Factory of The Mind

I read a few blog posts about how our march to modernity is ruining life, depleting values and causing massive exploitation. People like me, who've 'stepped out' of the mainstream regularly express themselves on such issues. Based on such articles and on my experience during the last few years, I've realised that we’ve come to belong to a category of idiots – absolute idiots. We are able to see and very clearly articulate the follies of the system – the education system, the economic system, the governance system, the social system. We are able to see clearly and articulate the exploitation of the human resources, the natural resources, animals and birds. We are also able to articulate solutions, at least a direction in which the exploitation can be avoided, the follies can be overcome. But we are naive enough to believe that others cannot see them. We offer talks and discourses thinking that we’re the prophets. People listen to our rambling and agree whole...

"If you stop earning - absolutely, how many years can you carry on with whatever you own?” , I asked a few people. The neighbouring small farmer said three months. The bigger farmer said five years. My ex-subordinate, who earns about a million and half p.a. also said five years. My ex-colleague earning about ₹ 5 million said 20 years. The manual labourer who works in our farm said I won’t be able to repay what I borrowed to live during the last 3 months. To earn for livelihood is a compulsion for few, not so for few others. Wouldn’t it be fantastic to know how much is enough to suffice till old age, say 90? If I knew that, and let’s say a buffer for another 10 years, I can live like a child – provided for – not a worry about finances – at least one aspect of life completely sorted out! Then, there is no point in earning more. I can work for other reasons. The concept of JIT became quite famous in the context of production management a fe...

Is all the intellectualism around governance methods, economic models, morality, social justice and education worth any effort?  Can't we notice that constitutions, laws and codes have never managed to reign the corruption within ? We may want to believe that gift culture or bitcoin will avert collapse of the economy, that permaculture will reverse the destruction of agriculture, that alternate education will change human behaviour. But inside of the inside, we know the none of this will happen. We know that it is fear, which is making us believe ! Dear Intellectual, Intellect is a tool of the divine, not a servant of your ego. Be mindful of the urge to misuse it. Writing codes of civilisation is futile. When people have been cleansed from within, it will get reflected in their behaviour and intent. Stop wiping the mirror; the spot is on the face! Let's get that straight. Can your intellect be useful in cleansing the inner selves? Cleanliness is , indeed , Godliness ! ...