Pearls of Wisdom: Does Our Essence Remain the Same Throughout Our Life?

By Upendra Mishra BOSTON—I have been fascinated by dialogues between King Janaka and sage Ashtavakra in Indian mythology, especially about Ashtavakra’s simple explanations of the...

Pearls of Wisdom: God is Dead, Discover Yourself and Seek Good Habits for a...

By Upendra Mishra BOSTON—After the Age of Enlightenment dawned upon in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries, German philosopher, essayist and critic Friedrich Nietzsche...

Pearls of Wisdom: Love, Pleasure, Duty and Other Lessons

By Upendra Mishra BOSTON—The beauty of long winter nights in New England is that it becomes darker early and forces us to wind down our...

Pearls of Wisdom: The Meaning of Love

By Upendra Mishra BOSTON—For someone whose life got frozen at the age 20 and who never grew out of it, despite his body growing older,...

Pearls of Wisdom: How Our Thoughts Shape Our Destiny, and How We Can Master...

By Upendra Mishra BOSTON—When I was in my 30s, I began taking life a bit seriously and started to read books and literature that were...

Pearls of Wisdom: Thought, Action, Feeling, Authenticity and Happiness

By Upendra Mishra BOSTON—I recently read an article that was appropriately titled: “Are Authentic People More Mindful” in Psychology Today. This article explained authenticity and...

Pearls of Wisdom: Only Two or Eight Seasons?

By Upendra Mishra BOSTON--Close friends of mine who have known me well enough or have camped with me in the mountains or the nature wild...

Pearls of Wisdom: The Genius of Mahabharata and President Trump

By Upendra Mishra BOSTON—To be elected president of the United States is a big deal. Undoubtedly, it is the most powerful position in the world....

Pearls of Wisdom: The Disease of One More Thing, Time and the Story of...

BOSTON—Most of us eventually realize and understand the concept of time. After running as fast as we could and miss the beauty of small...

Pearls of Wisdom: The Unfinished Love

By Upendra Mishra BOSTON—If you’re lucky, I mean really lucky, you will fall in love—a love that merges two people together forever, and in such...
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