Articles

Topic	Article
What is mindfulness?	3 flavours of mindfulness Mindfulness on the go: A working definition  2 schools of mindfulness: journey-led vs destination-led
Why mindfulness?
Fast, automatic, biased thinking, Daniel Kahneman	3 powerful illusions created by thought  Marvels and flaws of expert intuition: story of Ramanujan's first letter to Hardy 12 angry men and 2 movements of thought
Hopping off the train of thought	Pain-multiplier effect: My key insight from the 10-day Vipassana course
Recognizing wasteful thoughts	Realizing my biggest addiction - thinking  A beautiful mind and the three acts of creativity, madness, and awakening Wasteful thoughts: From Nash's dieting to Rumi's welcoming
Recognizing absolute necessities	PK and a peek into the assumptions of necessity  Empathy as understanding the assumptions behind the rigid reflexes 2 reflection moments from Zoya Akhtar's "Luck by chance"
Recognizing self-deception	Understanding self-deception through "Nayantara's necklace" (part-1) Understanding self-deception through "Nayantara's necklace" (Part-2) Gabbar Singh and self-deception Why did Prof. Sudarshan say, "I am good at deceiving myself"?  Confession of a fake guru: A soliloquy from "Tujhe aahe tujpashi" Could the feeling of everyday monotony involve self-deception?
Recognizing the fragility of self-image, searching for the real hero	No man can walk out on his own story  From ocean-wave to dancing droplet: Comparing two metaphors for human existence
Recognizing the illusion of time, Understanding death	How Carlo Rovelli dismantles the order of time  The short film "Being 97": A humbler version of Katha Upanishad
Advaita, Bhagavad Gita,  Upanishads	My 3 favorite verses from Bhagavad Gita  My key takeaways from Katha Upanishad
Buddhism	My 3 takeaways from the "Buddhism and modern psychology" course at Coursera Schumacher's Burma visit and the birth of Buddhist Economics
Neuroscience	Neuroscience of mindfulness: My 4 takeaways from Catherine Kerr perspective  Perception as prediction error minimization My 3 takeaways from Karl Friston's active inference framework
Jiddu Krishnamurti	Can tradition cause brain damage? What is "Putting everything in its right place" according to Jiddu Krishnamurti? My 3 takeaways from Krishnamurti Gathering in Murren, Switzerland Why did Prof. Sudarshan say, "I am quite good at deceiving myself?" Uncommon wisdom from J Krishnamurti, Heisenberg, Schumacher, and Indira Gandhi An interview with Swami Chidananda on aspects of J. Krishnamurti's teachings that informed his journey of self-inquiry  Ajanh Chamras on learnings from monkhood, J Krishnamurti and Taoism
David Bohm	"Thought as a system" by David Bohm: a book review Kahneman's "associative coherence" vs David Bohm's "sustained incoherence" 4 metaphors from David Bohm's "Unfolding meaning" David Bohm's matter-energy-meaning proposal through six examples  "But, cats can't tell time" and the human state of missing the main point PK and a peek into assumptions of necessity The Matrix as a system vs thought as a system
Ramana Maharshi	Ramana Maharshi's self-inquiry through Upadesa Saram verses What does Ramana Maharshi mean by "All sciences end in the Self"? Who improved the world more Thomas Edison or Ramana Maharshi? What is "change by being"? stories of Ramana Maharshi and Eckhart Tolle Remembering Ramana Maharshi and Warren Buffett on Guru Poornima
Eckhart Tolle	Eckhart Tolle's "Catch me if you can" experiment Three practices from Eckhart Tolle's teaching that I find useful My favorite five principles of spirituality 9 ways of losing oneself in egoic thought patterns Catch yourself getting LOST in wasteful thinking
U G Krishnamurti	Why does U G Krishnamurti ask, "Is there such a thing as enlightenment at all?" Why does U G Krishnamurti say, "Thought is your enemy"?