by Aseem Gupta | May 13, 2020 | Philosophy, Meaning & Worldview
At first glance, Buddhism and Stoicism seem worlds apart. One emerged in ancient India, shaped by spiritual inquiry and the quest for enlightenment. The other took root in the bustling intellectual culture of Athens, grounded in reason and the art of living well. They...
by Aseem Gupta | May 11, 2020 | Philosophy, Meaning & Worldview
The Restless Mind That Seeks Peace There is something strangely familiar about the problem that Seneca the Younger tried to solve nearly two thousand years ago. A man of immense influence in the Roman Empire, advisor to emperors, and one of the central voices of...
by Aseem Gupta | May 9, 2020 | Philosophy, Meaning & Worldview
The Strange Paradox of Self and Society It’s a strange thing when you really stop and look at it. You care about yourself more than anyone else in the world. Your thoughts, your feelings, your life—these are the things closest to you. And yet, somehow, the opinions of...
by Aseem Gupta | May 8, 2020 | Philosophy, Meaning & Worldview
The Shared Goal: A Mind Free from Disturbance At first glance, Stoicism and Buddhism seem to emerge from entirely different worlds—one rooted in ancient Greece and Rome, the other in the spiritual traditions of India. Their languages differ, their symbols differ, and...
by Aseem Gupta | May 5, 2020 | Philosophy, Meaning & Worldview
“Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness…” — Marcus Aurelius There’s something strangely comforting about this line. Not because it’s pessimistic—but because it’s honest. It acknowledges a reality we...
