Many parents often wonder how their children acquire certain habits and traits, and hold on to them in spite of repeated efforts at correction. I recently attended a management training in which the trainer narrated an interesting story that throws some light on this subject, which I paraphrase below. There was once a boy who […]
Category: Philosophy
Time – the Agent of Change
One of the most intuitive and (thus) inexplicable concepts that we have got too used to to wonder about, is time. We ask for the time, ask for more time, manage time, and even kill time! But to define time in all its complexity and depth is much more challenging, if not impossible. Two related […]
First of April – Fool’s Day Special
As a child, April was a much awaited time of the year. Annual exams would be over and we’d be into the honeymoon period in the next class. New textbooks, optimism of a fresh beginning, determination to correct mistakes of the past and to do better than ever before, all of these made us all […]
Path of Karma – Sandy Beach Similitude
One who has wet his feet and sandals on a sandy beach most likely remembers the exasperating experience of trying to rid them of sand. The less experienced are easily fooled into attempting to wash their feet against the next wave, only to find that the wave replaces any sand it removes with a fresh […]
What Driving Taught Me
Wise men say that there are lessons for us all around, and that we have to keep our eyes and heart open to receive them. It is often when the mind is calmed through the fixing of attention that we become receptive to knowledge from without as well as wisdom from within. Here are some […]