I had landed in Australia recently as a freshly minted immigrant. The excellent company I first joined got bought out in a few months, and I had moved to a large…
Category: Mind and Body Contemplations
Philosophy of The Life Instinct: Chapter 8.4 Free Will
Free Will is the ability to choose between alternative actions. It needs the identification of the choices, through instinct or thought. Do self-awareness and Free Will go hand-in-hand? Is it…
The Quality of Small Things
I get a thrill of pleasure, an upswell of respect, a feeling of connection with kindred souls, a renewal of faith in humanity when I see Perfect grouting between tiles…
Amazing Choice
Isn’t it amazing that we can actually choose what to think, how to feel and what to do? We make decisions and act on them every day, every hour and…
How Increasing Mind Work is Killing Mindfulness
Wish our jobs were more in touch with nature. Gaze upon a shepherdess standing still under a tree in the savanna, chin on her stick, hearing the buzz of insects…
Why We Should More Creative Again Like Children
Premise Creativity is to imagine and form something new. We are all creative when we are kids. We just draw or build or fold and cut paper or make up…
I want to progress without artifice
I want to do the same thing long enough to excel, not flit about and ride the career carousel I want to produce something tangible every day, not do meetings…
Tea Stall at a bend in the hill road
Charpoys outside. Mild sunny day. Foothills of the Himalayas. Only the stall owner and a couple of other customers. Quiet. Distant lilting birdcalls. Sipping a cup of tea. Road curving…
Goodness Gracious!
I have known for a while now that I am a very efficient Fault-Finding-Machine! In a flash, I find faults with colleagues, family members, friends, acquaintances, call centre reps, household…
The Sweet Spot Between Self-Improvement and Action
Many of us are improving our emotions, intellect, body or spirituality through meditation, yoga, reading, workshops, retreats, prayer, gymming, diets and so on. But what if one is doing so…