Mud No
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Lotus
SUFFERING IS A NECESSARY CONDITION FOR EXPERIENCING JOY AND HAPPINESS.
POPULARIZED BY THE VIETNAMESE ZEN MASTER THICH NHAT HANH
ALISHA NASIM @arich1ved
JUST AS A LOTUS CANNOT BLOOM WITHOUT MURKY WATER, HUMAN GROWTH REQUIRES ADVERSITY TO BLOSSOM..
Lanterns I lit for Muself
I HAD THOUGHT OF BEING ANYTHING BUT CONSTANT, ANYTHING BUT BEING STUCK INTO A QUIET LOOP OF NEVERENDING ROUTINES THAT NO LONGER FITS OR INTO CONVERSATIONS THAT FELT REHEARSED.
DURING THE FREQUENT POWER CUTS, I COULD FEEL THE DARKNESS FILLING MY MESSY, CLUTTERED AND CHAOTIC ROOM, AND MY BODY SLOWLY BEING ENGULFED IN THE DARKNESS, FALLING INTO THE VOID. INITIALLY, I WOULD FIND COMFORT IN THOSE POWER CUTS BECAUSE THEY GAVE ME AN EXCUSE TO FORGET ABOUT THE CHAOS AROUND AND HID IT GENTLY UNDER A BLANKET OF DECEPTION. THE COMFORT QUICKLY TURNED INTO SUFFOCATION, WHICH TURNED INTO SELF DOUBT. THE FAMILIARITY THAT GAVE ME PEACE, MADE ME BLIND, AND MADE ME TRIP AND FALL OVER THE MESS OF A PERSON I'M BECOMING.
ALISHA NASIM @arich1ved
I WOULD LIT LANTERNS FOR MYSELF WHEN THE WORLD BECAME TOO DARK, WHEN IT BECAME HARDER TO SEE, A VERSION OF ME THAT I ALWAYS ENVISIONED.
PREVIOUSELY PUBLISHED IN ISSUE 4 OF SUMMUR MAGAZINE AND ISSUE 5 OF THE MUSE ZINE
SINCE THEN I'VE STARTED A (UN) HEALTHY HOARDING COLLECTION OF CANDLES - ESPECIALLY THE SCENTED ONES. I'VE ALSO STARTED HOARDING HOBBIES - WRITING, PHOTOGRAPHY, PAINTING, READING - YOU NAME IT. MAYBE I'VE TAKEN THE "DON'T LET YOUR FIGS ROT" BY SYLVIA ALL TOO SERIOUSLY BUT THE DISMAY OF BEING APATHETIC IS MORE FRIGHTENING THAN CLEANING DRIED WAX OFF OF A WOODEN DESK.
Dunk
Born to MASALA CHAI (/MƏˈSⱭːLƏ TƩAꞮ/; LIT. 'MIXED-SPICE TEA') IS A POPULAR BEVERAGE ORIGINATING IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT. IT IS MADE BY ADDING AROMATIC HERBS AND SPICES TO CHAI, WHICH IS MADE FROM BREWING BLACK TEA (USUALLY CRUSH, TEAR, CURL) IN MILK AND WATER, AND SWEETENING WITH SUGAR.
ITS NOT CHAI TEA YOU IDIOT :( CHAI MEANS TEA AND YOU'RE SAYING TEA TEA!!
EK CUP CHAI SAVED ME FROM EXAMS! HISTORICALLY, INDIANS VIEWED TEA AS AN HERBAL MEDICINE RATHER THAN AS A RECREATIONAL BEVERAGE.
ALISHA NASIM @arich1ved