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Psycho-Philosophical Inquiries

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 and whether it has any real value or virtue.

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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 anything, whether it is peace or money, brings about conflict in oneself. Let’s try to understand the whole movement of […]

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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 something? What is it that I want to achieve? Some state of enlightenment? How is trying to achieve enlightenment something […]