Objectives in life

A Dream That Became a Question The other day, I had a dream. Not the kind that fades away with the morning sunlight, but one that quietly continued its conversation long after I woke up. The dream was not about gods, rituals or temples. It was about a question:  What if many Indian mythological ideas were never meant to be read as history, but as symbolic descriptions of how human life functions?  The more I reflected, the more I realized that this question may deserve deeper exploration.  The World Appears to Operate Through Complements.   Nature rarely works in isolation. Everywhere we look, we encounter complementary forces: - Day and night  - Rest and activity  - Stability and change  - Order and creativity  - Individual and community  Even the technology that powers modern civilization ultimately rests on binary logic—ones and zeros. Every material, life or sense have two aspects - one, the structural part which gives us the outer se...

Why does modern food not satisfy us? Modern food often focuses on taste, variety and convenience but lacks balance and emotional connection. This leads to incomplete satisfaction ( Tripti ), causing cravings, overeating and poor digestion. “I was eating healthy. Ordering smart. But I still felt… incomplete.                                                                                                                                                               Notes from My Plate (and Life) Walk into my kitchen on a weekday evening and you’ll probably find… silence. Not the comforting kind. The ...

From Convenience to Conscious Living Modern life has been designed for efficiency. Tasks are simplified. Time is optimized. Effort is reduced. Outsourcing has become a natural part of this evolution. It allows focus, speed and convenience. But somewhere within this shift, a quieter transition has taken place. What began as outsourcing tasks has gradually become outsourcing experiences . Food is consumed without awareness. Work is completed without ownership. Relationships are maintained without presence. Decisions are made without inner connection. Life continues to move forward. But participation begins to fade. The Invisible Cost of Convenience Convenience reduces effort. But it can also reduce involvement. When involvement reduces, connection weakens. When connection weakens, satisfaction fades. And when satisfaction fades, something deeper within begins to feel incomplete. This is not immediately visible. It appears as: Restlessness without reason Fatigue without clarity Abundanc...

  From Execution to Ownership : When Work Loses Its Meaning Busy… Yet Not Fulfilled There is a familiar rhythm to modern work life. Days are full, calendars are packed and tasks continue to move from one checkpoint to another. Activity is constant and yet, beneath this movement, a quieter experience often remains unaddressed. Despite being occupied, a sense of fulfillment does not always follow. Work gets completed. Targets are met. Deadlines are handled. And still, something feels missing. Not in the structure of work—but in the experience of it. When Work Became Purely Functional Work was not always approached this way. At its core, work is an expression of effort, thought and contribution. It carries the potential to create, to solve and to build something meaningful. Over time, however, the nature of engagement has shifted. Efficiency has taken precedence over involvement. Execution has become more dominant than understanding. Speed has replaced depth. Tasks are completed, but...

You Are Not Just What You Eat — You Are How You Eat A Plate Full… Yet Something Missing It is a familiar pattern in today’s life. A conscious effort is made to eat better—less oil, more greens, perhaps millets instead of rice. Nutritional awareness has increased and meals often appear well-balanced on the surface. And yet, the act of eating itself unfolds differently. Meals are often accompanied by screens, messages or unfinished thoughts. A few bites blend into a scroll, a reply, a distraction. Before the mind fully registers the experience, the plate is empty. There is fullness. But not quite a sense of completion . Sometime later, a craving quietly returns. A small urge for something more—often unrelated to hunger. And a subtle question begins to form: If the food was right… what was missing? When Eating Stopped Being an Experience There was a time when eating held a different place in daily life. It was not merely an activity, but an experience that engaged the senses fully. Th...

Food is not just nourishment. It is a blend of science, art and culture that shapes our health, traditions and relationship with hunger. "When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use. When diet is correct, medicine is of no need." — Ancient Ayurvedic Wisdom The First Signal of Life: Hunger From the moment a living being is born, one of the first sensations it experiences is hunger . It is perhaps the most powerful and natural signal of life. Hunger reminds us that the body needs nourishment to survive, grow and remain healthy. It was this basic instinct that led humanity to discover food as a source of nutrition and energy . At its foundation, food represents science . Food provides essential nutrients required for maintaining the body, supporting growth and sustaining life. The entire food journey—from growing crops, harvesting, storage, preservation and cooking methods—reflects centuries of evolving scientific understanding. The quality of soil, the freshness of ingredi...