Books

The Boy Without A Name – Idries Shah

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), This week let me bring to your attention a story from a series of illustrated books for young people, ‘The Boy without A Name’  by Idries Shah. Among the many insights that this story introduces to children is the idea that it takes patience and resolve to achieve   →

Awe, Some (and Belief) – God 4.0 – Dr. Robert Ornstein & Sally Ornstein

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), This week let me bring to your attention an interesting excerpt from this thought provoking & an important work, by Dr. Robert Ornstein & Sally Ornstein. Robert Ornstein was a noted psychologist and a leading expert on the brain. Founder and president of the Institute for the Study   →

The Neurophysiology of Everyday – Is Our Reality Really Real – God 4.0 – Dr. Robert Ornstein & Sally Ornstein

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), This week let me bring to your attention an interesting excerpt from this thought provoking & an important work, by Dr. Robert Ornstein & Sally Ornstein. Robert Ornstein was a noted psychologist and a leading expert on the brain. Founder and president of the Institute for the Study   →

The Moth and The Soot – The Commanding Self – Idries Shah

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation) today we look at one of the aspects of our personalities commanding self, highlighted via this fact pointed by the author, Idries Shah. “The Commanding Self” here points to the “mixture of primitive and conditioned responses, common to everyone, which inhibits and distorts human progress and understanding”. Written   →

We Are, Literally, in a Race with Ourselves – The Psychology of Consciousness – Dr. Robert Ornstein

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), This week again let me bring to your attention an interesting excerpt from this thought provoking work, ‘The Psychology of Consciousness’, by Dr. Robert Ornstein. Excerpt We Are, Literally, in a Race with Ourselves We are now biologically obsolete, as we evolved to suit the conditions of a   →

The Wise Man – Knowing How To Know – Idries Shah

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), This week again let me bring to your attention an interesting excerpt from this thought provoking work, ‘Knowing How to Know’, by Idries Shah. In this work the author draws our attention to concealed patterns, normally invisible to our customary modes of thought. Excerpt: The Wise Man ‘Wise’   →

The Spice-Market – Knowing How To Know – Idries Shah

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), This week again let me bring to your attention an interesting excerpt from this thought provoking work, ‘Knowing How to Know’, by Idries Shah. In this work the author draws our attention to concealed patterns, normally invisible to our customary modes of thought. Excerpt: The Spice-Market I get   →

News – Knowing How To Know – Idries Shah

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), This week again let me bring to your attention an interesting excerpt from this thought provoking work, ‘Knowing How to Know’. In this work the author draws our attention to concealed patterns, normally invisible to our customary modes of thought. Excerpt: News People don’t notice that they are,   →

The Defeatist Culture – Knowing How To Know – Idries Shah

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), This week again let me bring to your attention an interesting excerpt from this thought provoking work, ‘Knowing How to Know’ by Idries Shah. In this work the author draws our attention to concealed patterns, normally invisible to our customary modes of thought. Excerpt: The Defeatist Culture Overlapping   →

Solving Problems – Knowing How To Know – Idries Shah

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), We all spend some time reading a book either suggested by someone or maybe something that appeals to our thought process and there can be many other reasons as well for reading. This week again let me bring to your attention an interesting excerpt from this thought provoking   →