Advaita Vedanta, often perceived as abstract philosophy, offers profound practical wisdom for contemporary challenges. Addressing relationship anxiety: Understanding that all relationships involve temporary roles (parent-child, husband-wife, employer-employee) helps maintain healthy boundaries. Like actors wearing costumes for one play, we play these parts for one lifetime. This doesn't mean rejecting relationships but ending unhealthy emotional dependence and expectation that others provide permanent happiness. Discovering unconditional love within (Atman) enables authentic relating without clinging. Managing wealth obsession: Advaita's teaching that money doesn't cause happiness (no direct causal relationship between wealth and well-being) frees people from endless accumulation. Practice contentment with legitimate earnings; use wealth for noble purposes (charity, education, supporting spiritual growth). Handling existential anxiety: Recognizing that life's uncertainty—"uncertain as water droplet on lotus leaf" (Bhaja Govindam)—is fundamental truth helps release the futile attempt to control everything. Impermanence isn't defect but nature of phenomena. Seeking security in the unchanging (Brahman/Atman) rather than changing circumstances brings genuine peace. Addressing identity crisis: Modern identity fragmentation (defining self by career, possessions, relationships, social media metrics) creates vulnerability. Advaita's "neti neti" (not this, not this) practice helps dis-identify from temporary roles to discover unchanging witness consciousness. You are not your thoughts, feelings, or circumstances—you are the aware presence observing them. Dealing with loss and grief: Understanding that what dies is only the body (which was never the Self) transforms death from tragedy to transition. The Atman is immortal; relationships continue at deeper levels than physical. Work-life balance: Verse 19 of Bhaja Govindam: "One may delight in yoga or bhoga (worldly pleasures), may have attachment or detachment. But only he whose mind delights in Brahman enjoys bliss, no one else." External conditions matter less than internal orientation. You can be householder or renunciate; key is maintaining connection with something deeper than circumstances.