About me
Where did we all come from? Where are we going? Is there any meaning at all to life? These are the kind of questions that interest me. At the core, I am a seeker - seeker of knowledge. I think knowledge gives us clarity, makes us less stupid, and takes us towards the truth. I like to read books. I mostly read about History, Philosophy, Science, and Religion. Growing up, I was a sports guy - so you can find that competitive spirit when you play Cricket, Chess, Carrom or Table tennis against me. Of all the activities, I enjoy Swimming the most. I know a little bit of music - Little bit of piano, self-learning guitar. I once wrote on Quora. Jack of a few things, trying to become better at some. We are both benevolent gods and malevolent monsters. People must be given another chance. Anger is detrimental in many cases. Glass half-full. Grateful 🙏
Vikram S
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R. Ramanathan
Vivek Nagarajan
I am a technology enthusiast with a lifelong curiousity about the nature of everything and have had a passion for philosophy and science as long as I can remember. I spent my teenage years from the age of 12 to 23 in a remote Himalayan forest abode, where a few of us attempted to live an ascetic life with spiritual study and practice as the primary goal. While I was there, I studied the works of Sri Aadi Shankara, Swami Vivekananda, Ramana Maharishi, Bhagavad Geeta and the principal eight Upanishads.
Since returning to the Saamsaric life, I work as a software developer, and taken up various interests like weightlifting, callisthenics, motorcycle riding/racing and computer generated art. I also continue to do some of the activities that I enjoyed while living in the forest like trekking in the mountains and woodworking. I have been engaged in reading the Brhad Yogavaashistam in Sanskrit since 2018, which my mother and spiritual Guru has been translating since a decade or so.
My core beliefs align mostly with the Advaita Vedanta and the doctrine elaborated in this grand text.
Through this blog I wish to express my experiences and conceptual descriptions in the most logically sound way, so that the truths of our ancients can reach even the most skeptical reader, and make them wonder. My pet philosophical topics to think about are Subjectivity, Free will, Identity along with some scientifically overlapping ones like Quantum indeterminacy and Relativity.