Wisdom of Insecurity Part 2

By Bhaavin Shah
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May 13, 2013
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My Book Summaries, Philosophy, World Order

THE WISDOM OF INSECURITY : PART 2
BY ALLAN WATTS

The transformation of life

The proper meaning of the word ‘theory’ is not idle speculation but vision. Vision in this sense means ‘clarity’ .. proper understanding of who you are and where you want to go. Without such vision all talk of being practical is useless. It is like walking busily in a fog and going nowhere.

If we have contradictory wants for example sovereign borders and world peace, then their results however practical we may be about getting them will be further contradictions. Keep Reading

Wisdom of Insecurity Part 1

By Bhaavin Shah
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May 02, 2013
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My Book Summaries, Philosophy, World Order

THE WISDOM OF INSECURITY : PART 1
BY ALLAN WATTS

The Age of anxiety

Essential realities of religion and metaphysic are vindicated in doing without them and manifested in being destroyed.

Human beings appear to be happy just so long as they have a future to which they can look forward. Man seems to be unable to live without the myth that the routine and drudgery, the pain and fear of this life have some meaning and goal in the future. Keep Reading

Conspiracy of the Rich

By Bhaavin Shah
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Apr 28, 2013
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My Book Summaries, Prosperity

Conspiracy of the Rich
by Robert Kiyosaki

In 1971, President Nixon, without the approval of the congress took the money off the gold standard and changed the rules of money – not just for U.S. but also for the world.

To omit the subject of money from the education system is a part of the conspiracy and is cruel and unconscionable. Keep Reading

On Environment and Sustainability

By Bhaavin Shah
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Apr 17, 2013
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My Book Summaries, World Order

Key Learning Points from the book

THE CONSTANT ECONOMY
BY ZAC GOLDSMITH

The case for change

We consume way beyond our means, roughly three times beyond our means but that doesn’t mean we must live lives that are three times poorer. It means we should demand food that has travelled shorter distances, less packaging for goods and products that will actually last. Keep Reading

What is Zen?

By Bhaavin Shah
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Apr 05, 2013
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My Book Summaries, Philosophy

Synopsis of

‘What is Zen’

by Alan Watts

The mundane too is sacred

Zen has always believed that the mundane and the sacred are one and the same.

Ask not and you will get

The transformation of consciousness is not a question of how much time you put into it as if it were all added up on some sort of quantitative scale and you got rewarded according to the amount of effort you put into it. Nor is it that simply by avoiding the effort and wanting it instantly would you get it. The only thing that your effort or ‘no effort’ can teach you is that this approach doesn’t work. You can only get it when you discover that you do not need it. You can only get it when you don’t want it. That is the secret. Keep Reading