I wrote my wedding vows and shared with my love and to-be-wife. I spoke it first at our wedding. While writing, I could feel my heart and a deep sense of love within but I could have never predicted how it will feel at the time of the wedding. To say the least, it was an intense and powerful emotion. To see her in […]
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In the ancient times, wars, food, a constant struggle for life used to turn children into adults through a series of life-events (most of which were not always pleasant). But in our modern world, it’s not exactly clear when one truly enters the adulthood. Is it when we get to legally drive a car or drink alcohol or are no […]
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Last year, this was the week when my brother told me that doctors are suspecting that Dad might have Cancer. He was not getting better and all other options were crossed. Doing a Biopsy was the last remaining test. This was hard for him and everyone. I suspected this through intuition since January. I told Neha (my fiancee) I am […]
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Do what you need to do, do what you want to do. Anticipate pain. Without pain, you won’t last long under pressure. Pain is the jet fuel for inner motivation. People say pain is temporary, don’t give up. Don’t quit. BS. Pain is not temporary. Pain is intermittent. It should never be completely absent. When you reach the state of […]
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There are times in our lives when we all feel we’re on the top. But, there are also times when we slip down unknowingly. They are the high and low points of our life. Sometimes, I wonder why we need to experience these low points, when in fact; we know that such states make us unhappy, doubtful, and unsatisfied? Why […]
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What is the experience of being human – the one we wish to inquiry into, investigate, experiment with, or examine? We like to believe that we are living an ordinary life in an ordinary world, but are we really living an ordinary life? Examining our life under a “transpersonal lens” may be thought of as living a self-examined life. And, a life […]
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“Adventure means exposing yourself to the world out there.” — Naked Soul Who Are You Are you just a label or an epic story or a fun saga? Is your life “out-of-box” and is it evolving? We make a life by what we give, experience, build and learn. Each year of our life is either a sentence or a paragraph. […]
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I am feeling sad today. Actually terrible. I just learned that someone I trusted and admired actually turned out to be not so nice after all. A cunning businesswoman who pretends to be something different. I feel hurt by her actions but I am also thankful to her. She is in a place of higher power and could have done […]
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“Mediation works. My meditation practice helps me to live more deeply.” Meditation is a great way to improve many areas of your life and open channels to your subconscious brain so you can more quickly and easily imprint new habits and beliefs. If you understand technology, you can view mediation as “disk-defragmentation”. Every time when you meditate, you are optimizing […]
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Why do we hate change but buy transformation? Why we hate building new habits but love new year resolutions? The problem is in the hook (the promise, the proposed solution, the value add). Our mind translates these words differently. What do I mean by “our mind thinks of these words differently?” Let’s take a look. This is going to be […]
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The Cold Within Six humans trapped by happenstance In bleak and bitter cold. Each one possessed a stick of wood Or so the story’s told. Their dying fire in need of logs The first man held his back For of the faces round the fire He noticed one was black. The next man looking cross the way Saw one not […]
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The Naked Soul Talk Show: A Daily Podcast Woohoo! Friends, creatives, seekers, and entrepreneurs! Here it is. Share all you can. Please spread the good news! Coming soon to iTunes/Radio. And NOW AVAILABLE on YouTube. The Naked Soul Talk Show: Full Human Potential and Daily Growth Welcome to The Naked Soul Talk Show with Salil Jha and Neha Rizal. Learn with […]
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An interesting philosophical question is a question “Is the end of the world a new beginning?” Scholars have pondered this question for centuries and it served as the focus of a 2000 documentary by PBS’s frontline program “Apocalypse! The Evolution of Apocalyptic Belief and how it shaped the Western World.” In the above-mentioned documentary, the biblical book of Revelation was […]
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Naked Soul Meaning As an observer, writer, wanderer, and storyteller, I believe that to be naked is to show up, to be present, to express my truth in life. It’s to overcome my own self-imposed limitations and to transcend external influences that are often authoritarian or fear-based. To me, this expression of truth can become a sacred romance. Therefore philosophically speaking, […]
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Do you believe an unlikely person can transform your life? This is an interesting question with a resounding answer that a person can absolutely change your life for the better. Random encounters on streets / The Naked Soul Partners Can An Unlikely Person Transform Your Life This article will delve into the stories of people who seem like they were […]
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I’ve recently been looking into the history of spirituality and eroticism. Since the antiquity, there has always been some overlap and deep connection between the two great muses of human pursuits. Spirituality and Eroticism From my research, what I have found that either the religion has tried to suppress the eros or embraced it by transforming and expressing the eros […]
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Have you ever wondered why mediation is so popular in our culture? It is no wonder that in today’s society, which is full of stress and anxiety, meditation helps people in calming one’s mind and bringing clarity of thoughts. You may ask, What is meditation? To that, I would say, Meditation is the mindful observance of our own mind. ‘Watching […]
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Not Blessed Are Those Alas! Not blessed are the cowards, for they shall miss everything honorable in life. Alas! Not blessed are the gossipers, for they shall never hear anything more than rumors. Alas! Not blessed are the slumbering ones, for they shall miss the purpose of life. Alas! Not blessed are the lovers of money, for […]
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