Illusions we hold dear...

So, you think you’re grown up and circumspect enough to fall for childish illusions? Think again. If children have fairly tales to which they conjure a make-believe world, we grownups have ours; but there’s a big difference, we generate a reality from it. The more we advance in age the more complex, creative and destructive our make-believe stories. In our effort to make sense out of life, we have conjured an...

Self mastery: the feared path...

While many perceive this aspect about oneself unimportant, a lot have suffered due to their lack of understanding about the inner workings of their true self. We are the definitions of our past and everything that we perceived are but its repetition. Stubbornly, we refuse to give up our old ways, even if it warrants our own misfortunes. How foolish humans are, hopelessly beckoned into destruction like a firefly...

Pitfalls of instant gratification...

Gratification (delayed or instant) is one of the most important determinants of our lot in life. For most of us, instant gratification is the preferred choice. We might as well have our share of the cake than to wait in anticipation. Consequently, this seemingly simple I-want-it-now attitude has influenced some key aspects of our life. Those who are able to take on the challenge of the waiting game are usually the...

Crippling habits people embrace...

Majority of people living in this world have been thriving in sordid conditions; and I have always been puzzled by this strange phenomenon. Having superior brain and the authority over all things I can’t seem to understand why few are making a dignified existence in this life. Was it ignorance, or the system, or the arbitrariness of life? The more I dig closer for answers the more I’m furthered from the truth....