced from its sensations and objects feels unsatisfactory. This is because we have identified sensations and activities as the source of our pleasures. In meditation there is an effort to 'be' rather than 'do': a steady dis-identification from the objects of consciousness, including the self, …
Nattväsen
In the fall of 1989, in the quiet Swedish town of Hälsingfors by the Tiveden forest, children began to disappear. Within five weeks, eight children, three to six years old, went missing while playing outdoors at night. After futile investigations within the town, the police organized search parties into the forest. Clothing and toys were …
Monsters under the bed
While I was meditating today, I heard a particular notification sound from my phone, that made me immediately anticipate a specific message from a specific person. A few seconds later, as my mind and body was relaxing back from this, I asked myself, 'And what if this is not the person you are hoping it …
