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It’s strange. It’s strange that I keep hurting people. I try and try but it appears impossible that people don’t get hurt – sometimes my ego comes in my way, sometimes I have to choose between one person or the other. These days, I am so confused that most of the times it is my lack…
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World population is estimated to be 0.1 billion during Buddha’s time. Maybe a quarter of it lived in India then. Now, 2600 years later, the world population is 7.7 billion. The human predicament has remained the same – with or without material progress, with or without war, with or without peace, with or without spiritual…
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In philosophy the idea of free will is called ‘Libertarianism’ and the idea against free will is called ‘predeterminism’. Here, we will explore all arguments FOR predeterminism. METAPHYSICAL argument This is the most powerful and direct argument. Every human action is an event in time. Every event in time is preceded by a cause.…
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My husband is the root cause of all my problems. My mother in law is the root cause of all my problems. My flat-mate/boyfriend/girlfriend is the root cause of all my problems. My parents are the root cause of all my problems. I went with the most catchy title but it’s about whoever or whatever…
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If I have a choice and ability and grace, what would I want to be? I came across a beautiful poetry by Om Swami on his ‘about me‘ page. This is what I want to be. I am nowhere close but this is how I would honestly want to be able to describe myself. Some…
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It’s a desire for most that they should be accepted as they are. By who? By the world. The moment you accept the world as it is, the world will accept you as you are. Not until then. Examine this statement a little deeper – the moment you accept the world as it is, you…
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Can I do anything to bring the mind, heart and action in harmony? Is there a solution to the uneasiness in life? This is a continuation of the previous post – https://never-not-now.com/2019/07/14/uneasiness-in-life/. This is a post in which I will think aloud because I don’t know the answer. The root cause of the uneasiness in…
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I have always wondered how some people can take life as it comes, and I am not talking about the saintly people, and others don’t. In our everyday lives, we come across people who just glide thru life. In strictly worldly parameters, they may or may not be successful but there is an easiness about…
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Ever since I wrote the last post, I just couldn’t stop thinking about this definition of time. I thought of not writing this one because it seems to be repetitive but it’s such a beautiful definition that I can’t resist blogging this one; it is simple, beautiful and so true. What is time? Time is…
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As long as there is duality in ‘what is’ and ‘what should be’, man trying to become or trying to achieve something, there is conflict between ‘what is’ and ‘what should be’. That is the very essence of wastage of energy. As long as man lives in the corridor of opposites, he must waste energy and…
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never not now 