After suffering for years from anxiety, doubt and depressed moods, I started doing what seemed the obvious, reading books. I read many Self-help books to address my suffering and live a better life. But now it has me. After over a decade of research, I wondered if all the reading was necessary. Doubts about self-help … Read more
If I see one mistake cropping up repeatedly in social discourse and our personal lives its the belief that the world has to fit our beliefs and expectations. What do I mean by this? Consider an everyday scenario: Caught in a traffic jam. We think, ‘It should not be happening like this!’ Our expectations are … Read more
In our quest for happiness so much of our suffering could be avoided. Much comes from our desire for the world to make sense, to have answers. It’s an attitude that places our neediness and fears at the centre of existence. In ancient Greece, there was an Airbnb owned by Procrustes, who had one bed made of … Read more
One paradox I keep coming across in my life is the Sorties paradox, also known as The fallacy of the Heap.It was a gateway for me to an understanding of Buddhism. It’s a paradox that’s found in literature and art and one that shows up in philosophy of knowledge. Loki In Norse myths, the trickster … Read more
Something I’ve noticed in my struggle with anxiety was seeing how much this overthinking or anxiety was a part of my life. Looking more broadly I can see how much overthinking has become part of our society. Bombarding us with information the world has driven us into our minds; it’s a head-driven life we live now. In … Read more
In the Atheist-Theist debate all this this arguing about god fails to see the larger question, one that gets lost in the furore. What is a philosophy for? What does it do for us? How do we use it? A further question could also be added, What is the Truth or wisdom we seek? As … Read more