by Aseem Gupta | Jun 18, 2020 | Personal Growth, Learning & Self-Development
Why We Struggle to Stay Present There is a quiet paradox at the heart of human experience: we live our lives in the present moment, yet we spend remarkably little time actually being in it. A study conducted by Harvard University found that people spend nearly half of...
by Aseem Gupta | Jun 4, 2020 | Philosophy, Meaning & Worldview
Buddhism is often seen as a religion—rich with rituals, symbols, and centuries of tradition. But beneath all of that lies something far more practical: a system for understanding the human mind and reducing suffering. At the center of this system is a collection of...
by Aseem Gupta | May 29, 2020 | Mind, Psychology & Human Behavior
A calm mind is often imagined as something natural—something we either have or don’t. But in reality, for most people, the mind is anything but calm. It drifts endlessly between past regrets and future worries, replaying conversations, anticipating problems, and...
by Aseem Gupta | May 28, 2020 | Philosophy, Meaning & Worldview
The Paradox of Loneliness Loneliness doesn’t behave the way we expect it to. We assume it belongs to empty rooms, quiet nights, and long stretches of isolation. We imagine it as something that creeps in when people are absent. But if we pay closer attention to our own...
by Aseem Gupta | May 24, 2020 | Philosophy, Meaning & Worldview
Introduction: Humanity’s Obsession With the Unanswerable Some questions refuse to die. They persist across centuries, cultures, and civilizations, quietly haunting the human mind. Long before science, before organized religion, even before written language, human...
