After seeing my posts about my mother’s and an astrologer’s opinions about my prospects for “liberation” in this life, a … More
Category: Self-realization / Liberation
So Near Yet So Far?
In a way, my mother’s words were somewhat echoed by an astrologer who had proved almost “dead” accurate in all … More
My Mother’s Opinion of Me
Once, for whatever reason, my mother opined that she will give it in writing that I will not get self-realization … More
What Is a Dream? What Is Real?
A lot happens in a dream. But did the dream itself happen or not. What does it mean for something … More
“God is in charge of not only volcanoes but also all our feelings.”
We Humans are Also Forces of Nature (Non-doership) A little while ago a friend was telling me that she was … More
The True Chariot According to the Ramcharitmanas
(My attention was drawn to this by Tara Mehra, father of my friend Rashmi Chatterjee) According to the Ramcharitmanas, the … More
The Various Kinds of Hunger
Swami Vivekananda believed that you cannot preach spiritual truths or give religious lectures to someone suffering from extreme hunger. For … More
The Cost of Not Following One’s Svadharma
Here’s a poem I wrote (see photo below) about my med school classmate when he lost his father. It is … More