ESSAYS

Understanding the global transition from expansion and ambition to inertia and drift — and what it means for inner clarity in an age of exhaustion.

A reflective essay tracing the lifecycle of modern institutions — from creative emergence to extraction and stagnation — and exploring what it means to live with clarity, integrity, and discernment inside an aging civilization.

There are moments in life when the world does not suddenly change, but suddenly reveals itself. Nothing dramatic announces the shift. No single event explains it. The familiar routines continue. The headlines cycle. Institutions persist in their public roles. And yet, beneath the surface, something begins to thin. Explanations that once satisfied start to feel cosmetic. Narratives that once offered reassurance begin to ring hollow. One senses, quietly at first, that much of w

Reality Accumulates is a quiet meditation on how small choices, hidden compromises, and unexamined habits slowly shape civilizations, institutions, and inner lives. In an age obsessed with narratives and appearances, this essay reflects on consequence, alignment, and the patient force of truth over time.

Even with Self-knowledge, the modern mind can remain agitated by a world of constant crisis and noise. This essay introduces Pattern Viveka as a complementary sadhana: learning how to read duality itself.

A Vedantic analysis of the American psyche, revealing how rajas and tamas have shaped the nation’s myths, leaders, temperament, and cultural destiny.

A dialogue between despair and discernment — where the world’s madness becomes the mirror of awakening.

A companion to “What is Evil and Why Does it Exist?”, this essay explores how fascism arises when tamas and rajas overwhelm sattva, why Ishvara’s order permits such darkness, and the dharmic responsibility that falls to witnesses in resisting it.

A sobering meditation on a civilizational drift already underway—one that automation and AI do not initiate, but accelerate. "The Fade" explores what happens when meaning erodes quietly, when technological ease meets a tired culture, and humanity is not destroyed by force, but gently erased by consent.