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 […]
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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 […]
What you can learn through Failure
I have tried my hand at becoming a businessman with very poor results. As a result of my efforts I not only wasted my time but I also blew up all my savings. But there are some valuable lessons that can be learnt from my experiences. Anybody can learn these lessons. I hope this article […]
How Reading Can Harm You
Ever since I can remember I have loved reading books. I have more than 500 books in my library at home. Add another 80 odd Kindle books and there is enough material to keep me busy for one lifetime at least. These are the books that I am yet to read. Add an indefinite number […]
Osho’s Main Mistakes
I remember reading my first Osho book in the German library in Mumbai almost 30 years ago. From then on I have bought and read many Osho books. I do not accept him as a Guru but read his books for inspiration and entertainment. Osho had a certain understanding that cannot be found only through […]
Be Happy that you are Miserable
Why on earth should you be happy that you are miserable? For two reasons – firstly it is because of suffering that you think of God and try to free yourself of the ego that is causing you to suffer. The second reason is that life is suffering in any case according to Buddhism so […]