Living Without Praying

My Two Conversations in 2024 and 2025 on Substack

My two conversations in 2024 and 2025 on Substack with my friend who likes to go by the moniker Perspective … More

Circadian Rhythm (and a conversation around it)

The sun rises and setsIn the east and west. The moon and the starsCome and go. Thoughts and feelingsAppear and … More

“Stop trying to improve yourself.”

Why You Keep Trying to Improve Yourself Spiritually (Ramana Maharshi)

Moral of the Story

I should stop scrolling on LinkedIn. If I do, I will keep finding these sometimes funny, sometimes insightful posts, which … More

Stepping Out of the Hobbesian World

We reach out to the “Other”In all our relationships;The Other keeps appearingAlmost only as the Other;This otherness bothers usAlmost in … More

What Is a Dream? What Is Real?

A lot happens in a dream. But did the dream itself happen or not. What does it mean for something … More

“God is in charge of not only volcanoes but also all our feelings.”

We Humans are Also Forces of Nature (Non-doership) A little while ago a friend was telling me that she was … More

“Have you seen God?” (Or) The Disservice(?) That Ramakrishna Paramahansa Did to Swami Vivekananda

That Naredranath Dutta (later to become Swami Vivekananda) went around asking “Have you seen God?” is itself a problem, though … More

How To Live

“Let us not live out our lives on the autopilot called mind.”