Disorientation of Political Vision

“When bad times come,” they say, “the clarity of thought is gone.” I am afraid this is happening to us. Our minds are clouded, our vision is distorted – we are suffering from total disorientation. We must think of others, but shouldn’t we be thinking about ourselves...

Saving Bali

“Bali is Beautiful,” Beautiful with big “B”, capital “B”….. Yes, Bali is indeed Beautiful. I believe in it not because people say so, but because I have always felt the beauty. I love Bali. And, I can never differentiate between love and beauty. They are...

We can End Suffering

Enough of suffering, we have suffered much….. The question is: How to end suffering? Can it be ended? And if it can be ended, then how do we end it? It is my firm belief that suffering can be ended. It is my conviction that we are not in this world to suffer. Pain is...

How Independent are We?

Year after year we celebrate our Independence Day. Many of us, though, celebrate it only formally. Just a handful of us are really enthusiastic about the celebration. Out of this handful too, perhaps very few really contemplate on the meaning of Independence. What...