As I think back on the subjects I was taught at school, I find no subject more general and peculiar than Social Studies. Other subjects were pretty much straightforward and...
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When The Greedy Shall Solely Inherit The World
An Euro-American lover-of-money — moneyphile — named Peter Thiel wants to live forever! While his greed for money and his desire to live forever are his personal choices — what amazes me is his greed...
Continue reading...The Realm of Gods & Kings
You, born in a normal family with normal requirements in life and a normal worldview properly begin your social life with your school. There you are immediately introduced to...
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Philosophy’s task is to Understand and Guide Life and the World. That is what Real Philosophy is and should be. Philosophy in general tends to get a bad rap...
Continue reading...How Essential is Learning?
A quick glance of known/believed human history will reveal to us one constant: Learning is essential. Vital. Crucial! Learning in the sense of: the process of acquiring new understanding, knowledge, behaviors, skills,...
Continue reading...Two Contrasting Questions
For me there are two contrasting questions. Never in harmony! Every now and then I reach to a state-of-mind which — if I am to bring to thoughts —...
Continue reading...The Crisis of Goethe’s Faust
The opening few pages of The First Part of the Tragedy in Goethe’s Faust is where Faust laments and complains. This I call the Faust crisis as it expresses...
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While thinking about the ongoing war in Eastern Europe and its consequences, my thought went to the businesses that are being adversely affected – along with lives in both...
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I had this idea to open my laptop and write in short about life in Nepal – the country of my birth and citizenship. Things to write have weird...
Continue reading...Morning Shows the Day – Is it True?
Morning shows the day is a popular proverb. Is it correct, or is it merely a case of a lazy attachment towards mornings? Let me give some background first....
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Before talking about attention crisis, let me share a small story: Forget quietly being around nature, I am preoccupied with my own thoughts so much that I am now...
Continue reading...Nepali Folk Tales – Do As They Do
Be careful on how you act around your children. Once in a hilly area, there lived an old man. His wife was dead so all he had was his...
Continue reading...Nepali Folk Tales – Four Men
Come together with people who are special like you and together – do things special! Once there lived a hunter. He always lay in woods and fields with his...
Continue reading...Nepali Folk Tales – Wise vs Intelligent vs Smart
It is not about being fast. It is about doing what’s appropriate. Once there lived a tortoise, a frog, and a snake nearby a river. They were good friends....
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As I sit here with my laptop staring at this white canvas that tells me to write my story, I wonder who I might be writing it for. I...
Continue reading...Nepali Folk Tales – The Path To Wisdom
Wisdom is difficult to acquire. You have got to be patient and must continue to learn and persevere. Once there lived a king who loved to hunt. While on...
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The other day the debate was around the same question: What is the difference between knowing something and applying that knowledge in life? After a friend of mine said...
Continue reading...Books in Brief — Edgar Allan Poe: Eureka
Read Duration: 2–3 days (It is short but requires attention.) Author: Edgar Allan Poe Year: 1848 Genre: Non-Fiction Sub-Genre: Philosophy. Cosmology. Spirituality. Opening sentence: To the few who love me and whom I love, to those...
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Vanity, Stupidity, Greed and Cunnigness: The FOUR Deadly Poisons. Once a poisonous snake intentionally rested in the middle of a forest road blocking the path to its only river....
Continue reading...Nepali Folk Tales – The Doubts Of A Chameleon
We look at others and think they have it all. We wish we did what they did. But, what we forget is: There is a reason why we are...
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When it comes to earning a living or fulfilling our wants in life, it is tempting to settle at one profession and define ourselves forever with that. I am...
Continue reading...An Effective Movie Watching Formula
I absolutely hate these kinds of writings: Who the hell do I think I am to be writing about methods of my movie watching! Am I a producer? No....
Continue reading...Dealing With Bad Thoughts
Background Before talking in detail about bad thoughts, let me give some context. A terrible nightmare woke me up at 3 AM this morning. After that, I went into...
