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Perpetual Reactions Binds us to Samsara:

Among the Reflex, React & Response for any stimulus, React creates most unfavorable feeling’s and can throw us into a deep vortex.

In all scenarios, the Mind interprets the raw sensory data from objects from external world or memory or imagination through sense organs(Gnanaindriyas), the Ego identifies with the object and creates a separation of me versus not-me, the Intellect decides and engages the organs of action (Karmaindriyas) if needed.

Reactions can be completely stopped when the inner workings of Mind, Ego and Intellect that is part of subtle body (Sukshma Sharira) is completely understood.

A Jivanmukta don’t react not respond.

30/05/2025

The empty mind 

The empty mind is energy of stillness yet dynamic in a sense there is movement yet there is not. The emptiness is within and without(elsewhere). This emptiness is beyond the psychological structure of thoughts and forms.

Be aware and find out if the emptiness is conceived by thought , if so this is a false emptiness that is rooted in the space-time-causation. Because the empty mind Is beyond thought time space and causation. 

An empty mind is pure energy. It is still yet active and dynamic. 

~J Krishnamurti

27/05/2025

On Prakriti and Purusha

All elements of Prakriti are present inside the human body (earth, water, fire, air and ether) along with the gunas of sattava, rajas and tamas.

Purusha being of infinite nature (anantam) dwells temporarily inside the human body made of Prakriti for innumerable lifetimes.

That’s why the mahavakya “tat tvam asi” (you are that) is so profound that points us towards our true nature that is Purusha. 

The practices of Yoga, Vedanta and Tantra helps realize our Purusha nature and don’t have to dwell in Prakriti anymore.  Atma merges with Paramatma. 

26/05/2025

Consciousness theories according to Hinduism, as explained by Dr. Anirban bandyopadhyay:

1. Virata Purusha – Consciousness is fractal (regardless of the scale, consciousness persists one inside another beginning with Virata Purusha, then human, atom, molecule, etc.,). This is fractal architecture of consciousness which is an infinite fractal chain and the human is a part of it.
2. Lotus flower – Each petal represents Loka and consciousness is journey between Lokas- multiverse theory. Journey through multiverse. 
3. Pons that is part of brain stem represents the seat of consciousness – Mahashivapada.
4. 12 dimensions – 6 dimensions spacio-temporal(prakriti) – 6 dimensions of morphogenesis and primes . Ahamhara/Consciousness is born in between the 6th and 7th dimension.

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25/05/2025

On Impermanence

Realizing the impermanence of the world Adi Shankara proclaimed: 

“Bhramam Satyam Jagat Mithyam”.

 (Bhraman is Real, world is unreal)

But what worlds did Adi Shankara was referring to in this proclamation that entraps the mind life after life?

• The movie created by past memory recollection projected on the mind screen. 
• The movie created by mind in dreams.
• The movie of the imagined future (fear or fantasies) projected on mind screen. 
• The movie of the physical world of names and forms. 
• The movie created by artists projected on screen.

All these movies are projections of either individual, collective or cosmic mind. Through the veiling and projecting powers of Maya various realities seem to exist. But they are unreal and transient and are only projections of mind. 

• Only Bhraman is Sat,
• Sat is Shiva,
• Om Namah Shivaya 

23/05/2025

What is common among sage Patanjali’s practice of ‘Astanga Yoga’, J Krishnamurthy’s practice of ‘Observer is the Observed’ and Ramana Maharishi’s practice of ‘Neti Neti’ (not this, not this)? 

All 3 practices points to the ending of the duality between the seer and the seen. When this duality ceases the individual ego dissolves, all that remains is witness consciousness. Jivatma becomes jivanmukta and merges into paramatma. 

In Patanjalis Astanga yoga,  when the external cleansing is completed through Yama, Niyama, Asana and Pranayama, the internal cleansing is accomplished via stages of Pratyahara(turning senses within), Dharana (concentration) , Dhyana (meditation) culminating into Samadhi(pure awareness) 

In Samadhi, seer becomes the seen, one becomes Shiva, one remains in Shiva 

Om Namah Shivaya

20/05/2025 

Who is Shiva?

The unmanifest, that which is not, limitless, all pervasive and so on.

The manifest (in the human form), he who is not, still limitless, all pervasive and so on. 

So, who am I? 

Shiva + Kanchukas (limitations). 

When Kanchukas are removed, I am Shiva. 

