Author: sipractce
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The certainty of Ignorance
What fascinates me the most is the degree of certainty associated with me, when I am totally ignorant. It appears that only through facilitation and engagement in activities that requires pertinent use of the knowledge that the certainty of ignorance can be replaced. This is easier said than done Failure is not the outcome of…
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Habits
Habits are indeed powerful tools. They play a vital role to simplify our life by putting it on “cruise control”. But it may be valuable to challenge all our habits once in a while to understand the predicate behind the habits.
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Religion – the door to the house that exists or not?
“I think different religions are like different doors to the same house. Sometimes I think the house exists and sometimes, I don’t”
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Do you have a favorite child?
It will be futile to believe that we do not make choices and hence do not exhibit our preferences. But, the real question is this: Do such choices arise out of objective analysis of the situation and the appropriate choices they warrant or are such choices based on a pattern, with bias as the dominant…
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Aspects of “help”
Help is not a matter of significance to those that offer help, but for those who receive and benefit from such help. Help may not always be visible in its immediate impact. On the other hand doing the right thing for the moment, to the best of one’s ability with out expectations may be the…
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How old are you?
No sooner than I parted company with this youthful soul, I saw a family of Canadian Geese on the nearby yard. It was just another group of birds on the way, in my books. It was not the case with my young at heart acquaintance. She was visibly excited at the sight of these birds…
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How large is your family?
Perhaps it is wrong to ask the question” How large is your family?” Instead it may be better to ask, “How well do you know your “family” and what you are doing to nurture it to grow larger and stronger?”
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Science, God and our understanding.
Science, Philosophy and Theology are not mutually exclusive realm for an ordinary person. They may appear to be exclusive of each other for experts in these three fields.
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True sign of ignorance
Small incidents in life give us an opportunity to learn about our ignorance – the blind spots – and hence prepare us to look for the same in other larger aspects of life.
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How many do you touch in your life: One, fifty thousand or half a million?
Each of us have the capacity to touch the lives of many and a few more; just like the maestro is recognized by the larger audiences he performs to. Happy July 4th!
Spirituality In Practice 