ESSAYS

A clear Vedanta glossary entry on vritti—the mental modifications or thought-waves of the mind. Explains how thoughts, emotions, and perceptions arise, and why none of them belong to the Self.

A deep Vedantic look at emotions: why humans need them, why the Self doesn’t, and how identification—not feeling—is the real source of suffering.

A reflective essay on why no advanced species is coming to save humanity—and why wisdom remains one of the rarest phenomena in the universe.

A Vedantic analysis of how extreme wealth amplifies ego, misidentification, and ignorance—revealing that the very people society admires are often the most profoundly bound.

A Vedantic reading of Keith Jarrett’s improvised masterpiece “October 17, 1988,” exploring its arc from chaos to clarity and its hidden structure as Om.

Why does the world look unhinged? Vedanta’s answer is unsettling: the world behaves exactly as something built on ignorance would behave. This essay unpacks how avidya unfolds into society — and how clarity changes our relationship with it.