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    A Globe of Creatures, We're In This Together
    Nikhil Dhawan
    • Jul 12, 2021
    • 3 min

    A Globe of Creatures, We're In This Together

    We are but mere flickers on this time and space continuum; it's a travesty that we're not enjoying this magical journey as much as we could.
    The Currency Of Time
    Nikhil Dhawan
    • Nov 25, 2020
    • 4 min

    The Currency Of Time

    How Notifications Are Making Us Go Broke On a recent Fall evening, I was out for a stroll in the crisp weather. The clouds in the sky...
    The Time I Went Searching For My Dad's Birthplace
    Nikhil Dhawan
    • Jul 2, 2020
    • 13 min

    The Time I Went Searching For My Dad's Birthplace

    The date is June 22, 2017. I'm in Himachal Pradesh, the northern tip of India, near Pakistan's border. It's about 6 a.m., and I'm getting...
    Purposeful Wounds
    Nikhil Dhawan
    • Jun 26, 2020
    • 6 min

    Purposeful Wounds

    The easiest way for me to tell stories is by using phases of my life and sharing some context so you can put yourself in my shoes. This...
    Accountability & Sharing
    Nikhil Dhawan
    • Mar 23, 2020
    • 4 min

    Accountability & Sharing

    Last week I posted a piece about how I'm spending my time during this unique point in human history. Because of that post, I had a few...
    How I'm Spending My Time
    Nikhil Dhawan
    • Mar 16, 2020
    • 3 min

    How I'm Spending My Time

    It's a unique time in history; it calls for changed behavior. If someone told us that we'd get a 2-3 week "break" from work or social...
    Curating our Thoughts
    Nikhil Dhawan
    • Nov 19, 2019
    • 3 min

    Curating our Thoughts

    Do you ever catch yourself drifting into a completely random train of thoughts and wonder why you just thought those things? Our inner...
    Nikhil Dhawan
    • Oct 21, 2019
    • 1 min

    Care for Your Mind, Care for Others

    "How do you get an empathetic child? You get an empathetic child not by trying to teach the child and admonish the child to be...
    End of the World
    Nikhil Dhawan
    • Oct 16, 2017
    • 4 min

    End of the World

    With everything that's going on in the world right now, it's understandable for people to question the signs of the universe. Are we...
    When You Feel Uninspired
    Nikhil Dhawan
    • Aug 10, 2017
    • 3 min

    When You Feel Uninspired

    "The obstacles in our way are only two, though caused in various ways, namely, dullness and distraction (avarana and vikshepa)....The...
    Earthly Angels
    Nikhil Dhawan
    • Jul 4, 2017
    • 11 min

    Earthly Angels

    This is a follow-up to my last post, in case you haven’t read it. Friday, May 19 at approximately 7:00 in the morning, I published the...
    Teaching or Learning?
    Nikhil Dhawan
    • May 18, 2017
    • 5 min

    Teaching or Learning?

    Five weeks of teaching at a school in Nepal and the most popular questions (rightfully so) from my friends and family back home have...
    Get Out of the Boat and Swim
    Nikhil Dhawan
    • May 10, 2017
    • 2 min

    Get Out of the Boat and Swim

    “Most people are deeply attached to thinking…most people celebrate thought and value their ideas as their most personal property....
    Don’t let your own thoughts take advantage of YOU.
    Nikhil Dhawan
    • Apr 3, 2017
    • 1 min

    Don’t let your own thoughts take advantage of YOU.

    “One of the hallmarks of experienced meditators is their ability to experience negative emotions without necessarily ‘getting caught up’...
    The Announcement
    Nikhil Dhawan
    • Apr 3, 2017
    • 6 min

    The Announcement

    If you’re thinking that I’ve been completely invested and inspired by what I’m doing in my life, then I’ve been unintentionally fooling...
    Where Do We Belong?
    Nikhil Dhawan
    • Mar 31, 2017
    • 7 min

    Where Do We Belong?

    Where do immigrants belong? This is a question that has been in the news for the past several months, and one that has plagued me...
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