When Your Intellect Becomes A Curse
“It is not only through the intellect that man rises. If the clarified intellect is not supported by purified emotions, the intellect tends to be dominated by the body and put itself at the service and the lordship of the body over the whole man becomes more dangerous than in the natural state because the innocence of the natural state is lost.” — Sri Aurobindo
The Illusions That Lead to Delusion
In the movie Adipurush, Ravana was portrayed as a villain. This apparently upset a few people who believe that Ravana was the original feminist. They claim he didn’t force himself upon Ma Sita, he waited for her consent. And he only kidnapped her to avenge his sister Shurpanakha’s humiliation at the hands of Rama and […]
When You Want To Go Long, Calmness
“You must not mistake Sattva for dullness or laziness. The calm man has control over the mind waves. Activity is the manifestation of inferior strength, calmness, of the superior.” — Swami Vivekananda
What Leads to Radical Transformation
“There are three stages of awareness in any human problem. First, being aware of the cause and effect of the problem; second, being aware of its dual or contradictory process; and third, being aware of self and experiencing the thinker and his thoughts as one.” — J. Krishnamurti
How to Live The Good Life
“I have read that a deer has to run on the average sixty to seventy miles every day, because it is frightened. . . We are in a worse plight than the deer. If the deer gets enough grass it is satisfied. But we are always multiplying our wants. . . We have become so […]
Judgment Is Your Enemy
“Right thinking comes with self-knowledge. Without understanding yourself, you have no basis for thought; without self-knowledge, what you think is not true.” — J. Krishnamurti The most effective way to get unstuck from a problem is to speak to someone (or something, like a rubber ducky). But we often struggle to even start speaking. Why? […]
When Should You Trust Your Gut?
“Who is there to tell you what to do? We have this mentality that I must have someone to tell me what to do. Psychologically, why should I accept what somebody else says, when I realize that I am the rest of mankind? That mankind is me. The ‘me’ is the history of mankind, the […]
The Will Is Everything
“Who can make us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark. Take the hand away and there is light; the light exists always for us.” — Swami Vivekananda In the movie Batman Begins, Bruce Wayne tries to justify why his father couldn’t save himself or his […]
Thinking Evil Thoughts Is Also Violence
“The test of Ahimsa is the absence of jealousy. Any man may do a good deed or make a good gift on the spur of the moment or under the pressure of some kind of superstition or priestcraft; but the real lover of mankind is he who is jealous of none.” — Swami Vivekananda Your […]
When You Should Walk Away
“It is always well for the man to go the moment his work is done and not outstay the Mother’s welcome. They are fortunate who get that release or wise enough, like Garibaldi, to take it. Not altogether happy is their lot who, like Napoleon or Mazzini, outstay the lease of their appointed greatness.” — […]