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We are all chasing happiness. Or something we believe will bring happiness. Many of us are even chasing the ‘present moment’! But the pursuit itself is tiring, exhausting. Never ends. Like a man chasing his shadow. We suffer. This suffering is punctuated by monetary pleasures, where we think the pursuit has ended. Until we find …
‘Acceptance is the answer to everything’ is a common cliche in spiritual circles. ‘Do not resist life’, ‘Resistance is ego’, ‘Flow with life’ While it is true, there are some obvious doubts. Is there something like too much acceptance? What if someone is an abusive relationship? Should she practice ‘acceptance’ and suffer? But isn’t acceptance …
No word has been misused more than ‘acceptance’. How acceptance is misunderstood… It often becomes a weapon. An excuse for resistance to change: “I refuse to change!!! I accept myself as I am!” An excuse to be a jerk: “If you accepted me for who I am, this would not have been a problem” An …
Previously, in Are you stereotyping yourself? we talked about how we might mistakenly think that we are our personality and limit ourself to it. Today we look at how this whole personality thing actually works If you have practiced the guitar a lot, or know someone who does – you know that you develop calluses(a …
We talk about gender bias, religious bias, racial stereotyping, stereotyping OTHERS all the time. What about stereotyping OURSELF? When I stereotype myself saying “I AM a structured person” I lose access to the possibilities of spontaneity. When I stereotype myself saying “I AM a spontaneous person” I lose access to the possibilities of consistent, structured …
Here’s a spiritual answer to a logical question. Clarity of speech and writing springs from clarity of thought. So the question is how can I develop clarity of thought? For clarity of thought, the short answer is: Keep asking ‘Why’, ‘What is the underlying belief here?’ and ‘What if that belief was not true?’ and …
I get a lot of “But how do I respond to when _<situation>__ happens?” kind of questions. How do we respond when something is not going well? The interesting thing is, the answer does not change much. And I love giving this metaphor of a tree. This is useful in dealing with employees, people, children, …
“I feel lost. I feel life has no meaning. How do I find the purpose of my life?” It is a big, deep question we have all struggled with at some point in life. Whenever we are not able to find the answer to a question despite a lot of thought, the chances are there …
‘Ego’ has always been an evil word. “He is an ego maniac!!”, “She is so egoistic!” have always held negative connotations. So when someone says “Ego is not bad” it can be treated as another platitude which is more a function of our “inability to call a spade a spade”. Come on!! How can having …
If we ask the ant, certainly yes. If we ask a Jain saint, yes. If we ask a Jain saint who inadvertently trampled on hundreds of them, no. If we ask the person whom it was just about to bite, certainly not. If we ask another person about the above person, probably yes. If we …