The Most Dangerous Manipulation
Most of us have probably seen someone being manipulated—or have ourselves been manipulated. Usually, manipulation works by identifying and exploiting a weakness. Someone who is [...]
Help me protect my boundaries so they protect me
Bhagavad Gita 16.14 asau mayā hataḥ śatrur haniṣye cāparān api īśvaro ’ham ahaṁ bhogī siddho ’haṁ balavān sukhī “That foe by me was laid [...]
Don’t just condemn the demonic; contemplate how they became demonic
Greedy people often do things for the sake of money that most decent people hesitate to do. Greed can lead people to become not just [...]
How to develop deep friendships
To help someone in their moment of need is to be a friend and to make a friend for life. Sometimes we wonder: How can [...]
The second test of friendship
When we form a friendship with someone, we will sooner or later face the first test of friendship: our readiness to sacrifice for that friendship. [...]
Three kinds of misdeeds
When we commit a wrong, especially after resolving not to, we can become disturbed and discouraged. To atone for our errors and prevent their recurrence, [...]
When life ruins our makeup …
If unseasonal rain ruins a celebrity’s makeup, then how they actually look becomes exposed. Makeup can generically refer to the carefully crafted appearance that people [...]
Those who don’t find the reprehensible reprehensible, are reprehensible
Those who don't find the reprehensible reprehensible are reprehensible Suppose someone sits and works and lives in a place that is dirty and stinky. If [...]
When nothing feels filthy, everything may be tidy – or everything may be filthy
When nothing feels filthy everything may be tidy – or everything may be filthy Suppose we enter a tidy room. If we cast one thing [...]
Be terrified about how terrible you can be to never become that terrible
Be terrified about how terrible you can be to never become that terrible Suppose we read about some people doing terrible things, such as terrorists [...]
Weakness makes us hotheaded wickedness makes us cold-blooded
Weakness makes us hotheaded wickedness makes us cold-blooded We all sometimes act wrongly. But not all wrong actions are equally serious – they fall at [...]
Artha divorced from dharma leads to anartha
Artha, wealth, and anartha, inner weakness, have a revealing relationship. Artha is vital for living, whereas anartha takes away the vitality of living. We need [...]
Humans who pursue subhuman goals become anti-human
Humans who pursue subhuman goals become anti-human We humans are considered the most evolved among all species on our planet. Ironically though, we often cause [...]
To not feel bad on doing bad is bestially bad
To not feel bad on doing bad is bestially bad Suppose we accidentally step on someone’s foot. We would naturally apologize, ask if they are [...]
Obsession can make the covetous murderous
The greed that is present in all human hearts makes us covet for more and more things, way beyond what we need. Such greed, though [...]
Majestic loneliness is still loneliness
People often want to rise to the top in their fields and to delight in being high above everyone else. Even if they attain a [...]
One person’s diversion can be another person’s devastation
To relieve life’s monotony, we sometimes seek various diversions. While diverting ourselves, we may simply want some harmless entertainment. But diversions can easily degenerate from [...]
Those who boast that they can do anything can do nothing as they should
Some people are versatile. With their multifarious talents, they feel they can do whatever they put their mind on. Even if they can, their actions [...]
The value of what we drive doesn’t matter as much as the values that drive us
We live in a materialistic culture that determines our stature by externals such as the cars we drive, the clothes we wear and the phones [...]
Those who don’t have money are poor, but those who have only money are poorer still
To be labeled as poor and be looked down at by others ranks among people’s most dreaded nightmares. Money is essential. However, when it becomes [...]
Those who don’t see weakness as weakness degrade to meanness
We all have our weaknesses such as succumbing to temptations and compromising principles for expediency. Having weaknesses is a part of the package of being [...]