Published in Change Your Mind Change Your Life·PinnedMember-onlyOur Life Can Be an Ecstatic Dance if We Understand Krishna’s “Leela”Seriousness has no business here — Krishna consciousness is a state of mind in which a person acts in perfect harmony with the divine or with Krishna as the ultimate reality. To act with Krishna consciousness is to stop believing that you are an isolated being. It is a way to feel the joy that comes…Krishna6 min readKrishna6 min read
Published in Change Your Mind Change Your Life·PinnedMember-onlyThe Philosophy of Nietzsche and the Stoics Is Completed by Lao TzuThere is a reason to the failure of stoicism in practical life — The original form of stoicism is broken up and mixed with several new-age terms. For an ancient philosophy, stoicism is trending exceptionally well these days. The followers of the Athenian philosopher Zeno established the Stoic school of thought. …Stoic6 min readStoic6 min read
Published in Better Advice·PinnedMember-onlyKeep an Eye Out for the Signpost: Anxiety Is Your Most Valuable GiftAnd safety behavior is the biggest cue — The Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard coined the word “angst” in his pathbreaking book, “The Concept of Anxiety.” Angst is a feeling of dread and anxiety. He professed, “Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.” Anxiety is equated to the feeling of dizziness a man faces standing at the edge of a…Psychology6 min readPsychology6 min read
Published in Change Your Mind Change Your Life·PinnedMember-onlyJiddu Krishnamurti’s Teaching Is the Only Way to Overcome One’s Fear Of FailureCan you address the problem of fear in parts? — Fear of failure is my biggest fear. As per Freud’s psychoanalytical theory, the root of this is buried in my childhood. …Fear6 min readFear6 min read
Published in Publishous·PinnedMember-onlyWhat Google’s Decade-Long Study on Leadership Didn’t Tell UsMisunderstanding effect for cause — Everybody has an answer to the question of leadership skills, but it has always left us wanting. There are two reasons for this: We don’t know the answer and are merely playing guesswork; we don’t want to know. The fundamental reason why we are not great leaders is because we…Leadership5 min readLeadership5 min read
Published in Change Your Mind Change Your Life·2 days agoMember-onlyYou Are Not Growing Spiritually if You Are Fretting Over That TigerDo we ever break our streak? — Two men were walking. One saw truth lying on the ground. He picked it up and told his friend “Look, what a beautiful thing I have found; this is the truth”. “Let’s organize it now”, said his friend. It’s an apocryphal story on the origin of religion. It underscores the…Travel5 min readTravel5 min read
Published in Change Your Mind Change Your Life·Mar 24Member-onlyA J. Krishnamurti Insight on Death That Has the Power to Change Your Entire LifeUnderstanding death is the first step to understanding life — Jiddu Krishnamurti is the only genuine iconoclast I am aware of. The Theosophical Society found him when he was 10 years old on the banks of the Adyar River in Madras. In order to make him “the world teacher,” he was sheltered and raised. …Death7 min readDeath7 min read
Published in Change Your Mind Change Your Life·Mar 20Member-onlyA Timeless Insight on Loneliness That Played Out Beautifully in My LifeIt’s not even an original feeling — I didn’t realize my urge to put something on, even when I thought I was going all alone. Even when I move out alone in a no-network zone, I make sure that I take a book, newspaper, or iPod along. The society is inbuilt in us — those who think…Loneliness6 min readLoneliness6 min read
Published in Change Your Mind Change Your Life·Mar 17Member-onlyVedic Philosophy’s Mathematical Worldview Is Unlike Anything Else in Its Ability to Clear Our MindsIt defines good deed and bad deed in a scientific manner — The Sankhya Yoga talks in great detail about Gunas and human nature. In yoga and Ayurveda, a “guna” is an element of reality that can affect our psychological, emotional, and energetic states. Sankya Yoga, or the mathematical aspect of Vedic philosophy, tells us a great deal about ourselves, but in…Sankhya7 min readSankhya7 min read
Published in Publishous·Mar 12Member-onlyThe Roots of All Our Problems Lie in Our Desire for HomogeneityIt comes in strange shapes and sizes — Our society places a very high premium on revolutions. They nurture our dream of bringing social order, but they bring the opposite — more disorder. A grand idea is a joke. Consider the Russian Revolution of 1917, when the peasants and working-class people of Russia revolted against the government of Tsar Nicholas II. …Philosophy5 min readPhilosophy5 min read