Om Namah Shivaya 

19/05/2025

Freeing the Mind with Breath awareness 

The most loyal follower of the Mind is the Breath. But this loyalty comes with huge cost at times when the Mind is engaged in uncontrolled thoughts and imaginations (desire, anger, fear, etc.,) resulting in irregular Breath. Irregular Breath affects the sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight response), increase blood sugar and in-turn affect the muscles and organs

The solution to this problem is to reverse this process by actively making the Mind follow the Breath. This is Buddha’s technique called Anapanasati and later taught by Osho. Keep spine straight and still body throughout the process. When the Breath comes in through the nose, go with it, don’t force it in, don’t follow it, just go in with the Breath. Similarly, when the Breath goes out, go with it, don’t force it out, don’t follow it, just go out with it. Feel the gap in between the breath coming in and going out and the gap in between the breath going out and before coming in.

With regular practice, at some point, the Breath stops, Mind stills, like the freshwater lake without ripples. Then you see the bottom, you are witness Consciousness, you are Bhraman 

18/05/2025

On Transmigration of Jivatma:

Jivatama = Sukshma sharira + Karana sharira

Sukshma sharira = Manas + Buddhi + Ahamkara + 5 Pranas + 5 Gnana Indriyas + 5 Karma Indriyas (18 elements in total)

Karana sharira = Avidya + Chitta (storehouse of samskaras)

At the time of death, the Jivatma leaves the physical body and transmigrates into another physical body according to the laws of Karma, after dwelling in certain loka that is decided by the jivatma.

For jivanmuktas (liberated souls), there is no death, they merge with Paramatma or Bhraman, just like the wave merge back into the ocean to never rise again.

18/05/2025

Burn, Be the Sun, Be the Radiant Light !

A wise man shared a profound wisdom yesterday that struck me deep inside, a feeling of profound realization. It is about seeking self validation from others. When we constantly live in this feeling, we are letting others to energize you, to motivate you, to feel good about yourself. So when others turn against you or don’t validate you, you lose your energy. But this is the biggest misconception we have about yourself. You are living in an illusion. Here is the Truth…

As an individual, you are like the Sun, who gives light. The Sun don’t need any validation to give the light, it is self effulgent. It doesn’t need any validation from others to burn. The Sun is within you as the Soul. Moon needs the light because it doesn’t have any light of its own. Don’t be like the moon.

So Burn, Be the Sun, Be the Radiant Light !

25/04/2025

The mystics says so. When we penetrate deep enough, we realize Consciousness is all there is, whether outside or inside of us.
Outside – Matter > Energy > Consciousness
Inside – Matter (physical body) > Energy (pranic body) > Mind (mental body) > Consciousness

27/02/2025

There are 12 sunrise and sunsets in a 24 period within the human body. That means every 2 hours day ‘transitions’ to night when Ida Nadi (representing moon) takes over from Pingala Nadi (represneting sun), and night becomes day when Pingala nadi takes over from Ida nadi.

Recognize this transition through the breath awareness, that is when right nostril breath dominates, Pingala Nadi is active like Sun, when left nose nostril dominates, Ida Nadi is active like Moon. Pingala Nadi connected to left brain is for logic while Ida Nadi connected to right brain is for intition.

Meditating during this transition can activate the balanced Sushumna Nadi.

27/02/2025

On the occasion of Mahashivaratri –

To the most supreme intelligence, love and substratum of all physical reality —
With our minds constantly occupied by the seemingly endless array of objects and ‘forms’, there’s no better day than today to reflect and meditate on the ‘formless’—the core essence of our body-mind existence. Formlessness is our real nature , True Self, Self of all . Within and without.

Happy Maha ‘Shiva’ Ratri to everyone who celebrate ! The most auspicious night of the year dedicated to most supreme intelligence, love and substratum of all physical reality.

26/02/2025

Concentration and Attention (ध्याना धारण)

In ‘attention’, the controller becomes the controlled, there is no separation, no effort, no energy lost . In ‘concentration’ however, there is effort and energy lost because of thoughts that are invoked by the memory of stored experiences. These thoughts compares the past with the present and creates a separation between the controller and the controlled.

Attention is ‘non-duality’, concentration is ‘duality’. ‘

Attention’ can be applied to many life situations like grieving, loss, rejection, anger, greed, desire, etc., Attention means merging with the ‘existence’ itself that draws the life-force within us creating more energy. This energy can be used to live in the moments of joy and beauty.

