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 […]
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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 […]
On Fear
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 […]
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 […]
On Religious Faith
This article is on faith – in particular religious faith. I spoke to a friend a couple of days back regarding this topic. He is a mature and well educated person and has seen the world. He said that in his opinion more people have died because of God than because of Satan. He felt […]
Shortening the Learning Curve
A friend of mine who reads this blog met me and offered this criticism. He said that most of my posts are based on what I have read in books and there is not much original content here. If people are interested in these subjects then they can read the books for themselves, my friend […]
Lessons from Marlon Sanders
I am finally getting serious about earning to support myself. I contacted a marketing guru that I know of and whom I have done business with earlier. His name is Marlon Sanders and he was kind enough to give me advice. He also sent me a free copy of a PDF that he sells online. […]
Should the Doctrine of Karma be taught in Schools?
There is a sentence in the classic work, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon which describes the use of spirituality and religion in preserving law and order. The sentence is as follows: The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally […]