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A Personal Threshold, A Public Reckoning On the 15th of October, I crossed a threshold I never saw coming. I was rushed to Accident & Emergency at St Mary’s Hospital, London, with an unsustainable heart rate—later diagnosed as high atrial fibrillation (AF). My body was in crisis. My heart, volatile beyond measure. And yet, what
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“Necessity might be the mother of invention, but it was grief, erosion, and silence that shaped me into an architect. I didn’t choose to build—I had to“ I didn’t enter finance to chase wealth. I entered by accident. I wanted to be a scientist. I was drawn to inquiry, to the elegance of cause and
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There are moments in history when a nation doesn’t just falter—it forgets itself. Not through war or invasion, but through erosion. Through the slow, silent unraveling of its moral architecture, its civic rituals, and its shared mythologies. America, in this moment, is unbecoming. Not because of one man. But because of what we’ve allowed to
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Nature seems to favor cycles over stasis. Death, in this view, isn’t an end—it’s a handoff. Forever may be a human illusion. Nature prefers relativity—time, space, and even identity are fluid. Conscious Universe: Intelligence Beyond Biology The idea that the universe is a conscious, evolving ecosystem isn’t fringe—it’s echoed in quantum theory, panpsychism, and indigenous
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More than a decade ago, in the quiet sanctity of a Buddhist temple in Putuoshan, China, I found myself seated across from the head monk, sharing tea and exchanging thoughts that would linger in my mind long after. The encounter was unexpected, initiated by his curiosity about my connection to Bodhgaya, the sacred place of
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There’s a certain kind of magic that only travel can offer—the kind that doesn’t just change your surroundings but transforms your very being. My life in London and my travels across Europe have been more than just a series of destinations; they’ve been a mosaic of moments, people, and places that have shaped the person
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Life is a journey filled with trials, tribulations, and moments of profound beauty. It is a path we walk knowing full well that it will be punishing, that we will fall in love only to have our hearts broken, and that we will face moments of misery and despair. Yet, it is precisely these experiences