Modern Mythmaking
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Sustaining the wave of love
The other’s failings enables the self’s victory. And the self imagines it is because of its strategy. A vacuum sucks the self in, but the self believes it is the force causing the movement.
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The power of myth explained
Key points of Devdutt Pattanaik’s talk at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2015.
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How many times should we do it, God?
How similar people are around the world, in different times, in different places, for all their apparent differences.
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Delightful truths of cult leaders
To be a cult leader you need to have fans who believe everything you say, evidence notwithstanding, and are willing to attack, sometimes violently, those who criticise you or your ideas.
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In a Traditional Relationship With Shiny Surfaces
The greatest tragedy in the world is not to be able to see oneself.
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Putting Focus in Perspective
A focused man does not let his mind waver with thought. A man of perspective is fully aware of the consequence of all his action. The former can make one a thoughtless actor. The latter can make one a paralyzed…
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The Right to be a Philistine
It’s a pattern that is so repetitive that you realize it has become a trap – for both those who mock and those who celebrate philistinism.
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On Bhagavata
Since there are infinite levels of wisdom, there are infinite ways of seeing the same thing.
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Discovery may actually be Re-discovery
Those who believe in discovery lean towards the linear mindset. Those who believe in re-discovery lean towards the cyclical mindset.
