In my previous blog post I wrote about the blunder I made in the year 2006 and how I am still suffering from it. Link to that article is below: But every cloud has a silver lining. I started yesterday to think of all the factors that make up the silver lining. Basically this method […]
Category Archives: Self Help
The Buddha and the Poisoned Arrow
I will start with a famous Buddhist parable. The following story is one of the original teachings of the Buddha: The sutta begins at Jetavana where the monk Malunkyaputta is troubled by Gautama Buddha’s silence on the fourteen unanswerable questions, which include queries about the nature of the cosmos and life after the death of […]
How to Think Clearly when you are Upset
I was walking down the street a few days ago and a man whom I did not recognise gave me a hostile glare as he walked past. This is something that I am used and have been experiencing for a long time so I should be used to it. And I am used to it. […]
Solitude and being a Genius
I have had the experience of being called a genius and I may very well have been one. It was many years ago, you understand. Not now when I am a 57 year old having lost the intellect, the curiosity and the desire to read that I had for decades. So what led to my […]
The Unwritten Social Rules
A friend of mine (also suffering from a mental ailment) approached me for some advice. I am writing this article based on his predicament which I think will be quite common even amongst people of sound mind. My friend offered the following diagnosis of his situation: He had behaved very badly when he was young […]
Devil in a Good Man
I rarely link to articles in other websites but this blog is good. The author, Antti Vanhanen, is very popular at Quora with millions of views. Have a look: https://www.devilinagoodman.com/blog I’ll end here. Please explore this site for more articles on Spirituality, Self Help and Politics and let me have your comments. Feedback from my […]
Gems from The Arabian Nights
Below is an extract from The Arabian Nights. It gives some excellent advice that will help all who have to deal with peers, superiors and inferiors; that is to say everybody. EXTRACT BEGINS HERE ‘What advice do you give yourself?’ asked Mu’awiya. ‘I plant my feet on the ground, move them slowly and keep my […]
Find a Worthwhile Reason to Suffer
What do I mean when I say, “Find a worthwhile reason to suffer.” What I have to say is a summary of chapter 7 of the book, Everything is F*cked by Mark Manson. The chapter starts with some academic studies that prove that no matter what the circumstances of our lives we will never be […]
On Marriage – Some Comments
I have the reputation of being a controversial and notorious person. Much of it is to do with my open attitude to sex and marriage although I did behave in eccentric ways otherwise when I was young. So you would expect me to write about why I am still single earlier than today. But it […]
How to Read Serious Books
This article on how to read serious books is based on a book that I have mentioned earlier in my blog: How to read a Book by Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren. Link to my earlier article is below; The essence of the book is that you need to be a demanding and active […]