I would like to write a couple of articles about what I know of Chinese culture. This is the first and I will start saying that in the years gone by there was almost no mental ailments amongst the Chinese people. Mental ailments were so uncommon that persons who had them were worshipped as messengers […]
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Staying Young
This article is a guide to having a youthful outlook. I think that it should be useful to almost all people regardless of their age. The sooner you start to implement this advice the better. But even people who are no longer young can read this with profit. In my opinion we grow old and […]
Be a Warrior – Life is a Battleground
India has been by inspired by Mahatma Gandhi and his thought and philosophy. The concept of nonviolence was taught to me when I was a young child in Modern School in New Delhi. This ideal is the highest philosophy. If I remember correctly the Jain religion has the following dictum which is the essence of […]
The most subversive article you will ever read
This is probably the most subversive article you have ever read. Basically, I am stating that the American granting their citizens (in their Constitution) the rights of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness is flawed philosophically. Quantum Physics and the teachings of mystics of past ages tell us that the Universe is an organic […]
The Conquest of Happiness
I am rereading a book that I purchased, I think, more than 30 years ago. The book in question is The Conquest of Happiness by Bertrand Russell. Russell was one of my favourite authors in my teenage years and early 20s. And this book above shaped the decisions which I took at various points in […]
From Sex to Superconsciousness
I was a firebrand when I was a youth, ever ready to act and speak in controversial ways. Now I think I have moved to the opposite extreme and do not generally say anything which might offend someone. I am not sure that this is entirely a good thing but nobody stays young and fearless […]
How to live life fearlessly
One of the main foundations of Buddhist philosophy and teaching is that life is suffering. The Buddha said: There is this Noble Truth of suffering: Birth is suffering, aging is suffering, sickness is suffering, death is suffering… The Buddha goes on to say that there is the Noble Truth of the origin of suffering, the […]
Use setbacks – Carpe Diem
The Chinese have a culture that is significantly different from Western Civilization and also from India to a very large extent. Their script is completely different from that of western cultures. It is logographic which means that their symbols represent a word or a part of a word. English, Hindi and other languages use a […]
Have you felt a lack of Zest for Life? Here’s the Reason
All people – sooner or later – get a sense of the transitoriness and hollowness of life. If you are young and you experience this then a short-term cure is to seek a life satisfying to instinct. Get married, have kids spend 25 or more years supporting and caring for your family. I am not […]
What I want from the Modi Government
I must start by saying that I am in a very comfortable position compared to the majority of people in India. I do not have any financial pressures, do not have a family to support and have food on the table and a roof over my head. I also have more than enough time to […]