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No Regrets


Ah, I understand life Understand it well Understand it at last; It matters not My life is almost over, For … More

Contentment, Enlightenment, Goal, Happiness, Life, Meaning of life, Past, Poem, Poetry, Regrets, Satisfaction

Are You Still Searching?


Unlike poor Bono, I have found everything I have looked for. U2 – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking … More

Bono, Contentment, Destiny, Fate, Happiness, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Karma, Luck, Satisfaction, Seeking, U2

The Gamut of Opinions


I think I am a successCoz I’m happyCoz I understand the mystery of lifeCoz I do not care whether I … More

Happiness, Poem, Poetry, Success, Who am I

Yeh Duniya Yeh Mehfil Mere Kaam Ki Nahi


Happiness and love we keep seeking While we ourselves are that which we seek Look at God’s Maya or is … More

Happiness, Ignorance, Illusion, Love, Maya, Name and Fame, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, World

16 Sayings of Mine


“The moment I saw a woman, I fell in love with God.” “Mind and heart should not run like two … More

Christianity, faith, God, Happiness, Heart, Jesus, Lies, Love, Mind, Pleasure, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes, Spirituality, temples, Truth

On the Question of Self-Interest


It is a logical truism that everything we do, we do it for the sake of “our own” happiness (despite … More

Altruism, Amartya Sen, Ayn Rand, Egoism, Enlightened egoism, Gurjada Appa rao, Happiness, Living for others, Philanthropy, Rational Fools, Self-interest, Selfishness, Selflessness

Maya


As I like to define, Maya is the false understanding that happiness lies outside, and what is on the outside … More

Avidya, Bondage, Happiness, Hinduism, Illusion, life philosophy, Maya, Religion, Samsara, World

My Reply to a Friend’s SMS – How I am Living My Life


Yes, we have no choice but to be active, writing or teaching or loving or whatever else. Why? Because we … More

Books, Daily Life, Happiness, How to live one's life, Maya, Meaning of life, Nature, Philosophy, Purpose of life, thoreau, Writing

Happiness


“The only thing standing between us and happiness is our ego.”

Barriers to happiness, Ego, Happiness, Obstacles to happiness, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes

Living for Others


I am pretty much self-sufficient unto myself, physically (for the most part, unless I am struck with some debilitating illness), … More

Aristotle, Books, Compassion, Empathy, Ethics, Happiness, history, Love, Others, Philosophy, social animal, Social Self, Society

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