I suffer from Schizophrenia. Before I was able to accept the fact that I was suffering from a mental ailment I went through a period of denial when I refused to accept my condition. This caused me an enormous amount of distress. I went through periods of black depression, mood swings, rage, irritability and more. […]
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Pursuing Excellence
Why do I persist with meditation? It has been about 20 years since I attended my first Vipassana course. The instructors require you to meditate 2 hours daily and attend one 10 day course every year. All of which I haven’t done. I had what I call a mystical experience in the year 2006. Extraordinary […]
The Best Self Help Books
I spend some time every week answering questions on Quora. For those of you who have not heard of quora.com, it is a question answer site which can give you good guidance if you have any questions you need answered. Quora has been funded by about US$ 225 million by private investors. It is a […]
Having Life more abundantly
This website was supposed to be about my insights and experiences but for most part I am writing about the insights of people whose books I have read. It is not surprising because it is not easy to come up with a life changing or earth-shaking insight on schedule – once or twice every week […]
Here’s how to train yourself (or somebody else) to become a Genius
In this blog post I would like to write about a book that I haven’t as yet read. The book is Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool. Ericsson is a researcher and a scholar who has devoted his career to answering the question – What’s the best […]
The Importance of Money
How important is money in your life? Here is a passage from the book Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham. The book is an acknowledged classic and has been praised as a work of genius. Pick up a copy of the book. Despite being a classic it is easy reading and entertaining and it is […]
Napoleon Bonaparte on being slandered
I am supposing there is nobody reading this post, who is of a mature age, who has not been slandered. In this day and age libel suits and claims for damages are mounting and making the headlines. Recently Anil Ambani filed a suit against NDTV for Rs 10,000 crores as damages. His accountants and lawyers […]
Its raining insights
I had the book, Of Human Bondage, by Somerset Maugham in my bookshelf for a long time. I don’t even remember when and where I purchased it. I had made some years back to read the classics and then never got around to reading the many classics that I purchased. Just last week, out of […]
The Perils of Reading
I have been deeply influenced in my life by the books I have read. This has affected me in ways both good and bad. I recently came across a couple of sentences in the book, Of Human Bondage, written by Somerset Maugham which diagnosed my situation so well that just these two sentences are worth […]
Some thoughts regarding climate change
This article is a bit like telling you to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted. Climate change is upon us and governments and world leaders are taking it seriously (with the exception of Donald Trump if I remember correctly). Anyway, I have no solutions; I would just like to make some points […]