Category Archives: Applied Philosophy

To simplify our speech is to curtail the stream of the pointless talk that continuously flows from our mouths. It is, above all, to abstain from directing hurtful remarks at others. Ordinary conversations, rued the hermit Patrual Rinpoche, are echoes of echoes. Y

Self-love is not bondage; it is to add wings to the self so that it can fly like a phoenix to reach the ultimate height of divine ecstasy and enlightenment. Self-love is transcendental. 

Shuddhaanandaa Brahmachari Hindus around the world recently celebrated the auspicious occasion of the Festival of Light, Diwali.I wish you all Happy Diwali, Happy Deepavali! We are all beings of Light going through our human experience. We are a light, luminous soul, wearing our body!  And yet there is another gift that we humans have, and […]

It may sound a bit strange, but then how else do you see yourself, how do you see your own face, your own eyes? You have always seen your self through the eyes of others, and as a result your life has always been focused on receiving compliments and appreciation from others.

The Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet , Miguel De Unamuno, is perhaps best known for his book the tragic sense of life (1913). In this he writes that all consciousness is consciousness of Death (We are painfully aware of our lack immortality) and of suffering.

As 2021 approaches and we say good-bye to the unprecedented year of 2020 we see a New Age is crawling toward the dawn of a new civilization. Especially after the Coronavirus humans all over the planet are awakening to a simple understanding that life is not all that appears on the surface. Facebook, twitter, and […]

As difficult as detachment from the world is detachment from the self, a form of humility opposed by a culture that instead worships self esteem. It is a contemporary axiom that lack of self esteem is the root of all evil, especially social evils such as violence, delinquency  and academic under achievement, and that strong self esteem is the solution to all problems both personal and social.

We take it for granted that we see things as they are and rarely question that opinion. We spontaneously assign intrinsic qualities to things and people, thinking ” this is beautiful, that is ugly,” without realising that our mind super imposes these attributes upon what we perceive.