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Maya – Maayera Antha Maayera (Lovely Song)


Maayera Antha Maayera The Telugu song “Mayera Antha Mayera” conveys a philosophical message that life’s experiences, people, wealth, relationships, and achievements … More

Advaita, Brahman, God, Hinduism, Illusion, Maayera Antha Maayera, Maya, Philosophical Song, Sankaracharya, Song, Spirituality, Vedanta

Question the Answer, Question the Question – To My Dear Friend Pramod Reddy


Chum, you seem to have spent Some of your youth In the company of Nietzsche How else can I account … More

Apollonian vs Dionysian, Bombay, Books, Dionysus, God, Life, Nietzsche, Philosophy, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Pramod Reddy

God Has a Good Sense of Humour


Here He is, almost threatening No, but not in a human way More by letting me realize Gently, gently, gently … More

God, Heart, Love, Old Age, Poem, Poetry, Romance

Going to Stop Reading the Mayor of Casterbridge


I am going to stop reading the Mayor of Casterbridge (and indeed all literature, and maybe reading anything whatsoever any … More

English literature, Literature, Novels, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes, Thomas Hardy

Sense of Doership


“Maya is nothing but the sense of doership.”

Bondage, Ego, Enlightenment, Ignorance, Illusion, Liberation, Maya, Quotations, Quotes, Sense of Doership

The Greatest Sin


Jesus bore the crossFor mankind’s sinsBut, I, and maybe you,We bear the crossFor our own sinsSins of this lifeAnd of … More

.Original Sin, God, Jesus, Omnipotence, Poem, Poetry, Sense of Doership, Sin, The Fall

“It is just an emotion”


“It is just an emotion”Said she, talking about loveNo, not my girlfriend, you sillyI don’t have a girlfriendNo, you are … More

Existential musings, Existential Questions, Existential Risk, Existentialism, Love, Poem, Poetry, Truth

I Await Thy Nudge


My friend, dear, dear friendYou who do some tinkeringWith people’s behavioursPlaying with their psychologySo that you can set societies freeLand … More

Behaviourism, Love, Nudging, Poem, Poetry, Truth

Who Say I Say All Those Things They Say I Say


“Maybe, just maybe, the total and eternal effacement of the ego is love.” “‘I love you’ is always a false statement because … More

Ego, God, I-Me-Mine, Love, Quotations, Quotes, Truth

What Ain’t Love


Sex is pleasure, not loveHolding hands is cute, but not loveHugging and embracing, love?Kissing is so sweet, but is it … More

Love, Philosophy of Love, Poem, Poetry, Psychology of Love

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