Why do I wake up every day as myself?
Author: Neel (Abhranil Das)
Physics/Neuroscience PhD. I like travelling and rock-climbing.
Transpersonal Psychology, Energetics, and Climate Anxiety
A man named Charlie who rode a pedicab in Austin and made electronic music once lent me a book called LSD and the Mind of the Universe. It was written by Christopher Brache, a professor of religious studies, documenting his journey through 73 strong doses of LSD. His wife assisted his odysseys, but when she …
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Letting it be
What does it mean to truly let something be? I feel like I am in love with someone, but she doesn’t agree, so I am grasping with my mind and heart every few hours. What would it mean for me to truly let it be? Is it the conceptual understanding? Of mindfully observing the grasping …
Space rock
When I taught Astronomy in New York City, in the evenings I rode my motorcycle home from campus, and sometimes I would stop to pick up dinner at a food truck called USA Halal, that stayed open late. Mehdi, the guy who ran it, had broad shoulders and a gaunt face that was always sweating …
শিউলির মালা
[বাবা বিশ্ববন্ধু দাসের লেখা জীবনস্মৃতি] স্মৃতির অতলে ডুব দিলে কতই ঘটনা। কিছু মনকে আনন্দ দেয়, আবার কিছু ব্যথিত করে। বয়সের ধর্মেই কখনও আনমনে সে সব টুকরো স্মৃতি নিয়ে চলে রোমন্থন। আমাদের উদ্বাস্তু পরিবারে আমার দাদা-দিদির মতো আমাকে বিশেষ ঠাঁই নড়া হতে হয় নি। শুনেছি আমার যখন আনুমানিক ছয় মাস বয়স তখন থেকেই আমাদের এই নাকতলার …
One Life 