As we approach end of 2019, I complete my 6 years of meditation practice. To be honest, it hasn’t been the most consistent habit in terms of duration of meditation window or quality of my efforts but definitely has been a key feature of my lifestyle. Over the course, I have experienced immense improvement inContinue reading “Meditation – Personal Experience (The Context)”
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Experience & Reflection
I recently had to spend sometime on road waiting for a friend. It was just 100 mtrs from entrance to a Jail. That hour of the day likely coincided with visiting hours of Jail as I noticed a lot of people, especially women, walking out from the compound during those 15 minutes while I was there. One very upsetting observation I made was that almost all of these women – mothers, sisters,Continue reading “Experience & Reflection”
Pursuit of happiness.
Happiness is something that we are all after and still few seem to have it and they too have it for a limited time. What is interesting though is that what keeps us away from happiness or happiness away from us is our ‘desire’ to be happy. One of the attributes of this desire isContinue reading “Pursuit of happiness.”
Freewill: Asset or liability?
Vedic texts suggest that in order to have a natural, reciprocal, mutually engaging relationship with his creation, God accorded freewill to all spiritual entities. However, few entities, in resemblance to God, wanted to be able to enjoy independently and be the lord. Such entities were then sent to this material world with freewill to enjoyContinue reading “Freewill: Asset or liability?”
Dangers in search of absolute truth
A clear marker of an intelligent person that distinguishes him/her from rest is the quality of questions he/she asks. Rather, inquisitiveness about the world around us and especially the philosophical queries about our own self is what makes humans superior to the animal species and one with a refined consciousness exhibits this trait more thanContinue reading “Dangers in search of absolute truth”
Can a scientist believe in God?
Some of the interesting quotes about origin of life, evolution & God from leading men of science – Nobel Laureate Sir Peter Medawar “There is no quicker way for a scientist to bring discredit upon himself and his profession than roundly to declare – particularly when no declaration of any kind is called for –Continue reading “Can a scientist believe in God?”
Wisdom for Leaders
Austerity of body, austerity of mind & austerity of speech are critical for aspiring leaders. Bhishma Deva’s advice for ensuring that is shared in Srimad Bhagavatam: To get freedom from anger, one should learn how to forgive. To be free from unlawful desires one should not make plans. By spiritual culture one is able toContinue reading “Wisdom for Leaders”
Economics of Happiness
Inspiration for this post came from pondering about the look of contentment & satisfaction on the face of the watchman of a plush villa. While running endlessly in the pursuit of our own happiness we rarely get time to look around and think about the happiness of others. At this point, I feel it isContinue reading “Economics of Happiness”
3 prerequisites for success
We are all looking to win and avoid failure in our life in all fields; be it in a friendly game of sports or creating the best new app or winning at the next big client pitch. However, failure in material endeavours is a part of life and can never be completely avoided. Though, weContinue reading “3 prerequisites for success”
Life – Successful or Not?
Everyone wants to have a successful life but how can we ascertain whether our life was successful or not. What does it mean to be successful? Its a subjective query and different people answer it differently. I would say that our life is an amalgamation of the endeavours that we undertake and the outcome ofContinue reading “Life – Successful or Not?”
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