About

Many find it easy to talk about themselves. I though, am usually at a loss to describe myself. Usually, I come up with something paltry like, ‘I am an environmental engineer’ or perhaps something more grandiose like, ‘I work to solve the climate crisis’. To show off, I sometimes say, ‘I am a musician’ or ‘an artist’. Friends who know me best, say ‘I am an anachronistic philosopher’ or an ‘adept actor very deft at reflecting situations and people’. To my detractors, I am a ‘vile fox worthy of the deepest contempt’. To students, ‘an inspirational teacher’. But I know, as perhaps do some among them, that these are all facets of me and yet, strangely, elude capturing who I am and what echoes in the deepest chambers of my inner temple.

The key question is, how do I relate to myself. And there, I cannot tell you – not to sound enigmatic or to pretend to be someone shrouded in some impenetrable heavenly halo, but rather an honest outcry of a seeker’s perennial problem. Who am I? All I can say is that I am here to find out. As the Chinese proverb sayes, ‘A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step’. My journey is that of moving from a barrage of words to the deepest and fullest silence, where I hope this eternal question can be answered. It might therefore be apt to rephrase the adage to suit my requirements and simply say that this is a ‘journey of a thousand words’, where the endpoint is the deepest silence.

I aim to use this blog to document and share what I have learned on this wondrous vacillating journey of life. This blog, as you will notice, has two sections – one called ‘Inner Reflections’ which will deal with my thoughts on all that aids or obstructs inner development. I would like to deal with matters of spiritual growth, personality development, dealing with inner conflicts, and to some extent contemporary psychology. I am no scientist or scholar in these realms and my writings merely stem from my observation of life and the impact of its charade on my mind. The second section, known as ‘Outer Expressions’ is a section that documents my observations on nature (which includes but is not limited to birds, landscapes and plants) and photography. I realize this is a little eclectic. But it reflects my wide-ranging interests through which I hope to weave a consistent philosophy, or at any rate, an outlook for life. I hope you find it valuable.

Happy reading!

For those of you who want to reach me – akhileshmagal[at]gmail.com