Sun, sand and surf- experience the Sri Lankan way

Over the past years, surfing in southern Sri Lanka, especially in Hikkaduwa, has become a major attraction amongst travelling surfers. The dry season, or as the local folks call it ‘tourist season’ More »

My idea of ‘nirvana’

I think that if we talk in moderation, eat in moderation, drink in moderation, sleep in moderation, work in moderation, earn in moderation, save in moderation, exercise in moderation, rest in moderation, More »

Turning stumbling blocks into stepping stones

For years I was suffering from depression, anxiety, anger, fear suspicion and many other ill states of mind. Since I had no proper job for many years in the recent past, I More »

The Samadhi Buddha Statue

  For centuries, countless thousands of pilgrims and enthusiastic travelers have treaded the grounds of the ancient Sri Lankan city of Anuradhapura, birthplace of the Sinhala civilization, just to worship and take More »

Why are trees so valuable?

Environmental protection is a much talked about subject today. From melting glaciers to dwindling forests, major oil spills and global warming, topics discussed today are numerous. It is true, there is a More »

 

Developing courage

April 15, 2012   Health, self development, Spirituality   No comments
If you are someone who is waiting until a crisis takes place, so that you will be able to act courageously, all I can say is that is not going to work. In the contrary, if you act courageously in your day to day life situations without panic and with confidence, then you are well on the way to acting courageously in crisis. For example, you may be approaching that difficult customer in promoting your product, flashing  the torch and checking the  sound in the backyard at night, or asking Read more [...]
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Diabetes; lifestyle changes and a lot of common sense can keep it at bay

April 13, 2012   Food & drink, Health, Spirituality   No comments
Diabetes can be categorized as a chronic debilitating disease which adversely affect important body organs such as eyes, kidney, heart and the brain. In many extreme cases of diabetes, amputation of limbs too takes place. It has been discovered that every one minute a death  take place in the world due to this illness. In earlier times although this condition was prevalent only amongst adults, now we find that the children are also affected by the illness. The number of children diagnosed with Read more [...]
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Household rainwater collection system as a solution to lack of water supply; supplementing and replacing conventional water supply systems

April 4, 2012   Food & drink, Irrigation, Nature   No comments
All over the world, the ever increasing population, industrialization and its effect on weather conditions, urbanization and global warming and many other factors have placed considerable strains on water resources. As such, governments and non-governmental organizations find it really hard to provide a solution to the lack of clean, safe water for people’s needs. As existing water resources are limited, it  has become  extremely difficult to find ways to meet the human water demand. Read more [...]
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Destruction of rain forests

April 1, 2012   Food & drink, Nature, Rainforest, Spirituality   No comments
One and half acres of rainforest on earth are being destroyed every second at present. It has been estimated by experts that all the rainforests on earth along with their inhabitants would be extinct in less than forty years from now. One of the main reasons for the destruction of rainforests as pointed out by environmentalists and scientists is that it is the fast-paced, irrational development undertaken by the local and international politicians and multi-millionaires. What is a rainforest? A rainforest Read more [...]
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How to live a stress-free life

March 25, 2012   self development   No comments
We do many things in our life. Some of us work so hard we simply have no time for relaxation and enjoyment. Many people break down half way with overstress. While stress, to some degree, is important for our functioning, work holism or overstress leads to illness. Then we have those lazy lot who relax all the time. They work very little or are not working at all. They too end up becoming ill. There are people who eat too much. They develop illnesses ranging from obesity to high blood pressure, high Read more [...]
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My organic home garden

March 25, 2012   Food & drink, Organic farming   No comments
I was seated at the table with a pen and a paper, brainstorming what article to be written next for my blog. In the meantime I overheard my wife telling my daughter, “vegetables these days are very expensive. I bought 250 grams of tomatoes yesterday and it cost me 40 rupees, 100 grams of green chilies is also 40 rupees.” My daughter’s response was much more enlightening. “Not only are vegetables expensive, they are sprayed with chemical insecticides and pesticides and therefore poisonous Read more [...]
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From pot to glass: how I made fresh, organic, ginger drink

February 26, 2012   Food & drink, Organic farming   No comments
The fresh ginger roots or rhizomes which we buy from the vegetable market for domestic use  can be grown in a home garden to yield a harvest. Tropical or sub-tropical climate where the soil is sandy and  rich with organic matter, moist and partially sheltered from sunlight is the ideal environment for growing ginger. Once when my wife brought fresh ginger rhizomes to use as a spice for curries I took a piece of it and planted it in a pot in our balcony. Along with other plants grown in Read more [...]
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How to improve memory

February 19, 2012   Personal development   No comments
If we are to be successful in most of the things we do, having a good memory power is very important. If you are a student, the ability to retain information and retrieve them from your memory in short period of time will help you excel in your studies. If you have a good memory power you will be able to master and gain profit from your business or the job you are doing. It doesn’t matter whether you are a housewife or a fisherman, your memory power will help you stay on top in most of your day-to-day Read more [...]
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Sun, sand and surf- experience the Sri Lankan way

February 16, 2012   Featured, Travel   No comments
Hikkaduwa_surfer Over the past years, surfing in southern Sri Lanka, especially in Hikkaduwa, has become a major attraction amongst travelling surfers. The dry season, or as the local folks call it ‘tourist season’ or simply ‘the season’, from October through April is the time to be in this splendid location with clear blue skies, turquoise blue waters and light wind conditions. Towards April when the monsoons begin, surfers are able to switch over to Arugam Bay in the south east coast of the island for yet Read more [...]
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My idea of ‘nirvana’

February 15, 2012   Featured, self development, Spirituality   No comments
forest-path

I think that if we talk in moderation, eat in moderation, drink in moderation, sleep in moderation, work in moderation, earn in moderation, save in moderation, exercise in moderation, rest in moderation, enjoy in moderation, help the society in moderation, feel joy, happiness, peace, sorrow, pain, anger, laziness, anxiety in moderation, and in short live in moderation, then we are on the path to ‘nirvana’ or enlightenment.

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