Harison Xavier

It's Just A Drink  My thoughts on a problem that we are facing for more than few thousand years. Yes, Alcohol. I am writing this to find where we can stand when it comes to drinking, and if we could find a middle ground. I am trying to come to a conclusion using the stories of few of my friends and from the books and experiences of people. You might have heard this before, "it's just a drink", "just this one drink", "this is the last one" , "One last peg" , "I am stopping this today".  I have seen many of my friends who say this, they all wanted to stop at some point, but they never did or never could. They all started drinking just for fun or relaxation. Relaxation from what? A few were going through a very tough time in their lives. I had my first taste of alcohol when I was very young at the age less than ten. My dad poured a bit in a glass and mixed it with a lot of water and told me to taste it. It was so bitter. Yuck! We h...

Read this as if you are reading a fiction story. You do not have to believe this.   I am going to share about two experiences that I got which cannot be explained with any scientific evidence. These experience are so unreal I don't know if it is worth sharing.  I grew up in a religiously strict family. My mom used to go to church everyday and she is very religious, she have the strongest belief in God our family, she never used to complain, she always depended on God for help for any troubles in life . As a custom she used to send me to retreat centers once or twice every year. It is was very important for her that I have a spiritual retreat and be close to God.   I really didn't like it. I will have to go away from home and stay at a place for a week and pray continuously, it was boring.   First experience - Angel Valley Source : Google Maps I was 11 or 12 of age when visited Angel valley for first time. I liked this place very much away from the city, so ...

Book Cover   This is not a book review, I want to share what I learned from the book Goat Days  written by Benyamin . I was not interested in novels or stories. Novels had a bad vibe when I was a kid. I have heard elders saying that if you read novels, you will fail in life, they were talking about the weekly magazine novels. Somehow "novel equals failure" got recorded in my mind. So I would mostly concentrate on non fictions.  I came across the book Goat Days "Aadujeevitham" back in 2013, when one of my friend brought it to our room. He told me it is a true story of  life of  a man named Najeeb Muhammed,  emigrant gone to work in Saudi Arabia. Najeeb's dream was to work in the Persian Gulf states and earn enough money to send back home. But, life took a U-turn when he reached Saudi Arabia, he was forced into salve labor by a brutal master  and  the story goes by a series of incidents into a slave like existence herding goats i...

Is there a life after death?  A short blog on my thoughts on life after death. Let me give you the conclusion right away. "There is no ultimate or one final answer for this question." Maybe the oldest ever question in the history of humans. "Is there a life after death? "  I am writing this to make my mind clear on what exactly is my belief.  Once a friend asked me if I believe in life after death. It was just a small talk and he was only expecting yes or no answer, I normally don't like small talks, I want deep conversations.  Anyways questions like these makes me think for a very long time. I wanted to explain him a lot, but when it comes to philosophy or small talk questions like this, there is no complete answer to it  and nobody cares about your thoughts. I just said; Yes. I do believe in life after death. This was because I won't get him bored with my long answer.  This question stayed with me, as a religious person I am taught from a very ...