Self-awareness is key to good mental health. If you hear advice from any of the modern-day self-help influencers, they always lay emphasis on self-awareness as the most important trait of a successful entrepreneur or businessman or a happy employee. I have heard Gary Vaynerchuk talk about it all the time…

Dear Pragmatic Seeker, Last week I had an epiphany when I was going out for a walk. I realized that the relaxation that we feel when we go out in nature is because of the stimulus from nature. Nature is inherently harmonious & peaceful. If you are feeling tired, overworked…

“It was a spiritual experience for me”, “This is my spiritual endeavor” — have you heard such expressions with the “S” word. Everybody is having spiritual experiences these days. But does the “S” word convey anything meaningful? …

What Simone Biles did was courageous. But her decision was not met with as much enthusiasm as it should have been. People didn’t come out with “Mental Health Matters” placards. Many people were even confused as to why did she quit? This is the sign that the world needs to…

And most probably you will go through too. 15 years ago, when I had started meditating, it was an utter let down. I had heard a lot about meditation and its impact on people. I had heard stories of people who could perform impossible feats because they meditated. …

(PS: please read only if you are aware of Bhagavad Gita , or want to read Bhagavad Gita to figure out what is Karma Yoga) Dear Pragmatic Seeker, The reason you are overthinking Karma Yoga when reading Bhagavad Gita is because you are not paying attention to the context. …

Dear Pragmatic Seeker, Many people think present moment is summation of all the events happening in the universe right now. Based on this idea, many even think that the mindfulness techniques where you take you attention to events happening around you, is an experience of present moment. …

Desire is the starting point. It is the birth. Don’t be pregnant the very next moment with the same desire. It is worthless. You had already conceived the desire once. Now, bringing it up again adds no progress to your purpose. You are simply postponing action. Procrastination If you are a…

The expression “ bringing into light” means to reveal the truth. Darkness is associated with concealment of truth. So, it might sound strange when I say, darkness is the real thing. Not light. And when I say darkness is real, I don’t mean it in the sense of evil or…