Early Life

Though I was born and raised in India, my understanding of the world was never confined to one place. My parents instilled in me a deep respect for learning—academic, intellectual, and reflective. That foundation carried me through formal education in chemistry and theological studies, and further into master’s degrees in business administration, psychiatric social work, and religion, eventually leading to a doctorate in spiritual formation and leadership.

Yet, for all its value, education alone could not teach me life.

Life taught me through leadership—over thirty-five years of it. Building organizations, initiating programs, creating community spaces… I found myself becoming what I would later understand as a cultural architect. Watching people think, behave, relate, and respond gave me a perspective no classroom ever could.

But even that was only part of the story.

My greatest learning came through the roads I walked, the people I met, and the worlds I entered. Travel became my highest form of education. It stretched my worldview and deepened my understanding of the human condition. I began to see how humanity, despite its divisions race, language, class, ethnicity is intricately woven together.

At home, life was equally formative. My wife Julie and I raised three children on our own, without external support, in the individualistic culture of North America. We stumbled often, learned constantly, and grew quietly into becoming life coaches not by theory, but through lived experience. Along the way, we started businesses that showed promise and potential. Though they did not reach the heights they could have, their endings carried lessons that success alone could never offer.

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Then came a turning point I did not anticipate.

At the peak of my professional career—holding influence, authority, and the highest levels of external success within a large American organization—I encountered something unsettling: emptiness. Despite recognition and affirmation, something within me felt profoundly disconnected.

In 2020, during the stillness of the COVID season, I was given what I now see as a gift—the space to stop. To reflect. To examine not just my achievements, but my entire life journey.

I saw the milestones, the successes, the moments worth celebrating. But I also saw a pattern—one I had long ignored. I had spent years chasing happiness, only to realize that it was fleeting. Every achievement brought a moment of joy, but never permanence. And so I worked harder, striving longer, unknowingly sacrificing presence with the very people I loved most.

What I discovered during that season was not comfortable.

I found myself restless. Tired. Melancholic. Worn out from chasing what Solomon once called the vanity of life. Even when wrapped in spiritual language, something within me knew it was not enough.

And then, in the quiet, something shifted.

However, during the COVID period, while we were together, I discovered something about my own self, that myself was restless, melancholic, tired, and weary of chasing after what Solomon would call the vanity of life. Even though it was coated with Christian language and frills, I had an epiphany and a divine enlightenment moment during the mid-COVID period, which resulted in me sinking deep into my own pain and finding God there and began a long journey of healing.

I realize today that spiritual and emotional maturity is not a race to win anything, but a slow journey with God into the very heart of God. Soon my passions changed, and I realized that I was, for the first time, falling deeply in love with God and gaining a new identity, and by consistently and daily listening to the gentle whisper that I am God's beloved. In the chosen moments of silence I practiced every day. These sabbatical moments of each day began to be my precious, refreshing time of the day.

During these moments, there were friends who helped me, who were on a similar journey, and the community that I was part of. But eventually, after three years, I began to share the journey and invite more people to journey together as sojourners, traveling to the same destination by creating a safe space for everybody through the practice of hospitality, awareness, trust, and collaboration.

Today, I can honestly say that my heart has widened and my soul has integrated my mind, my body, and my spirit, creating a larger space for more people and for greater love.”

Paving the Kenosis Trail

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