The Mystery of Agency: Why You Are Not Your Brain
In modern neuroscience, there is a strong tendency to reduce our entire identity and consciousness to the physical brain. However, pioneering studies suggest that our [...]
Why are we sometimes so wise in some things and so foolish in others?
In real life, wisdom doesn't appear to be uniformly distributed. Some individuals excel in academic fields but struggle in relationships, while others may have remarkable [...]
Lift my vision from the world’s casual cruelty to your consequential compassion
Bhagavad Gita 13.30 prakṛtyaiva ca karmāṇi kriyamāṇāni sarvaśaḥ yaḥ paśyati tathātmānam akartāraṁ sa paśyati All actions nature alone performs, In countless ways, in countless [...]
Let my sight lead me to insight, not away from insight
Bhagavad Gita 13.35 kṣetra-kṣetrajñayor evam antaraṁ jñāna-cakṣuṣā bhūta-prakṛti-mokṣaṁ ca ye vidur yānti te param Who see the field and knower clear, To them, with [...]
Lead me to live like you: changing the world without being changed by it
Bhagavad Gita 13.34 yathā prakāśayaty ekaḥ kṛtsnaṁ lokam imaṁ raviḥ kṣetraṁ kṣetrī tathā kṛtsnaṁ prakāśayati bhārata As one sun lights the whole wide land, [...]
You are never far away from me, even when I am far away from you
Bhagavad Gita 13.29 samaṁ sarveṣu bhūteṣu tiṣṭhantaṁ parameśvaram vinaśyatsv avinaśyantaṁ yaḥ paśyati sa paśyati Seeing the Lord in every face, Standing equal in every [...]
Help me realize that you are in control and release me from my mind’s control
Bhagavad Gita 13.29 samaṁ paśyan hi sarvatra samavasthitam īśvaram na hinasty ātmanātmānaṁ tato yāti parāṁ gatim Seeing the Supreme Lord in all, everywhere, Equally [...]
From my sense of self that sentences me to self-inflicted suffering, set me free
Bhagavad Gita 13.25 dhyānenātmani paśyanti kecid ātmānam ātmanā anye sāṅkhyena yogena karma-yogena cāpare Some behold the self by inner sight, Attained by meditation, calm [...]
Bring me closer to realizing that you are close to me
Bhagavad Gita 13.16 bahir antaś ca bhūtānām acaraṁ caram eva ca sūkṣmatvāt tad avijñeyaṁ dūra-sthaṁ cāntike ca tat Outside all beings, yet residing within, [...]
You make the extraordinary ordinary—and can make the ordinary extraordinary
Bhagavad Gita 13.23 upadraṣṭānumantā ca bhartā bhoktā maheśvaraḥ paramātmeti cāpy ukto dehe ’smin puruṣaḥ paraḥ Observer, monitor, permitter, Sustainer, enjoyer, sovereign mover; Known as [...]
Help me find a way back to myself—spiritually and materially
Bhagavad Gita 13.22 puruṣaḥ prakṛti-stho hi bhuṅkte prakṛti-jān guṇān kāraṇaṁ guṇa-saṅgo ’sya sad-asad-yoni-janmasu The soul, situated in a bodily tool, Seeks pleasure in what [...]
From the love my head calls impossible, lead me to the love my heart knows is inevitable
Bhagavad Gita 13.17 avibhaktaṁ ca bhūteṣu vibhaktam iva ca sthitam bhūta-bhartṛ ca taj jñeyaṁ grasiṣṇu prabhaviṣṇu ca Undivided, unlimited, present everywhere, Appearing many, yet [...]
Lead me with the light of your love to you, the supreme lover
Bhagavad Gita 13.18 jyotiṣām api taj jyotis tamasaḥ param ucyate jñānaṁ jñeyaṁ jñāna-gamyaṁ hṛdi sarvasya viṣṭhitam It is the light beyond all light, Beyond [...]
Let me love you while I am alive, because I am alive
Bhagavad Gita 13.14 sarvataḥ pāṇi-pādaṁ tat sarvato ’kṣi-śiro-mukham sarvataḥ śrutimal loke sarvam āvṛtya tiṣṭhati Hands and feet in every place, Eyes and heads on [...]
When the reality I create starts collapsing, lead me to your greater reality that never collapses
Bhagavad Gita 13.19 iti kṣetraṁ tathā jñānaṁ jñeyaṁ coktaṁ samāsataḥ mad-bhakta etad vijñāya mad-bhāvāyopapadyate Thus field and knowledge are made known, Indeed, what is to [...]
Lead me from living with fear and in fear to living with you and in you
Bhagavad Gita 13.13 jñeyaṁ yat tat pravakṣyāmi yaj jñātvāmṛtam aśnute anādi mat-paraṁ brahma na sat tan nāsad ucyate I now declare what is to [...]
What humility is and what it isn’t
Humility is meant to facilitate absorption in a higher reality, not abuse by a higher authority. Humility is a vital virtue, recommended by spiritual traditions [...]
More important than staying in touch with the world is staying in touch with you
Bhagavad Gita 13.11 mayi cānanya-yogena bhaktir avyabhicāriṇī vivikta-deśa-sevitvam aratir jana-saṁsadi Below quartet is based on aratir jana-saṁsadi: disinterest in worldly gatherings When crowds gather [...]
Humility is the balance between ego and insecurity
Ego arises when we dwell on our abilities and become intoxicated by having them, parading them before others, especially those who don't have similar abilities. [...]
Shifting Focus from Illusion to Reality
In the Bhagavad-gita (13.22), it is stated that our consciousness gets caught in matter. Due to this, we experience the dualities of material existence and [...]
Two characteristics of extremism
Any extremist ideology is totalizing and demonizing. Totalizing means that it claims to have a total understanding of everything, that whatever it says is [...]