‘Bhojan-Veechar’: A Contemplative Essay

Abstract

In this paper, I will seek to present both the ‘living response’ to the question of what contemplation is, as well as the nature of the process by which I arrived at this position. I open with a narrative journey of the challenges, paralysis, and eventual peace-making that was required of me to find alignment between what I desired to do and how to honor the authenticity of the question within my current circumstances through contemplative practice itself. Following this open, I detail the decision to both answer and engage with the aforementioned question by exploring my relationality with ‘bhojan’ (English translations include ‘food’ or ‘meal’) through the use of a short poem to draw explanatory connections between the concept of ‘bhojan’ and my understanding of contemplation.

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