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How to live a life free of effort?

Our society makes a virtue out of struggle and psychological effort. But is not psychological effort a result of conflict? Is it possible to live life without the conflict of psychological effort. In this response… Read More
Is psychological learning about correcting mistakes?

In society we are often chided for doing mistakes psychologically, by various forms of authority. These voices of authority go very very deep, forming and erecting codes of ethics within us. Do we ever question… Read More
A life of meditation

This is not about a meditation technique, nor is this about a few minutes or few hours of meditation practiced in the midst of one’s daily life. This is not about destressing oneself. This is… Read More
Is there something called positive self image?

Ever since our childhood we are schooled by parents and society to create a positive self image. In an answer to a question, I look into whether there is anything called a positive self image,… Read More
How to learn about oneself in the mirror of relationships?

We never, ever look into our relationships, which are based on creation of images, and is the root of all conflict in life. Our relationships are based on pleasure, security, attachment and approval. In this… Read More
Is there discipline without control?

One is conditioned to think that discipline has to do with control. A system of ethics is erected by human thought to control behavior. But has ethics solved the problem of human conflict? In this… Read More
Can any system solve the problems of human conflict?

People who get sensitive to the problems of the world often try to resolve the world problems by systemic interventions like politics, social entrepreneurship, environmentalism or religion. In this response to a question, I ask… Read More
Who is an authentic person?

In this response to a question I look into what it would mean to be a truly authentic person. Would this person be a virtuous person according to society? Would society accept such a person? Read More
Is there something like reduction of ego?

Since childhood, one is conditioned to become someone, someone better, someone successful. In later years, as one comes in conflict in relationships, one gets a vague sense of the word ego, as the cause of… Read More
Can one live without the shadow of psychological fear?

We all live with the shadow of different fears. We invent a dozen strategies to suppress this fear, overcome it or to deny it. Yet it is there. In this response to a question, I… Read More

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