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Summary of the human life: we want happiness but get it sporadically, we do not want suffering but it arrives often.
Is happiness only the absence of suffering or suffering is only the absence of happiness?
Two sides of the same coin.
Is happiness only the absence of suffering or suffering is only the absence of happiness?
Two sides of the same coin.
November 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Summary of the human life: we want happiness but get it sporadically, we do not want suffering but it arrives often.
Is happiness only the absence of suffering or suffering is only the absence of happiness?
Two sides of the same coin.
Is happiness only the absence of suffering or suffering is only the absence of happiness?
Two sides of the same coin.
Yoga's true aim? Control of the mighty mind not just pretzel poses:
योगश्चित्तवृत्तिनिरोधः ॥ १.२ ॥
yogaścittavṛttinirodhaḥ || 1.2 ||
Yoga is the suppression/control of the modifications/fluctuations of the mind.
- Patanjali Yoga Sutras (1.2)
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Image credit: Gemma Correll
योगश्चित्तवृत्तिनिरोधः ॥ १.२ ॥
yogaścittavṛttinirodhaḥ || 1.2 ||
Yoga is the suppression/control of the modifications/fluctuations of the mind.
- Patanjali Yoga Sutras (1.2)
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Image credit: Gemma Correll
November 1, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Yoga's true aim? Control of the mighty mind not just pretzel poses:
योगश्चित्तवृत्तिनिरोधः ॥ १.२ ॥
yogaścittavṛttinirodhaḥ || 1.2 ||
Yoga is the suppression/control of the modifications/fluctuations of the mind.
- Patanjali Yoga Sutras (1.2)
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Image credit: Gemma Correll
योगश्चित्तवृत्तिनिरोधः ॥ १.२ ॥
yogaścittavṛttinirodhaḥ || 1.2 ||
Yoga is the suppression/control of the modifications/fluctuations of the mind.
- Patanjali Yoga Sutras (1.2)
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Image credit: Gemma Correll
“Why would absolute reality want freedom? Freedom from what? There is only one reality. You are that one reality right now. What freedom are you seeking and from what?”
~ Swami Sarvapriyananda, Vedanta Society of New York
~ Swami Sarvapriyananda, Vedanta Society of New York
October 30, 2025 at 7:12 AM
“Why would absolute reality want freedom? Freedom from what? There is only one reality. You are that one reality right now. What freedom are you seeking and from what?”
~ Swami Sarvapriyananda, Vedanta Society of New York
~ Swami Sarvapriyananda, Vedanta Society of New York
Does multitasking really exist? Are you a proud multitasker?
From neuroscience perspective: No multitasking doesn’t exist, our brain's prefrontal cortex handles tasks sequentially, with "switching costs" causing errors & fatigue. It's rapid pivoting, not true parallelism.
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From neuroscience perspective: No multitasking doesn’t exist, our brain's prefrontal cortex handles tasks sequentially, with "switching costs" causing errors & fatigue. It's rapid pivoting, not true parallelism.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Does multitasking really exist? Are you a proud multitasker?
From neuroscience perspective: No multitasking doesn’t exist, our brain's prefrontal cortex handles tasks sequentially, with "switching costs" causing errors & fatigue. It's rapid pivoting, not true parallelism.
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From neuroscience perspective: No multitasking doesn’t exist, our brain's prefrontal cortex handles tasks sequentially, with "switching costs" causing errors & fatigue. It's rapid pivoting, not true parallelism.
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Remember always: Why to worry, why feel anxious. All is well...the mind can also go where we direct it, not always the other way around.
October 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Remember always: Why to worry, why feel anxious. All is well...the mind can also go where we direct it, not always the other way around.
Neuroscience meets Spirituality:
Neuroplasticity empirically validates what ancient Indian wisdom has been teaching for millennia: the mind functions like a strong, inertial feedback system. Whatever you feed it, it amplifies and reproduces, creating a cycle of reinforcement.
