Scarcity and Abundance

There are two ways of looking at the world. One view is where everything is scarce. The other, where there is enough for everyone. In the scarce view, all resources have to be fought for, and fighting for these resources becomes the main focal point of a person having this view. He will go on … Read more

Haikus – Andromeda

Standing from afarPain will not be understood.I’m no statistic. Throes shine so strongly,that benevelonce shows not.But it’s who we are.

Authority and Power

A certain way of thinking prevails among a large number of us. I don’t know how many, but it is substantial. I will try to illustrate by means of an example. My colleague, in the newspaper business, tends to idealize, and submit emotionally to the two leading newspapers in the city. He talks of how … Read more

Morality and Self Righteousness is a form of sadism

Perhaps the experience varies for others. Within myself, I have come to realize the following. The very phrase to “hold” a grudge, reveals that we, through our active effort, prevent the grudge from escaping. A certain pleasure, though not unmixed with pain is generated through the remembrance. Like the pleasure that arises from picking a … Read more

Why Consciousness is Special

In recent conversations, I was confronted with, I confess an unexpected argument. Namely, that just like a living body contains something that a dead body does not (Consciousness), a dead body contains something that a living body does not. Therefore, what is so special about the extra thing possessed by the living body. This is … Read more

On superiority regarding art

I have met some people, who look down on others who are unable to appreciate a certain work of art. They call them philistines and barbarians, like Cacofonix calls the Gauls. When this is said jokingly, and lightheartedly, then it’s just a joke, but when it’s meant seriously, it’s mean, and foolishly snobbish. Let’s take … Read more