In India it is generally true that if you’ve crossed 35, it is going to pretty difficult to find a spouse, as most people in India get married in their early to mid-twenties. What’s worse, as if that isn’t enough, are the twin obstacles of: horoscope match and caste (and/or gothram). Most of the people [...]
Don’t you find it annoying when folks write emails and postings like as if they’re typing an SMS message? Like 2b frank I h8 it when ppl luv 2 rite sentences like SMS – like c u 2row nyt (that’s “see you tomorrow night” for those of us who are textually impaired), or talk 2 [...]
Introversion is almost a required trait for the serious spiritual aspirant. Only when one is introverted does one go inward to seek answers to profound questions. When one is extroverted one’s thoughts are pulled outwards in many directions, being constantly bombarded with desires (relationships, friends, things he wants, expectations of society, pop-culture, peer-pressure, what’s fashionable, [...]
Popular Definition [and Misinterpretation] A “spiritual person” is a seeker of betterment of one’s life, through inner growth. A more serious “spiritual person”, the spiritual aspirant, is a seeker Truth (Atman, The Source, God, Self-Realizaton, Enlightenment,…). Most people who do not consciously follow any spiritual path (and are not really interested in spirituality) misinterpret spirituality [...]
Yes, this is another rambling. Must be a cultural thing, but many Indians (in particular your average Joe, or Ram) seem to think it is hip to use proverbs as lame excuses to justify just about anything. While most use proverbs as a pithy way of expressing morals, there are many who abuse them. Proverbs [...]
The Sacredness of Knowledge An aspect very unique to Hindu culture is the sacredness of knowledge. This is because with knowledge comes awareness, and with that comes understanding and empathy, and with that comes genuine compassion. Unless you’re a yogi of high calibre it’s not easy give genuine compassion. Such compassion becomes pretentious. For example, [...]