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Neuroplasticity empirically validates what ancient Indian wisdom has been teaching for millennia: the mind functions like a strong, inertial feedback system. Whatever you feed it, it amplifies and reproduces, creating a cycle of reinforcement.
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October 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Neuroscience meets Spirituality:
Neuroplasticity empirically validates what ancient Indian wisdom has been teaching for millennia: the mind functions like a strong, inertial feedback system. Whatever you feed it, it amplifies and reproduces, creating a cycle of reinforcement.
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Neuroplasticity empirically validates what ancient Indian wisdom has been teaching for millennia: the mind functions like a strong, inertial feedback system. Whatever you feed it, it amplifies and reproduces, creating a cycle of reinforcement.
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Interesting book: “Why does the World Exist? An Existential Detective Story” by Jim Holt.
From Leibniz posing such a question to Roger Penrose, John Updike, David Deutsch, Adolf Grünbaum, John Leslie, Derek Parfit, Richard Swinburne, Steven Weinberg, Andrei Linde,…. 1/2
From Leibniz posing such a question to Roger Penrose, John Updike, David Deutsch, Adolf Grünbaum, John Leslie, Derek Parfit, Richard Swinburne, Steven Weinberg, Andrei Linde,…. 1/2
October 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Interesting book: “Why does the World Exist? An Existential Detective Story” by Jim Holt.
From Leibniz posing such a question to Roger Penrose, John Updike, David Deutsch, Adolf Grünbaum, John Leslie, Derek Parfit, Richard Swinburne, Steven Weinberg, Andrei Linde,…. 1/2
From Leibniz posing such a question to Roger Penrose, John Updike, David Deutsch, Adolf Grünbaum, John Leslie, Derek Parfit, Richard Swinburne, Steven Weinberg, Andrei Linde,…. 1/2
Are there truly any “original thinkers” or is it the nature that is the one and only original thinker? We often feel proud and feed our fragile egos thinking “wow that’s my original idea”, but is it really so?
As Swami Vivekananda said in his lectures on Karma Yoga:
As Swami Vivekananda said in his lectures on Karma Yoga:
October 19, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Are there truly any “original thinkers” or is it the nature that is the one and only original thinker? We often feel proud and feed our fragile egos thinking “wow that’s my original idea”, but is it really so?
As Swami Vivekananda said in his lectures on Karma Yoga:
As Swami Vivekananda said in his lectures on Karma Yoga:
The entire causal chain of suffering:
Avidyā -> Asmitā -> Rāga, Dveśa -> Abhiniveśa
- Avidyā: ignorance, misapprehension about the real nature of things
- Asmitā: egoism
- Rāga: attachment
- Dveśa: aversion
- Abhiniveśa: fear of death
Yoga Sutras
Avidyā -> Asmitā -> Rāga, Dveśa -> Abhiniveśa
- Avidyā: ignorance, misapprehension about the real nature of things
- Asmitā: egoism
- Rāga: attachment
- Dveśa: aversion
- Abhiniveśa: fear of death
Yoga Sutras
October 17, 2025 at 7:17 AM
The entire causal chain of suffering:
Avidyā -> Asmitā -> Rāga, Dveśa -> Abhiniveśa
- Avidyā: ignorance, misapprehension about the real nature of things
- Asmitā: egoism
- Rāga: attachment
- Dveśa: aversion
- Abhiniveśa: fear of death
Yoga Sutras
Avidyā -> Asmitā -> Rāga, Dveśa -> Abhiniveśa
- Avidyā: ignorance, misapprehension about the real nature of things
- Asmitā: egoism
- Rāga: attachment
- Dveśa: aversion
- Abhiniveśa: fear of death
Yoga Sutras
We are over-credentialed yet under-equipped, modern Abhimanyus trapped in life’s Chakravyuha.
My new essay draws from the Mahabharata to uncover why modern minds break under pressure, and how ancient Indian wisdom shows a way out.
