Alok Pandey

By Alok Pandey - Jan 15, 2016

We can regard evolution as a mechanical, inconscient process or a conscious unfolding. If it be the former then there it is like a blind and random process at a mega scale where no one really has any particular role in it. But if it is a conscious process with a direction and a plan, then we can not only observe it but also consciously participate in it. There are several levels at which Nature unfolds itself creating several levels of self-awareness. What is seen as unconscious at one level may well be seen as conscious at another. What appears as lifeless and inert at one level of vision and understanding may appear teeming with life and even idea at another, life pushing matter to organise itself in certain ways.

By Alok Pandey - Jan 15, 2015

Evolution is not finished. In fact if evolution ever happened, then it can never stop. New challenges are bound to appear on planet Earth and along with it new possibilities of adaptation and change. This change is bound to involve all levels of our humanity, — spiritual, intellectual, emotional, vital, nervous, sensational and ultimately the very physical, a cellular change so to speak. This article attempts to explore some of these evolutionary challenges we face today and how we can consciously participate in them.

By Alok Pandey - Jan 15, 2014

Reproduced below are some of the questions asked by patients in a terminal care unit. Most of them were suffering from an advanced stage of cancer. We take them as typical when human beings are faced with the prospect of a disease that is seriously debilitating and from which the prospect of recovery is poor. Many of them concern existential issues; others are related to our belief-systems that are being challenged through the crisis, a crisis of faith as it were. Some are connected to the illness itself.

By Alok Pandey - Jan 15, 2014

The article was written at the request of the Director of a hospice care where the terminally ill are lodged. He wanted something that could help them in their hour of distress while they were facing death. This text was written entirely with such patients in mind. Rather than quoting facts and figures or expounding a scripture, the author felt that they needed something that inspired hope and confidence as they stood face to face with the 'inevitable'. The author realised that they needed something that could not only convince their mind but also, and even more importantly, touch their soul.

By Alok Pandey - Jan 15, 2014

We are entering a world where all paradigms are collapsing. Money, politics, even health is now falling apart. We do not know what framework to lean on any more. We are now obliged to shift. But to what? Who can help us to find the right treatment for cancer or a cataract? Is it a statistical proof or is it something else? This article explores what is happening to us today.