The search for Truth is so paradoxical that in the beginning it seems to demand of you a cutting off … More
Category: God
The Moment I Realized I Wasn’t In Control
Narrated by Ram Dass (formerly Prof. Richard Alpert of Harvard University), a disciple of Neem Karoli Baba
If God is Omnipresent…
“Ask yourself this question: If God is omnipresent, then where is any place left for me also to exist or … More
“Some” Incompleteness Left in Us by God
We Deserve Neither the Praise Nor the Blame
When I do not have control over how my brain gets shaped in the womb, what genes are passed on … More
Luck Swallows Everything (on Free Will, or rather the lack of it)
This article, by Galen Strawson of Oxford University, appeared in the Times Literary Supplement(link is external) on June 26, 1998, and is … More
A Friend Asks about Ramana Maharshi’s Bhakti and the Role of Praying to and Worshipping of God
A friend wrote: Dear Sam, I am curious about Ramana Maharshi’s position on the below. Did he ever practice the … More
The MAIN (and ONLY?) Mistake in Spirituality and the Answer to the Question “Who Am I?”
The more I think about it the more I realize that this quest to “improve oneself” or “make oneself worthy … More
The ONLY Reality
“If you want to make God laugh, tell Him about your plans.”
Claude, comment: “If you want to make God laugh, tell Him about your plans.” The aphorism’s charm depends on a … More
