What is the “I am”? The “I Am” is the reflection of Consciousness (aka Brahman, Self, Awareness, the Absolute) in…
“Everything After the ‘I Am’ is a Lie” — John Wheeler
39 Reminders of WHO YOU ARE The first 39 pointers from John Wheeler’s book The Light Behind Consciousness, read in…
“Many ‘I’s are born and die every moment.”–Ramana Maharshi
Visitor: How to remove the ignorance? Ramana Maharshi: While lying in bed in Tiruvannamalai you dream in your sleep that…
The Silver Lining
A couple of reputed astrologers have predicted that I may not survive an illness that I will have approximately 5…
How Surrender Dissolves the Ego | The Undoing of the Separate Self
Surrender is often misunderstood as something we do in response to life. But true surrender is not an action —…
The Spiritual Seeker’s Dilemma — “Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder)”
Since everyone who is on the spiritual path starts to realize that there is more to one’s “I” than meets…
The “I Am”, the “You Are”, and Love
These days self-love is being advocated. In such a case, what is the self we love or are supposed to…
Capitalism, Kant, and Nisargadatta Maharaj
Read the commentary below the pic The capitalist system cares ONLY for productivity and profits, and in so much as…
Nirvana Shatkam
न मृत्युर्न शङ्का न मे जातिभेदःपिता नैव मे नैव माता न जन्मः ।न बन्धुर्न मित्रं गुरुर्नैव शिष्यंचिदानन्दरूपः शिवोऽहम् शिवोऽहम् ॥५॥ Na Mrtyur-Na Shangkaa Na Me Jaati-BhedahPitaa Naiva Me Naiva Maataa Na Janmah |Na Bandhurna Mitram Gurur-Na-Iva ShissyamCid-Aananda-Ruupah Shivo[a-A]ham Shivo[a-A]ham…
Dakshinamurthy Stotram, Adi Shankaracharya, Sanskrit — English translations
विश्वं दर्पणदृश्यमाननगरीतुल्यं निजान्तर्गतंपश्यन्नात्मनि मायया बहिरिवोद्भूतं यथा निद्रया ।यः साक्षात्कुरुते प्रबोधसमये स्वात्मानमेवाद्वयंतस्मै श्रीगुरुमूर्तये नम इदं श्रीदक्षिणामूर्तये ॥१॥ Vishvam Darpanna-Drshyamaana-Nagarii-Tulyam Nija-AntargatamPashyann-Aatmani Maayayaa…
HaHaHa…Silly Me
I am free, always was, always will be My body is not free, cannot be free My mind is not…