We were having a discussion on spiritual aspects of life in a 'WhatsApp Fun group'. And Someone wanted to know the definition of fun. There were no options other than turning to dictionaries at this point, due to the seriousness of the question, we couldn’t afford to miss anything. So, we did and following is one such taken straight from the DIC :).   What is Fun, a Dictionary definition.   Fun is the experience of enjoyment or pleasure that comes from doing something you fin

Resilience of happiness of slum dogs This is one of the superpowers of a human brain. The resilience, to find peace and happiness admist of chaos. I consider this a heavenly trait, a gift from nature rarther than a conscious decision of an individual. After all this is one quality which gives a hope, for a human inside places like Autzwhitz or Gaza strip or even Wall Street. If we consider the income gap between any society, there is a marked variation. It is a well known fac

I am a friend of books more than anything else. Ever since I touched the magical, fairy tales of Russian storytellers accidently as a toddler, I had the fascination to make myself be absorbed into pages of a book. The remarkable nature of a book being silent makes it resonate with my mind. Reason 1. Books are dynamic Books do not ask themselves to be read. I cannot see a moving thing inside its pages unless I turn the pages deliberately. Words remain at exact places as put Fo

What is rare on earth...? It seems we live in abundance more now than ever. Since new millennia, everything has reached everyone super-fast, thanks to modern economic machines. In this social and cultural revolution still, I can see some rare things on earth. Some are materialistic, like gold and emeralds. Still not found in abundance, so we cannot use it to build our plates with. But what I am more interested in are non-materialistic, rather conceptual things. Following is

If you are planning to make a family, married, unmarried, divorced single parent, or even adopt. I have both good news and bad news. The good news is you can make a family, when you choose just to do that. That's the easy part. And the bad news I already broke to you. And this family is not going to be a happy family. Why you shouldn't try Trying to make a happy family is the worst thing you can try to do. It is like trying to walk in the meadows in a spring morning without g

I didn't read beyond the first page of the novel The Great-Gatsby by Fitzgerald, when I came across, I think most fascinating idea presented in the book. The character of Mr. Carraway describing himself. Why, he had been reserving his judgement on everyone he meets, following his father's advice. And he summarizes the advice in following form. “Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,” he told me, “Just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages t

I have heard different versions of above quotes over many years. "Give yourself permission to be human" or "The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness -Dostoevsky." Have I given a serious thought about this prior. I do not think so. Yet intuitively I have come to the same conclusion and would agree with the above Quote, by Ekart Tolle. In a life, no matter how much wealth, or utopian it may seem, we cannot achieve a continuous level of happiness. Such a life