Blog | A field called you

2024 Dec 22

Reality never takes the highway with the burger joint

People do We seek Straight lines that take us from A to B With clear milestones and signages Where input = output Reality neither gets offended nor amused by our clean working models. It is Gradual steep straight & curvy, that takes us from A to D via Z Inside - out with buffering horizons Where input + expectation = input + no obligation Our ...

2024 Dec 19

It’s always been there

You just need to see it When the stars explode into emptiness And planets are born from its dust When the musical notes pop out from vibrating strings And merge back into the sound of silence When yesterday fades into memory And tomorrow appears as a distant desire When inhalation takes a u turn And exhales out into the blue sky Be it the ...

2024 Dec 16

When you are open to life, you say no to most things

And you meet the people, you need to meet When you are closed to life, you say no to important things And you miss the people you need The ‘no’ is common to both One selects, the other avoids – be it people or situations Same gate, different principles, divergent outcomes When you send out the right signal You will pick the right signal Increase ...

2024 Dec 14

When increasing standards

Reduce the quality of your life When good is not good enough And great extracts a premium When white spaces look too empty And get optimised permanently When boredom is given a thumbs down And stress puts up a price When will-work is replaced by the newest And the newest by the next Care to read the fine print Standards are complimentary, the maximum ...

2024 Dec 07

If you miss working with someone like you

You are special Narcissist: exaggerated sense of self-importance & superiority Special: selfless & significant When you feel you can do with few more like you And the Earth will not be burdened When you value what you bring to the table And don’t seek crowd validation When you know it is not you but that within you Then you know you are special Ever ...

2024 Dec 05

If you can take the answer

Ask the question Questions are more important than the answers But the answers are a way to check if you are ready for the question When you ask the question, know the answer and act different The issue is not with the answer but the question The question gains its power from what it delivers Great questions extract commitment Ordinary questions play hide & seek ...

2024 Dec 03

Turn heat into clarity

Clarity into light When the pressure rises The fault lines appear on the surface Confusion breaks into clarity Heat turns into light Its when the cyclone is at its peak The centre becomes calm The eye finds its focus That heat which takes you towards clarity Switches on the inner eye.

2024 Dec 01

The greatest lottery ticket

You forget to encash You are one No one is like you Construct You are a distinct bundling of specific qualities That creates a unique value from the spectrum of possibilities Just like how the Sun warms and the wind blows naturally Context You are a dot on the x,y axis of time and space That is occupied by no one else with a reality that is shared by ...

2024 Nov 29

It takes a village to raise a child

And a billboard to influence once adult How do you explain this? When does childhood transition to adulthood When does curiosity turn into mind fog When does the village disappear And curated life appear When do we stop questioning And start assuming It’s when the billboard comes up on the highway next to the village That’s when the flip happens – first outside then ...

2024 Nov 27

Toss the question up in the air

How it lands is the answer Hold the highest thought in the mind To open doors closest to you The greatest things you will ever do Have a mystery to them The unknown talks to those Who walk on its edge Leave some essential part of your life to gut and chance For what tales will you share when you take the mike.