Chapter 02

Treasure the treasure of time  Suppose we get a huge inheritance, but with a peculiar stipulation: an inescapable expiry date. If we squander it, it [...]

Suppose someone who has lived in darkness suddenly encounters light. They may naturally ask, “How did the darkness give rise to light?” Actually, darkness did [...]

Some people believe that humanity can attain immortality if we just understand what causes the aging process and then reprogram the genes that cause that [...]

At the start of the Bhagavad-gita, when Arjuna is confronted with the prospect of fighting a brutal war against his venerable elders, he pauses. Throughout [...]

Suppose someone is living in a pandemic area. If they have developed immunity to that disease, they may think they are safe. However, if they [...]

Why we do something determines how we do it and how long we do it.  Suppose we study a subject such as philosophy to impress [...]

If we are to study any subject, we feel more motivated if we understand the purpose of that study. For example, if we are told [...]

We all are prone to temptation, especially to the temptations that we have indulged in the past and that we are habituated to. If we [...]

Suppose we give a bag full of warm clothes to someone traveling to a cold place. If they somehow believe that their destination isn’t all [...]

We all sometimes get caught in small desires that delude and distract us. These desires are small in the sense that they are about trivial [...]

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 [...]

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

Suppose we have an ability, but don’t have any forum for expressing it. Becoming discouraged, we stay silent. In general, we are often discouraged and [...]

If we leave our house empty while we go elsewhere, some squatters may occupy it. When we return, they refuse to go or even let [...]

Suppose we are looking at the ground level of a skyscraper building. If we look up, we may be either impressed or intimidated to see [...]

In today's world, people grow up bereft of many of the supports that grounded and guided their formation of identity and the development of their [...]

The word identity politics can have two distinct meanings. One is that it is a politics based on asserting identity as contrasted with asserting class [...]

When we do something good for someone but they don’t appreciate it, that can easily dishearten us. If we are health care professionals who provide [...]