I will start by stating two facts. The first is that I don’t have a social circle and so I am driven to seek company from the watchmen (the security staff) of my housing society in Mumbai. They are not exactly friends. I don’t think of them as such but they are more than just […]
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When You Are Treated Badly
I am sorry for revisiting this topic. It happens to be a particular favorite of mine; a teaching that I try – sometimes ineffectively but sincerely – to apply as I go through the day. Judge not that you be not judged – that says it all. The rest of this blog is basically just […]
See the Scorpion Pit for what it is
My psychiatrist cautioned me against spirituality when I last met her. She said that too much spirituality is not good if you want to lead an ordinary, conventional life and be respected by society. I can see her point of view now. I am reading Rumi and here are a couple of quotes that – […]
How and why to read Philosophy
Some of you may be wondering why I spend so much time reading books. What is my motive? Until just recently my motive could be summarized by this teaching of the Dhammapada: We are what we think,All that we are arises with our thoughts,With our thoughts we make the world,So speak or act with a […]
Read this before buying a Kindle
If you enjoy reading and are thinking of buying a Kindle here are some reasons for and against. The first point I want to make is that you do not need to buy a Kindle device to read Kindle ebooks. Kindle software is made available – at no cost – by Amazon which enables you […]
Syriana
Have you seen the movie Syriana. It stars George Clooney and Matt Damon. I watched it on TV and it is now available on Prime Video but you have to rent it for Rs 119/-. It is a thought provoking movie and gives a certain amount of sympathy to the Arab jihadis who are conducting […]
Take the Good with the Bad
The point I want to make in this article is that right and wrong, good and bad are joined at the hip. You can no more separate the good from the bad as you can have a right without a left. I’ll start with a quote from the Taoist masters: When everyone recognises beauty as […]
You have been hypnotized – Here’s how
Here is a link to a FB group called Robert Adams Talks. One of the posts in it resonated with me and I have decided to read it daily for the foreseeable future – perhaps for the rest of my life. https://www.facebook.com/groups/RobertAdamsTalks/permalink/1264633717586533/?mibextid=Nif5oz I have included the text of the post at the end of this […]
Why What We Do Does Not Matter
Why does what we do not matter? I reached that conclusion because of a concept in Hindu philosophy called Prarabdha Karma. Here is what I got from a Google search and a Wikipedia page: According to Sri Swami Sivananda: “Prarabdha is that portion of the past karma which is responsible for the present body. That […]
Was the Mahatma Foolish? You decide
I’ll start by asking you to watch the 60 second YouTube video below. It is interesting and the person speaking is the founder of ISKON. Calling the Mahatma a fool and a failure is sure to draw attention. In this article I would like to give my thoughts on whether the strategy adopted by the […]