Editor Profiles
Meet Poornima Verghese-Ram
Editor of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications on Medium
Dear Subscribers,
In this post, we introduce Poornima Verghese-Ram who recently joined our editorial team of Illumination Integrated Publications on Medium. She supports multiple publications as a volunteer editor with great enthusiasm.
Poornima joined Medium in August 2022 to use writing as an avenue to sort through her thoughts and take her closer to clarity in her spiritual journey.
Her writing explores topics of the mind, non-duality, and existential mysteries with a strong footing on logic, science, and reality.
She writes in Medium once a week where she asks big questions and seeks simple answers from the universe.
Poornima is excited to be a part of the ILLUMINATION family and is grateful for the mentorship of Dr. Mehmet Yildiz.
She admires the publishing muscles of her fellow editors (more importantly, swept away by their warmth and friendliness) and hopes to emulate their track record someday.
She strongly believes that being meditative, blissful, content or at the very least positive and stress-free is no mean feat and it takes an enormous amount of discipline and perseverance to make these qualities a way of life and a sustaining reality.
More particularly, for her, it means struggling with her faith, renewing pacts with her inner demons, and meandering through an endless barrage of questions that challenge her beliefs.
So she writes to make sense of it all, to sieve her thoughts through a rational frame and catch whatever remains, which helps her discover, and re-discover herself.
Poornima’s educational background is in finance and psychology.
After a brief stint at a multinational financial corporation, she realized she preferred words more than numbers, and that encouraged her to transmigrate to business copywriting with a diploma in copywriting and professional sequence in editing.
If given a free pass for life, she would prefer staring at walls and being lost in her thoughts. But at the present time —
- She has been strong-armed (or sweet-talked, she doesn’t remember which one) into being a part of a tech start-up that she has no business being a part of.
- She is working on a collection of free-verse short stories based on historical events retold with a spiritual undertone from an unconventional POV (Yep! It is not supposed to make sense this early in the process)
Poornima enjoys visiting nature destinations like —
- Hiking trails lined with tall trees and beaches with pristine waters (Door County, Wisconsin and Old Mission Penisula, MI)
- Orange-hued mountains that soar to dizzying heights making her feel small and humble (Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks)
- Star-studded night skies with a clear view of the Milky Way galaxy arm (This, she would take any day over any exotic destination in the world — staring at the dusty speckle of a million stars while being awe-struck and dumbfounded is the closest she could get to experiencing God!)
She also enjoys reading historical fiction (Bernard Cornwell, Steven Pressfield, Mary Renault, to name a few), mysteries, and spiritual nonfiction (Rupert Spira, Adyashanti, J. Krishnamurti, and many many others).
She aspires to increase the frequency of her stories and to create her own space in Medium with like-minded writes and loyal readers.
As Poornima is relative new on Medium, we’d like to give a quick taste of her inspiring and insightful stories. Here are some of our favorite stories that has impressed us.
God — The Great Conundrum
The Myth of Enlightenment
Ramana Maharshi and his Non-ness
Is Existence an Exercise in Futility?
God/Universe Doesn’t Care About Your Prayers
Double-Slit Experiment, Consciousness, and God
Is Enlightenment an Abstract Concept or a Biological Default?
Price of Irrationality
Savants, Near-Death Experiences, and Enlightenment
Is Our Puppeteer Brain Limiting Our Consciousness?
We hope you will enjoy and find valuable insights from the stories of Poornima Verghese-Ram. It is a pleasure for us to introduce writers and editors who provide original and outstanding content on this platform.
You can contact Poornima on Illumination’s workspace.
Update on Featuring Contributors of ILLUMINATION
Collaboration and cross-pollination is our goal to bring writers and readers to one place. We are a diverse and inclusive reading and writing community on Medium. Our publications support 17,000+ writers.
We offer additional support to our writers via Illumination Slack Workspace, where writers communicate and share story links safely. Currently, our Slack group has around 14,000 members.
In addition, ILLUMINATION editors feature our writers and their content in the story and interview format.
Recently Featured Writers
We recently featured the following writers. We will continue this initiative.
An Interview with Ayodeji Awosika: Ayodeji is an educator, digital marketer, and inspiring top writer, followed by 94K readers on Medium Ayodeji Awosika
Interview with Dr. Adam Tabriz — MD: Dr. Tabriz is a physician, healthcare consultant, entrepreneur, and prolific writer on multiple platforms. Dr. ADAM TABRIZ
Meet Mark Sanford, Ph.D.: Dr. Sanford believes in introspection and self-knowledge Mark Sanford, Ph.D.
Meet Dr. Gabriella Kőrösi on Medium: Biography and an introduction to her book Darkness and Light Lady Dr. Gabriella Korosi
Meet Gareth Willey: Top writer and editor of Illumination Integrated Publications on Medium. Gareth Willey
Meet Rob Hourmont on Medium: A top writer in health and fitness topics and a new editor of ILLUMINATION on Medium. Rob Hourmont
An Interview with Annelise Lords on Medium: An inspiring top writer, published author, and senior editor of Illumination Annelise Lords
Meet Annie Wegner on Mediu: A top writer and editor for Illumination Integrated Publications
An Interview with Mike Zillo on Medium: An engaging and informative top writer in #cryptocurrencies. Mike Zillo
Meet Don Martin: A businessman and a writer on Medium Don Martin
Meet Melinda Blau: A published author of 15 books and a prolific writer on Medium Melinda Blau
Meet Joan Gershman: Retired educator, speech therapist, English teacher, and writer Joan Gershman
Congratulations Alex Philippe for Completing 100 Day Challenge: Illumination’s 100-day challenge can increase visibility and might make you a top writer on Medium Alex Philippe
Interviews with Writers
We interviewed Lawson Wallace. You can check his interview script at this link. Dr Mehmet Yildiz, our chief editor, also interviews published authors and many writers contributing to our publications. For example, he recently interviewed a published author Keri Mangis.
You might check out interviewed writers in this collection. Interviews with Writers of Medium: Featuring inspiring writers of ILLUMINATION.
If you want to be interviewed by Dr. Yildiz or our editors, please contact him on Slack. He will be happy to coordinate it to create visibility for your profile and stories on Medium.
Writer and Editor Profiles
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Links to Curated Collections
You may also check our curated collections posted by ILLUMINATION, ILLUMINATION-Curator, and ILLUMINATION Amplifier.
Illumination Reading Club
ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications created a reading club. All Medium members are invited. If you are not a writer for our publications yet, you may request via this weblink. We will be delighted to include you in this club.
Critical Documents for All Writers
Every writer of our publications needs to review these guiding policies before submitting their stories. We are tolerant, but these are non-negotiable rules.
Helpful Resources for Writers and Readers
Starter Kit for Writers of ILLUMINATION Integrated Publications
Improving the Quality of Writing Using an Editorial Checklist
7 Tips for Freelance Writers Dealing with Chronic Stress Effectively
What I Learned After Publishing 1,010 And Reading 100,000 Stories
The Joy of Selling 1,000+ Books In A Month With Minimal Investment
Science-Based Therapeutic Value of Expressive Writing for Mental Health
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