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The Right thing for the Wrong Reasons

This article deals with my reasons for taking spirituality seriously. There are right reasons and wrong reasons for spirituality. I suppose the right reasons involve loving God and wanting union with him as also loving your neighbour and wishing him well and wanting to serve him. I am supposing all this because I don’t know. […]

Save your kids from Disaster

I suppose all people of a certain age have contemplated suicide at some point in their lives. Or been tempted by drinks or drugs. Much of the distress and upset which causes such drastic action is fear of public opinion. Public opinion – if it turns against you – can make life really miserable. I […]

Letting go of the “I”

I think my last blog has excited some comments in my housing society. Not that this is anything new. I mentioned the above two paras because I need to let go of the whole drama that I have played out in my life. The whole business of being victimized and ostracised and so forth. It […]

Dealing with Difficult People

Everyone meets people who don’t like them and whom they don’t like.What should be done to deal with unpleasant people and social situations? According to me the answer lies in three parts: Point three involves exposing yourself to constructive role models and learning from them. This article is about points one and two and it […]

The Sort of Work I am looking for

I remember a meeting I had with a well regarded member of my community who moves around in high society. He is the sort of person who could easily have found me some work simply by calling in a favor from one of his high society friends. This was a social occasion in which many […]

Sravana, Manana and a Daily Statement

This blog is just an important memo to myself as I go through the day regarding my spiritual practice. It is not meant for the reading public. Sravana See what the text or the author or video is trying to show you. See what he sees. See what the teaching is pointing to. It is […]

Malice and Indian Society

I was of a very malicious and envious temperament when I was young. With the result that I am still suffering to this day. Indian society is scarred by the memory of the rioting and loss of life that took place at the time of partition. There are also politicians who are willing to bend […]

Still More Life Skills

I’ll end this series of 3 blogs by writing about something I have never been good at – interpersonal relations. Links to the previous two blogs are at the end of this article. I remember being desperate for friends when I was young. My very desperation caused me to behave in eccentric ways and I […]

More Life Skills

This is part two in a series of essential life skills. Link to parts 1 and 3 are below: This blog is about knowing yourself and learning thinking skills. I came up with my own method of knowing myself based on my reading. I was prone to a lot of self deception when I was […]