19/05/2026
There is this word in Sanskrit that I’ve been thinking about recently while looking at my little wild boy.
It’s Leela, and it can be loosely translated as “divine play.” It’s this idea that the whole universe, everything that exists, is simply a cosmic and divine play of existence, spontaneous, creative, and alive. Everything is an effortless expression ofConsciousness.
It’s like what Shakespeare meant when he said “all the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players”. But it goes way deeper - the idea is that God, or Consciousness, is playing out as everything we see. It keeps taking different forms, becoming all the diversity of life and creation, exploring and experiencing itself from every possible angle.
I’m no scholar in Sanskrit or Hindu mythology, but I wanted to tell you one short story about Leela that I really like.
The story is in the carousel above, because somehow the short story turned into a much longer post than I planned 🙃
but I hope you will enjoy it! 🌀
Bottom line: my little boy keeps reminding me everyday what life is all about.
