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Beyond survival and security, almost all human effort can be attributed to the seeking of happiness. But what is happiness? No two individuals can fully agree on what constitutes happiness, and with good reason. Happiness is a warm, fuzzy and pleasant state of emotional existence. The individual may seek happiness but he or she cannot realise and experience it in isolation. This is because the individual is not separate from the Universe. We are part of the same universal ene

Since ancient times, Indians have called humans as 'Manav' or 'Manas' (Sanskrit for 'the being with a mind'). The powerful conscious and imaginative mind of humans with great memory has resulted in the rapid development and evolution of the human mind. Human intellect and superior intelligence has permitted us to dominate all other creatures. The evolved human mind has given us literature and language, the arts and science, spirituality and philosophy, technology and producti

Ego, ambition, self esteem, self respect, pride and arrogance are commonly used terms which are easily confused with one another. Ego, is our identification with the self. 'Who am I? What am I?' The ego defines our relationship with ourselves and our world, essentially providing meaning to the self to ensure survival, success and procreation. Ego is an abstract construct we have of ourselves. The ego feels real because we attach our ego to some perceived parameters in some fo

There is so much talk about not having an ego. Yet everyone has an ego no matter how humble they appear to be. The 'Ego' provides each individual a sense of identity of the 'self'. The self that must do or not do, that takes actions to ensure security, survival and procreation. The self we refer to is not one, but actually a number of selfs. The material, social, intellectual and emotional selfs we all know to some degree, and this is what we know as the ego. The same ego tha

With winds reached speeds of 200 km/hr, two powerful cyclones, Taukate and Yaas lashed India in May 2021, leaving a trail of destruction in their path of awesome fury. When storms come, one can only brace oneself. If we have anticipated and prepared for storms we will be better off, otherwise we have to pay the price of our lack of understanding of and respect for nature. Our lives are just like these cyclones, we too can prepare and condition ourselves so as to escape the fu

Life is like a marathon, in fact a number of parallel marathons. We all start our social life together with siblings, friends, associates and classmates. We run sporting marathons, intellectual marathons, political marathons, financial and business marathons, etc. Each marathon is different in its own way. We all start our individual lives at some stage, bunched together. Then as the marathon progresses some stragglers are left behind, some too weak or those who meet some mi

In the management of our organisation I interviewed thousands of people. Finding the right person is always a challenge, because nothing can be certain. After much time I learnt a better formula. It is to consider all relationships as journeys. There is the individual's journey, and the organisation's journey. So during the interview and the reviews I always tried to gauge which journey the individual was on, and whether it was generally in line with our journey at least in t

Ever wondered what is this 'Rat Race'? Well this video provides a good idea. Many of us can relate to this depiction for the answer. We run in the race because of FOMO (fear of missing out). How can we escape the Rat Race? Simple. Don't run in the race, but what does that imply? We can escape if we focus on our needs rather than wants, because our needs are limited, whereas our wants are infinite. Our inner being speaks to us, telling us what really appeals to us, suits us a

Experience and knowledge which usually comes with age and tells us what has happened. So we form strong opinions on what works and what does not, what is good or what is bad. We become fixed in our mind and we rigidly assume what happened in the past will happen in the future. In a sense we believe we have arrived at that intellectual destination where we smugly feel that we need little or no new learning. Almost impossible for adults to imagine a future much different from t

All individuals that achieve success, commit errors, even blunders. Success or failure occurs only when we do something. If we are not making mistakes, we are probably not making anything. Fearful of failure, most of us dare not do anything. We often forget that, the path to success and happiness always passes through numerous disappointments, setbacks and failures. It can easily take ten years of hard struggle, mistakes and failures to become an overnight success. It is only

There is so much beauty, and wonder in the universe, but it seems, we spend most of our lives, wondering, 'What is wrong with the world?' Nothing and yet everything. Nothing is wrong with Nature and Creation, its exquisite and unfathomable. So what we do not understand, we condemn. Humankind, now that is a completely different matter, for here, everything seems to be wrong. Which leads us to the question, 'What is the root cause of all that is wrong?' The 'will to power', the

Many years ago, a friend shared an anecdote with me. Which I now recall every 'Father's day'. A little girl was walking along a path with her father, when they came to a rickety and treacherous bridge. Instinctively the father stretched out his hand to his daughter and said; "Here, take my hand." The daughter replied; "No father, you please hold my hand." The father was confused, "What is the difference, whether you hold my hand or I hold yours?" The little girl smilingly sai

Deep in the Ecuadorian wilderness is a seismic monitoring station in a tree, known as Casa del Arbol. Its location is 8530.184 feet (2,600 meters) above sea level and the purpose is to observe Mt. Tungurahua, the nearby active volcano, from its precarious perch. While the treehouse itself is a sight to behold, the real attraction is the swing hanging from one of the tree’s skinny branches, added by some unknown creative and whimsical seismologist. Facebook - Twitter - linked

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In Greek mythology, Icarus was the son of the famous craftsman Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth. They were imprisoned in a tower by King Minos. Clever Daedalus managed to create two sets of wings for himself and his son, that were made of feathers glued together with wax. He taught Icarus how to fly and warned him not to fly too high, which would cause the wax to melt, nor too low, which would cause the feathers to get wet with sea water. Together, they flew out of the

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“You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.” ~ Swami Vivekananda We run here and there, flit about everywhere, seeking spirituality. Called by many names on many paths spirituality is often confused with religion. Religion has come to be known as the belief in, a human like male supreme being who pre-plans, monitors, protects, and rewards individuals and groups who please Him and denies a

There is much talk of leading pure lives, but how shall we purify ourselves? Time tested ancient wisdom of India lists 10 easy to practice ways to achieve purity in our existence Body gets purified by Bathing and Exercising Breath gets purified by practicing Yogic Breathing (Pranayam) Mind gets purified by Meditating Intellect gets purified by Acquiring Knowledge Memory gets purified by Reflection and Thinking Emotions / Feelings gets purified by giving Selfless Love Food ge