The human sweats for the means of living since he walks the earth. His primitive existence illustrates a painful process. Everyone wishes to satisfy wants with greater ease and less pain. By Aqeelnsari The polity today has many forms. But the prevalent form of polity in ancient and medieval times is monarchy where a monarch…
The evidence of history suggests that political economies compete for hegemony seeking dominance of leadership by one nation over others. By Aqeel Ansari The secularist organises society to promote secular perception of life and labels it civil society. The word civil, an adjective, qualifies society. It is important to understand the qualifying adjective. Secular thinkers…
The society confers status to owners of wealth because wealth defines success. Accordingly, the object of pursuit of the secular mindset is wealth. By Aqeel Ansari The secularist views the human as mind embodied, devoid of soul because he is perceived to exist as some biological arrangement of body and mind. The power of mind…
Human action is the cause of change and you are the agent of change. You are not in charge of what happens to your life, if lifestyle and mindset remain disconnected. By Aqeel Ansari The philosophers harness the power of mind in pursuit of truth about origin and nature of human existence. They argue with…
Remember we only have a short span of life to live. The deceptive worldview prevails to depress you and manipulate your capacity to think and feel. By Aqeel Ansari A discussion of the prevailing worldview takes on new meaning once we examine how the deceptive worldview influences even the top 1% of people who compete…
Living in comfort zones stagnates one’s capacity. One should think and continually expand his or her capacity. Aqeel Ansari We pursue the discussion of the prevailing worldview to understand how it works and influences our world. It creates the status of man by dividing people into groups on the basis of wealth. And wealth is…
Making a mistake is not a crime, but making the same mistake over and over again certainly is. Relate this to the response of Muslims who generally remain indifferent to the challenge of powerlessness. By Aqeel Ansari Thinkers and scholars in every age philosophize and debate the nature and purpose of life and offer reason…
Reasons to justify your fears or excuses are not hard to come by. You may hide in your comfort zone because your family does not support what you want out of life. By Aqeel Ansari People dream of success, but they generally hesitate or reject to strive for it. Many begin the striving but turn…
The partisan behavior of cops in communal disturbances in Dhule in Maharasthra in January has raised disturbing questions about the role of the State Police. Pictures taken over cell phones show trigger-happy cops shooting innocent people to death rather than targeting the arsonists, looters and rioters. Some pictures even show the cops looting the Muslim…
In order to grow beneficial thoughts, cultivate the fertile mind, weed out prejudice and hate, uproot wild plants of self-importance. By Aqeel A. Ansari Recall our twofold challenge: rein in and train the horse and empower the rider. The natural capacity of body exists to make natural response instinctively in order to protect the body,…
