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Rational Intelligence

June 2, 2021

The music we listen to The brands we prefer The person we fall in love with The fragrance we pick The home we choose The fashion we adopt The beliefs we subscribe to The moral contracts we sign with self Mostly irrational, mostly emotional decisions. Fact is – We are dominantly irrational by nature. Accepting our irrationality is essential. Consciously observing our irrational self without judgment is the beginning of rational thinking. Knowing why we are irrational the way we are, is intelligence.

Enough

May 27, 2021

At a party thrown by a billionaire friend on Shelter Island – Writer Kurt Vonnegut informs his friend, Joseph Heller, that their host, a hedge fund manager, has made more money in a single day than Heller had earned from his famous book Catch-22 over its entire history. Heller responds, “Yes, but I have something he will never have….enough.” Enough: Is one of the simplest yet one of the most profound words in English. Enough wealth. Enough food. Enough clothes. Enough connections. Enough information. Enough growth. Enough speed. Enough productivity. Enough is the end of fear and scarcity. Enough is

Solo Game / Social Game

April 21, 2021

There are two games you can play – Playing with society Playing with yourself The Social Game is interesting. I go out there, find my audience, follow the trends, pick the new… But the big drawback of the social game is this is part – “I will win when society is happy.” The fact is – society being happy is like a mirage. The Solo Game is a whole different game. In this game – I compete with myself. I set benchmarks for my improvement. I look at things in absolute – money, health, wealth… I measure myself against my own past. Which game

Astronaut’s View

March 28, 2021

Race, religion, culture, nation, caste, colour, politics, ideology… They give humans something to hold on to. Imagine for a minute that you are in the International Space Station, staring at Earth. You will see the vast expanse of the playful universe and our planet’s place in that orchestra. The divisions disappear. Something bigger appears. Astronauts refer to it as the Overview Effect. Outer space/ Planet. Inner space/ Ego. Outer Astronauts. Inner Astronauts. ‘We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.’ -Pierre Teilhard de Chardi.

Out Of Focus

March 20, 2021

Imagine you are in a museum, And you come across this large mural. Standing too close to it, you lose perspective. To see the big picture, you step back Step back a bit more, a bit more … From a certain distance, you can connect with what the mural is trying to depict. At a distance, there is a focus. The mural is life. To see what it is trying to tell us, we need to step back a bit, from time to time. A bit of distance creates perspective. Perspective is Wisdom.

We Hire Suffering

March 6, 2021

We hire suffering in search of happiness. We hire fear in search of love. We hire adventure in search of safety. We hire bondage in search of freedom. We hire insecurities in search of confidence. We hire stagnancy in search of growth. We hire addiction in search of control. We hire the villain in search of the hero. We hire chaos in search of meaning. The fact is – they come in pairs. We can’t choose one without choosing the other. To let go of one, we have to let go of the other. That is how the game plays

Nothing Unnatural

December 19, 2020

Everything we can see, as far as we can go, and beyond is nature. As far as we can go into space As far as we can go within And whatever happens in nature is natural. All the things we are, outside Black holes Technology Earthquakes Viruses All things we are, inside Attitudes Identities Preferences Dispositions Everything is nature. Inner nature. Outer nature. Living in harmony with nature helps.

Beyond Money, Freedom & Fame

December 16, 2020

Imagine, if you had all the money, freedom and fame you wanted. After that, to feel useful to yourself and society, what would you spend your time doing? What if you started doing a bit of that today, as you wait for money, freedom and fame. Sometimes I wonder if we use the “one day I will” thinking to avoid asking ourselves the hard questions, today. Money, freedom and fame are effects. Do the maths.

Metrics That Don’t Matter

December 12, 2020

School Grades vs Capability to build and solve GDP vs Real Development Stock Market Index vs True value and impact Retirement age vs Capacity to contribute 9-5 clock time vs Asynchronous work Food pyramid vs True nutrition Bestseller lists vs Curated lists So on… Eras have changed. Some metrics haven’t. The logic behind them is flawed, and that’s accepted fact. And yet we play along. Wonder why? What is the accepted index that you don’t subscribe to?

Zodiac Signs & Tarot Cards

December 5, 2020

The palmist looks at your palm and says – you have suffered a lot because of your inner anger. You are essentially a calm person, but situations get you angry… And you nod your head. She is correct. Palms, zodiac columns, tarot cards, foreheads, coffee mugs, palm leaves – they can all tell you a bit about yourself. But so can your own behaviour. When was the last time you looked at your behaviour and thought patterns to know who you are? So much data there to predictive analysis on “who you might be”. Start with observing yourself first. Then perhaps

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