The Reflective Lens

My Relationship with Garlic

From childhood jealousy to post-modern enlightenment

Oct 4 • Abhijeet Kislay

3

2

September 2026

I want Chicken Falafel

One of my earliest lessons in navigating America.

Sep 27 • Abhijeet Kislay

1

1

August 2026

We are dying but we aren’t dead yet

Nor can we ever die!

Aug 31 • Abhijeet Kislay

3

1

Vedanta Is Not “Positive Thinking”

Changing a story is not the same as realizing it is just a story and not reality

Aug 30 • Abhijeet Kislay

2

3

The Power of Deliberate Ignorance

A framework for protecting your beginnings from the paralyzing weight of everyone else's expertise

Aug 29 • Abhijeet Kislay

3

4

The Cosmic Trashcan

The Free Lunch of True Devotion

Aug 28 • Abhijeet Kislay

3

7

April 2026

The Mechanics of Happiness: A Vedantic Proof

A methodical argument, drawn from the Pancadasi, showing that objects don’t create happiness. They only end your disturbance

Apr 24 • Abhijeet Kislay

3

1

When Wealth Outpaces Wisdom

On balancing Śrī and Lakṣmī in a modern life

Apr 20 • Abhijeet Kislay

4

March 2026

Redefining the "Right" Choice

Two steps to exercise sound decision-making

Mar 4 • Abhijeet Kislay

5

3

February 2026

काम, धर्म और मनुष्य का आंतरिक राजपथ

पतन और उत्कर्ष के बीच का सूक्ष्म, पर निर्णायक अंतर

Feb 26 • Abhijeet Kislay

1

1

I Refuse to Hurry

On Preserving the Qualitative Vitality of Life

Feb 23 • Abhijeet Kislay

4

4

Four Reasons We Seek the Sacred

Krishna’s breakdown of the human heart: from the exhaustion of the world to the silence of the sage.

Feb 15 • Abhijeet Kislay

6

1