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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

“The donkey is not tied to the tree”


A friend wrote: I want to emphasize, “see stillness”, rather than “be still”, works best personally, because “be still” can … More

Consciousness, Emancipation, Enlightenment, Freedom, Liberation, Meditation, Nirvana, Philosophy, Religion, Self-realization, Spiritual Sadhana, Spirituality, stillness

Aparigraha (non-possessiveness, non-greed, or non-attachment)


Aparigraha is a Sanskrit term in Yoga philosophy meaning non-possessiveness, non-greed, or non-attachment, encouraging individuals to take only what they … More

Aparigraha, Ashtanga Yoga, Contentment, Freedom, Mindful copnsumption, No hoarding, Non-attachment, Non-greed, Non-possessiveness, Not accepting gifts, Raja Yoga, Simplicity, Yama, Yoga Philosophy

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

My Evening Walk


As I sauntered on my evening walk todayA 30-year-old JagannathAccosted me on Himayatnagar roadSays, “Uncle, do you have knee pain?”Surprised, … More

Evening walk, Poem, Poetry, Talking with a stranger

“The cause of suffering is desire”: Buddha’s Second Noble Truth


“At last, at long last, I have understood Buddha’s Second Noble Truth that ‘The cause of suffering is desire’.”–DSR Buddha’s … More

Attachments, Buddha's second noble truth, Buddhism, Craving, Desire, Dukkha, Greed Hatred Ignorance, Ignorance, Pleasures, Roots of evil, Sensual pleasures, Suffering, Tanha, The three poisons

Relationships as a Mirror


A close relative asked, “Isn’t the world including the family a mirror showing my face? Good or bad is My … More

Buddhism, Defilements in the mind, Dust on the mirror of mind, Gradual Path, Huineng's view, J. Krishnamurti, Mind, Philosophy, Relationships, Religion, Satori, Shenxiu's view, Spirituality, Sudden awakening, Writing

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

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