What is Contemplation? I did a Google search and came up with these results Sourced from – https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contemplation Relating to how to do this sort of contemplation I have come up with my own method. It is explained below: Whenever he has the courage and initiative to question life and keep questioning it, to interpret […]
Category Archives: Self Help
Attn Students – What To Choose After your 10th Standard Board Exams
One of the members of my extended family has a young teenage son who is faced with the choice all middle class kids face in India – the choice between science, arts or commerce streams after their 10th standard board exams. I would like to make a pitch for encouraging your kids to choose the […]
The Ultimate Self Help Tip
There are some sentences from Shakespeare (Hamlet) that are justly celebrated as some of the most meaningful sentences ever written in any language. They are: Forget the first quote above. That is beyond the scope of this article and possibly beyond the scope of my intellect. Focus on the second (To thine own self etc). […]
What does being Fair mean?
The golden rule states: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. I was thinking of some events that happened in the mid 2000s. Due to certain events I did not want to have anything to do with some people and their friends and acquaintances. They complained that although I may have […]
The Dharma is Subtle
The Dharma is subtle. This is a famous statement from the Mahabharata. It is attributed to the elder statesman of the Kauravas, Bhishma. You must be aware of the context or background story. Draupadi is being undressed in public by Dushasana after the Pandavas (specifically Yudhisthira) lost her to the Kauravas (Shakuni) in a game […]
Digesting Intellectual Concepts
One of my nieces asked me why I hadn’t written a blog post for more than a month. It is nice to know that at least one person is looking forward to my blog. The reason is that this blog is mostly about my experiences and the insights that I have gleaned from them. It […]
Train yourself to be Intelligent
This article is about what constitutes intelligence. I have a very simple and basic answer to this question. Intelligence is being able to understand – at all points in time – the situation that you are facing both internally and externally There is a Tibetan saying: If you are too clever you might miss the […]
Free Yourself of Yourself
I do some reading from time to time related to topics I want to write about in my blog. Just now I was thinking of writing about charisma but my book talked about celebrities, politicians and revolutionaries and the like. I don’t fall into the category of a would-be leader or celebrity so I decided […]
Need for Sex Education
I sometimes think of myself as a genius. I hope I am not wrong. I think that it is definitely true that I am smart in spots as Tom Watson said of himself. The exact quote is below: I am no genius. I am smart in spots. But I stay around these spots. That is […]
Why I Spent 9 Years in a Cafe
The headline might interest you. I have behaved foolishly for long periods of time in my life. None of them lasted as long as when I spent 9 years in cafes in Mumbai and Pune post the year 2006. You must bear with me. I may well be an eccentric genius. I am capable of […]