Wealth intrigues me [https://www.nilkanth.com/index.php?s=wealth]. And, it amuses me, because at times I wonder if there’s anything close to “adequate wealth”, or maybe, “good enough to last long” wealth. We are chasing wealth, but it comes with no guarantee of happiness. So I’…
The thought behind this post has been vaguely floating in my mind for the past few weeks. A quick preface first. Medicine has advanced enormously. Genome mapping, human cloning, or even plastic surgery would have been considered far fetched by the common man a century ago, but in the past…
So, everyone lies – at some point, in some form, to various degrees. Kids lie, because [http://nymag.com/news/features/43893/] they are just copying their parents. I came across Raul’s ‘mesmeric yet whimsical’ rant about the lies he told his 3 year old [http://www.mexicanpictures.com/headingeast/…
The science of sleep [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep] has been a bit intriguing for me [https://www.nilkanth.com/archives/2005/10/19/amount-of-sleep-needed/] in the recent past. Yawning may be contagious [https://www.nilkanth.com/archives/2007/07/12/why-is-yawning-contagious/], but the biggest question is — why do…
For a long time I’ve been fascinated [https://www.nilkanth.com/index.php?s=tibet] by a land called Tibet. Now, there’s a state of unrest [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/world/asia/16tibet.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin] is the most peaceful…
Would it be fair to say that more wealth makes us less spiritual. The “Wealth and Religiosity” graph [http://www.theatlantic.com/images/issues/200803/secular-graph.gif] seems to depict so. With the spread of freethought, scientific skepticism, and criticism of religion; secular theology has gathered a more specific meaning.…
Mark Twain once said “it was a pity that the best part of life came at the beginning and the worst part at the end.” He sure had something more to convey than what the casual eye might gather. I often wonder why do we all fancy success? I don’…
Brad [http://hardcorezen.blogspot.com/], who practices Zen Buddhism and writes about it as well, has a very interesting experience [http://homepage.mac.com/doubtboy/boring.html] to share: > People long for big thrills. Peak experiences. Some people come to Zen expecting that Enlightenment will be the Ultimate Peak…