Blogcritics Author: CoolDeep

The Secret of Creativity

CoolDeep — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:31:49 EST

When you write, forget about the Booker Prize. When you paint, forget about the galleries in Paris. When you sing, forget about the Billboard charts.
This is not a theory I am trying to propagate. These are real life observations and analyses I've derived from my experiences. Barring exceptions, what I've realized is that if we allow ourselves, everyone of us can sing, dance, paint, compose a song or a piece of poetry, or play a musical instrument. To be precise, every one of us can become...

To All My American Friends, and the World, in the Current Economic Crisis

CoolDeep — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:39:05 EDT

We get so overwhelmed and occupied with our problem that we fail to see the way to the solution - which is already there.
I am neither a financial expert nor a profound economist. But there is one thing that I have realized in the recent past that I would like to share with you. Through various incidents I have arrived at this realization. Some of those incidents were extremely painful and bitter, like the sudden demise of my father last November just few weeks before...

Learn to Forgive Yourself Unconditionally

CoolDeep — Tue, 7 Oct 2008 10:42:16 EDT

Unless you have learned to forgive yourself, all acts of forgiveness are sheer nonsense and hypocrisy.
I have heard many of the so-called saints and gurus giving sermons and lectures on forgiveness and forgiving others. But I have rarely heard these people teaching people to learn to forgive themselves. And the truth is, unless you have learned to forgive yourself, all acts of forgiveness are sheer nonsense and hypocrisy. It is plain and simple as...

Why Bill Gates Quit Microsoft: Man's Quest for Happiness

CoolDeep — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:14:56 EDT

A spiritual answer to why one the world's most successful men quit his business.
I don't know how many of you have been wondering about the news that the founder and chairman of Microsoft quit. As for me, since I am in the computer science industry, this news hit me hard. I and with my friends here in Bangalore were completely wonder-struck. We were asking ourselves: why did one of the most successful CEOs in this business,...