Dev Chengkalath
@devchengkalath.bsky.social
writer | storyteller | human performance | exploring how words shape our minds and the world around us
Technical error.
When you manage to blow up 6 kids at a water collection site...
...as one of the most advanced militaries.
Definitely "not" genocidal.
When you manage to blow up 6 kids at a water collection site...
...as one of the most advanced militaries.
Definitely "not" genocidal.
July 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Technical error.
When you manage to blow up 6 kids at a water collection site...
...as one of the most advanced militaries.
Definitely "not" genocidal.
When you manage to blow up 6 kids at a water collection site...
...as one of the most advanced militaries.
Definitely "not" genocidal.
Silence isn't empty.
It's ripe with the sounds of potential if we're willing to listen.
It's ripe with the sounds of potential if we're willing to listen.
July 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Silence isn't empty.
It's ripe with the sounds of potential if we're willing to listen.
It's ripe with the sounds of potential if we're willing to listen.
There are times when words may cause more harm than actions.
Genocide isn't one of those times.
Genocide isn't one of those times.
July 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
There are times when words may cause more harm than actions.
Genocide isn't one of those times.
Genocide isn't one of those times.
Sometimes it takes sitting in the darkness
To appreciate the light.
To appreciate the light.
June 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Sometimes it takes sitting in the darkness
To appreciate the light.
To appreciate the light.
Funny how those starting wars are never the ones who go fight in them.
June 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Funny how those starting wars are never the ones who go fight in them.
Sometimes it's hard to take a side.
The facts are muddied.
The causes opaque.
It's complicated.
But sometimes, it simply isn't.
The facts are muddied.
The causes opaque.
It's complicated.
But sometimes, it simply isn't.
June 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Sometimes it's hard to take a side.
The facts are muddied.
The causes opaque.
It's complicated.
But sometimes, it simply isn't.
The facts are muddied.
The causes opaque.
It's complicated.
But sometimes, it simply isn't.
The world gives you signals to decode.
Clues. Signs. Hints.
Pieces of a puzzle to put together to make sense of what's happening all around us.
And why.
The problem: the pieces of the puzzle were controlled by a few who controlled the narrative.
But not anymore.
If you're willing to see.
Clues. Signs. Hints.
Pieces of a puzzle to put together to make sense of what's happening all around us.
And why.
The problem: the pieces of the puzzle were controlled by a few who controlled the narrative.
But not anymore.
If you're willing to see.
June 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The world gives you signals to decode.
Clues. Signs. Hints.
Pieces of a puzzle to put together to make sense of what's happening all around us.
And why.
The problem: the pieces of the puzzle were controlled by a few who controlled the narrative.
But not anymore.
If you're willing to see.
Clues. Signs. Hints.
Pieces of a puzzle to put together to make sense of what's happening all around us.
And why.
The problem: the pieces of the puzzle were controlled by a few who controlled the narrative.
But not anymore.
If you're willing to see.
In some environments, fire is needed to ignite growth and renewal.
Old vegetation is consumed in flames and turned to ash, allowing new flora to take nutrients, rise up, and flourish.
And just like that, sometimes we must burn down the old self to allow the new self to germinate from within.
Old vegetation is consumed in flames and turned to ash, allowing new flora to take nutrients, rise up, and flourish.
And just like that, sometimes we must burn down the old self to allow the new self to germinate from within.
June 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
In some environments, fire is needed to ignite growth and renewal.
Old vegetation is consumed in flames and turned to ash, allowing new flora to take nutrients, rise up, and flourish.
And just like that, sometimes we must burn down the old self to allow the new self to germinate from within.
Old vegetation is consumed in flames and turned to ash, allowing new flora to take nutrients, rise up, and flourish.
And just like that, sometimes we must burn down the old self to allow the new self to germinate from within.
When the world goes wonky...
...take a walk.
Reset.
Refocus.
Recalibrate.
Each step may not silence the roar.
But it sure as hell dampens it.
...take a walk.
Reset.
Refocus.
Recalibrate.
Each step may not silence the roar.
But it sure as hell dampens it.
June 13, 2025 at 10:28 PM
When the world goes wonky...
...take a walk.
Reset.
Refocus.
Recalibrate.
Each step may not silence the roar.
But it sure as hell dampens it.
...take a walk.
Reset.
Refocus.
Recalibrate.
Each step may not silence the roar.
But it sure as hell dampens it.
Those moments when you feel most lost are secret thresholds.
