Experts say happiness is often derived by a combination of good health, financial wellbeing, and solid relationships with family and … More
Category: Psychology
Osho on Love
Rollo May on Love
There are four kinds of love in Western tradition. One is sex, or what we call lust, libido. The second … More
My Brother-in-Law’s Perspicacious Observation and the Purusharthas
When in January 1995 at the age of 30 years I came back to India from the US, I was … More
How Does Poetry Help?
The useless poem-product unmasks our dependency on commodity goods, on the commodification of our lives and ourselves, and momentarily blunts … More
To a Slower Life by Alan P. Lightman
Not long ago, I was sitting at my desk at home and suddenly had the horrifying realization that I no … More
Does meditation make people more moral?
Zooming out, what the empirical research shows is that meditation – in its different forms – may have some positive … More
A Different Perspective on Happiness
by Hugh Mackay in his book “The Good Life” I actually attack the concept of happiness. The idea that—I don’t … More
Lunatics & Philosophers
UCLA Loneliness Scale
In 1978, a 20-item scale was created to measure one’s subjective feelings of loneliness and social isolation – the so-called … More