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Is the search for truth the subtlest form of Maya? Janak asks Ashtavakra


Janak asks Ashtavakra: Is the search for truth the subtlest form of Maya? What follows is not a teaching, not … More

Ashtavakra, Avidya, Awakening, Bondage, Enligtenment, Ignorance, Illusion, Liberation, Maya, Meditation, Moksha, Nirvana, Quest for truth, Samsara, Search for Truth, Seeker, Seeking, Spiritual awakening, Spiritual Sadhana, Spirituality

Who Is the Doer? Ramana Maharshi Answers


Ramana Maharshi’s teaching on “He who thinks he is the doer is also the sufferer” (Talk 420, Talks with Sri … More

Destiny, Ego, God, Hinduism, Jnani, Karma, Karma Yoga, Meditation, Philosophy, Prarabdha Karma, Ramana Maharshi, Religion, Sense of Doership, Spirituality, Suffering, World as a dream

We Are Not The Doers, So No Regret and No Blame


A relative wrote: The answer to all the regrets is to live in the present moment which is the only … More

Accusing others, Blaming others, Consciousness, Enemies, God, Hinduism, Living in the Now, Living in the Present, Meditation, Mindfulness, Philosophy, Pride, Regrets about the past, Religion, Resentment, Self-blame, Sense of Doership, Spirituality, We are not the doers

I Have Dedicated My Life To Doing Nothing


Jagjot speaks about Non-Duality or Advaita as explained by spiritual teachers like Ramana Maharshi, Nisargadatta Maharaj, and Ramesh Balsekar.

Doing nothing, Enlightenment, Jagjot Singh, Liberation, Sense of Doership, Spiritual awakening

The 99% Trap: Why Most Seekers Fail – Nisargadatta Maharaj | Spiritual Ego | I Am That


Enlightenment, Liberation, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Self-realization, Spiritual Ego, Spirituality

I Have Found the Truth – I Mistakenly Thought I Had Not


I am mistaken in thinking I have NOT found the truth. (But, since by nature I am not a gregarious … More

Awakening, Consciousness, Enlightenment, Freedom, Hinduism, Liberation, Meditation, Moksh, Nirvana, Philosophy, Religion, Spiritual awakening, Spirituality, Truth

Practicing Gita in Kurukshetra


Understand that “the cause of suffering is desire”. This understanding will quieten the mind 24/7, which is what meditation is … More

Bhagavad Gita, Buddha's second noble truth, Desire, Karma, Karma Bhoomi, Karma Yoga, Kurukshetra, Life as a Battlefield, Meditation, Mind, Nishkama Karma, Suffering, Theory of karma

On Watching “Bhay: The Gaurav Tiwari Mystery”


I stop watching it midwayIn Episode 1, Season 1Yes, there may be ghosts Of whatever kindAren’t they just another kind … More

Bhay, Cosmos, Eris & Eros, Gaurav Tiwari Mystery, Ghosts, God, leela, Nama-rupa, Names and forms, Poem, Poetry, World

Religion, Democracy & Constitution in India


Conflict, Culture, Democracy in India, Equality, Freedom of expression, Hinduism, India, Indian Constitution, Justice, Liberty & Fraternity, Morals, Religion

Virtue & Vice


“Do not be fooled by virtue into pride in oneself or praising of others, and by vice into regret in … More

Blame, Blemishes, God, Mistakes, Praise, Pride, Regret, Sense of Doership, Shortcomings, Vice, Virtue

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