The disorientation isn't from failure.
It's the intrinsic vertigo from shedding an old skin.
Trust the darkness. Trust the turbulence.
It's not the end of your story.
It's the blank page where a new chapter begins.
The disorientation isn't from failure.
It's the intrinsic vertigo from shedding an old skin.
Trust the darkness. Trust the turbulence.
It's not the end of your story.
It's the blank page where a new chapter begins.
June 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Those moments when you feel most lost are secret thresholds.
The disorientation isn't from failure.
It's the intrinsic vertigo from shedding an old skin.
Trust the darkness. Trust the turbulence.
It's not the end of your story.
It's the blank page where a new chapter begins.
The disorientation isn't from failure.
It's the intrinsic vertigo from shedding an old skin.
Trust the darkness. Trust the turbulence.
It's not the end of your story.
It's the blank page where a new chapter begins.
Transformation isn't about becoming someone new.
It's recognizing who's beneath the layers.
A sculptor doesn't create the statue — they reveal it by removing excess stone.
It's not addition but subtraction.
You aren't becoming, you're unveiling.
The masterpiece was always there.
It's recognizing who's beneath the layers.
A sculptor doesn't create the statue — they reveal it by removing excess stone.
It's not addition but subtraction.
You aren't becoming, you're unveiling.
The masterpiece was always there.
May 31, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Transformation isn't about becoming someone new.
It's recognizing who's beneath the layers.
A sculptor doesn't create the statue — they reveal it by removing excess stone.
It's not addition but subtraction.
You aren't becoming, you're unveiling.
The masterpiece was always there.
It's recognizing who's beneath the layers.
A sculptor doesn't create the statue — they reveal it by removing excess stone.
It's not addition but subtraction.
You aren't becoming, you're unveiling.
The masterpiece was always there.
Does anyone believe anything Israel, the USA, or western legacy media say anymore?
Or what they've been saying for 20 months?
The thing about lies, they eventually shatter.
And everything's exposed.
All empires fall.
Or what they've been saying for 20 months?
The thing about lies, they eventually shatter.
And everything's exposed.
All empires fall.
May 30, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Does anyone believe anything Israel, the USA, or western legacy media say anymore?
Or what they've been saying for 20 months?
The thing about lies, they eventually shatter.
And everything's exposed.
All empires fall.
Or what they've been saying for 20 months?
The thing about lies, they eventually shatter.
And everything's exposed.
All empires fall.
Our wounds aren't flaws to hide but portals to our power.
Each scar tells a story of survival, each pain a mark of resilience.
Life lessons learned firsthand.
Stop trying to appear unbroken.
It's in the mending of shattered pieces that our unique light shines through.
Each scar tells a story of survival, each pain a mark of resilience.
Life lessons learned firsthand.
Stop trying to appear unbroken.
It's in the mending of shattered pieces that our unique light shines through.
May 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Our wounds aren't flaws to hide but portals to our power.
Each scar tells a story of survival, each pain a mark of resilience.
Life lessons learned firsthand.
Stop trying to appear unbroken.
It's in the mending of shattered pieces that our unique light shines through.
Each scar tells a story of survival, each pain a mark of resilience.
Life lessons learned firsthand.
Stop trying to appear unbroken.
It's in the mending of shattered pieces that our unique light shines through.
Intuition isn’t mystical.
It’s mathematical.
The unconscious mind processing millions of data points faster than the conscious mind can analyze them.
The gut feeling, the subtle knowing, the sense of rightness or wrongness...
It’s your inner wisdom speaking.
Listen to it.
It’s mathematical.
The unconscious mind processing millions of data points faster than the conscious mind can analyze them.
The gut feeling, the subtle knowing, the sense of rightness or wrongness...
It’s your inner wisdom speaking.
Listen to it.
May 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Intuition isn’t mystical.
It’s mathematical.
The unconscious mind processing millions of data points faster than the conscious mind can analyze them.
The gut feeling, the subtle knowing, the sense of rightness or wrongness...
It’s your inner wisdom speaking.
Listen to it.
It’s mathematical.
The unconscious mind processing millions of data points faster than the conscious mind can analyze them.
The gut feeling, the subtle knowing, the sense of rightness or wrongness...
It’s your inner wisdom speaking.
Listen to it.
Your body keeps score of every lie you tell yourself.
Every "I'm fine" when you're not.
Every "It doesn't matter" when it does.
