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Soon after I first met Socrates, I walked into the station one night and found him pumping gas. He nodded to me, tossed me a squeegee, and pointed to the windshield. But I was more interested in asking questions than … Read more →
Day 8: Bhaya – Fear or Phobias
We all are aware of this emotion. From birth, we feel it at one time or another. Sadhvi Vrinda in her candid manner shares a few incidents from her personal life. Below are the highlights of this session: 1. The … Read more →
Respect
Do you like it if anyone disrespects you? I know it’s an absurd question. Of course, you don’t. I mean do you get affected if others disrespect you? Strike that too, actually. Of course, you get affected in varying degrees … Read more →
Battling Your Biology
My father was thirty-three years old and my mother twenty-nine when they had me (I’ve shared that story in a bit more detail in my memoir). To this day, I’ve only ever heard my father speak on one of four … Read more →
The Art of Attention
Come to think of it, I find it mind-boggling that we waste much of our mental energy chasing the ghosts of thoughts that have no bearing on anything at all. I feel that there’s something about human biology that primes … Read more →
Side Effects of Meditation
I must start by thanking you. That’s because your comments to my last post made me realize that I might have caused some alarm with the number of hours I put into meditation. I might have mistakenly conveyed that without … Read more →
The Practice of Meditation
Mulla Nasrudin was holding a pair of scissors and diligently working on what seemed like oblong tablets. “What are you doing?” his friend asked him as he saw that tens of caplets had been snipped from both sides. “I’ve to … Read more →
When You Feel in Control
Have you ever looked at someone and wondered why they are still working? I mean, there are many wealthy people who have all imaginable luxury at their beck and call and yet they routinely put 8-12 hrs into their work. … Read more →
Three Kinds of People
Ah! I see. You are here. Well, thank you. I suspect you have to come to read about the hardest part of my life. In case, you haven’t read my last post, please do so. Otherwise, this write-up may feel … Read more →
The Hardest Thing about my Life
Most days I don’t mind working hard. Everyone who wishes to make an honest living works hard in this day and age. I’m no exception. Sometimes though, I wish to rest. But, there’s always a deadline of one kind or … Read more →
The Ultimate Wealth
In the last post, I shared my thoughts on building material wealth. That, how regular investing was the way to go. And that, in my view, debt should be avoided at all costs. The only exception, perhaps, would be a … Read more →
The Psychology of Money
One of the highlights of 2020 is how peaceful everything’s been so far. No border tensions, no wars, no pandemics, economies are thriving, people are out and about, airlines are posting record profits, even Donald Trump is suddenly all humble … Read more →
Change
Today, I sit before a blank screen wondering what to share with you. Again. Of course, this by no means is the first time that I am looking at a screen painted grey but my mind is particularly quiet today. … Read more →
Revenge
The truth is that man gets filled with what he sees. The person who sees the small is filled with the small; the one who sees the great is filled with that greatness. Our eyes are the gateways to our … Read more →
The Eight Stages of Anger
Have you noticed how we have the least tolerance for certain things and people in life? The moment we have to face those episodes or people, most of us simply fly off the handle. We may regret it later on, … Read more →
