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  • The Four Stages of Life: Why You Might Be Stuck and How to Move Forward

    Most of us grow up thinking life is a straight path: go to school, get a job, build a family, and retire. But life rarely unfolds that neatly. Mark Manson, best known for The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, argues that life actually progresses through four distinct stages — and many of us get…

  • The Everyday Science of Meaning in Life

    For as long as humans have reflected on their existence, the question of life’s meaning has hovered at the edges of philosophy, religion, and literature. Is life meaningful? And if so, how and why? While these questions may sound like the domain of poets and mystics, modern psychology has quietly built a robust science around…

  • Daniel Kahneman on Well-Being: The Pursuit of Happiness vs. The Story of Our Lives

    Title: Daniel Kahneman on the Science of Happiness: From Experience to Memory and Back Again In a conversation as illuminating as it was honest, Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman sat down to reflect on his decades of groundbreaking work—not just in behavioral economics and decision-making, but in the complex world of human well-being. Best known for…

  • Understanding Consciousness Through Attention Schema Theory (AST)

    Have you ever wondered why we feel conscious? Why do we have that inner experience of being aware of the world around us and of ourselves? A fascinating idea called the Attention Schema Theory (AST) offers a fresh take on this age-old question. What is Attention Schema Theory? Imagine for a moment that your brain…

  • Understanding Consciousness: Insights from Anil Seth’s TED Talks

    Understanding Consciousness: Insights from Anil Seth’s TED Talks

    As someone deeply interested in the topic of consciousness, I was profoundly moved and enlightened by Anil Seth’s TED talks. These talks and his book, Being You, have become cherished resources in my journey to understand the nature of consciousness. My fascination with this topic also draws me towards spiritual wisdom traditions such as Vedanta and…

  • Unveiling ‘I am’: The Fundamental Sense of Existence

    Unveiling ‘I am’: The Fundamental Sense of Existence

    Is ‘I am’ a thought or feeling or cognition? The ‘I am’ or ‘aham vritti’ can be considered as a form of cognition, but it’s more than just a thought or a feeling. It’s a fundamental sense of existence or being.

  • Beyond the Ladder: Expanding Your Self, not Your Ego, in Work and Life

    We’re constantly bombarded with messages to “climb the ladder,” “hustle harder,” and “achieve more.” While striving for goals and self-improvement is valuable, the relentless pursuit of external validation can lead down a treacherous path: the inflation of the ego. But what if there was another way? What if, instead of expanding our ego, we focused…