Self-Inquiry

Self-Inquiry

This blog series tries to ask questions again and again till the dynamic and unique understanding emerges

  • FREE GRACE!

    It is Guru Pournima tomorrow. So I thought why not to talk on this subject just to acknowledge to Him, the Guru that “yes, I got it!” One day I was listening to a very wonderful song by U2 group called “Sometimes you can’t make it on your own”. The song is really moving. That reminded me Read More

  • IN SEARCH OF A MEANING

    There seems to be a lot of debate on whether there’s a free will. There are all types of views, some in support of free will, some deny free will altogether. Free will whether exists or not is still debatable or yet not proved scientifically. But one thing is for sure, it opens a new Read More

  • LANGUAGE (S)KILLS!

    We often have heard these words called language skills or communication skills. Persons who have them are in great demand everywhere. Communication means the act of conveying information. Now when one is good at conveying the information through primarily a language, then he is said to have good communication skills. But do these skills serve Read More

  • Great Expectations

    We all have our own set of expectations, beliefs, assumptions about the life. Our own “life is like that” and “life is not like that” fundamentals. We want or expect something in our life and we often get something else. We always think we get lesser than what we wanted. But do we ever look Read More

  • TRUE AND FALSE SENSE OF I

    In his article in Cosmic Uplink, K Vijayaraghavan elaborates three types of persons. One is Manmukhi, who listens to only what his mind tells him, without a thorough contemplation and without paying attention to possible minute ramifications of his deed. His mind is unstable, volatile and therefore devoid of wisdom. Epicurean and hedonistic mindset drives Read More

  • ESSENTIAL LESSON!

    |Karmanyevaadhikaaraste Maa Phaleshu Kadachana| Live without any, absolutely any expectations! But keep on doing your dharma.To me, this lesson is the most difficult lesson to learn. But once learned, the benefits of that lesson are innumerous.The most visible benefit is you don’t get frustrated if the result shows it otherwise, simply because you didn’t expect Read More

  • HOW IS GOD AND DOES HE EXIST?

    A very popular question! Everyone has it and everyone thinks he knows the answer! And I am not here to answer it either. But just wanted to think aloud how must He be? To know the real answer we should first know what do we mean by God. God is the creator, the manager and Read More

  • Two beautiful sides of the same coin!

    Every moment is precious. It contains entire life in it! It has the Presence of the Divine which I have to experience, observe, or realize! I wonder that the precious worth of the Moment, almost always, is realized in the retrospect and not at that very Moment. There’s a lag! I always feel those were Read More

  • True Essence

    One day, I blamed A for not having Faith in B, as if that A is wrong! Then, after giving it a thought, I realized how fool I was! Really! After all, isn’t Faith a personal matter? Isn’t it immature to force anybody to have Faith in the same thing that I have my faith Read More

  • When Krishna Went to War: The Difference Between Correction and Protection

    On dharmic action, boundary enforcement, and why the Mahabharata teaches us something far more subtle than “stand up to your elders” In the quiet desperation of modern family conflict, we reach for ancient frameworks. The Mahabharata—that vast epic of cosmic war—seems to offer validation: See? Even Krishna exhausted all peaceful means before resorting to force. Read More

  • The Consumption Error

    Modern culture treats knowledge as a consumable.Something to be acquired, compressed, stored, and moved on from. Books then become no more than bullet points. Educational courses become no more than certificates. And experience becomes no more than just content. The dominant question is no longer“What does this do to me?”but“How fast can I extract the Read More