Chaitanya Charan

We all have a certain capacity for determination that enables us to resist temptation. Still, we are innately pleasure-seeking. To resist temptation steadily, we need [...]

Suppose an army is marching to a disputed territory and has limited stocks of food. If the enemy creates decoys that divert the army, each [...]

We all have a certain frequency to our thoughts. Roughly speaking, this correlates with the thoughts that most often frequent our mind.  If we frequently [...]

We are often so caught in the immediate that we don't spend time to consider the ultimate. Material things are immediately accessible, essential and enjoyable, [...]

We live in a world that often agitates us with many anxieties and perplexities. Naturally, therefore, we seek peace of mind.  Significantly however, we need [...]

The state of being alive is associated with activities such as growing, reproducing, preserving one's existence. The state of being aware is usually associated with [...]

We all sometimes encounter injustice and brutality, as when we see police excesses against the helpless. If such experiences make us feel outraged, that is [...]

Suppose a person does something because they are misled. To help them correct themselves, they need to be shown how they are being misled.  We [...]

We often want to get fresh insights so that we can be wiser, smarter, happier. If, however, we think of insight primarily as coming up [...]

Spoon-feeding someone means giving them so much information so pre-digested that it neither requires nor allows any further thinking or effort. Usually, the word spoon-feeding [...]

  When we succumb to some wrongdoings, if they are minor, we may downplay them by considering them mere indiscretions. And we may do those [...]

Atheism often parasitically draws on the prestige of science to take unsuspecting masses away from theism. How? By equating science with scientism.  Science investigates the [...]

Suppose we have been giving into an unhealthy craving of our mind for a long time. Then,  the mind feels entitled to our obedience. If [...]

Suppose police remain silent while a rioting mob lynches hapless victims. For such an alarming dereliction of duty, the police need to be held accountable. [...]

Morality essentially centers on discerning which activities are acceptable and which aren't. If we can’t or don’t make moral evaluations, we may become worse than [...]

Suppose a country has a hostile neighbor, who is constantly trying to infiltrate into its territory. If the boundary between the two countries is not [...]

Suppose we want to talk with someone who has closed body language. We hesitate in opening up to them because we don't know what will [...]

When we start practicing bhakti yoga, we may expect to relish great joy because we are connecting with the one who is the source of [...]

Whenever we face situations wherein our future seems dark and dangerous, our mind starts becoming paranoid. The Bhagavad-gita (18.35) cautions that fearfulness characterizes a mind [...]

When we see some things we don’t have — a bigger house, a faster car, a newer phone — we often feel dissatisfied. And we [...]