January 2017
Today, I spoke to a massive audience of school principals. Hundreds of them, who were directly touching hundreds of thousands of lives. I spoke about five reasons why small is beautiful. Primarily, small is beautiful because small is connected and a relational web allows for inner transformation to…
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Tonight, I was in Mumbai, so I figured I might host a circle in the evening. I experimented with a “Failure Club” circle, and sent out a quick email and 65 people RSVP’d! Anand-bhai and his family eagerly (and so graciously!) hosted the meditation, the space and the dinner. A…
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You can tell that a circle is strong when you hear two polar opposite viewpoints and everyone in the circle loves both the speakers. :) This happened at our Educators Retreat with two remarkable speakers. One was Chaitanya-bhai, who has dedicated his life to running a small, rural school. He…
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At lunch, during an Educators Retreat, a long-time educator opens up about an intimate experience that has shaped a lot of who he is today. Seeking enlightenment, a young man renounces the world and joins Osho in Pune. He is practically penniless and possession-less, but happily cultivating…
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Inspired by a simple conversation with Vijayam-ji and Zarin, we hosted an Educators retreat -- mostly with principals of many schools around India. Three folks spent 3 days traveling in buses, to join us all the way from Nepal! Our core inquiry was around Compassion Quotient , in light of…
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Back in 2011, we held a "oneness" retreat in the June heat of Ahmedabad. It ended up being amazing. The next year, we did it again. It turned into Moved by Love (a la ServiceSpace-India). Now, there are monthly retreats, with overflowing demand every month. All alumni are typically so…
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My parents landed in India this morning, and it was so sweet of everyone here receive them with so much love. In a way, they are everyday folks -- but they are everyday folks with a lot of blessings from many. And well deserved merits borne of consistent, small acts of love. They got tagged…
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It was morning, 9AM. All these cars lined up outside our retreat center, but none of them entered. They were waiting for their leader to arrive. :) First of all, it’s amazing that they all woke up so early, and on top of that, to have this kind of discipline. One gets curious. :) They…
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Forty-three of us went together for a 10-day Vipassana meditation retreat in Igatpuri, at the start of the new year. The campus organizers said they had never seen such a large group of friends voluntarily sign up to do a course together! When we finished on Day 10, many said it was a…
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After several events in Delhi, I ended up agreeing to do an interview -- mostly as a courtesy to the organizers. It ended up getting featured in The Hindu in Delhi (and later across India). Interviews often get edited down for easier reading, which can lead to quotes getting taken out of…
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