A Book of Twenty Equations
Equations of Life
Why Achievement Isn't Enough — and 20 Equations That Complete the Map of Life
Twenty equations drawn from ancient wisdom and modern psychology that reveal why achievement alone cannot bring fulfilment — and what completes the map of a well-lived life.
About the Book
A map with the missing variable restored
Most of us are handed one equation early in life: work hard, achieve more, and fulfilment will follow. It is a good equation as far as it goes. But many people reach every milestone they set — the role, the house, the recognition — and still meet a quiet emptiness they cannot explain.
This book suggests the emptiness is not a personal failing. It is arithmetic. An inner variable has been left out of the sum. Drawing on Eastern spiritual wisdom and modern behavioural science, Dr Mahesh Rimal sets out twenty short equations that restore it — about thought and experience, reaction and response, grief, stability, and what genuine peace actually rests on.
Each equation is plain enough to remember in a difficult moment, and deep enough to sit with for years. Read start to finish, it is a complete map. Opened at random, it is a companion.
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Available in ebook, paperback, hardcover and audiobook — pick whichever suits how you like to read.
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The companion series
Every equation in the book has a companion video series — short explainers, real-life stories, guided reflections and a 30-day practice, all free on YouTube.
| Playlist | What it covers |
|---|---|
| The 20 Equations Explained | Short explainer video for each equation in the book |
| Equations in Real Life | The equations applied to everyday situations and stories |
| Reader Questions | Quick answers to real reader questions (Shorts) |
| Shorts | Bite-sized reflections for a quick moment of pause |
| The 30-Day Practice | A guided month of daily practice built from the book |
| Reflection Journal | Short guided pause-and-reflect prompts |
About the Author
Dr Mahesh Rimal
Dr Mahesh Rimal holds a PhD from The University of Tokyo and lives in Sydney, Australia. Equations of Life grew out of two decades of quiet study — of how Eastern inner science and modern behavioural thinking describe, in different languages, the same few truths about the mind.
He writes for readers who sense there is more: not a system to follow, but a clearer way of seeing what is already happening inside every ordinary moment.
Questions
Before you begin
They are twenty short, plain-language statements about how life actually works — how thought shapes experience, why achievement alone leaves a gap, and what genuine peace depends on. Each one is explored in its own chapter, with everyday examples rather than theory.
Wherever you are on the map, there is a way in.