Let’s explore how we can protect ourselves against these widely believed “hallucinations” or “Psychological Traps” that we discussed in the piece “How to Overcome Maya or the Matrix. Confirmation Bias: Confirmation bias is a psychological phenomenon where individuals favor information that confirms their existing beliefs and reject the information that does not. We tend to seek out, interpret, remember, and …

  I am going to share with you a story of a Mathematician named John Nash. Perhaps some of you may have heard of him, but if you haven’t, by the time you finish reading this unusual story, you will have tremendous respect for the man for what he achieved despite his severe problems. John Nash was always intelligent as …

How do you differentiate between the good and bad pleasures of life? Yes, pleasure is not unanimously good or bad! Unlike people who glorify pleasure or absolutely show a disdain for it, the truth is humans do need some pleasure to lead a good life, but there has to be a sweet spot, which contributes more to your life than …

  “I hope everybody could get rich and famous and will have everything they ever dreamed of, so they will know that it’s not the answer.” – Jim Carrey I agree with Carrey, first hand. While I have obviously never seen fame or wealth to the degree that he did – I have seen them both to a tiny but significant enough degree to realize that beyond a point, they are both dead ends …

  Quote 3 – “Don’t long for others to see you as sophisticated, unique, or wise. In fact, be suspicious if you appear to others as someone special. Be on your guard against a false sense of self-importance” Here Epictetus makes a really crucial point. He says, don’t long for others to see you as someone special, in fact, be …

  For newcomers to philosophy, let me introduce you to a man named Epictetus. Epictetus was literally born as a slave in ancient Greece and spent all his life in slavery until he was eventually freed. If there is anyone from whom we can actually learn how to maintain our happiness even when literally surrounded by misery, it is him. …

Would you know what you look like if there were no mirrors or cameras? Consider the peculiar relationship we have with mirrors. Sometimes, when you’re looking in the mirror, try closing your eyes and ponder this: without mirrors, how would you know what your face looks like? In a way, it’s the mirror that gives you your face  Extend that …

   Just lose your standing once whether through your fault or factors out of your control and the whole world will begin treating as worthless or pretend you don’t exist. Any happiness derived out of societal approval is the most temporary and fragile form of happiness. I have seen it myself in my past that when I was doing well …

  Fame is A bad judgment of skill. This is especially true for fame that is fairly recent in fields that are not contingent on skill but more on manipulation, politics and sheer luck and randomness. In these fields recent fame has almost no correlation with real value. A multiple time Olympic Gold Medallist probably has tremendous skill in his/her …