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Enlightenment & God


“You are striving for enlightenment, but meanwhile God has a world to run.”

Enlightenment, God, World

Living in a Dream: Ramana Maharshi’s Advice to Papaji


I [Sri H.W.L. Poonja (Papaji)] was staying in Ramanashram before the partition of India in 1947. One day in the … More

Dream world, Dreams, Duties, Family, Karma, Life, Love, Papaji, Ramana Maharshi, Responsibilities, World, Writing

My Search Has Ended, What About Yours?


After a lifetime of searchA lifetime of reading, thinkingDiscussing and debating with oneself and othersIt’s a matter of discomfit, irony … More

God, Happiness, leela, Life, Poem, Poetry, Truth, World

It’s All a Trap


It’s all a trap. This society. These relationships. The love in this world. These religions. Especially the religions and all … More

leela, Life, Truth, World, World as Play

My Mother’s Curse


In a fit of anger my mother cursed me once that, “After you are dead, your body will become purugula paalu.”Now, … More

Death, Maya, Mother, Subjective Idealism, World

Jo Bhi Ho So Ho


Why do I keep falling in loveWith this dream called the worldUnreal I know it is, and sometimesOh, quite a … More

Destiny, Dream, Life, Poem, Poetry, Unreal world, World

Nonsensical World


“The world does not make sense. I mean that in a very, very wide and in a very, very deep … More

cynicism, Life, Meaninglessness, Nihilism, philosophical viewpoint, Quotations, Quotes, Skepticism, Universe, World

The Repetitions Called Life


How many things we repeatDay after dayAlmost untiringly;This constant needTo keep replenishingAmidst this evanescence,Never questioning;How mysterious?

Life, Poem, Poetry, World

14 Sayings of Mine


“Mothers do us a great disservice by making us start believing in love.” “A little bit of affection and friendship is all … More

Life, Love, Quotations, Quotes, World

The World is in Your Mind – Subjective Idealism


The whole world is in your mind. Ask yourself how and where you know that your body is there? Obviously … More

Advaita, Berkeley, Consciousness, Illusion, Is the world a dream?, Is the world real?, Maya, Meditation, Nonduality, Philosophy, Science, Spirituality, Subjective Idealism, World

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