Continue reading...Future of Thinking
I asked myself about the future of thinking after I noticed how alert I was getting using my phone, laptop and TV. I tried to understand the alertness and...
Continue reading...How To Handle Philosophical Arguments?
I have often found myself in the middle of philosophical arguments fuming with anger, full of anxiety. Speaking or typing at the speed of light what my fast-beating heart...
Continue reading...Why Do We Like Stories?
Because They Are Travels: Into a Different Space, Time and Identity. If I am to recall the moments from my childhood when I have felt the strongest in a...
Continue reading...We Humans Never Learn!
We humans tend to think we are really smart as a species. I don’t remember who, but someone surely said — this is because we don’t have any other...
Continue reading...Desire Management Formula
I had developed a desire-management formula. I have been implementing it for more than a couple of years now. The reason for sharing? It has proved to be very...
Continue reading...Thought Experiment of an Alternative Existence
Let us begin this thought experiment by imagining a habitable planet with life. Far Far away! The planet is revolving around its own star. Its day-night period same as...
Continue reading...Rahul Sankrityayan — The Birth of Brahman and Reincarnation
Rahul Sankrityayan was an Indian Marxist thinker who studied, travelled and wrote a lot. Here I want to quickly share his views on the birth and use of Hindu God...
Continue reading...Nepali Folk Tales – Integrity of A Woman
Live a life of Integrity and Intelligence. Once there lived a Pandit who had a beautiful wife. In fact, so beautiful that every man who ever laid eyes on...
Continue reading...20 Wise Proverbs from Nepal
The bigger the pile the bigger the strife. Earlier this month, I compiled a list of 30 Nepali Proverbs which had some wise proverbs: 30 Wise Proverbs From Nepal It...
Continue reading...Nepali Folk Tales – Presence of Mind
When in crisis, always remember to stay calm. Try to understand the situation instead of reacting. Make things happen with what you have. Once there lived an old woman....
Continue reading...Look At Things From A Different Angle
When we have anxieties and frustrations, our thoughts are stuck at some point in between the present (A) and the future (B). Both being points previously opened by ourselves...
Continue reading...Nepali Folk Tales – Grit Of A Sparrow
Hardships in life are inevitable. It’s up to us to figure out how we come out of them. Grit and Courage are invaluable toolkits! This story is about...
Continue reading...Why Read And Write?
Written words are static in nature. Other forms of expression which rely on words such as speech are dynamic. Written words remain static unless mobilized — which equips the...
Continue reading...The Burden of Inevitability
For years she had dreamt of this trip. For years she had energized herself in the darkest of nights — thinking of this journey. The idea jolted her, inspired...
Continue reading...Nepali Folk Tales – Revenge of The Sparrow
If you have suffered injustice – exploit and expose the rat and the flawed system. There is nothing wrong with that! Once there lived a pair of sparrows. They...
Continue reading...The Summit of Success!
One willing to go to the summit, should not give a damn about shame, disgust, sin, etc. Nepal may not be among the strongest and the most powerful nations...
Continue reading...The Human Paradox
At least 900 species have gone extinct in the last five centuries and More than 35,000 species have been evaluated to be threatened with extinction today. This is the species count. Imagine...
Continue reading...On UG Krishnamurti
Before I get into UG Krishnamurti, I want to share some background. I intensely explored the internet for doses of wisdom. Philosophers, Spiritualists, Poets, Writers, Filmmakers, Artists, Scientists — I was...
Continue reading...The Philosophy of Cataclysm
A small background before we jump into the philosophy of cataclysm. I grew up with Hindu/Buddhist philosophies and as you may know — there’s a gargantuan presence of the inevitability...
Continue reading...Detoxify Yourself From The Silicon Valley Influence
Recently I wrote a piece analyzing Steve Jobs through his quotes: Understanding Steve Jobs Through His Quotes As I went through his life and ideas, I realized how profound...
