Here are two more quotes from Emerson’s essay on Compensation. Link is below the quoted text: Experienced men of the world know very well that it is best to pay scot and lot as they go along, and that a man often pays dear for a small frugality. The borrower runs in his own debt. […]
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Disasters can help you. Here’s How
I first read Emerson’s essay of Compensation as a teenager. In those days I wanted to be a millionaire (it was the 1970s and being a millionaire in dollar terms was to be very rich). I bought some books by Napoleon Hill and read them. And Napoleon Hill introduced me to Emerson. Specifically Ralph Waldo […]
How Predestination can free you
This article is about Karma and how we can skillfully use this teaching on a moment to moment basis as we go through the day. Specifically I will be discussing Prarabdha karma. Below is a link to an earlier blog on this topic: Ramana Maharshi – whose teachings I am following now – believed in […]
Can the Country Afford This
Due to certain experiences I developed an aversion to working at a job when I was in my 30s. I had made some money on the stock market and wanted to live the rest of my life with learned leisure. I decided not to marry at that time since I did not have good career […]
Jesus Christ Criticized
I was influenced, when I was young, by Bertrand Russell’s classic book Why I am not a Christian. Link is below: https://www.amazon.in/s?k=why+i+am+not+a+christian+bertrand+russell&crid=2ZZJCP9CNRES5&sprefix=why+I+am+not+a%2Caps%2C988&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_5_14 Russell acknowledged that Christ was good and wise although he preferred the Buddha and Socrates over him. But Russell also criticized Christ as portrayed in the New Testament. One of the passages containing […]
A Necessary Part Of Your Education
I used to absolutely love James Michener novels. Here is the list of bestselling authors whose books I used to read repeatedly when I was young: I have always been a loner and controversial. As such I had to do something to keep myself entertained. And reading the books written by the authors above was […]
Career Advice from the Buddha
What career advice can you expect to get from the Buddha. In my opinion all that you need to know to master a profession – or any money making skill – is summarized in the following few verses: We are what we thinkAll that we are arises with our thoughts,With our thoughts we make the […]
On Learned Leisure
One of my earliest memories when I was young was being taught the virtue of hard work. My family and society emphasized working for the upliftment of the poor and downtrodden. I am thinking in particular of my grandparents who lived through the Indian struggle for independence led by Mahatma Gandhi. My grandparents were very […]
Psychological reasons
In this blog I will try to explain the psychological factors that may be preventing people with extreme views (example Islamists and Maoists) to understand any point of view other than their own. Specifically I would like the extremists to understand the points I made in my blog below: I will start by stating the […]
How to prevent a Nuclear Holocaust
Now you might think that I am off my rocker. Here I am with no experience in government, politics or managing people and I am saying I can help avoid a nuclear conflict. But if there is even one chance in a million that I have something worthwhile to say it makes sense to read […]