This is not an article like the others on this blog. Firstly this is mainly about my spiritual journey and my other experiences. My other articles are mostly based on concepts derived from my reading of books. Secondly this article will never be completed. It will remain a work in progress. I will be updating […]
Monthly Archives: November 2020
Invaluable Career Advice from Warren Buffett
I am reading The Art of the Good Life by Rolf Dobelli. There is a chapter titled The Circle of Competence which is particularly good. This article is based on that chapter. Here are some relevant quotes taken from that chapter: Warren Buffett: Know your circle of competence and stick within it. The size of […]
On the Arnab Arrest Saga
I’ll start by asking you to read this article. The link is below. https://thewire.in/media/arnab-goswami-arrest-defence-television-journalism I liked the article. The author is idealistic and believes in principled journalism. She makes no bones about the fact that she dislikes Arnab’s brand of journalism and her description of her response to Arnab’s arrest is amusing. The author has […]
More on the Bhagavad Gita
I had some difficulties accepting the advice of the Bhagavad Gita but perhaps they were just misunderstandings. The misunderstandings were as under: The misunderstanding was that I thought that the Gita was asking me to not have any desires when I did any act. I should be completely desireless and egoless in all my actions […]
Justification for the Bhagavad Gita
I would like to start by telling you a story. I was feeling a bit depressed with life yesterday afternoon. My life was a mess, my mind a shambles and my spiritual practice was going nowhere. Familiar territory. You probably have felt the same way about yourself at times. I was particularly depressed about my […]