Life can be only understood backwards - Soren Kierkegaard Illusion of control. How much of your life is under your control? A lot, right? You are responsible for most of the things you do, and outcomes you create for yourself. You may believe that, If I just stop watching phone every minute, build a vision for myself and work smart, and disciplined myself, I can create a nice future for myself. This my friend is the illusion of control. Feeling of control, you feel after you

Distance between you and your rules is bigger in the life. We were born into a system called society, with some smaller systems called co-operations. Governments are special kind of cooperation which everyone is a part of it. Whether we like it or not this is how the world function. In these systems there are rules. Such that, in your own office there are rules describing your work. How much you are paid. How many hours you have to work. The rules themselves are not made by y

Intrinsic value of Sunsets. Living on top of a mountain has its own advantages and troubles. Getting clean water, sewage systems, and climbing uphill everyday are troubles. Occasional landslides on nearby hills might scare the shit out of everyone in the household on stormy nights. But, if these troubles are forgotten, the real value comes with sunsets and sunrises. Light will appear on your doorstep one hour before everyone else in the valley. You will get a bird's eye view

What is a Mandala? Mandala is a geometric pattern which radiates outwards from a center. There are inner patterns outer patterns and boundary. It is found mainly in eastern religious traditions, representing individual or core ideas relating to broader perspective of the universe. As with everything else, we see more and more spread of these ideas over variety of cultures lately and nowadays you will find no designer who knows nothing about mandalas. But traditionally philoso

Where is water? I went through the keynote address by David foster Wallace, yet again. As, it is eye opening and life changing to many. Yet, one thing I do not understand is the strange behavior of the mind. It seems David had gained a thorough knowledge about life through his thinking and writing about life the way he sees it. Yet he had ended his life with suicide at age 46, it seem paradoxical. Not only him, many creative people with deep understanding about themselves hav

Academic Forums. Have you ever been to one? I have on many occasions, where highly professional individuals gather to discuss current future and past developments of a specific field. It could be computer science, fiction, medicine or mechanical engineering. Often these places are largely crowded by serious as well as mischievous people who call themselves professionals forgetting the fact that it's just a cohort from the society, perhaps a little bit above average IQ than th

Disclaimer : This article discusses, death, 9/11, unnatural death Why language comes before science? Really? Do I have to reason this out? What did you do before all the math and Ven diagrams and valuations? Did you not start babbling words back and forth with your mom still being unable to stand up in your two feet? But, halfway through high school everyone forgets, that language comes before science, as all the aspiring careers are opened up only for students of science and