The ever eluding awarenessAwareness, it seems is the gist of all philosophies and religions. Vipassana, mindfulness, dhyana, and even J. Krishnamurti’s emphasis is…Jun 27, 2021Jun 27, 2021
We’re violent because nothing else feels like we’re aliveWhat is the state of violence? Or a state when we’re consumed by anger? Blood gushing through our body, heart racing, brain flush with…May 31, 2021May 31, 2021
Handling 50K concurrent usersRecently, one of our customers wanted to conduct 150,000 exams a day. This in itself is not a challenge. Please see my previous post on how…Apr 26, 2021Apr 26, 2021
What gives thought the energy to keep it going?Thinking is a mechanical process in the brain. Like heart and lungs, brain has its own rhythm — storing and responding. This is necessary…Feb 19, 2021Feb 19, 2021
What’s behind the brain’s insatiable desire for content?First, the endless social media apps. Then, the news sites and noisy news channels. Video streaming, video games. Chatting, phone calls…Jun 29, 2020Jun 29, 2020
Brain is a Git repo; separate but same“Your consciousness is the consciousness of the world, not your private consciousness.” — Jiddu Krishnamurti.Jun 7, 2020Jun 7, 2020
Fear of being silentWhen you listen to water running down a tap, a car passing by, people chattering far away, listening to sounds without resistance, there…Jul 5, 2019Jul 5, 2019
Is natural intelligence a threat to artificial intelligence (AI) in India?How will a self driving car know when to let a white Fortuner with a single digit number plate pass by without its sensors overheating…Mar 31, 2019Mar 31, 2019
When the puppet starts controlling the ventriloquistVentriloquist creates the puppet. Imparts into the puppet a certain character, style, language, and mannerism. Then the ventriloquist…Jan 8, 2019Jan 8, 2019
Persistence of vision to illustrate illusion of the “Self”Wikipedia: A flip book or flick book is a book with a series of pictures that vary gradually from one page to the next, so that when the…Jul 25, 2018Jul 25, 2018
Involuntary reactions - cat and the cucumber analogy.There are videos on Youtube where people put a cucumber next to an unwitting cat. When cat notices the cucumber it jumps and runs in fear…Jul 16, 2018Jul 16, 2018
Seeing falsehood is the ending of illusion. Prof. David Bohm’s analogy.In one of the discussions, Prof. David Bohm compares ending of illusion to that of a magician’s conjuring trick.Jul 10, 2018Jul 10, 2018
Living with facts, not beliefs.Things are happening all the time. With or without our participation, things happen. These are facts. But we develop liking for some of…Oct 28, 2017Oct 28, 2017
There’s no escape from ignoranceKnowledge is vast but limited. The more we know about something, the more we realise we know very little. Ignorance is a result of limited…Oct 25, 2017Oct 25, 2017
Love, loneliness, desire & selfishness“What we call love, is actually pleasure.” — Jiddu Krishnamurti.Oct 20, 2017Oct 20, 2017
