Spirituality In Practice

Author: sipractce

  • Enlightened Living: Progression from Self-Control to Total Self-Control to Un-attached active Engagement.

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    Thendral is a monthly publication in Tamil Language published from Bay Area, CA. USA. Recently I read the following letter in a recent publication of Thendral in the column that provides advice to the readers: “Dear friend: I am 77 years old; my husband 84 years old. We have been married for 53 years. Ours…

  • Year end reflections – 2019

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    Thank you for your support reading the blog posts and occasionally offering your comments. As we draw to the conclusion of the year 2019 (and hence this decade!) below is a summary of our blog posts through this year. Each summary is linked to its original post. We have also posted a large body of…

  • Repentance vs. Forgiving

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    Relationship is a two way street. Mother loves her child and the child in turn is attached to the mother. The same goes for any parent and child, husband and wife, brothers, sisters, relatives, etc. In every case there are two parties involved. When both persons involved in a relationship see eye to eye, there…

  • Ethics in AI: Use of three connectors

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    There are times when my professional work and my writings on philosophy intersect. Here is an example. Happy Reading! Recently I attended an on-line seminar on “Ethics and Artificial Intelligence (AI)” by Roberto Zicari (Prof. of DBIS) – Goethe University Frankfurt) on the need of an Ethical AI Due Diligence. http://cognitive-science.info/community/weekly-update/ It was an interesting…

  • Diwali – Festival of lights: A philosophic reflection on oil lamp.

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    BEST WISHES FOR HAPPY DIWALI! Deepavali or Diwali is the festival of lights. Colorful lamps are placed to illuminate every corner of the house. Fireworks and their sights and sounds highlight the glow of light and its power to illuminate. Lamps are placed at the inner sanctum, near the idols in the temple. Candles are…

  • Bishma Complex

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    Epics are stories that convey the life and history of a time in the past. They are described as “Ithihasa” meaning the way it was. Ramayana and Mahabaratha are the two well-known epics from Hindu literature. The story of Ramayana is used to tell the way Rama conducted his life from childhood till he ascended the…

  • Aging Vs. Maturing

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    Recently a family friend gave me a birthday card. It read “Aging is inevitable; Maturing is optional”. The card is priceless just as the close relationship with friends and the warmth and joy they add to life! It was a well-chosen card and set me thinking on aging and maturing. Incidentally, I had received another…

  • Happy New Year – 2019

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    Dear reader: 2018 has now passed on and we are now in 2019! Another new year and more to do! But, some may say it is just a chore, another day in the continum: Another Day Another Dollar! This morning I came across a book. It is a custom made book created for and gifted…

  • Ignorance Vs. Denied Knowledge

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    We have covered in many earlier essays that each experience is truly an outcome of our connection with that event through three connectors: Ignorance, Bias and Knowledge. It is the cumulative effect of these three connectors and their relative proportions that we perceive as our experience. It is said that when a tree falls in…

  • Where is the stop sign when you are flying in the sky?

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    “Stop” sign has a definite meaning when you are on the land. You are driving along and you come upon a stop sign. You have no choice but come to a complete stop. It is a point of decision – you turn right, left or proceed straight forward. All of us make such decisions as…