31/01/2025

The ‘very things’ :

The very things you use to pursue the truth (Sat) has to be dropped at the end. These very things that are mind, intellect and ego are the means to an end. If not used wisely, these very things cause bondage of rebirths (samsara). Why do you need the boat when you cross the river ?

20/01/2025

On the ‘Now’ :

Time and space is rooted in past and future, but Now defies it. In Now, everything happens. Life is a series of Now, Now, Now…. In silence is Now. In noise there is no Now. Because thought is time, it cannot be Now. Because movement is space, it cannot be Now. Embrace Now, be still and transcend

23/12/2024

Emotional or physical suffering ‘begins‘ when the thought splits into two, the experiencer and the experienced. Suffering ‘ends‘ when the experiencer merges with the experienced, this duality do not exist anymore. The I-Consciousness or the ego disappears.

12th Nov 2024

For more than ever, we live in the world of ‘…ist’s and ‘..ism’s that abstracts away the actual reality. This creates stereotypes of mental images of people, society , communities and workplaces that hinders our ability for discernment.

To move beyond these abstracts, requires courage, empathy and our ability to shut down our wrong judgements and pre-conceived notions about anything or anyone we encounter.

A simple practice i have started recently is to look at the hibiscus flower in my garden without exercising my memory of this flower, which if i do , i would not be able to see its beauty in all its glory.

3rd October 2024

Just because we can, does that mean we should?

We certainly live in a world of abundance (in a relative context) due to immense technological progress and scientific breakthroughs over the past few hundred years. Abundance of food, material comforts and entertainment that allows humans to satisfy their desires through different forms of pleasures is the predominant pursuit of humans in this generation.

But on the downside, there is a huge cost that is being paid in the form of environmental degradation. Case in my point is the deep space exploration that requires enormous amounts of rare-earth materials to build space vehicles and instruments.

NASA spent billions of $ to build the James Webb telescope and what it is finding is what has been known to humans for thousands of years. As the telescope is looking deep into space the cosmic phenomenon is changing.

This is called the ‘Observer effect’ when the mere act of observation alters what you are trying to observe. This happens in the quantum world and the same thing is being observed in deep space as well. This means that our physical reality is an ‘appearance’ or simulation/virtual reality if you would like to call it that way.

6th century Indian saint Adi Shankaracharya made a statement ‘Bhraman Satyam, Jagat Mithyam’ which means, the ‘absolute’ is real and the rest (world) is illusory. He has translated huge corpus of ancient Vedic knowledge into format that can be understood by the modern mind and realize Truth.

So in summary, if we are finding what we have already found and available to us to explore, is it worth stressing our planet through extraction and destroy the subtle ecosystem ? Is it selfish of us ?

26th Sep 2024

Good karma accumulates when the action is performed without expecting any reward. This applies to individuals, families, societies, companies, countries and the world itself.
When companies invests in well-being of employees and society, it does not accumulate any good karma, because an investor expects a return. There is a selfish intent behind it. But most people mistake it to be otherwise.
Companies exist to make profits and keep shareholders happy, rest of the actions they take is secondary in nature. They prioritise shareholders interest among everything else.
I have seen this over and over again in my working career of 20 years.

29th Aug 2024

Becoming versus Being:

One of the gravest mistake that has been imparted onto human minds is this idea of ‘becoming’ that compels people to chase a position or title in the society. The attitude of ‘oh, if i don’t become this, my life is worthless’ causes distress and anxiety in one’s life. The idea of ‘becoming’ is time-bound and anything that is time-bound is deemed to cause stress and anxiety. The fundamental mis-understanding that the time is ‘linear’ with its characteristics of past, present and future is the root cause of the problem.

On the contrary, the east has imparted the idea of ‘being’ that means living in the present moment. For eastern teachers, time is ‘cyclical’ and emphasises that everything is subject to change and nothing is static, rather time is an illusion or a mental construct. With this fundamental understanding of ‘time’ and consistent practice of living in the present moment reduces stress and anxiety in ones life.

20th Aug 2024

If I claim that AI is merely a combination of energy and intelligence and that which is ‘unconscious’ , most people don’t agree. But that is what it is. Energy in the form of matter(silicon) and light(photons) and intelligence in the form of software programs whose existence requires the network of observers.

