How can I organize my thoughts better? I tend to overthink a lot about life, money and work? For example, if I need to give a presentation that can be prepared in 2 hours, I end up worrying about it for 2 days😓.

So, I’ve been working on figuring out how to carry out lake restoration of Dal Lake using metagenomics, and I feel like it’s very expensive, interesting, but it’s not interesting to me. Sir says it’ll be a novel work and I tried to read it. But I’m not intrigued or feel it apart from the fact that it is a good chance to see what’s beneath the surface. 🚣🏼😐

January 30, 2026

To start with whoever wants to send you to Dal lake does not know the ground situation there. Asked him if he has visited Srinagar and when? Is he taking guarantee for your safety? It is not normal to send a research student all the way up there to do a study, even if it be interesting. The purpose of PhD is primarily to…

Dearest Alok Da, a question concerning the lines in Savitri. These lines describe Death’s appearance: “Half-seen in clouds appeared a sombre face; Night’s dusk tiara was his matted hair, The ashes of the pyre his forehead’s sign.” (pg.595) – Is this a description of Lord Shiva? Is it Lord Shiva, or even Lord Yama, who is appearing as Death? Because matted hair and ashes on the forehead are worn by Lord Shiva and Lord Yama. 🙏🏻🌼

January 30, 2026

He stood in silence and in darkness wrapped,
A figure motionless, a shadow vague,
Girt with the terrors of his secret sword….

I had some suspicions regarding Advaita Vedanta and wanted to clear that up. The philosophy or the sect of Advaita Vedanta seems to be quite a problematic philosophical school, sometimes even a tool of the Asura. Or at least an Asura used by the divine to utterly break the old moulds of Bharat. 🔥[…]

January 30, 2026

I very much share your insight. Adwait Vedanta, for that matter all the different schools of Vedanta err by taking one particular realisation to be the ultimate. In doing so they almost unwittingly discredit or discard other equally important and powerful realisations that are needed to complete the picture. It leaves many unanswered …

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How can I organize my thoughts better? I tend to overthink a lot about life, money and work? For example, if I need to give a presentation that can be prepared in 2 hours, I end up worrying about it for 2 days😓.

I also find myself getting irritated with my loved one over small things. I’m married and struggle to manage multiple responsibilities—my job, my studies (I’m taking classes), and household chores, even though it’s just the two of us at home.

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