by Rajan Singh | Oct 31, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
Why should we meditate? If it was truly beneficial, would evolution have not predisposed us to do that? After all, our ancestors in Savannah surely never meditated and they did just fine. Then why should we? The problem with this logic is that evolution optimizes for...
by Rajan Singh | Oct 30, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
The Bhagwad Gita’s principal message can be very confusing. It exhorts, “Do your duty, but do not concern yourself with the results.” So we are asked to not desire the end outcome. But how can we pursue goals without that? In fact, the Buddha also echoed a...
by Rajan Singh | Oct 29, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
Two years ago, a dotcom investor funded a serial entrepreneur to the tune of more than 200 cr and lost it promptly in less than a year. That begs the question — what did the investor see in the entrepreneur? A great idea? A track record of solid value creation?...
by Rajan Singh | Oct 28, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
“Each of you is perfect the way you are … and you can use a little improvement.” ― Shunryu Suzuki This seemingly self-contradictory Zen quote summarizes how we should live life. While it could be interpreted in many ways, here is my take on it. Each of us is a...
by Rajan Singh | Oct 25, 2024 | LinkedIn Posts
I was listening to meditation teacher Larry Rosenberg’s audiobook ‘Breath by breath’, in which he relates this story. He was attending a 3-month Zen meditation retreat in Asia. After 45 days, the Zen master running the retreat made a surprise...
