Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside, when it is inside. It is false to speak of realisation. What is there to realise? The real is as it is always. We are not creating anything new or achieving something which we did not have before. The illustration given in books is this. We dig a well and create a […]

The foolishness of modern man is in that an average man always thinks he is above average. The perception of ‘easy and difficult’ is the result of one’s state of being. Swatting a fly is ‘difficult’ for some, while killing thousands is ‘easy’ for terrorists. Dropping the ego is easy when we realise that we are less than a dot in this vast cosmos. It is foolish to live with […]

A colleague went to Andaman & Nicobar on holiday with his wife and child. Next day his wife died of a heart condition. When I phoned him to console him, his first sentence was, ‘There is no God’, followed by, ‘It’s my fault’. In extreme pain faith gets shaken and we take the entire burden of blame on ourselves. I too had chosen to sleep at night when my father […]

Arrogance is a virtue that can kill your opportunities and networks almost certainly. There is a fine line between confidence and arrogance, and I am sure everyone knows someone who shares either of these qualities; perhaps you yourself have been accused of exhibiting this attitude. Being confident isn’t the problem, the problem arises when confidence isn’t expressed in a proper manner. Unfortunately, many times, confidence is mistaken for being cocky […]