When I said, “All of us are pretending,” I wasn’t talking about fake smiles or empty promises. I meant it in the Advaitic sense: the entire drama of “I” and “you” is a cosmic role-play, Brahman’s theatre of masks. Even love — when I say “I love you” — is both a pretence and the deepest truth. Pretence, because the separate “me” and “you” don’t exist. Truth, because love is the very essence of that One Reality. In this play, pretending is how the Real shines through.
Category: Ignorance (Maya, Avidya)
Whatever I Say, Whatever I Do
Misunderstanding, just misunderstanding All around, all around me I can scarcely communicate This complex vision of reality This hard-to-understand reality … More
“Everyone in this world is mad”
“My son, everyone in this world is mad. Some are mad for money, some for creature comforts, some for name … More
You must travel far, O traveler, why do you still sleep?
Kabir Bhajan – Chalna Hai Dur Musafir (the Youtube link to the song at the end) You must travel far, … More
Maya – Maayera Antha Maayera (Lovely Song)
Maayera Antha Maayera The Telugu song “Mayera Antha Mayera” conveys a philosophical message that life’s experiences, people, wealth, relationships, and achievements … More
Compassion (Daya) vs Attachment (Maya) – Bible & Ramakrishna Paramahansa hold forth
“Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son … More
Sense of Doership
“Maya is nothing but the sense of doership.”
The Vedantic Concept of Name-and-Form
Vedanta teaches that the world is nothing but name-and-form, with Consciousness as its sole reality. Just as a pot is only clay appearing in a certain form, this universe is only God appearing as countless names and forms. The sense of an individual “I” too is merely a thought-form within Consciousness. When this truth is realized, doership dissolves, sorrow ends, and one discovers that true happiness lies not outside but in the Self, which is ever free, blissful, and divine.
Conversation between a male pot and female pot
Male Pot (MP): I loved you ever since I laid my eyes on you. Female Pot (FP): Me, too. But … More
From Metaphysical Weariness to Self-Realization
There are moments in life when fatigue runs deeper than the body or mind—it’s a weariness of existence itself. Not depression, not despair, but a quiet recognition that life as we know it may be part of a grander cosmic play. In this exchange, I explore this metaphysical tiredness through the lens of Advaita Vedanta and the teachings of Ramana Maharshi, Nisargadatta Maharaj, and J. Krishnamurti. What emerges is a simple yet profound daily contemplative routine—an invitation to step beyond egoic striving and rest in pure Awareness, where true happiness and freedom reside.
