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No more truth, only “reading.” … “Caution! Reader at Work!”


Fifty years ago, a university couldn’t call itself “Tier One” unless it had a renowned English department. No more: Abysmal…

Deconstruction, Derrida, English literature, Interpretation, Literary criticism, Literature

What Is My True Nature?


“A six part series of dialogues of two friends discussing their true nature. I made the first five after a…

Awareness, Consciousness, Self

Ego or The Person We Think We Are


This person is nothing but the “I-thoughts” you have in your mind, such as “I am this”, “I am that”,…

Ahamkara, Ego, Personality, Sense of Doership, Who am I?

Inexplicable World and Life


“Only God can make sense of this world and its hatred, prejudices, misunderstandings, atrocities, diseases, conflicts, and of this life…

Life, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes, World

Limits to Achievement


“There is another group of limits, however, that has to do with the circumstances and conditions within which a person…

Limits, Limits to Positive Thinking

Happiness as a Tool, and Not a Goal


“In short, we found that happiness depends not on how well you are doing, but whether you are doing better…

Expectations, Happiness

Identity Amnesia in False Love


“We must bear in mind that it is sometimes we who are putting another in the state I here labeled…

False Love, Identity, Love

Chance or Destiny


“How the dice will roll is already fixed.”–D. Samarender Reddy

Chance, Destiny, Dice, Fate, Predetermination, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes

No Getting Past One’s Past


It’s a pity one cannot undo One’s past My heart cries out Remembering the people I’ve wronged And the things…

Guilt, One's past, Past, Poem, Poetry, Regret, Remorse

Whither Truth


“The Mind reveals its secrets to logic and reason, while the Heart reveals its secrets to love and compassion. Both…

Heart, Mind, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes, Truth

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