My new essay draws from the Mahabharata to uncover why modern minds break under pressure, and how ancient Indian wisdom shows a way out.
October 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
We are over-credentialed yet under-equipped, modern Abhimanyus trapped in life’s Chakravyuha.
My new essay draws from the Mahabharata to uncover why modern minds break under pressure, and how ancient Indian wisdom shows a way out.
My new essay draws from the Mahabharata to uncover why modern minds break under pressure, and how ancient Indian wisdom shows a way out.
Osho: Truth is not something outside to be discovered, it is something inside to be realized.
October 12, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Osho: Truth is not something outside to be discovered, it is something inside to be realized.
Swami Vivekananda (Karma Yoga): “Every mental and physical blow that is given to the soul, by which, as it were, fire is struck from it, and by which it’s own power and knowledge are discovered, is Karma”
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October 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Swami Vivekananda (Karma Yoga): “Every mental and physical blow that is given to the soul, by which, as it were, fire is struck from it, and by which it’s own power and knowledge are discovered, is Karma”
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प्रियवाक्यप्रदानेन सर्वे तुष्यन्ति जन्तवः।
तस्मात्तदेव वक्तव्यं वचने का दरिद्रता॥
All living beings are satisfied by speaking pleasant words. Therefore, only such (pleasant words) should be spoken. Why be stingy in speech?
~Chanakya Neeti Shastra, Ch 16, verse 14(16-14).
तस्मात्तदेव वक्तव्यं वचने का दरिद्रता॥
All living beings are satisfied by speaking pleasant words. Therefore, only such (pleasant words) should be spoken. Why be stingy in speech?
~Chanakya Neeti Shastra, Ch 16, verse 14(16-14).
October 5, 2025 at 8:16 AM
प्रियवाक्यप्रदानेन सर्वे तुष्यन्ति जन्तवः।
तस्मात्तदेव वक्तव्यं वचने का दरिद्रता॥
All living beings are satisfied by speaking pleasant words. Therefore, only such (pleasant words) should be spoken. Why be stingy in speech?
~Chanakya Neeti Shastra, Ch 16, verse 14(16-14).
तस्मात्तदेव वक्तव्यं वचने का दरिद्रता॥
All living beings are satisfied by speaking pleasant words. Therefore, only such (pleasant words) should be spoken. Why be stingy in speech?
~Chanakya Neeti Shastra, Ch 16, verse 14(16-14).
How afraid are we in life? Can we get out of fear?
September 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
How afraid are we in life? Can we get out of fear?
Peace of mind is a luxury, Peace FROM the mind is a necessity
September 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Peace of mind is a luxury, Peace FROM the mind is a necessity
Nāgārjuna’s Sword of Logic:
Is the walker walking?
Or is walking what makes the walker?
And if walker and walking are the same, who’s left to walk at all?
Indian logic & philosophy was playing 4D chess centuries ago!
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Is the walker walking?
Or is walking what makes the walker?
And if walker and walking are the same, who’s left to walk at all?
Indian logic & philosophy was playing 4D chess centuries ago!
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September 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Nāgārjuna’s Sword of Logic:
Is the walker walking?
Or is walking what makes the walker?
And if walker and walking are the same, who’s left to walk at all?
Indian logic & philosophy was playing 4D chess centuries ago!
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Is the walker walking?
Or is walking what makes the walker?
And if walker and walking are the same, who’s left to walk at all?
Indian logic & philosophy was playing 4D chess centuries ago!
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“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.”
~Lao Tzu
~Lao Tzu
September 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.”
~Lao Tzu
~Lao Tzu
Anger is a violence towards one "self" before the external world.
September 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Anger is a violence towards one "self" before the external world.
The play of Maya: through the prism of space, time, and causality, duality appears.
September 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The play of Maya: through the prism of space, time, and causality, duality appears.
One of the earliest explorations of the source of consciousness and the mysteries behind perception, first person experience can be found in the Kena Upanishad !!!
