“When you touch 60, as I did on 16 July 2024, it really sobers you up because you suddenly understand the meaning of being a mortal as you begin to see the very real highly increased probability of kicking the bucket anytime. Hence, all you can do is shut shop and contemplate what life is or was all about.”
“The poet in me laughs at the philosopher in me, and the philosopher in me laughs back.”
“Happiness does not lie where we think it lies.”
“It is only a wise (wo)man who does not take offense when someone calls her/him a fool.”
“Taking name-and-form to be real is the cause of all suffering.”
“Everyone wants to be happy and therein lies the problem.”
“In our angst to be happy, we fail to ask the question, ‘Why am I unhappy to begin with?'”
“More important than wanting to be happy is to ask oneself the question, ‘What is happiness?'”
“Life can only be lived, never understood.”
“Why are there 10 Commandments? One Commandment would have sufficed: ‘Thou Shalt Love.’.”
“I am so far down the philosophical rabbit hole that it seems like I cannot take anything in life, nay life itself, seriously. Everything feels so unreal and dreamy.”
“Love is nothing but a concern for the other person.”
“I did not smile back at her and so my life has turned out differently.”
“When desire comes into being, time comes into being. When you are at peace seeking nothing, there is only the eternal now.”
“The purpose of life is to be happy under all circumstances, whether you get what you want or not.”
“Happiness comes into being when you are not seeking it because when you are not seeking it your mind halts.”
“To be happy without any reason is the way to be.”
“How stupid we are to desire anything because the very desire itself makes us unhappy and not the lack of the desired object.”
“Even when you desire nothing in this world, you will be made to act to fulfill the desires of others.”
“Emotionally we can be self-sufficient but it takes wisdom to know how to be so.”
“S/he who loves does not seek to be loved.”
“Happiness and love walk hand in hand.”
“How little we need in life and yet how much we want.”
“I have so little interest in life and living except perhaps for a cup of tea in the morning.”
“I seem to understand everything about life except myself.”
“Everyone is on an ego trip, and that is how the script for this world drama gets written.”
“Almost all of us are more misunderstood than understood.”
“We are too quick to judge others, and what’s worse, often without knowing the full facts.”
“When life rubs you the wrong way, introspect.”
“Self-effacement in the presence of the other is love.”
“Most often, people get rattled if you keep quiet while others are busy conversing and laughing.”
“Marriage is a test for one’s ego.”
“The universality of marriage proves that everyone is a risk-taker.”
“Marriages are built on the shaky foundation of faith and trust.”
“Everyone wants to be loved. Very few are capable of loving.”
“Life makes no sense, yet we have to continue living.”
“Only when you overcome your need for love can you love truly.”
“Love is overrated.”
“None of us understands each other correctly. Only God does.”
“Don’t be wedded to anything other than truth.”
“Give.”
“All the happiness of this world is not worth even an iota of the bliss of a calm and steady mind.”
“Our one and only problem is that we have fallen in love with the dream called the world.”
“What my bipolar disorder has taught me is that just because I believe or think something is true, it need not be the truth. So, while I currently seem to be believing and thinking I am nothing but a body-mind complex, it need not be the truth. Something to ponder, eh?!!!”
“No straight pot; no crooked pot; only clay. No saint; no sinner; only consciousness (aka Brahman/God).”
“We will continue to suffer until we understand that God alone is the doer.”
“We are like little children playing with the toys called body-mind, given to us by God.”
“You are not free until you realize that you don’t need anyone or anything to be happy.”
“Only with the eyes of love can you see the truth.”
“The distance between your mind and heart is the distance between you and the truth.”
“Love is the feeling of oneness. ‘No otherness’ is the Truth.”
“Only when the mind and heart are still, you discover love in truth and truth in love.”
“Truth is simple. Love is complicated.”
“Most people do not see any value in philosophy. Almost all people who see its value do not understand it. So, I figure it is best for me to remain silent.”
“It does not matter even if there are a million desires in the mind as long as you do not own them up as your desires.” “Now, all of us will become philosophers because AI will give us more leisure and leisure is the mother of philosophy.”
Know Thyself 