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Taming the Restless Mind: Insights from the Bhagavad Gita on Philosophy, Psychology, and Everyday Practice
The balance of effort (practice) and detachment (dispassion) parallels modern concepts in psychology: behavioural conditioning and cognitive distancing. The yogic insight here is that training alone is not enough — without inner detachment, practice becomes mechanical; without practice, detachment remains theoretical.
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Oct 129 min read
Yoga, the Triune Brain, and the Dissolution of Fear: How Patanjali’s Path Rewires Survival Itself
When the yogi masters these layers, what happens? The brainstem no longer shouts for survival, the limbic system no longer floods the mind with fear, and the prefrontal cortex ceases its endless strategising. The whole triune brain becomes a quiet instrument.
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Oct 55 min read
Reality behind Reality: If Memories Fade, What Remains?
If our lives hinge on memories—real, imagined, or ephemeral—then what is reality? A collective hallucination? A neurological glitch in an indifferent cosmos? And if Alzheimer's or a rogue dream can dissolve it all, why persist? What purpose animates our striving—the careers we chase, the bonds we nurture, the dreams we dare? Why should we do anything when the ground beneath us is quicksand?
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Sep 284 min read
The Evolution of Indian Philosophy: From Pre-Vedic to Vedanta Schools
The evolution of Indian philosophy—from pre-Vedic spiritualism to Vedantic metaphysics—demonstrates its remarkable depth and adaptability.
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Feb 99 min read
From the Macrocosm to the Microcosm: The Enigma of Subjective Experience
How does a collection of atoms, following deterministic or probabilistic laws, give rise to thoughts, emotions, and Consciousness?
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Feb 37 min read
How Science Helps Us Understand Our Material Nature
Perhaps the reality we seek is not solely contained in the material parts of he universe, but also in the way we experience them.
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Feb 25 min read
The Material Nature of a Human Being: A Journey into the Physical Self
At the deepest level, a human being is a temporary arrangement of particles—an intricate dance of energy and matter governed by natural laws
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Feb 23 min read
Science and Philosophy: Two Lenses, One Reality
Concepts like wave functions, entanglement, and probabilities resist being reduced to simple, tangible components.
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Jan 296 min read
Exploring the Schools of Buddhist Philosophy: A Journey into Emptiness (Śūnyatā)
Both samsara and nirvana are empty, and even emptiness itself must not be grasped as a final truth, as doing so would perpetuate delusion.
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Jan 2013 min read
Is Reality a Shared Hallucination, Shaped by our Collective Conditioning?
Do external factors ultimately determine our perception of reality? Could the world we experience be a shared hallucination?
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Jan 2011 min read
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