Death is a Comma, Not a Full Stop
If we identify ourselves solely by our biology, our existence seems terribly fragile. We believe that birth is the absolute beginning and death is the [...]
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 We Must Not Reduce Ourselves to Our Roles
In life, we wear many hats and play many roles. We possess functional identities based on our gender, age, profession, nationality, and relationship status. While [...]
Adversity, Atrocity, and the True Source of Agony
We often face problems in life at three different levels of acuteness: adversity, atrocity, and agony. Adversity is what life naturally throws at us, such [...]
Is burying the dead body more respectful than burning it?
Isn’t burning the dead body through cremation highly disrespectful as compared to the dignified burial of the body? The body is adequately respected during the [...]
Gita 02.27 – Explanation
Gita 02.27 – See death not as a future event, but as an ongoing process Link : https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-27-see-death-not-as-a-future-event-but-as-an-ongoing-process/ jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyur dhruvaṁ janma mṛtasya [...]
Gita 02.24 – Explanation
Gita 02.24 – The soul can’t be stopped from going anywhere nor forced to go anywhere Audio link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-02-24-the-soul-cant-be-stopped-from-going-anywhere-nor-forced-to-go-anywhere/ acchedyo ’yam adāhyo ’yam akledyo ’śoṣya [...]
How people are equal — and how they aren’t
We live in a world that cherishes equality. Affirming our innate aspiration, Gita wisdom explains that people themselves are equal in that everybody has a [...]
Why some people think consciousness comes from the brain — and why it doesn’t
Why some people think consciousness comes from the brain — and why it doesn’t A child may think that milk comes from a bottle in [...]
Our attachments are like a rented house that we don’t usually leave unless we are evicted
Our attachments are our mental home – that’s where our thoughts go by default when we have nothing to think about, just as we physically [...]