“Every individual acts and suffers in accordance with his peculiar teleology, which has all the inevitability of fate, so long as he does not understand it.” - Alfred Adler. While reading Alfred Adler, the 20th century Austrian psychotherapist, i learnt why dealing with neglect in early life can end up…

And escape from the `master’ mind. — If material success is not filling you up— you might be enslaved by your `master’ mind. You need to find a way to your `heightened self’. On the summit of my success, i found the unclimbed mountain of my self. …I had this shocking realization at the height of my…

Freedom and the 9 movements to get there. — “Is it possible to wake up some mornings and feel incapable of loving…when you feel nothing…nothing at all.”- a text from a very happy, successful friend this morning. I was there. Caged in a gemstone mind. With a glass full of goal coins and yet desperately thirsty for joy. Unable…

Notes while reading Carl R. Rogers — On Becoming a Person. — Underneath all my research into resolving my self-doubts, fears and paranoia lies one central search…a search for uncovering my real self. This book found me and gave me some answers. So I thought I should share some of what I found. “It seems to me that at the bottom each…

Chapter 34: Explosive Mix of Good and Evil. — “Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.”― Mae West Sapna's bombshell break-up with Vicki was still ringing in his ears as Senn waited to meet the arms dealer—Mr. Salim Pasha, at his 20th-floor office at the Four Seasons, Worli. The meeting was about the undetonated plastic explosive…

Chapter 33: Untangling Bitter DeadEnds — “You’re just another story I can’t tell anymore.”- Graffiti When Sapna stormed into his apartment, Senn could tell she'd been crying. Cloaked behind her oversized Chanel sunglasses, her puffy, sullen face said it all. It was almost 10 in the morning, and Senn was packing his bag and hurrying to…

Chapter 32: Come. Let's Tumble Down My Rabbit Hole — To find out if she really loved me, I hooked her up to a lie detector. And just as I suspected, my machine was broken. ― Dark Jar Tin Zoo A petite (and panting) Luna torpedoed into Vicki's office wearing blue jeans, white sneakers, and a leopard print spaghetti strap…

Chapter 31: The Mist of Time Weaponizes the Truth — “I would rather be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices.”― Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jaggi, head bent, pored over Indu's confession without uttering a word. He reread it from the top again, closed the notebook, handed it back to Sapna, and exclaimed, "Sickening! …

Chapter 30: Jaggi Tries Jogging His Memory — “Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”― Haruki Murakami Jaggi gave Sapna a long, warm hug as Senn and Vicki waited their turn to greet the Kalari master. …