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Why do you want my mobile number buddy?

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  Why do you want my mobile number buddy? Pathik B. Variya Teacher, Researcher and (Hopefully One Day) A Nice Human Being 22 articles October 21, 2023 Open Immersive Reader #pv_diaries   #privacy   #spamming   #frauds Why do you want my number buddy? As I was going through this article,  https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/shopkeepers-can-no-longer-ask-for-mobile-numbers-before-generating-bill-new-govt-advisory-says-2383683-2023-05-24 , I realised how common it is for the shopkeepers and restaurants to demand our mobile numbers. More than that, as Indians, we are least bothered about the misuse of our mobile numbers. I have seen many people making very absurd comments like I am available 24x7 and I have done nothing wrong or have nothing to hide, so I need not worry. Privacy, to them, is a luxury, that only the rich can hope and common men's privacy is also common privacy! Some one month back, I went to a spectacles' showroom. Of course, I wanted new glasses. Everyt

Healing...

  Pathik B. Variya Pathik B. Variya • You • You Teacher, Researcher and (Hopefully One Day) A Nice Human Being Teacher, Researcher and (Hopefully One Day) A Nice Human Being 3d • Edited •  3d • Edited • #pv_diaries   #pv_diaries_on_stress   #sprituality   #mentalhealth   #peace Healing. Today, I am going to talk about healing. May be because, I am healing. Or may be because, at least, I have gained consciousness that I am trying to be healing. Yes, it has begun somewhere. It is beautiful. It is poetic. It is mystic. And no, this is not mere word play, it is just a one percent of what I am realizing. The dictionary definition of healing is to become healthy again, may be after a cut or an injury. That definition is not wrong. As such, there is nothing wrong in this world, as long as there is nothing wrong with me! The physical cut or injury shall 'heal' prima facie. It may leave a scar, at the most, but it might stop giving "pain". The pain, that was uncomforting. The

"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional"

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#pv_diaries   #stress   #stressmangement   #healing   #suffering   #philosophy   #spirituality A quote is attributed to three great people out there. "Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional". It is attributed to Dalai Lama, Haruki Murakami, and M. Katheleen Casey. Anyways, it captures the essence of today's post beautifully. 'Pain' is essentially something, that will accompany you, till you cease to exist. For example, there is pain in dental surgery, there is pain in learning a new programming language and so on. But once the dental surgery is over, it is time to "move on". It is fine. It was painful. It was uncomfortable. It was long. But, once it is over, one just needs to forget that and move on. The choice to "cling" on that experience or memory and replaying it in the mind is a choice of "suffering". Yes, "suffering is a choice". Suffering means "dukha", which is opposite of happiness (sukha). There are th