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Tag: Self Discovery

how will you know what you are not?

If you were not you, who would you like to be? This is the topic for Indispire Edition #362. I don't know on what premise the proposer poses this interesting topic for bloggers to express their views. But, from the wordings it is assumed that the author already assumes you are you. So, supposing you … Continue reading how will you know what you are not? →

Durga Prasad Dash Life-Sutras 4 Comments February 9, 2021 2 Minutes

Why Bhagavad Gita is the ultimate self-help book

You would not find the Bhagavad Gita in the self help section of a library or a book store. It is good that it is so. A book of the stature of Bhagavad Gita should not be reduced to the level of popular, (maybe even best seller) self help books which give a feel good … Continue reading Why Bhagavad Gita is the ultimate self-help book →

Durga Prasad Dash Life-Sutras, Nation&Society 9 Comments January 23, 2020May 21, 2020 3 Minutes

Are Inspirational Books Really Useful?

In my earlier blogpost- do self help books help - I was very critical of the self help books available in the market. Some thought I was a bit too harsh while sharing the uselessness of the majority of the self help books. I was thinking of writing a sequel, and this week's Insdispire prompt … Continue reading Are Inspirational Books Really Useful? →

Durga Prasad Dash Books, Nation&Society 7 Comments May 22, 2019 8 Minutes

do self help books help?

Today the book market is flooded with self help books. It is another issue that that the majority of the self help books do not help as was found out in a survey done some time back. Before picking up a self help book one should do this simple probing. Did this author succeed in … Continue reading do self help books help? →

Durga Prasad Dash Life-Sutras 34 Comments June 23, 2017November 27, 2019 2 Minutes

Of self discovery and spirituality

May be somewhere at the age of twelve I started to have deep feelings of uselessness of life. The feelings continued off and on. Pressing responsibilities and needs, first of a student life, then of a professional and family life drowned out the inner call. Of course, since childhood I had been interested in yoga … Continue reading Of self discovery and spirituality →

Durga Prasad Dash Life-Sutras 18 Comments December 16, 2016December 14, 2017 2 Minutes

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