All fear is derived from the fear of death. In connection with this the French philosopher Montaigne said “The thing I most fear is fear. . . Those who have been well drubbed in some battle, and who are still wounded and bloody, you can perfectly well bring them back to the charge the next […]
Monthly Archives: October 2020
On the SSR case
On the Sushant Singh Rajput case I have a couple of points to make. The first point is that the criminal justice system is broken in India. I have myself been the victim of a serious crime and in the end I compromised the case for a fraction of the total amount that was stolen […]
Sadhguru on Happiness
I have had some responses to my last article about being happy. A cousin of mine is a follower of Jaggi Vasudeva (aka Sadhguru) and she messaged me as under. (The link to the article in question is here – https://insightsandexperiences.com/what-to-do-when-you-are-not-happy/ ) Here are my cousin’s messages Cousin: Liked how you summarized so much philosophy/spirituality […]
What to do when you are not Happy
I have read a number of books on spirituality including Osho, Aldous Huxley and books published by the Ramakrishna Math. Here are some of the common teachings. All is a manifestation of the Divine. Two noteworthy Buddhist teachings are This very body the Buddha and This very mind the Buddha. These are either Mahayana or […]