Ancient Greek Philosophers constantly worked towards changing our perspective of the world by constantly trying to make sense of how the world worked. One of such philosophers was Plato who was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought, and the Academy, the first institution of […]
Category Archives: Applied Philosophy
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Shuddhaanandaa Brahmachari We all have a tendency to think that change means that we need to change our outer environment, like our workplace or relationships, in order to be happier in life. However, life flows from inside out. Therefore we need to change our inner environment first. The outer is but the manifestation of the […]
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In 1945, within months of his liberation from a concentration camp in Nazi Germany, Viktor Frankl (who was earlier a psychologist practicing in Vienna) wrote the book ‘Man’s Search For Meaning’. The book not only explored the horrors and suffering that Frankl endured in the camps but majorly, it wanted to answer the question: what […]
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What is Sympathy? It is a temporary feeling of pity or feeling of sorry for something or someone while facing a situation. It is a reaction that evaporates as soon as that situation changes. You see a dog on the street getting hurt and you have sympathy for it being a dog, you may also […]
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Let me put it in this way : if you are vulnerable, it means you are ready to live in insecurity. Deep downs it means you are ready even to die. You will not resist, you will not oppose, you will not stand in the way. If death comes, there will be no resistance. You will simply allow it to happen. You accept existence it its totality. Then how can you feel it as death?
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You cannot see the path leading to it. You cannot stretch your hands towards it, Because hands reach outward, nor can you open your eyes to it, because eyes open outward,
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Divine masters never opposed material progress. They, however, did say that increased possession of worldly materials might bring suffering if it were not accompanied by spiritual enlightenment. If God enters one’s life, the feelings of hatred, jealousy and pride disappear and then all the material progress of the world becomes a source of joy.
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Science is the search for truth in the objective world and religion is the search for the truth in the subjective world.
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If the goal has the purpose that is meaningful to you, then you are more likely to feel inspired and want to take action. On the other hand. you might be worried about the time it is going to take to achieve your goals.
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Laughter is the most potential painkiller. Laughter helps you to disassociate yourself with body and for that moment in your profound laughter your mind stops and pain disappear.