Watch the videos at the bottom on Kashmir, from TRW 2026, that triggered this post I have been reflecting on something I came across some time ago, and which has returned to me with new force. There is an ancient and esoteric symbolism around sapphire as a stone of […]

I watched Main Vaapas Aaunga last night, and I have been sitting with it ever since. It is being described as a Partition-era love story. But I feel that description is far too small for what this film is actually touching. What is particularly poignant for me is that it […]

Reflections triggered by Ernesto van Peborgh’s Substack “In the Search of Meaning – A Western Path into the Dharma”: https://ernestopvanpeborgh.substack.com/p/in-the-search-of-meaning I have been sitting with Ernesto’s beautiful reflections on the search for meaning, and they have opened up a further line of inquiry for me. Perhaps the search for meaning […]

In my work with cancer patients, I encountered a concept that deeply resonated with me: the wounded healer. It describes a healer—whatever their role—who has endured the same wounds as those they seek to help. The most powerful wounded healers are those who have done the work to heal themselves. […]

eros is the unconscious sexual drive / instinct. It arouses lust in us; and left unchecked, it turns to aggression, thanatos. Yet, it is the Vital, the life-force and needed to perpetuate Life. Instead of being suppressed (through vows of Poverty, Chastity and Obedience) as in the many male spiritual […]

WHO IS A SHAKTI LEADER? NB: While this article refers to a particular gender, it is so only for the ease of reading. In actual terms, it applies to any person of any gender who feels called to embody the ideal A Shakti Leader is a Renaissance woman, an integral […]

Almost immediately after My Cancer Is Me (which I co-authored with my husband, Vijay Bhat) was published, I knew there was a second book needed as its book-end. My Cancer Is Me (which I co-authored with my husband, Vijay Bhat) was published, I knew there was a second book needed […]

This is the textual rendering of a dance-drama presented by Sri Shakti in February 2010 during the occasion of the international conference on Mahabharata and Management at IBA, Bangalore. Performed by Priyadarshini Ghosh Shome, Ranjini Menon and Nilima Bhat Script by Nilima Bhat E: Here | W: www.shaktileadership.com ——————————————————————————————— Music: […]

(originally published at The Shift Network Blog in Feb 2015) By Nilima Bhat As an ardent student of Integral Yoga, I have spent many years absorbing the yogic experiences described by The Mother (Mirra Alfassa) to Satprem in his book Mind of the Cells. “There is an ascending evolution in […]