Category: Philosophy for Everyday Life
Not Afraid of Death
“I’m not afraid of death. Everyday I die for 8 hours when I sleep.”
Understanding & Misunderstanding
“By the time one starts to understand oneself, many others begin to misunderstand one.”
The Examined Life
“Philosophers become so busy trying to understand life that they miss out on living it.”
The Mirage Within a Mirage
This thirst for richesThis thirst for loveThis thirst for powerThis thirst for nameThis thirstThis unquenchable thirstUnslakable it seemsEncountering as one … More
The Demarcation Problem
“The line blurs between where God ends and this world begins.”
We Create History
“The hatred and love within us spills over and shows up sooner or later in history textbooks.”
Know Thyself
“The problem with us is that we are so busy trying to understand the world and others that we have … More
Walking the Middle Path: A Daily Guiding Note for Peace
At 75+, with a fulfilled life behind me and a peaceful present, I was advised by my relative Sam, a student of Advaita, to forget the world, ignore mind and heart, and simply live in awareness. Instead of renouncing life entirely, I now follow a middle path. Each day I care for my body, enjoy family and friends lightly, and watch desires without clinging. Morning quietude, small acts of kindness, and evening reflection keep me steady. Life’s forms may rise and fall like pots of clay, but peace rests in the awareness that is never broken.
The Simple Truth of Advaita
Advaita Vedānta insists that Truth is not complex but startlingly simple. It is not an achievement to be won, but the ever-present awareness in which body, mind, and world appear. Yet we miss it: the weak intellect assumes it is too difficult and looks away; the strong intellect insists it cannot be so simple and keeps objectifying it. Like mistaking a rope for a snake, our confusion persists until the obvious shines forth—I am that awareness itself. The simplicity is disarming only because it was never hidden.
Know Thyself 