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‘Heavy is the head that wears the crown.’
Sometimes in our obsession to be right, we lose sight of the goal and lose the game. What
Unlike the Greek world where the point of life was self-actualization, the point of life in the Indian world was self-realization.
When rules do not generate fairness, it is time to bend them, or break them, as Krishna does repeatedly in the Bhagavata and the Mahabharata.
collaboration have their advantages. Competition helps us identify who the strongest and smartest is. Collaboration enables us to take advantage of everybody’s talents.
Competition weeds out the weak, creating an ecosystem of extreme insecurity. Collaboration gives room to the weak, creating an ecosystem of complacency amongst those with little talent and frustration amongst those
First it is fresh and new, arousing excitement. This is the Krita Yuga, the childhood innocence. Then comes the time, when it keeps its promise. When all is well. When hopes are high. This is the Treta Yuga, when Rama rules, when rules are valued. Then comes the period of decay, when survival is at stake, when the idea struggles to survive. This is the Dvapara Yuga, when hopes fade, when Krishna is needed for rules are no longer valued. Then
