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A curated collection of my thoughts on music, philosophy, and personal growth, alongside episodes from the podcast.

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Karma & The Game of Probability
August 29, 2025

Karma & The Game of Probability

What is not the law of Karma? Everyone knows Karma, in its simplest sense. Each action has its impact. You reap what you sow. These are all vague, surface-level inferences. They are not not-true. But they are not enough to understand Karma completely, as it can be elusive. One of the examples of that nature […]

Philosophy & WisdomSpirituality & Consciousness
Featured Podcast
Manana Podcast

Manana Podcast

'Manana' is a Sanskrit word that means Reflection or contemplation. In this podcast, I'll be sharing my deep insightful reflections for you to contemplate and hence live a life of fulfilment! I hope you find great value in this podcast.

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Articles
February 12, 2023

Understanding Advaita | Part -5 | MAYA & Awareness

OK, let me summarize all that we know so far. In Part 1: we saw Advaita relative to Dwaitha, and we saw that Non-duality and duality are not contradictory, but that they are truths at different planes of reality. In Part 2: we busted some more myths like the phrase “Aham Brahmasmi” translates to “I […]

Advaita & Non-DualityMindfulness & Awareness
February 5, 2023

Understanding Advaita | Part – 4 | Why Advaita?

I hope by now you’ve realized that non-duality is simply the reality of nature. And that Understanding Advaita = understanding reality. Non-duality is an obvious conclusion (after reading Part -1). That is, when you are viewing from the widest scope, everything is one. And that, dualities exist in our perception (i.e, duality exists only when […]

Advaita & Non-DualityPhilosophy & Wisdom
January 29, 2023

Monthly Wrap! (January 2023)

Monthly Wraps are blogs that are up on the last Sunday of the month which include: Here’s the “Monthly Wrap!” of January 2023. Blogs I wrote this month: Book Recommendations: This month I could read 4 good books: What I curated: Movies: 1. Ram Setu, 2. Rocket Singh, 3. 1980,   4.King’sman the secret service, 5.King’sman […]

Monthly Wraps & Reflections
January 23, 2023

See Think Choose

Last week we saw the 6 super helpful decision-making tools. In this blog, we’ll see what we undergo in every decision-making process, see what’s at the core, and through it, help ourselves learn the art of designing our Lives through our choices. We all know it, yet we fail to utilize that wisdom when required. […]

Decision Making & Mental ModelsMindfulness & Awareness
January 16, 2023

6 Decision-making Tools

In the last blog, I told you about the concept called LIFE Alignment, where we saw what all is LIFE and we saw why need not be in Union but we can and must always be aligned. That concept will definitely help your decision-making ability. And that led me to this week’s blog, to compile […]

Decision Making & Mental Models
January 8, 2023

LIFE Alignment

This is a highly valuable insight-containing blog. Please read this completely and share it so that it helps another too. As I mentioned in Blog 55: A Compass for Life, this is also one of the concepts that can act as a compass/guide in your life. It definitely helps your decision-making process. Actually, there are […]

Dharma & PurposePersonal Growth & Self-Improvement
January 1, 2023

Become a Tap Root

In blog 80: Becoming Deep, we saw where all we are lacking and hence where all we need to go deep. In this blog, let's try to understand depth at its core, even more clearly.

Discipline & Deep WorkPersonal Growth & Self-Improvement
December 25, 2022

Monthly Wrap! (December)

Monthly Wraps are blogs that are up on the last Sunday of the month which include: Here’s December’s “Monthly Wrap!” Blogs I wrote this month: Book Recommendations: This month I could read 4 books: What I curated: Movies: 1. Klaus, 2. Sightless, 3. Guru Shishyaru, 4. Vikrant Rona Series: Must watch YouTube videos: Reminders & […]

Monthly Wraps & Reflections
December 18, 2022

Last Key to Success

I thought about and questioned myself as to what would be the last piece of advice that I would give to someone who’s already living by all the virtues and principles I’ve talked about in the previous blogs. And hence, this blog. The theme for my blogs from November has been about making the coming […]

Personal Growth & Self-ImprovementDiscipline & Deep Work
Podcasts
Ep31: The Pot of Solitude
Manana PodcastJanuary 18, 2023

Ep31: The Pot of Solitude

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Ep30: Order & Chaos
Manana PodcastJanuary 14, 2023

Ep30: Order & Chaos

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Ep29: Resistance & the surprising solution to beat it!
Manana PodcastJanuary 11, 2023

Ep29: Resistance & the surprising solution to beat it!

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Ep28: An Imaginary Friend
Manana PodcastJanuary 7, 2023

Ep28: An Imaginary Friend

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Ep27: Review your year
Manana PodcastJanuary 4, 2023

Ep27: Review your year

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Ep26: Boredom & Creativity
Manana PodcastDecember 31, 2022

Ep26: Boredom & Creativity

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Ep25: Would you recognize Shree Rama?
Manana PodcastDecember 28, 2022

Ep25: Would you recognize Shree Rama?

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Ep24: Advaita & Meditation
Manana PodcastDecember 24, 2022

Ep24: Advaita & Meditation

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Ep23: Quantity vs Quality
Manana PodcastDecember 21, 2022

Ep23: Quantity vs Quality

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