A new look

 Break the bondages and if that would mean losing friends, family and relatives, so be it. Break the bondages and if that would mean losing money, respect, fame and prestige, so be it. Break the bondages and if that would mean losing the previous beliefs, prejudices and superstitions, so be it. Break the bondages and if that would mean depression, loneliness, ostracisation, pain and suffering, So be it. Break the bondages and if that would mean losing yourself, so be it. There isn't any joy as that of being free. Freedom is the only virtue there is!

 When you feel bad, lonely, disappointed, stressed, anxious, fearful, sad and seeks a path of pleasure to avoid the brutal reality, that's generally called, escapism. You escape only because something is real which hurts and since it's hurting, that is the proof that it's real because what makes you delighted and happy can be true or false. It's real because it guarantees you your existence, it's real because it gives you a sense that you are awake and being awakened is pain.  Ok, if it pains, it's real. What is real needs to be tackled rightly by reflecting over it, thinking and analysing about it because it pains and man desire pleasure. To desire pleasure is not wrong, to desire pleasure through the path of escapism is wrong because what it ultimately gives you is pain in the form of guilt and regret. So, it's just illusioning and not a real solution. A real problem needs a real solution. What is the real solution? Real solution is.... Wake up like a MAN...

 In order to keep yourself sane, you must understand Life and if you don't, you have to go insane at some point in your life. You can understand Life only by neutral and just observation of it. And by merely observing the life, you will come to understand the futility of any and every thought, action or feeling. Just the mere observation will expose the futility of existence and then, happens what we call "Existential crisis". This can be the most beautiful event or the worst nightmare that can happen to you. Make it a beautiful event by sharpening your observation skills. And eventually in the process will come a moment in the heightened state of consciousness, that the observer is dissolved and becomes non-existent. Now what remains is what is observed. This is a state of non-duality of existence.  This, Shankaracharya calls, Advaita, which is the ultimate reality.  In words of Krishnamurthy sir, this is a state of, "When the Observer gets Observed". And when...

Having money, being financially independent is one of the most necessary thing to achieve in life. Okay, you can earn more than you need so that, that extra money can act as shock absorber in emergency situations. But earning a lot of money or aiming for becoming filthy rich is futile. What we mean by filthy rich is becoming multi millionaire or billionaire . Here are some side effects of trying to become millionaire/billionaire: 1) In pursuit of earning crazy amount of money, you must invest a large portion of your life, may be 2-3 decades and that too your prime years in earning money. You would do jobs/businesses you don't like. Burnouts can be your weekend achievements. Also, You would be missing on all other experiences of learning new things, exploring life deepest questions, reading all sorts of literature, travelling around the world, etc. That's the opportunity cost you pay in trying to earn a lot. What amount of money can you equate to having these experiences in your...