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How to resolve the conflict between choosing opportunities in work vs choosing peace?
One usually thinks of work in the outer world as strengthening the ego. This article looks into fact whether it is the work which strenghthens the ego or the very act of choice and choosing,… Read More
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How can we make ourselves tough?
Society is all about competition and success. Since childhood we are schooled to achieve status, power, wealth and fame. My response to this question looks into this whole ethic of toughness society cultivates in us… Read More
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Why is it so challenging to know yourself?
Why is it so challenging to know yourself? It is certainly a challenge to know oneself, perhaps the rarest things that human beings do. Since childhood we are trained by our parents, schools, society, religions… Read More
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Is it important to identify yourself with any particular thing or image?
Is it important to identify yourself with any particular thing or image? Let’s look at the larger question: do we ‘need’ to identify our self with anything at all? So it’s not about it being… Read More
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Do you ever think about how you think?
Do you ever think about how you think? This is an interesting question. I would like to ask the question, is anyone thinking differently? Or is the thought of humanity the same? Technologically, man may… Read More
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How tough it was for you to achieve inner peace?
How tough it was for you to achieve inner peace? This question assumes that one is trying to achieve anything? One is not trying to achieve anything because one has seen that trying to achieve… Read More
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Which incident made you realize the difference between self-respect and ego?
Which incident made you realize the difference between self-respect and ego? I don’t think that there is any difference between self respect and ego. Self respect is only a means of self preservation, which is… Read More
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Is it possible to end “the structure of me” totally or “the ego”?
Is it possible to end “the structure of me” totally or “the ego”? Why are we asking this question? Is it a business that we are doing? How do we do business? First we want… Read More
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Did you ever try to walk the path of Brahmacharya (sexual abstinence)? How successful were you at it?
Did you ever try to walk the path of Brahmacharya? How successful were you at it? What caused your failure or success? Why should I walk the path of Brahmacharya? Do I want to achieve… Read More
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What are the shortcomings that you perceived in yourself, and how did they restrict your strengths?
What are the shortcomings that you perceived about yourself, and how did they restrict your strengths? Both, what you perceive as your shortcomings and your strengths are respective to a certain standard you have in… Read More
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