Thinking about It

Moksha Masterclass - The Blueprint

To have a to-do list makes us feel well-equipped. Knowing what to do solves most of the problem so that we can go about doing the tasks. In spirituality, we know what we have to accomplish to be peaceful, equipoised, and selfless. But how to go about is where we find ourselves lost, not quite sure about what is to be done in the moment. Sadhana Panchakam (Sadhana: means/practice, Panchakam: set of 5 verses), composed by Adi Sankaracharya ji, details 40 steps as a means/practice to achieve that e...

Know Yourself - Knowing VS Doing

Know Yourself - Reset and Transform

Know Yourself - Where Is God?

Know Yourself - Happiness

Know Yourself - Are You Free?

Know Yourself - The Ocean of Delusion

Know Yourself - We Can Change?!

Know Yourself - The One Amongst Us All

Know Yourself - The Simplest of Answers

Know Yourself - Knowledge Changes Everything

Know Yourself - Undeterred Faith

Know Yourself - Omniscience Is Overrated

Know Yourself - Space and Subtlety

Know Yourself - Attachments Not Included

Know Yourself - What Is Freedom?

Know Yourself - Let It Go

Know Yourself - What Am I NOT?

Know Yourself - Don't Mind the Mind

Know Yourself - Negate and Be Free!

Know Yourself - Negate and Meditate

Know Yourself - This Little Light of Mine, Let It Shine

Know Yourself - Are You Seeing What I'm Seeing?

Know Yourself - Discover and Explore

Know Yourself - Who, me? The Troublemaker?

Know Yourself - The Doership Delusion

We (ego/personality layer) feel we’ve studied/worked so hard, or given so much in a relationship and thus we deserve. But we actually do so little, and if the doing doesn’t belong to us, how can the result? Going deeper, the mistake lies in us not understanding that the knowledgeable and enlivening divinity, love, joy, or peace we seek is also within us, untouched by all our controlling and managing. Let go of the sense of doing and the entitlement to a specific result to experience the beauty t...

Know Yourself - Evolution

God, Atman or truth is formless, the oneness of all life, and free from the ownership of doing or acquiring. Enlivened by this essence, we can do what needs to be done. But we’re never in complete control of it all for divinity is the driving force. We can only control our present actions. Moreover, we all walk our own path of discovery and unfoldment, alone. Others can support us, but nobody, not even God, can go through our painful trials or facilitate our success for us. That’s what our journ...

Know Yourself - What’s Behind It All?

When the Sun comes out, we wake up to do what we need to before we go back asleep. The Sun itself isn’t doing anything. Similarly, because the all-pervading truth or Atman is there, especially shining in our mind and heart, things happen as they are built to. Our senses function, mind feels, intellect reasons etc. So divinity allows us to see everything, but do we see divinity itself? What is that sentient, illuminous and enlivening light? Can I abide in it? Do I abide in it? Give it a try and s...

Know Yourself - Pull Your Own Strings!

When travelling on the road, it looks like the moon or clouds are moving with us when they’re actually fairly still! Movement is perceived when not there. The truth, Self, or Atman within us is like the moon. They’re not the one controlling, doing, moving, functioning or accomplishing. It’s our body, mind and thoughts that are running! Divinity is still, silent, peaceful and full, simply empowering and enlivening us as we do. So, pause and think: can it be responsible for the doings for it doesn...

Know Yourself - Do You Really Know?

We so often feel and say “I know” passionately because it’s where divinity is reflected in us. Similar to how a mirror just reflects, this thinking faculty (mind and intellect) is a mere reflective surface and not who I am (divinity). But since it shines, it absorbs my attention, which I then identify with and want to be (our personality), not able to distinguish the two. The most beautiful thing, however, is that since the reflection is in our thinking, we know exactly where to look to find div...