First Noble Truth — Dukkha (Suffering) What do you mean you are suffering? Are you mad? Second Noble Truth — … More
Category: Free Will
The things that Sartre does get right in his 1946 lecture “Existentialism is a Humanism”
The one thing that Sartre does get right in his 1946 lecture “Existentialism is a Humanism” (https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/sartre/works/exist/sartre.htm) is this: “Our … More
Encumbered Self
“There is no ‘I’ that we are now thinking we are, independent of the genes and the dialogue of the … More
The Moment I Realized I Wasn’t In Control
Narrated by Ram Dass (formerly Prof. Richard Alpert of Harvard University), a disciple of Neem Karoli Baba
We Deserve Neither the Praise Nor the Blame
When I do not have control over how my brain gets shaped in the womb, what genes are passed on … More
Luck Swallows Everything (on Free Will, or rather the lack of it)
This article, by Galen Strawson of Oxford University, appeared in the Times Literary Supplement(link is external) on June 26, 1998, and is … More
“Thank You So Much”? Now, Wait a Minute!
A friend messaged on WhatsApp, “Thank you so much” (see screenshot at the end). I replied to him with these … More
“If you want to make God laugh, tell Him about your plans.”
Claude, comment: “If you want to make God laugh, tell Him about your plans.” The aphorism’s charm depends on a … More
Know Thyself 