Continue reading...Nepali Folk Tales – The Dog, The Jackal and The Lion
Once a dog was strolling near a forest when he saw a jackal sitting with her cubs. The dog sensed a resemblance with them. He went near and said...
Continue reading...Your Options in Life
When you realize that the environment you exist in is incompatible, unsuited for you and it becomes inhospitable, you have four options in life. You can either, Adjust Conquer...
Continue reading...Nepali Folk Tales – The Old Man and His Daughter
There once lived an old man who had four sons and one daughter. All were married. The sons, their wives, and the old man lived in the same house...
Continue reading...Nepali Folk Tales – A Brave Boy
There once was an orphan boy. He lived in a small house with a relative who didn’t care much about him. There was a coconut tree near his house....
Continue reading...Nepali Folk Tales – A Hunter and a Tiger
A man was out in the forest hunting birds when he came across a tiger. Excited at the sight of a muscular adult, the tiger prepared to pounce on...
Continue reading...Nepali Folk Tales – Eight Children
There once lived a haughty boy. His name was Bunachha. He spoke like an old man. One day, he went to his mother and said- ‘Mother! Now that I...
Continue reading...Nepali Folk Tales: 4 Instructions
Once there lived an old couple. They had five sons of which four moved out of the country at a young age. Only the youngest son, who was feeble-minded,...
Continue reading...Nepali Folk Tales: Bitter But True
There once lived an elderly couple who gave birth to a son in their advancing years. They named him Balram. When Balram matured, they had an extravagant wedding for...
Continue reading...Nepali Folk Tales: You Go For The Meat But Drown In The Soup
Once upon a time in an unknown village lived a man who had two wives. From each, he had a daughter. The elder daughter was Subhadra and the younger...
Continue reading...30 Wise Proverbs From Nepal
Nepal may not be among the strongest and the most powerful nations but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t had occasional thinkers with words of wisdom. Here are 30 wise...
Continue reading...Nepali Folk Tales: An Envious Sister
Once there lived a farmer couple who yielded more than enough from their land. They always had spare after they consumed for themselves. They were content in every aspect...
Continue reading...Time Management Formula
We all have limited time. There’s a lot to think, learn, do and live in this duration. At times it feels a single life is not enough. And it...
Continue reading...Will it all End? — It hardly matters!
Sensing what humans were doing to her forest, a tiger at a national park started getting paranoid. ‘They will destroy this all one day. I will have nowhere to...
Continue reading...Story about life: A Rat’s Story
Enjoy this Story about life which both entertains and provides valuable life lesson! An ambitious rat wanted to get married. So, he went to the most powerful human king...
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What are Thoughts? – History
In the first part of my What are thoughts? series, I discussed basic things about thoughts and the importance of understanding them. This time I want to dive into...
Continue reading...Are we Humans civilized yet?
Arthur C. Clarke’s famous short-story The Sentinel (the seed from which 2001: A Space Odyssey sprang) is about a monolith discovered ‘high on the ridge of a great promontory…’...
Continue reading...Thought Management through Phone Wallpapers
I was scrolling through my phone photos when I noticed something — Four years ago, for the first time in my life, I had edited a photo of a page...
Continue reading...What are Thoughts?
It is the kind of activity I am doing right now which both amazes and amuses me on being a human being. What I mean to say is in...
Continue reading...What is Power?
Thomas Hobbes defined power of a man as: his present means to obtain some future apparent good. He defines good as things that are of interest to any particular person...
Continue reading...Importance of Knowledge
I am going to propose a theory to begin this writing about the importance of knowledge: The extent of knowledge (need-to-know) any given human society requires for a successful...
Continue reading...Predictions vs Decisions
In terms of time, we humans are wired to dwell in two dimensions — the past and the future. While ideally we wish we could live in the present,...
Continue reading...Mind: Thought Machines
There is another way of looking at history. As the struggle of human beings to understand, organize and use their own mind. That is, their thoughts! It won’t be...
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Hey there, it’s me Adesh and I would like to welcome you all to my website. I hope you are having a good day. As you may have noticed,...
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