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The walk

I walk a road with curves and bends,

Where promises of suffering seem to no end

The dampness and moss which cushions my feet

Makes me feel so cold so incomplete.

The cold the damp, the hanging mist,

Makes me question the sanity of this tryst

the ash grey waters and the blacker than black sky

stand in Mourning as I pass by an by.

The frost has nipped the sunflower in the bud.

Worms beetles and…

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Dear Indian education system,

Dear Indian education system,

To begin with dear friends, I want to make a special request. This is the first time I have done anything of this nature and I would be grateful if you reciprocated. I would really like it if you would re-blog this post on your site, I want it to reach the widest audience possible.

Everything in this letter is true dear reader, and who knows? even you may resonate with it..

SO read the letter,…

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Thought for the day.

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The Conformist Rut.

In this modern day and age it has become a norm for most teenagers to align themselves with the popular opinions prevalent in their surroundings, and specifically in their age group. No one wants to stick out like a sore thumb. However this trend of being one with the group extends not only to clothes, books or television shows, but also to certain dangerous life choices such as drinking and…

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Thought for the day.

Thought for the day.

We often do not give ourselves the credit and love we deserve. We appreciate others with far greater ease and even hesitate when it comes to giving ourselves a reassuring pat of the back, even when we need it. We take great joy in berating and belittling ourselves. It is however a rare and profoundly intuitive book that will shake the mind of the reader. Beloved by Toni Morission was one of them.…

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What is Humanism? (The Video)

What is Humanism? (The Video)

Hey!

So many people have been asking me about what humanism is….

This is an amazing video that sums up just that!

However this is the like to the full post (Inclusive of the video) about what humanism is.

https://thehumblehumanists.com/2018/05/31/what-is-humanism/

https://videopress.com/embed/ZlIaB5fe?hd=0&autoPlay=0&permalink=0&loop=0

Do you think you are a humanist too?

Tell me your thoughts in…

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Thought for the Day Refer to the link below to get a thorough sense of the thought for the day!

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What is Humanism?

So I have been asked the question time and again,

(Drum roll Please)

“What is Humanism?”

So…I decided to start at the beginning………

(Check out the video at the bottom also!)

…………. many of us are highly suspicious of anything with an ism attached to a words rear end. However, the reason it is an ism is purely because it was born in the time of the Renaissance where scholars like Petrarch, Lorenzo…

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Reality entertainment has become more popular than ever. Earlier there were fewer options of reality TV like the classic Britain’s Got Talent, MasterChef and MinuteToWinIt. However now, that range has quadrupled in the span of a few years, from Keeping up with the Kardasians, Shark Tank, Survivor and a host more. What Reality TV shows us is how the lives of a select few have been ‘transformed’ so as to speak by performing silly tricks, skillful manipulation of a craft, or by fame, borne of our desperation for some kind of drama.

It makes us envy people, root for people, hate people and sends us down a visceral but very tangible emotional roller coaster ride. If one were to introspect, then they would come face to face with a potentially troubling truth; that Reality TV is the absolute opposite of its name. It is Pseudo reality, which temporarily pleases us but causes long term debilitating effects upon most. Therefore, I would think that it is Harmful, if viewed with the kind of obsessed intensity it is viewed with now.

The fact that these shows are viewed with such borderline obedient regularity points at the fact that we are somehow exceedingly unhappy in our job or relationship or with our success in the world. This is the reason we turn to these sources of entertainment to provide us with some excitement in our seemingly unextraordinary lives. Granted these shows provide us a temporary high, but after that, the world around us, our ‘true reality’ seems so much more mundane and boring. Our lives painfully uneventful when juxtaposed against those who live more exciting lives by virtue of their entry into some reality TV show.

  The cold truth is that very few of us may gain entry into the blitzy and glitzy world of reality TV. Most of us may live simple ordinary lives. However that does not mean that our lives are not without meaning, we will all have our small victories, happiness’s and joys. It may not be on a fabulously large scale, you may never have a show broadcasting all the events in your life but that okay. Those moments are just as important and you are in the vast majority of humanity. Even the renowned painter Vermeer, shows that there is something immensely honorable and noble about doing the chores or getting your children ready for school, though those event may never be in the spotlight. This is why he chose to paint instances from everyday live like a Milkmaid or children playing games on the roadside or someone making lace.

If it is reconciled in an individual that their lot is good as it is and enough as it is, they will still be able to watch Reality TV and not be so strongly affected by it. The shows will now be viewed with awareness and therefore detachment.

  In conclusion, Reality TV can be harmful as it plays on our desires to live more exciting lives, however, though Reality TV may never change, like Vermeer, we can still be content with that which is perfectly and beautifully ordinary.

Reality Entertainment Reality entertainment has become more popular than ever. Earlier there were fewer options of reality TV like the classic Britain’s Got Talent, MasterChef and MinuteToWinIt.

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Thought for the Day.

This quote for the critically acclaimed 1984 impacted me strongly. As a race, we all seem to hanker after the ever elusive “love”.

It becomes so important for us as a species to find love, fall in love, be in love, love and the host of other attributes of love.

Love in that way becomes a rather overused word used as a paltry and under thought substitute for many other emotions and feelings.

Somet…

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Thought for the Day It took me a while to understand this one by Mr Keats. But what I think it means given my standpoint is that the life we lead is beautiful and vibrant and there is so much to love. However the music of the soul, unheard but powerful, gathered in moments of introspection and solitude is the sweetest.

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Desire

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The Trials of a Writer

The Trials of a Writer

Being a writer is fantastic really.

You get the wonderful opportunity to shed ink upon,

Events,

Places,

People

and experiences,

That matter to you.

That make a difference to your sliver of the universe.

However,

The trials of a writer are

most acutely observed

most painfully observed,

most beautifully observed

When on occasion…..

The writers heart aches to be a part of,

as opposed to viscerally…

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One Man On The Road

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Thought for the Day.

Thought for the Day.

I’ve actually been thinking about classically negative emotions like hurt pain and suffering. Does the presence of these emotions and Mr Green supports us, points to the fact that the hurt we feel over a dead pet, a terminally sick parent or a broken relationship signify that those this meant something to us. Matter to us so deeply that they hurt.Moving on as all the self help books say is…

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One Man On The Road

One Man On The Road

This is an incident that happened happened a few days age but getting it out of my head has been difficult. It meanders along the synapses of imagination and pricks at the seat pf reason or the mind. Why I ask myself is there so much discrepancy in what we have. We complain about having smaller houses or cars or salaries not realizing that some people do not even have those things.

To the passive…

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Thought for the day

Thought for the day

What do you guys think?