Om Swami's Blog, page 10

Respect

Do you like it if anyone disrespects you? I know it's an absurd question. Of course, you don't. I mean do you get affected if others disrespect you? Strike that too, actually. Of course, you get affected in varying degrees ... Read more →

Battling Your Biology

My father was thirty-three years old and my mother twenty-nine when they had me (I've shared that story in a bit more detail in my memoir). To this day, I've only ever heard my father speak on one of four ... Read more →

The Art of Attention

Come to think of it, I find it mind-boggling that we waste much of our mental energy in chasing the ghosts of thoughts that have no bearing on anything at all. I feel that there's something about human biology that ... Read more →

Side Effects of Meditation

I must start by thanking you. That's because your comments to my last post made me realize that I might have caused some alarm with the number of hours I put into meditation. I might have mistakenly conveyed that without ... Read more →

The Practice of Meditation

Mulla Nasrudin was holding a pair of scissors and diligently working on what seemed like oblong tablets. "What are you doing?" his friend asked him as he saw that tens of caplets had been snipped from both sides. "I've to ... Read more →

When You Feel in Control

Have you ever looked at someone and wondered why they are still working? I mean, there are many wealthy people who have all imaginable luxury at their beck and call and yet they routinely put 8-12 hrs into their work. ... Read more →

Three Kinds of People

Ah! I see. You are here. Well, thank you. I suspect you have to come to read about the hardest part of my life. In case, you haven't read my last post, please do so. Otherwise, this write-up may feel ... Read more →

The Hardest Thing about my Life

Most days I don't mind working hard. Everyone who wishes to make an honest living works hard in this day and age. I'm no exception. Sometimes though, I wish to rest. But, there's always a deadline of one kind or ... Read more →

The Ultimate Wealth

In the last post, I shared my thoughts on building material wealth. That, how regular investing was the way to go. And that, in my view, debt should be avoided at all costs. The only exception, perhaps, would be a ... Read more →

The Psychology of Money

One of the highlights of 2020 is how peaceful everything’s been so far. No border tensions, no wars, no pandemics, economies are thriving, people are out and about, airlines are posting record profits, even Donald Trump is suddenly all humble ... Read more →