What does it mean to be a person? My sister has vascular dementia. It is a terrible disease. It robs one of personhood. She is not the person who was my sister. She looks like her, but there is no person there. She does not even know who she is…

I am a rocket scientist; science has been my religion, but I have found God through science. Not the God of Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, or any other organized religion, but a very different God. Let me explain. …

Science, Religion, and Spirituality: The quest for TRUTH The ten slides shown below capture 300 years of scientific progress in explaining the origin of the Universe, the creation of planet earth, how life emerged from matter, and the evolution of humans from a single-cell organism. Each chart is a 30,000…

“Tat Tvam Asi” say the Vedas.[i] “Thou art That” Who am I? The journey of self-discovery is a journey inward. The journey starts at the outer layer- the body- and goes deeper inward and deeper still (Gate, Gate, Paragate, Parasamgate-Heart Sutra) only to discover that there is nothing there except…

Happiness is not the same as pleasure. We know when we are not happy. Happiness literature says that you should be satisfied if you are financially secure, have good health, have good relationships, and do good deeds for others. I had all these, but I was not happy. I wanted…

“You can observe a lot just by watching” — Yogi Berra I have become a voyeur-a silent witness of my inner self. I can watch my thoughts, my emotions, and my bodily sensations. I am a voyeur of “me.” It is as if there are two “Mes”, there is one…

“it is with heart one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye” Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince. “The Caterpillar is the first character who tries to guide Alice on her journey. Since she’s tired of growing larger and smaller due to circumstances beyond her control, the…

Our Universe is a Virtual Reality Game. — Let’s look at Creation from God’s perspective, not ours. Why did God create this Universe? The Vedic sages, in my opinion, have the best explanation for why. According to the Vedas, God created the Universe for its sheer joy. God wanted to have some fun. The Vedic sages were deep…

An unorthodox approach to meditating. Don’t let anyone tell you that meditation is easy. “All you have to do is watch your thoughts, and your mind will become quiet,” Jiddu Krishnamurty called it Choiceless Awareness. As hard as I tried, I could not quieten my mind. …