Skip to content

Know Thyself

  • Home

Philosophy . Political Philosophy. Poetry . Psychology . Perspectives (on 10,000 things)

No Need for This Universe


Many protest when I say This universe need not exist I wonder why they do so Why they are so…

Cosmos, Poem, Poetry, Universe, World

Change of Residence


I am moving, yes I am moving From the heart to the intellect Heart is too irksome a place If…

Heart, Poem, Poetry, Soul

What Was God Thinking?


As if thoughts were not enough God has given us emotions I can’t help but wonder If it was a…

Emotions, Poem, Poetry

The Dyapas of Previous Generation


Weren’t they all a tad weirdThe Dyapas generation before meWho were peculiar in their own wayThe men more soAnd not…

Dyapa, Family, Generation Gap, Poem, Poetry

Sicklical


Nothing lasts, not even love We keep seeing how quickly Green turns to yellow and white Earth never stops in…

Change, Ephemerality, Poem, Poetry, Transience

The Charade Called Life


As a 16-year-old, long backI thought the world was terribleA place where one shouldn’t be bornAnd so I set out…

Life, Poem, Poetry

Is Knowledge Enough for Liberation?


The only thing I would like to amend is that Karma Yoga is not only unselfish action and done as…

Bhakti Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Karma Yoga, Meditation, Path of knowledge, Raja Yoga

Is Universal Basic Income (UBI) about to transform society?


The concept of a guaranteed basic income might seem novel or neoteric, but it dates back to 1795, when the…

AI, AI & UBI, Artificial Intelligence, technology, UBI, Universal Basic Income (UBI), universal-basic-income, Work

What we need and what we may not need


“The fulfilment of bodily needs in the form of food, clothing and shelter is unavoidable. But we err in thinking…

Mental Needs, Needs, Physical Needs, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes

‘Why I am not a Hindu Woman’ – Writer Dr. Wandana Sonalkar on her Book


About the Writer Dr. Wandana Sonalkar is an Mumbai based Economist , and an author and translator. She retired as…

Book on Hinduism, Brahminism, Caste, Casteism, Feminism, Hindu Women, Hinduism, Patriarchy, Wandana Sonalkar

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts
Follow Know Thyself on WordPress.com

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 357 other subscribers

Archives

Categories

  • Acceptance (16)
  • Advaita (see Nonduality) (269)
  • AI (Artificial Intelligence) (13)
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) (14)
  • Bhagavad Gita (53)
  • Bible (19)
  • Buddhism (45)
  • Consciousness (Awareness) (202)
  • Enlightenment (309)
  • Free Will (70)
  • God (207)
  • Hinduism (225)
  • Ignorance (Maya, Avidya) (170)
  • India (27)
  • Indian Philosophy (210)
  • J. Krishnamurti (79)
  • Karma / Destiny (125)
  • Meditation (118)
  • Mind (176)
  • Music and Comedy Scene (155)
  • My Books (23)
  • My Poems (483)
  • My Quotes (682)
  • Nisargadatta Maharaj (63)
  • Nonduality (Advaita) (240)
  • Osho (21)
  • Philosophy for Everyday Life (1,243)
  • Poetry (143)
  • Political Philosophy (366)
  • Psychology (972)
  • Quotes (28)
  • Quran (Koran) (26)
  • Ramakrishna Paramahansa (30)
  • Ramana Maharshi (133)
  • Sankaracharya (21)
  • Self (Brahman) (222)
  • Self-enquiry (126)
  • Self-realization / Liberation (282)
  • Silence (81)
  • Surrender (61)
  • Swami Sarvapriyananda (45)
  • Thoughts / Thinking (92)
  • Uncategorized (75)
  • Upanishads (110)
  • Vedas (40)
  • Western Philosophy (142)

Blog Stats

  • 201,756 hits
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    Know Thyself
    Join 357 other subscribers

    Have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.

  • Know Thyself
    View site in Reader
    Manage subscriptionsSign upLog in
    Report this content
    Collapse this bar
Loading Comments...