AI and in fact this material world can exist only in human consciousness and doesn’t have an independent existence of its own. If there is no one looking , it does not exist. And that’s why perhaps Elon musk is pushing for mars inhabitation of humans, to preserve human consciousness😊

In comparison, humans also posses the energy and intelligence but able to surpass these and be in state of pure consciousness. In Sanskrit it is called Chidananda Roopam (form of consciousness and bliss)

25th July 2024

Historic day for India ! A phoenix moment symbolising renewal. Nalanda university, the bedrock of buddhist studies for whole of asia is rebuilt and inaugurated by our prime minister today. Buddha taught shunya (infinity).

A huge cultural and intellectual loss in 12th century when it was pounded and burnt by the invaders that took 3 months to turn into ash. One can imagine the manuscripts and treasure of knowledge that went away and rolled the country into dark age.

People who criticise the form and structure of the university should know that it is about the intent and the civilisational benefits that the future generations will have.

19th June 2024

Isn’t it interesting to note that , with all the scientific inventions until date we are negating ourselves of our material nature ? Most people perceive these inventions as tools that enhance lives, but we have actually invented what we are not. 

And unknowingly, for many people these inventions are pushing them beyond into something deeper within themselves. To their core. The latest one in the series of inventions is AI that clearly is telling us that we are not intellect . Certainly a huge ego buster.

So the question for us as individuals is to ask, Who Am I ? I am not the body, nor mind, nor intellect , nor energy, nor emotion, nor our relationships, nor gender, nor ego, etc and whatever remains in the end after ‘complete’ negation is Who I Am, my true nature at the core of my Being . The essence of my Being.

15th June 2024

People complain about the materialistic nature of humans that is causing all sorts of problems in society and environment. It is because of Kali Yuga (age of darkness) where the spirit descends through the spine into the lowest forms of matter that propels individuals with energies of greed, anger lust, etc., Spiritual practice is necessary to ascend the spirit towards consciousness

14th June 2024

1000 years of civilisational blackout hasn’t destroyed even an iota of Hindu consciousness, but infact the consciousness is returning back roaring with even greater splendour. Har Har Mahadev !

4th May 2024

Prakriti, with the power of her Maya bind the souls in repeated cycles of birth and death, but creates a loophole called Life or Jiva to escape this cycle. Self-realization is only possible in a human life to escape from the grips of Maya

25th March 2024

Took me few years to internalise the symbol of Shivling. Many interpretations like ‘representation of unmanifested’, or ‘union of shiva and shakti’ did not help me internalize. But what struck my cord during my morning meditation was the word ‘Non-dual’ that suddenly internalised the symbol for me. There is a sense of clarity now.

Non-dual is Bhraman, beyond this world of duality, beyond names and forms, beyond masculine and feminine. Bhraman manifests as Jiva, Jagat and Ishwara

25th March 2024

Empathy means absence of Mind whose basis is division

17th Dec 2023

Every life form on this earth, from microbes to humans exist to experience their karmic fruits or repay their karmic debts. A stark realization of this fact will create compassion and humility towards the other person or life form. Pent up anger and bitter feelings should automatically subside.

8th October 2022

If I were to believe what my friend said last week that a human soul can embody 8,400,000 lifespans, that means our all desires, wishes and cravings has to be fulfilled by the universe in this life or many lives to come. There is nothing wrong in possessing deep desires, but it only extends our time on this earth. With desires, also follows suffering. Be careful what you wish for, because it will not go unanswered

7th Oct 2022

Creation is born out of necessity. But what if the necessity is born out of ignorance?

20th Jul 2022

Known, Unknown, Unknowable. Scientific thinking can help us to move from Unknown to Known. Chicken or egg first ? time or space first ? are Unknowable’s. Mystics have realized this and they don’t question but surrender to Divine with Joy

17th July 2022

7th week into my new role , as I dived into the acronym soup of roles, technologies and programs, I can see the surface with more clarity. A surface that is born out of commitment to transform Cisco partners

25th Apr 2022

#FAANG companies may sound however discrete and separate, but when viewed as one big ocean, they become the record-keepers of our time spent inside the online world. All our actions, and in the near future, our thoughts and feelings are recorded and preserved for who knows how long! And, who else can keep this kind of record-keeping better?

