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Author Archives: Atul
fear
Fear is the creation of self. Our imagination of losing something or someone drives it. Our dependence on externals is what drives fear. Fear is a disease now and many pharma companies and therapist are minting money on it. Why do we have to fear about losing someone or something? Socrates died giving discourses on …
Why can’t we sleep?
Why can’t we sleep? Coffee 
filth
Pointing filth about our neighborhood, deteriorating living conditions and pollution is easy. We are all part of it while accepting our own mistakes are another. We are all part of the problem. We, humans, are like animals and have been conditioned over centuries to ride over our ego and expectations. Every situation and scenario 1st …
if
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal in …
angry
Getting angry, acting irrationally is a common vice. We all get caught up in a situation and react. Sometimes it acts as a fight mechanism but mostly effects ourselves. Why do we get angry? Is it because of our unmet expectation, our ego or because we think we are not treated well?
truth
Why can’t we be honest and respond with the truth? I can’t believe someone has no time to follow up or reply to your mails. No one is that busy, responding is not the priority. Would it not be easy to respond and “reply we are not interested?” Would it not save back and forth …
books
Aging
Aging is part and parcel of humanity. We get old with time. Our social circle becomes limited. We get more immersed in ourself. I have seen my grandparents, with age they got hooked to some purpose and a routine. My grandmother would wake up and spend a few hours in prayers and later in the …
price
Price is part of every transaction. At times price becomes immaterial because our needs are non-monetary. It has more to do with us, self-control. Epictetus in Enchiridion talks about it. Do you wish to win the Olympics? I do too, by the gods; for it is exquisite. However, consider the leading things and the things …