What will your life be like in three years? A few weeks back i wrote a whole blog on this … https://kokorozendo.life/2025/10/24/stepping-off-the-prison-wheel-living-without-gradations/. To quote from that. “And when I look back from where I am at this point in time — with the great misty mountains rising on the left side of my room, which…

Invent a holiday! Explain how and why everyone should celebrate. How strange, this modern habit of carving life into segments. A day for mothers, for fathers, for yoga. And a day to celebrate! As if the other three hundred and sixty-four hold no space for such things. Our calendar has become a factory ledger, the…

What historical event fascinates you the most? What Historical Moment Fascinates Me the Most?When faced with such a question, our minds instinctively scroll through history books, searching for the great events and the great lives of others. We discount ourselves, as if our own existence does not count. For me, even at the risk of…

What alternative career paths have you considered or are interested in? When the paths you chose turn into a burden, the ones you never sought will come looking for you—and claim you. Keep your heartmind (kokoro) open, so you can recognize them when they knock at the door of your heart.

What’s something most people don’t know about you? The question—“What is something most people don’t know about you?”—has struck me as a little naïve. If “most people” refers to our inner circles, then whatever they don’t already know is probably something we prefer not to broadcast. And if it refers to strangers, then the question…

What principles define how you live? This question is a trick. It beats against the very essence of life itself. It is we who live. Principles should not define how we live. Rather, the way we live should define principles. The question presupposes that life is a manual, a set of rules to be followed.…

What is your favorite hobby or pastime? Living . Living every moment. What else can be a better hobby or pastime? People seek a hobby or pastime, when their life is dull and dreary and they need to find their inner peace and joy from when not living ! Living is the ultimate pastime .…

Describe a man who has positively impacted your life. Zen Master AMA Samy , founder of Bodhi Sangha https://littleflowerzendo.in

Is your life today what you pictured a year ago? Visualizing future and try to manifest it is a cookie cutter solution. If your life journey is akin to mountaineering with fixed base camps towards the summit then it works. Or may work as nothing is certain in this BANI world . ( It is…

Is there an age or year of your life you would re-live? Never . Never ever I want to relive an year of my life . It is true that I had good , bad and ugly years in my life . Wrt trials and tribulations.. Still … And it is like a a joke…

What’s a topic or issue about which you’ve changed your mind? Countless ! Starting from mundane things like coffee vs tea to food habits , political views,… beliefs to metaphysical matters about God and purpose of our existence! To me changing one’s mind just proves that one got a Mind ! There is a famous…

What does “having it all” mean to you? Is it attainable? It got to start from, what does one mean by “ All” ! Because some of the things life and this world offer are mutually exclusive.