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My Need to Concentrate on Spiritual Sadhana


Slight temptation still persists in me for people and things, but as temptation goes it will never come to an…

God, Hinduism, Religion, Solitude, Spiritual practices, Spiritual Sadhana

“The Owl of Minerva Takes Flight Only at Dusk”


Hegel’s line is arresting because it admits something philosophy rarely wants to confess: understanding arrives late. Minerva’s owl — symbol…

birds, Books, Hegel, Mental health, Owl of Minerva, wildlife, Wisdom, Writing

Ramakrishna Paramahansa on the Two Magnets


Ramakrishna Paramahansa: “You yourself perceive how far you have gone down by being a servant of others. Again, one finds…

Divine Mother, God, Hinduism, Ignorance, Marriage, Maya, Philosophy, Ramakrishna Paramahansa, Religion, Wife, Woman

Bhakti Yoga: The Path of Devotion | Swami Sarvapriyananda


Bhakti Yoga, God, Hinduism, Path of devotion, Religion, Swami Sarvapriyananda

Robert Frost: The Most Misread Poet in America


He is buried beneath a leaning birch tree in the Old Bennington Cemetery in Vermont. The epitaph on his gravestone…

American Poet, American Poetry, Birches, Mending Wall, Modernist Poetry, New England Literature, Poem, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Road Not Taken meaning, Robert Frost, Robert Frost biography, Robert Frost poems explained, Stopping by Woods analysis, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, The Gift Outright, The Road Not Taken, Writing

“O Majhi Re Apna Kinara Nadiya Ki Dhara Hai” — Translation & Interpretation


ओ मांझी रे ओ मांझी रे अपना किनारा, नदिया की धारा है ओ मांझी रे साहिलों पे बहने वाले कभी…

Bollywood Song, Life advice, O Majhi Re Apna Kinara, Philosophy for life

“Tujhko chalna hoga, tujhko chalna hoga”


Jeevan kahin bhi theharta nahin haiAandhi se, tufaan se darta nahin haiTu na chalega toh chale teri raaheinHo, tu na…

Advice for living, Bollywood Song, Nadiya Chale Chale Re Dhara, Philosophy of Life, Psychology, Rajesh Khanna song, Secret of life, Tujhko chalna hoga

Claude.ai Interpretation of the lyrics of this song: Gaadi Bula Rahi Hai


Interpret the lyrics of this song: Gaadi Bula Rahi Hai 5:08 PM Searched the web Searched the web What a…

Anand Bakshi, Dost Movie song, faith, Gadi Bula Rahi Hai, Interpretation of the lyrics, Kishore Kumar, Life, music, reviews, Writing

Live dangerously! Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius!


This is a famous passage from Nietzsche’s The Gay Science (Book IV, §283), titled “Preparatory Human Beings.” What Nietzsche is…

What is the difference between happiness and pleasure?


Q: What is the difference between happiness and pleasure? Nisargadatta Maharaj: Pleasure depends on things, happiness does not. Q: If…

Awareness, Consciousness, Happiness, Happiness Vs. Pleasure, Hinduism, Meditation, Mindfulness, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Philosophy, Pleasure, Reality, Religion, Spirituality

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