First Noble Truth — Dukkha (Suffering) What do you mean you are suffering? Are you mad? Second Noble Truth — … More
Category: Surrender
Saying Goodbye to WhatsApp
Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges: “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” Sam: “I have … More
How to Live Your Life
“Declutch.”
The Price of Liberation
Liberation cannot be purchased with any amount of practice or discipline or purity or humility or goodness, or what have … 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
“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
The Final Exit?
Have I something to give to this world in the form of my “understanding” of Advaita Vedanta? Haven’t I already … More
My Final Hurrah!
Just published on Amazon my 20th book (I hope this will be my last book) “Summa Iru: My Formal Renunciation … More
The Courage To Be Myself
I care NOT to be anythingNo, not even BrahmanThough I’m told I’m already thatWho put me on earthWho made me … More
Quit
“Life is not a battle worth fighting. Quit.” The word is a deliberate stumbling block. What is to be given up is not the body or the life, but the fighter — the ego whose founding myth is that life is a war to be won. Camus answered the question of life’s worth with revolt; Advaita takes the path he never considered: neither suicide nor defiance, but the dissolution of the one who asks. Quit the way a fist quits clenching. The battle is optional because the soldier is fictional. What remains is life itself — neither fought nor fled.