Being Siam amongst Humanity

Relationships through the lens of Buddhism

with clarity and readiness, then they could inhabit something akin to a near singular mind

Jan 18 • Siam Rahman

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October 2025

Evoking Subjectivity — Douglas Harding & Richard Lang

In that it’s impossible to experience where does the external world start and the internal world end.

Oct 21, 2025 • Siam Rahman

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Siam

to work hard during peace time, to work hard whilst not under-pressure, the virtue of working hard outside of survival — was unknown to me

Oct 5, 2025 • Siam Rahman

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September 2025

Marx: A Very Short Introduction | Peter Singer

When I studied at Oxford I did not envy those who were privileged because I saw what their utopia of resources had done to them.

Sep 17, 2025 • Siam Rahman

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July 2025

The Nature of Things | Lucretius

embrace that we have little control over how the dice will land — and to never feel discouraged enough to stop throwing | Review

Jul 26, 2025 • Siam Rahman

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The New Advocate — Franz Kafka

to be born not crying, but eyes open — filled with curiosity of the reality flooding into his new life | Review

Jul 15, 2025 • Siam Rahman

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Looking out Distractedly — Franz Kafka

A nod towards Sabrina Carpenter’s album covers | Review

Jul 3, 2025 • Siam Rahman

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June 2025

Children on the Road — Franz Kafka

where the ideas are a consequence of his heartfelt writing, rather than the writing acting as a consequence of his ideas | Review

Jun 9, 2025 • Siam Rahman

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May 2025

Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter | Simone de Beauvoir

in wanting to write whilst she lived — but he only lived in order to write | Book Review

May 24, 2025 • Siam Rahman

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March 2025

Waiting for a Train

what exactly are you waiting for

Mar 29, 2025 • Siam Rahman

ChatGPT’s commentary on Christianity, Buddhism, and Postmodernism

Postmodernism carries the imprint of Christianity even as it rejects it; Buddhism stands outside of the debate.

Mar 1, 2025 • Siam Rahman

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February 2025

How Important is Altruism to the Individual?

you can either feed your ego selfishly or feed Being selfishly

Feb 22, 2025 • Siam Rahman