by Srila Devi | 2. June 2026 | All Posts, Personal Transformation, Reflections, Social systems
A few months ago, I came across a social media post that genuinely disturbed me. A relationship coach shared that he had been in a minor car accident that day, hit from behind while driving at around 25 miles an hour. Nobody was injured, yet he wrote that for a moment...
by Srila Devi | 18. May 2026 | All Posts, Healing, Personal Transformation, Reflections, Social systems, Trauma
Last year, I had a number of interactions that made me reflect deeply on the concept of emotional maturity: what it is, and why it seems to be so rare in a world that appears more reactive than ever. A brief glance at modern politics often feels like watching the...
by Srila Devi | 3. March 2026 | Healing, Personal Transformation, Reflections, Trauma
In my thirties, I dated a talented visual artist for a while. One day, I asked him what had made him become a painter. He paused, looked at me pensively, and said, “Love. It was because of love.” Thinking he meant his love of art or colour, I nodded. But he continued....
by Srila Devi | 19. January 2026 | Healing, Personal Transformation, Reflections, Trauma
“We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.”(Dietrich Bonhoeffer) I love what’s happening culturally at the moment. On the one hand, we see figures like Donald Trump, who seem to want to...
by Srila Devi | 20. December 2025 | All Posts, Reflections, Spiritual Writing
“Let yourself be looked at. All of you: in your woundedness, in your messiness, your insecurity, in your fear, let yourself be seen. Let yourself be loved. And stay close, because that is where intimacy begins.” (From the podcast episode “The Masculine Mysticism of...
