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Philosopher & Poet. Holds degrees in Medicine (MBBS) and Economics (MA, The Johns Hopkins University). Certified programmer. An avid reader. Worked in various capacities as a medical writer, copywriter, copyeditor, software programmer, newspaper columnist, and content writer. Amazon Author Page - https://www.amazon.in/stores/D.-Samarender-Reddy/author/B0CB7PMW36

Nisargadatta Maharaj on Pleasure and Pain


If you look at yourself in your moments of pleasure or pain, you will invariably find that it is not … More

Acceptance, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Suffering

What is non-duality anyway?


Originally posted on Tom Das:
This website is sub-titled ‘Spirituality and Non-Duality’. But what exactly is non-duality (advaita in Sanskrit)? Even…

Advaita, Meditation, Nonduality, Self-realization

Self-Enquiry Method of Ramana Maharshi


Here is David Godman describing what the self-enquiry method taught by Ramana Maharshi is and how it can be practiced … More

Ramana Maharshi, Self-enquiry, Self-realization / Liberation

Q&A with Swami Sarvapriyananda – 30 September 2018


Consciousness, Meditation, Mind, Thoughts

David Godman on Ramana Maharshi’s Highest Teaching


These [Ramana Maharshi’s] verbal teachings flowed authoritatively from his direct knowledge that consciousness was the only existing reality. Consequently, all his … More

Consciousness (Awareness), Ramana Maharshi, Self-enquiry

Nisargadatta Maharaj on Karma or Destiny


Karma, or destiny, is an expression of a beneficial law: the universal trend towards balance, harmony and unity. At every … More

Destiny, Karma, Nisargadatta Maharaj

John Wheeler – You Are Awareness


In my first conversation with Bob Adamson, the very first thing he asked me was (as I recall it), “Well, … More

Awareness, Consciousness (Awareness), Thoughts, Who am I?

What is this You in Yourself? – Osho


Sat Sangha Salon So we have to understand what meditation is. Gautam Buddha, the founder of Zen, the founder of … More

Consciousness, Meditation, Mind, Thoughts

Jiddu Krishnamurti: True Meditation


Originally posted on Tom Das:
Meditation is never the control of the body. There is no actual division between the organism…

J. Krishnamurti, Meditation

Eckhart Tolle on Surrender and Acceptance


Surrender is the simple but profound wisdom of yielding to rather than opposing the flow of life. The only place … More

Acceptance, Eckhart Tolle, Surrender

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