Read more about the article Unconditioned: Zen and the Art of Failing Everything – A Journey through Eastern and Western Values
Eastern and Western Values
Knowledge and Wisdom / Life and Success

Unconditioned: Zen and the Art of Failing Everything – A Journey through Eastern and Western Values

My naïve reading of the two philosophies would look something like this, Western Life Philosophy of buying identity through acquiring external things for status, self worth, validation and purpose. Conversely, Eastern Life Philosophy of the basic needs (food & shelter), class struggle, reproduction, family and survivalist focus. Below the surface of these two apparent opposing life philosophies there was a common variable i.e. the DNA ingrained physiological and psychological traits of humans. Fascinatingly, They both have grass is greener for each other - collectivism to individualism. Then what’s the difference? It is the Nurture and Values. 

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February 16, 2026
Read more about the article The Expectation Economy: Where Does It End and Where Might Life Begin?
The Expectation Economy: Where Does It End — and Where Might Life Begin?
Life and Success / Self-Knowledge and Emotional Maturity

The Expectation Economy: Where Does It End and Where Might Life Begin?

Parents have expectations, families have expectations, culture has expectations, companies have expectations, shareholders have expectations and society has expectations…a part of me wonders where does the expectation economy stops and life begins. I feel we project our inner world (desires and fears) as expectations in hopes of controlling the uncontrollables…uncertainty, pain, struggle and maybe other humans...A part of human nature…

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June 23, 2025
Read more about the article The Thought-Emotion Web: Our Infinite Inner Worlds
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Personal Growth / Self-Knowledge and Emotional Maturity

The Thought-Emotion Web: Our Infinite Inner Worlds

And suddenly, you teleport to your inner fantasy world...I see a giant stage where curtains lift like a scared veil and a platform appears, and you see there's somebody who has their back turned towards you, slightly younger but not quite visible…I was like great, some cocky piece of s**t, stuck in my head…I start mumbling…Hey you, you’re not real…like people frantically repeat in a horror movie where a demon is facing them…Read more to explore your infinite inner world — "We all possess the superpower of evolving emotional dysfunction to healthy self-regulation. Changing the life you experience is a journey...where you engage in channelling your gifts (thoughts & emotions) to manifest the greatness that's destined for you" - Adnan

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October 7, 2024
Read more about the article Modern Love: A happily ever after fairy tale of ‘psychological abuse’ riddled with gender neutral human fallacies!
Relationships and Psychology

Modern Love: A happily ever after fairy tale of ‘psychological abuse’ riddled with gender neutral human fallacies!

True love is based on CHOICE and not NEED. The issue with people who grew up in conditionally loving families (majority of us), as in who were only appreciated for the benefit they provided (achievements, loyalty, submissive obedience, conflict avoidance) to their parents/immediate circle and internalised that that is the basis for all relationships - benefits received and provided. No matter how you view it, it's the emblem of toxic relationships.

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February 13, 2022