A Relationship of Consciousness

You share a relationship of consciousness with every single person and creature on earth, and this includes yourself and the earth itself. A relationship of consciousness is a relationship of the soul, of ethics, and of all the meaningful words and actions that exist and doesn't exist yet in the universe. Nevertheless, a relationship of consciousness can be wounded and even terrorized by unconsciousness which include lies, cruelty, and unfairness of various forms. You are not living life when you engage in such unconscious behaviors. However, we have all engaged in them and can fall into them by differing degrees, but we can also break out of these patterns of darkness if we attempt...maybe. We can try to correct our mistakes and right our wrongs. How are you treating the people around you, yourself, and the earth? I hope you are treating all of existence with kindness, a conscience,compassion, non-judgment and good judgment, with truth that is at time to time clueless, and with love that means love, even though you might be doing it all clumsily.

The Gift of being Bengali

While I was growing up in California, there was always this undefined thing about me that my peers and and I did not understand. Until one day, I went on one of those trips half way around the world and met my kinfolks again. Then, I discovered that the ambiguity in me was really my desiness or bengaliness and that there were gifts that came with it. The gift of being bengali for me include wearing saris, salwars, churis(bangles), and tips (that thing you wear on the forehead), getting to eat daal (lentil), samosas, begunis (eggplant dish), mishtis (sweets), and getting to acknowledge the bengali new year called boishaki (which for some reason makes me feel unique),etc. However, the most important gift of being bengali has been for me is being able to meet nice family and friends, and if I was not bengali, then I would not exist in the world. Therefore, being bengali is really a gift of life for me. There are gifts in being part of the U.S. also, no matter what culture you belong to, there are gifts in being part of that culture.