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Mind and body matters For a long time, I meditated for about 15 minutes. I thought it was sort of the minimum one needs to do to get its benefits. But I also do yoga for my back before meditating, so the overall time was on the high side, in my view. So I started …
The 3 Minute 3 Part Meditation that Works Beautifully! Read More »
Part of your wisdom portfolio A pentametric poem in six stanzas. Recite aloud. Be Still, My Turbulent Mind I awake, and my mind’s wheel starts churning,It spins out dreams even while I’m sleeping,Why does my brain think so unceasingly?What’d happen if it went still fleetingly? Would I wilt, crumple, or cease to exist?Is it not …
Emanations of the Philosophy of Life Instinct The world is on the brink of disaster if we go by what daily TV and newspapers tell us. We know things are not so dire but still can’t look away. And who hasn’t felt like lashing out at some blatantly offensive instant message and realised they’re getting …
Media Unites & Enriches, Polarises & Brutalises. Ways to Benevolent Media 2.0. Read More »
Part of your wisdom portfolio Podcast of the story Why should we care about others or the environment? If we can gouge out a good life by mainly looking out for ourselves, isn’t that a valid way to live? It feels so genuine for everything to be about the survival of the fittest, which is …
What is the Natural Source of Our Responsibility? Read More »
Part of your wisdom portfolio One of my bugbears is people making totally confident declarations. Whether they are right or wrong is not the problem. What dismays me is sensing a complete absence of doubt, for I believe the essence of civilisation is the admittance of possibilities, and being unsure is its natural outcome. When …
Meditations on meditation A successful and happy life is about saying yes to good things and no to bad things. Evolution has designed us to be largely successful as normal life forms in our usual ecosystem. Our problems arise primarily due to deviations from healthy behaviour. We have several innate imperfections and a tendency to …
It’s emotional wisdom My mom was in a hospital for just under two weeks before she passed away six years ago. Those few days were not easy, with multiple trips every day to visit her, rush for medicines, discuss treatments with specialists and my dad, and everything else that this stage involves. One day I …
Fly low and soar high I was meditating yesterday, and a thought came to me unbidden, as they are inclined to do. When this happens, if it is something new and worthwhile, the trick is to capture it, write it out, and share it. I am invariably confident I’ll remember the notion until I finish …
As we reach the denouement of the book, we look at the most important question (and the prime motive for the development of the philosophy)—How should we live? The penultimate chapter, #28, of ‘The Philosophy of Life Instinct’ provides its concise answer.
Emotional wisdom is the subject of Chapter 13 of ‘Philosophy of Life Instinct’. It’s even better than Emotional Intelligence. Have a look at why and how.
