Network of rivers, the circulatory system in the human body and man made flyovers. The plumbing system that brings water to our homes.
A Spathodic Dialogue
“What’s it like, being a tree?” Not having actually been anything else, I might find it hard to make any comparisons. A strange question, but I see where it comes from. I can tell you this, being a tree is far less quiet and slow as you humans make it out to be. It involves…
Within the weave of the network
Both inside and outside we are a vast network of connections. The neurons in our brains connect endlessly like the numerous branches of a tree or like the tributaries of a river. Our minds and thoughts endlessly connect with a million other minds and thoughts. Share the associations and connections that help you relate to those myriad sources-…
He gave us names to call the clouds
He gave us names to call the clouds, imparted personalities to the myriad plants, revealed faces in the gnarled roots of old trees, showed us the sparkling laughter hidden in the flowing streams, taught us to savour the delicate breath of misty dawns and the slow secrets of the hooded mountains. The coppery gold hue…
We will be your eyes now
We will be your eyes now to see the sun steal in silently through the leaves the fat millipede cruise slowly past idly inspecting every pebble and leaf in its path the cow licking her calf tenderly in the middle of the road blocking traffic we will be your ears to hear the eagle’s screech…
Sulochana Unnikrishnan says
The corner stone of this project is my late husband Unni, Mr. C.K. Unnikrishnan Nair. He was a planter who joined the erstwhile James- Finlay Company in 1963. He walked the dusty plantation roads where centuries of memories sleep, through the James- Finlay, Tata Finlay, Tata Tea and KDHP days. The journey of his life also took…
About the project
The Stillness Project aims to support efforts to help children gain a deep understanding of the ecosystem in which they live; develop a sense of wonder, respect and empathy for everything that is part of that ecosystem – the earth, plants, animals, and people – and to instill creativity and compassion into their daily lives….
Between perception and interpretation
From Eckhart Tolle
Quotes
“I do not know much about gods,” T. S. Eliot wrote, who grew up along the Mississippi in St. Louis, “but I think that the river is a strong brown god.” “Under various names,” wrote Czeslaw Milosz, who grew up in Lithuania along the Neman, “I have praised only you, rivers. You are milk and…
A Question of Attitude
It is not the people or situations that waltz in and out of your life with not even a simple ‘May I’ that bring happiness, sorrow or the 4th state of consciousness called ‘turiya.’ The catalyst that decides the outcome is your attitudes to the particular time-slice specimen laid out on the slide under the microscope…
Inspiration
Inspiration is a spark that touches you and when it leaves, you are filled with a greater awareness, a bird’s eye view, a larger perspective. Your experience of people and nature and things that have touched you and inspired you, lifted you, and revealed to you a more expansive state.
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