Every swallowed truth manifests as tension, illness, or exhaustion.
Your flesh demands authenticity in ways your mind can't ignore.
You can't hide from yourself.
Every "I'm fine" when you're not.
Every "It doesn't matter" when it does.
Every swallowed truth manifests as tension, illness, or exhaustion.
Your flesh demands authenticity in ways your mind can't ignore.
You can't hide from yourself.
May 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Your body keeps score of every lie you tell yourself.
Every "I'm fine" when you're not.
Every "It doesn't matter" when it does.
Every swallowed truth manifests as tension, illness, or exhaustion.
Your flesh demands authenticity in ways your mind can't ignore.
You can't hide from yourself.
Every "I'm fine" when you're not.
Every "It doesn't matter" when it does.
Every swallowed truth manifests as tension, illness, or exhaustion.
Your flesh demands authenticity in ways your mind can't ignore.
You can't hide from yourself.
Freedom often feels like falling.
Finding your voice means losing your old place.
Becoming real can cost you the comfort of blending in.
Stepping into your authentic self can break your heart open before making it whole again.
This is the price of freedom.
Finding your voice means losing your old place.
Becoming real can cost you the comfort of blending in.
Stepping into your authentic self can break your heart open before making it whole again.
This is the price of freedom.
May 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Freedom often feels like falling.
Finding your voice means losing your old place.
Becoming real can cost you the comfort of blending in.
Stepping into your authentic self can break your heart open before making it whole again.
This is the price of freedom.
Finding your voice means losing your old place.
Becoming real can cost you the comfort of blending in.
Stepping into your authentic self can break your heart open before making it whole again.
This is the price of freedom.
Not everything needs to be a lesson.
Or have hidden, deeper meaning.
Sometimes, things just are.
And that's ok.
Or have hidden, deeper meaning.
Sometimes, things just are.
And that's ok.
May 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Not everything needs to be a lesson.
Or have hidden, deeper meaning.
Sometimes, things just are.
And that's ok.
Or have hidden, deeper meaning.
Sometimes, things just are.
And that's ok.
The weight you feel pressing against your chest each night is the weight of what you know you could be.
What you should be.
The unexpressed words.
The risks not taken.
The buried desires.
They don't disappear. They accumulate.
Stop waiting for permission.
Become who you were meant to be.
What you should be.
The unexpressed words.
The risks not taken.
The buried desires.
They don't disappear. They accumulate.
Stop waiting for permission.
Become who you were meant to be.
May 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The weight you feel pressing against your chest each night is the weight of what you know you could be.
What you should be.
The unexpressed words.
The risks not taken.
The buried desires.
They don't disappear. They accumulate.
Stop waiting for permission.
Become who you were meant to be.
What you should be.
The unexpressed words.
The risks not taken.
The buried desires.
They don't disappear. They accumulate.
Stop waiting for permission.
Become who you were meant to be.
Your attention isn't just being captured — it's being weaponized against you.
Be aware of content designed not to inform you but to shape your thinking for their purposes.
The language they use. The delivery. The words.
Media is a tool of propaganda.
Think critically — who benefits?
Be aware of content designed not to inform you but to shape your thinking for their purposes.
The language they use. The delivery. The words.
Media is a tool of propaganda.
Think critically — who benefits?
May 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Your attention isn't just being captured — it's being weaponized against you.
Be aware of content designed not to inform you but to shape your thinking for their purposes.
The language they use. The delivery. The words.
Media is a tool of propaganda.
Think critically — who benefits?
Be aware of content designed not to inform you but to shape your thinking for their purposes.
The language they use. The delivery. The words.
Media is a tool of propaganda.
Think critically — who benefits?
Rewrite your algorithm:
- Identify your default settings: the conditioned patterns/reactions to the world around you
- Challenge insecurity: question the root of your thoughts
- Find calm from chaos: embrace challenges with poise and regulation
- Transcend limits: recognize your possibilities
- Identify your default settings: the conditioned patterns/reactions to the world around you
- Challenge insecurity: question the root of your thoughts
- Find calm from chaos: embrace challenges with poise and regulation
- Transcend limits: recognize your possibilities
May 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Rewrite your algorithm:
- Identify your default settings: the conditioned patterns/reactions to the world around you
- Challenge insecurity: question the root of your thoughts
- Find calm from chaos: embrace challenges with poise and regulation
- Transcend limits: recognize your possibilities
- Identify your default settings: the conditioned patterns/reactions to the world around you
- Challenge insecurity: question the root of your thoughts
- Find calm from chaos: embrace challenges with poise and regulation
- Transcend limits: recognize your possibilities
Most people live their lives without asking:
What's beyond my roles? What do I value? What's my purpose?
