u/Lady22samurai

"All this talk about God was childish evasion... There was only chaos; miserable, suffering, cruel, tortuous, blind, endless chaos."

I came across this passage while reading 'Lust for life' , based on the life of painter Vincent Van Gogh.

Some books entertain you. A few quietly rearrange something inside you.

This one captures passion, loneliness, obsession, failure, and the relentless need to create with such raw honesty that I found myself putting it down just to sit with what I'd read.

It's one of those rare books that leaves you fumbling for words—not because there's nothing to say, but because it has already said so much, so beautifully.

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Growing up, many of us are taught that if a man and a woman are close, there must be something romantic underneath. Attraction, expectation, or some hidden motive.It almost feels like friendship alone isn't considered enough.

But I've started wondering if that's more about conditioning than reality.

Some of the most meaningful conversations I've had came from people I wasn't trying to date or impress. Just two human beings meeting without the pressure of roles, labels, or expectations.

Maybe that's what a fuller way of living looks like: seeing the person before seeing their gender.

Do you think genuine friendship between men and women is actually rare, or have we simply been taught to misunderstand what closeness can be?

May I wish best for every patient..and not let cynicism deter me from that ever.🩺

For centuries, we have marked the beginning of life with birth.

But perhaps the story of our existence begins much earlier, in the quiet darkness of the womb, where the foundations of experience may already be taking shape.

Science does not yet have a complete answer to when consciousness first appears. What we do know is that the developing brain gradually builds the complex networks that may allow awareness and experience to emerge. It is not a moment of arrival, but a slow unfolding.

Maybe the deeper question is not only, “When were we born?” but “When did we begin to experience?”

Not an answer.

Just a question that invites us to look at life a little differently.

Source: The Awakening of the Newborn Human Infant and the Emergence of Consciousness. Acta Paediatr. 2025 Feb 15;114(5):823–828. doi: 10.1111/apa.70031. Available from: PubMed Central (PMC)

I often wonder about Shark Tank India. Very popular show indeed and it is such an interesting mirror of the world we live in too. It celebrates entrepreneurship, innovation, negotiation, and the courage to build something. There is nothing wrong in creating products, solving problems, or wanting growth. It’s actually quite exciting. But while watching it, a question keeps arising in my mind.. what is the deeper movement behind all this growth? Is it only about creating value, or is it also about endless expansion, more consumption and more accumulation?

The investors seek returns, entrepreneurs seek success, and consumers seek convenience and satisfaction. This is the visible transaction. But there is also an invisible side worth looking at. Don’t you think? Every increase in consumption has a cost somewhere: resources extracted, waste created, nature impacted. It’s a trade off! We celebrate valuations, funding, and market size so easily, but how often do we pause and ask what kind of world this constant pursuit of growth is creating?

Perhaps the inquiry is not whether Shark Tank is good or bad, but whether I can observe this entire game without getting pulled into the same race. What does my way of watching reveal about my own relationship with success, money, and consumption?

The ongoing news around India’s cough syrup controversy raises a question beyond regulations and inspections. Reports of contaminated syrups linked to child deaths and violations of manufacturing standards show us the consequences of choosing profit over responsibility.

But let's look closer. This isn't just about corporate greed; it’s about a deeply rooted human apathy that exists in our daily lives too.

Think about it:

⚠️ Completing work just for show?

⚠️ Tweaking figures in a report?

⚠️ Breaking a traffic rule or cheating because "everyone does it"?

Big failures are often not created by one big wrong action. They are the result of many small compromises repeated over time.

Rules and surveillance can control behaviour from outside. But if a person needs fear to do the right thing, then the moment fear disappears, so does honesty.

So I feel that the deeper question for all of us, is not whether someone is watching us. The real question is: What is our relationship with truth when there is no reward, no punishment, and no one to judge?

This song talks about a deep restlessness inside every human being that nothing in the world can fully satisfy.

This restlessness is described as the nature of the ego, which never feels at home anywhere and keeps searching.

The “fire” in the song is not a normal desire, but a deeper longing that nothing external can calm.

It suggests that all human searching is actually a search for Truth, even if we don’t recognise it.

The journey feels endless, without real rest or completion. 😊