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

Conversation with a Cousin on Doership and Destiny

Karma’s Power Ends the Moment You See You as the Ego Are Not The Doer – Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

My Final Hurrah!

Just published on Amazon my 20th book (I hope this will be my last book) “Summa Iru: My Formal Renunciation … More