Drifting through existence: defined by jobs, relationships, possessions.
External markers. Identity Illusions.
Beneath these lie the terrifying freedom of self-definition.
Face them.
What's beyond my roles? What do I value? What's my purpose?
Drifting through existence: defined by jobs, relationships, possessions.
External markers. Identity Illusions.
Beneath these lie the terrifying freedom of self-definition.
Face them.
May 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Most people live their lives without asking:
What's beyond my roles? What do I value? What's my purpose?
Drifting through existence: defined by jobs, relationships, possessions.
External markers. Identity Illusions.
Beneath these lie the terrifying freedom of self-definition.
Face them.
What's beyond my roles? What do I value? What's my purpose?
Drifting through existence: defined by jobs, relationships, possessions.
External markers. Identity Illusions.
Beneath these lie the terrifying freedom of self-definition.
Face them.
The most powerful question isn't "What should I do?" but "Who am I becoming?"
Every decision, big or small, is a step toward or away from your highest self.
That moment of honesty or the comfortable lie.
That risk taken or opportunity missed.
Choose wisely.
This is your design.
Every decision, big or small, is a step toward or away from your highest self.
That moment of honesty or the comfortable lie.
That risk taken or opportunity missed.
Choose wisely.
This is your design.
May 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The most powerful question isn't "What should I do?" but "Who am I becoming?"
Every decision, big or small, is a step toward or away from your highest self.
That moment of honesty or the comfortable lie.
That risk taken or opportunity missed.
Choose wisely.
This is your design.
Every decision, big or small, is a step toward or away from your highest self.
That moment of honesty or the comfortable lie.
That risk taken or opportunity missed.
Choose wisely.
This is your design.
Most people aren't "lost"
They refuse to let go of the distorted Mercator map they were given.
A map created by someone else, for someone else, in a world that never existed.
Burn the map, trust your intuition, and design your own path.
Become your own cartographer.
They refuse to let go of the distorted Mercator map they were given.
A map created by someone else, for someone else, in a world that never existed.
Burn the map, trust your intuition, and design your own path.
Become your own cartographer.
May 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Most people aren't "lost"
They refuse to let go of the distorted Mercator map they were given.
A map created by someone else, for someone else, in a world that never existed.
Burn the map, trust your intuition, and design your own path.
Become your own cartographer.
They refuse to let go of the distorted Mercator map they were given.
A map created by someone else, for someone else, in a world that never existed.
Burn the map, trust your intuition, and design your own path.
Become your own cartographer.
The greatest lie: "you need to find yourself."
There is no static, authentic "self" waiting to be found.
You are a living, evolving creation.
Every choice, every experience, every moment of awareness shapes who you become.
Stop searching and start creating.
Design yourself.
There is no static, authentic "self" waiting to be found.
You are a living, evolving creation.
Every choice, every experience, every moment of awareness shapes who you become.
Stop searching and start creating.
Design yourself.
May 16, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The greatest lie: "you need to find yourself."
There is no static, authentic "self" waiting to be found.
You are a living, evolving creation.
Every choice, every experience, every moment of awareness shapes who you become.
Stop searching and start creating.
Design yourself.
There is no static, authentic "self" waiting to be found.
You are a living, evolving creation.
Every choice, every experience, every moment of awareness shapes who you become.
Stop searching and start creating.
Design yourself.
We've been taught that pain is something to avoid, to medicate, to distract from.
But what if pain is a messenger, carrying crucial information about what needs to change in our lives?
Our emptiness might be calling us toward a deeper purpose.
Don't silence the messengers.
Listen to them.
But what if pain is a messenger, carrying crucial information about what needs to change in our lives?
Our emptiness might be calling us toward a deeper purpose.
Don't silence the messengers.
Listen to them.
May 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
We've been taught that pain is something to avoid, to medicate, to distract from.
But what if pain is a messenger, carrying crucial information about what needs to change in our lives?
Our emptiness might be calling us toward a deeper purpose.
Don't silence the messengers.
Listen to them.
But what if pain is a messenger, carrying crucial information about what needs to change in our lives?
Our emptiness might be calling us toward a deeper purpose.
Don't silence the messengers.
Listen to them.