Did Adolf Hitler win?

I was brought up to believe that an eye for an eye was “old testament” barbarism, superseded by teachings from Jesus, Gandhi etc.
But now we have Israel which has taken 1,300 Palestinian lives, while losing roughly 13 Israelis–a ratio of 100:1.
100 eyes for one eye? It is beginning to appear that Hitler suceeded.  [...]

Practice what you Preach Index

Here is a “Practice what you Preach” index–a quantitative way of measuring whether a group of people really do practice what they preach.
The index can be applied to various groups ex. income based groups, or race based groups or age based groups. However, since “practicing what you preach” is an index of morality, I thought [...]

Religion at war with science, not the other way

I often hear people say that religion and science are at war with each other. Till now, always accepted this at face value. However, this is wrong–science and religion are not at war with each other–rather, it is religion that is at war with science.
The recent demotion of Pluto from being a full planet, came [...]

Israel’s Undigested Meme

One thing curiously missing from all the discussion about Israel and the Occupied Territories is the clearly observable, recognizable Nazi techniques in the Israel state. This is not surprising–the trauma of the holocaust, part and parcel of Israel’s founding meme, undigested, has been passed on through generations. In this post, I attempt to, [...]

Blue Pearl–Part II

It was March 19th when I first accidentally stumbled on the blue pearl during my meditation (see my previous post). I have an update for those of you who may find it of interest.

I have had four insights, two changes in my behavior and one extremely puzzling and tantalizing type of experience directly as a [...]

Meditation for Atheists–Blue Pearl and Beyond

Heard of a game called “Googlewhack”? It consists of finding two words that when “googled” return exactly one result. Within a few days of finding such a word combination, it gets compromised i.e. subsequent searches will find more than one result, since its listing at the googlewhack.com site, itself becomes a valid Google result.
At the [...]

Some Bad Poetry

Darwin was Right
When I went to the church
And saw the conviction
The faith, the sincerity, the devotion
And the lack of questions
When I went to the streets
And saw the rich in their luxury
Drive by the poor in the gutter
With not a second thought
When I went to the office
And saw the clever engineer
Talk proudly about his latest bomb [...]

What is Art?–the DeCordova and the Louvre

Recently the family decided to have a picnic in the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park. It was a beautiful afternoon and we began to examine the various sculptures in the Cordova’s garden. One was a strange burnt looking object about 20 feet tall and titled “No more cookies and cream”. “What did it mean?” I [...]

The Long Trip to India–This Very Body the Buddha, This Very Earth the Paradise

This one single thing has made the whole trip (at least so far) worth it – the discovery of OSHO and his writings. Before you roll your eyes and move on, I beseech you to read the rest of this write up.
Standing in a bookstore in Chennai called Landmark, in front of the Cafe, I [...]

The Long Trip to India–Cattle Truck to Chennai

So far, we have been treated very well in Paris – every one polite and courteous to us, as everyone should be to every other human being. Stories told by my father’s generation about Indians abroad getting second rate treatment seem (as they do in the US) absurd. Things begin to change though as we [...]