Meditation is often spoken about as if it were a single practice with a single aim. In reality, the world’s contemplative traditions have developed many distinct methods, each addressing different dimensions of human consciousness. Early Buddhist traditions, particularly those preserved within Theravāda lineages, cultivated insight practices such as Vipassana that train awareness to observe sensation with precision and equanimity. Yogic and tantric traditions arising from Śaiva, Śākta, and...

Artwork: By Bahar Acharjya, Sun Temple, watercolor & colored pencil on paper, 2021. © 2026 Bahar Acharjya. All rights reserved. No reproduction, copying, or use in any form—digital or physical—without prior written consent My artwork is not created to be interpreted, decoded, or understood symbolically. It is created to be practiced with. From the beginning, especially in the works I created after 2021, the artwork emerged from an intuitive process rather than a conceptual one. I was not...

From the beginning, especially the artworks I created after 2021, were made to be practiced with. They were never intended to remain only visual objects. Each piece emerged from an intuitive attunement to a specific energetic quality, which I translated into form, sometimes human-like, sometimes abstract, often structured more like symbolic geometry than narrative imagery. The artwork functioned as a container, a place where consciousness could gather and stabilize. During the time I spent in...