1 millennium BCE !!!!
1 millennium BCE !!!!
September 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
One of the earliest explorations of the source of consciousness and the mysteries behind perception, first person experience can be found in the Kena Upanishad !!!
1 millennium BCE !!!!
1 millennium BCE !!!!
🌿 Sanskrit Revisited 🌿
Word: Dharma (धर्म)
Dharma comes from √dhṛ (धृ) = to hold, to sustain. It literally means “that which upholds” or “the essential law.”
👉 In daily life, it is often reduced to “religion” or “duty.” But in the original sense, dharma is that which sustains harmony,….
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Word: Dharma (धर्म)
Dharma comes from √dhṛ (धृ) = to hold, to sustain. It literally means “that which upholds” or “the essential law.”
👉 In daily life, it is often reduced to “religion” or “duty.” But in the original sense, dharma is that which sustains harmony,….
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September 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
🌿 Sanskrit Revisited 🌿
Word: Dharma (धर्म)
Dharma comes from √dhṛ (धृ) = to hold, to sustain. It literally means “that which upholds” or “the essential law.”
👉 In daily life, it is often reduced to “religion” or “duty.” But in the original sense, dharma is that which sustains harmony,….
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Word: Dharma (धर्म)
Dharma comes from √dhṛ (धृ) = to hold, to sustain. It literally means “that which upholds” or “the essential law.”
👉 In daily life, it is often reduced to “religion” or “duty.” But in the original sense, dharma is that which sustains harmony,….
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Long queues in India to buy some expensive dopamine at yet another smartphone launch.
One verse comes to mind: a 🧵
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One verse comes to mind: a 🧵
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September 19, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Long queues in India to buy some expensive dopamine at yet another smartphone launch.
One verse comes to mind: a 🧵
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One verse comes to mind: a 🧵
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Latest drop: Fear: Our Oldest Alarm (Spiritual Lens), now available on Substack & Medium (free).
Part 1 explored fear through the scientific lens.
Now Part 2 takes a deeper dive into the spiritual lens.
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Part 1 explored fear through the scientific lens.
Now Part 2 takes a deeper dive into the spiritual lens.
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tatttvammasi.substack.com/p/fear-our-o...
Fear: Our Oldest Alarm (Spiritual Lens)
What Indian spiritual wisdom reveals about transcending fear
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September 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Latest drop: Fear: Our Oldest Alarm (Spiritual Lens), now available on Substack & Medium (free).
Part 1 explored fear through the scientific lens.
Now Part 2 takes a deeper dive into the spiritual lens.
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tatttvammasi.substack.com/p/fear-our-o...
Part 1 explored fear through the scientific lens.
Now Part 2 takes a deeper dive into the spiritual lens.
1/4
tatttvammasi.substack.com/p/fear-our-o...
Yoga has become one of the most re-packaged and re-sold Indian ideas in the West, but also one of the most cherry-picked.
Breathwork? That’s just Pranayama in a new wrapper. Gymnastics-like poses? That’s only Asana.
A thread 🧵
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Breathwork? That’s just Pranayama in a new wrapper. Gymnastics-like poses? That’s only Asana.
A thread 🧵
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September 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Yoga has become one of the most re-packaged and re-sold Indian ideas in the West, but also one of the most cherry-picked.
Breathwork? That’s just Pranayama in a new wrapper. Gymnastics-like poses? That’s only Asana.
A thread 🧵
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Breathwork? That’s just Pranayama in a new wrapper. Gymnastics-like poses? That’s only Asana.
A thread 🧵
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"Object is anything that objects to my consciousness" ~Arindam Chakrabarti (Indian philosopher) so aptly summarises the entire Advaita Vedanta in this short sentence
September 17, 2025 at 7:26 AM
"Object is anything that objects to my consciousness" ~Arindam Chakrabarti (Indian philosopher) so aptly summarises the entire Advaita Vedanta in this short sentence