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Reflective Journey

A collection of 41 issues

The Vectorized Mind : Memory, Thought, and Creativity in High Dimensions

Is our memory a biological search engine, powered by high-dimensional "data embeddings"? Let's Explore how thought and creativity arise from neural vectors. Are we just pattern matchers, or something far more profound? Let's dive in and decide ...

The Society of False Selves

What if your true self is just another mask? In a world where curated identities thrive and authenticity becomes a performance, we’re left questioning if there’s anything real beneath the facade. Let's dive into this exploration of hyperreality, alienation, and redemption to confront the void...

What Does It Mean to Think, to Question, to Understand?

What does it mean to think, question, and understand? Let’s delve into the paradoxes of thought, ethics of questioning, limits of understanding, the unknowable, and how misunderstanding fuels progress. Join me in reflecting on how we shape and are shaped by the collective human pursuit of clarity.

The Geometry of Emotions : Symmetry, Chaos, and Human Feelings

What shapes your emotions — perfect symmetry or beautiful chaos? Let's into a poetic exploration of feelings, where love disrupts equilibrium, anger spirals fractally, and relationships evolve through turbulence. Let's uncover the hidden geometry that defines what it means to be human..

When Idealism Stagnates : The Danger of Closed Systems

In the vast labyrinth of ideas, where human beings strive to construct systems that reflect their highest aspirations, there exists an inherent danger : the moment when ideals become rigid, unyielding, and closed. This danger is not confined to a particular ideology; it is a universal tendency, born out of our

The Subtle Echoes of Memory : Marcel Proust’s Swann’s Way Vs. the Maithili Film Gamak Ghar

In a world where time slips through our fingers like fine sand, certain works of art compel us to grasp its fleeting nature, urging us to reconsider what is truly lost and what remains eternally within us. Marcel Proust’s Swann’s Way (In Search of Lost Time) and the

The Price of Time : A Personal Discourse on Valuing Life’s Most Fleeting Currency

In the relentless churn of daily obligations, demands, and the omnipresent noise of modern existence, I have come to one nagging question: What is the worth of my time? Time — this currency no bank vault can hold, no ledger can account for, and no contract can truly secure. Perhaps the

The Psychopolitics of Desire : Sovereignty, Subjugation, and the Endless Loop of Yearning

In moments of stillness, when the frenetic hum of modern life momentarily subsides, a disquieting thought takes hold of me : are the desires that drive my choices, shape my ambitions, and tether me to this world truly mine? Or am I merely a vessel — a transient repository for yearnings that

What Becomes of Us When Stripped of Our Illusions?

We live amidst illusions so deeply woven into the fabric of our lives that most of us mistake them for reality. They are comforting shrouds — myths of permanence, constructs of meaning, the false coherence of identity, the allure of progress. These illusions sustain us, individually and collectively, like fragile scaffolding

Elegy for the Coiled Souls

There’s a unique sadness I feel when I encounter people who embody, in their own way, the likeness of a snake. The sadness isn’t a sorrow I feel for myself or for the interactions we’ve had, but rather a quiet lament for them, for the human condition