I am facing a lack of respect from society. I made my choices and they were bad ones (in some respects) and now I simply have to live with the consequences. But there is one guiding principle which helps both to make sound decisions and to live with lack of respect from people you meet. […]
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Here is an Aid to Sound Decisions
I turned 60 recently. I am telling myself now that becoming a senior citizen starts at age 65 haha. I was in an introspective mood and I started wondering whether I was where I had wanted or planned to be in life. Flat broke, no family or career, no social life and a dependent on […]
A New Direction
I have not made much progress in my spiritual practice for many years. No attainments or experiences worth speaking of. I seem to be as far away from enlightenment as I was when I first started taking an interest in spirituality almost 25 years ago. But currently I am reading a book that gave me […]
Antidote to Fanaticism – Religious or Otherwise
Bertand Russell has – in many of his books – written about the dangers of fanaticism. Both religious fanaticism and those involving non religious beliefs. Two relevant quotes by him are as under: It always has been and has done untold harm. I think fanaticism is the greatest danger there is. I might almost say […]
How to Contemplate
What is Contemplation? I did a Google search and came up with these results Sourced from – https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contemplation Relating to how to do this sort of contemplation I have come up with my own method. It is explained below: Whenever he has the courage and initiative to question life and keep questioning it, to interpret […]
Attn Students – What To Choose After your 10th Standard Board Exams
One of the members of my extended family has a young teenage son who is faced with the choice all middle class kids face in India – the choice between science, arts or commerce streams after their 10th standard board exams. I would like to make a pitch for encouraging your kids to choose the […]
How the British ruled half the World
How did the British – a small island nation with a limited population – conquer half the world? This article will attempt to explain one of the psychological factors underlying their success. It is a continuation of my previous blog below: There were other factors of course. The scientific inventions in the west that gave […]
The Ultimate Self Help Tip
There are some sentences from Shakespeare (Hamlet) that are justly celebrated as some of the most meaningful sentences ever written in any language. They are: Forget the first quote above. That is beyond the scope of this article and possibly beyond the scope of my intellect. Focus on the second (To thine own self etc). […]
Pros and Cons of Being Childlike
The Bible advises us to be as a child if you wish to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. I have a history of being childlike. Just about anyone could make a fool of me (ever since I was young) and I was and am very easily influenced. Careerwise also, a Chartered Accountant is supposed to […]
What does being Fair mean?
The golden rule states: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. I was thinking of some events that happened in the mid 2000s. Due to certain events I did not want to have anything to do with some people and their friends and acquaintances. They complained that although I may have […]