Jan 20th 2022

Unless we treat God as Man and Man as God, there is no progress. Sage Adi Shankaracharya taught this through Advaita (non-dual) philosophy. Sage Lord Basavanna has also said this: My legs are the pillars of temple, My body is the the temple itself, My head is the golden dome of the temple

25th Oct 2021

When I see spiritually enlightened people not showing any feelings of pity and sadness , I always wondered why was it. I realize now, for them, Death is the end of one journey and beginning of another one. Death is a process.

20th Oct 2021

Answers show up In unexpected ways…. Last week I was trying hard to remember the name of a restaurant I use to visit frequently more than a decade back. I tried hard but could not , and I forgot about it. But what happened In the hindsight Is that, unconsciously I submitted a request to the Universe and It went about doing its usual job of fulfilling wishes. Today I was driving with a friend whom I met after 6 years. He uttered ‘Java Cafe’ when we were discussing best food in town. Bam, I told him that was the name I was trying hard to remember last week. Then I said to myself, ‘Universe has answered’. Everything and everybody is connected to the same fabric, some people call it ‘Ether’ , some people call ‘Divine Matrix’. And the language to communicate with it through our emotions

10th Oct 2021

The biggest blunder in the field of literature was when European scholars translated Indian yogic and spiritual texts from Sanskrit into English between 17th to 20th century. In order to preserve the sanctity of Sanskrit terms and its meanings few translators have not attempted to translate but rather kept them as is. For example, ‘Intellect’ and ‘Intelligence’ In English means ‘Buddhi’ and ‘Chitta’ respectively In Sanskrit. These are different dimensions of mind and they performs different functions. It is Sri Rajiv Malhotra‘s gracious gift to the world to understand the real meaning of Sanskrit words through his book

6th Oct 2021

Every nation has a psyche and #india (#Bharat) has one too. A psyche that involve expression of multiple forms of emotions. For example, In the matters of faith and worship to god, one needs to invoke emotions of #Love when asking god for health, wealth and happiness. There are also emotions of fear, hatred and anger between individuals, caste’s, religions and states. Emotions are the basis of our existence and most of the daily decisions are based on emotions. But the problem I see is that when emotions are high, intellect cannot function. They result in poor decision making at the individual level and the nation level. After spending a decade in US and Interacting with people there, I observe that the emotions during interactions are kept at a minimum level. They don’t let emotions overtake their Intellect. If #india needs to be on par with the rest of the developed nations, the emotions of fear and anger needs to be addressed. People needs to be made feel safe and gradually the Intellect will surface on its own.

2nd Oct 2021

About Time: When people say “future is now”, most think of it is a trendy statement , but in-fact is a true statement . Time is devoid of past and future. All there is , is series of Now’s. Time is relative , means it is experienced differently by different living organisms. Time don’t pass, in fact we pass. Time is thought . No thought , no time.

1st Oct 2021

For all Its worth, Life is fair

28th Sep 2021

Parallel universe and Indian mythology: Scientific community is coming to agreement on the existence of parallel universes also called “multiverse”. For example at the sub-atomic or quantum level they have proved that an object can be at more than one place at the same time. They also say each universe is like a bubble going through the states of creation, sustainence and destruction. Now going back to Indian mythology, Lord Sri Krishna was present with all 16,000 Gopi’s at the same time, and they all experienced his personal divine presence at the same time. He multiplied into so many Krishna’s. Next morning Gopi’s were In arguments each claiming Krishna was with them. This seems Impossible. Now seeing again from a scientific angle one can Imagine that Lord Sri Krishna created 16,000 parallel universes at the same time, and exist In all of them at the same time. Isn’t this Krishna Lila ?

25th Sep 2021

Feels like back from the future. A vibrant and thriving #India (#bharat ). All sectors on fire, digital wave is sweeping every part of consumer life. Grand vision laid out for India during late 19th century spiritual master Swami Vivekananda slowly coming to fruition. Revival of India’s core culture and value that is Sanathana dharma (Universal Righteousness) Is visible in small parts. Can’t be more exited for my country

24th Sep 2021

Our breath holds the key for transcendence

Sep 6th 2021

The statue of dancing Shiva (Nataraja) Installed In CERN atomic research center located in the border of France and Switzerland is by no means an accident. The statue was gifted by Indian government. The circle of fire engulfing Shiva represents the cosmos. His hair is stretched out till the edge of the cosmos that means that it is his dance/Lila which we are experiencing every moment of our lives. The dwarf under Shiva’s right foot represents “ego” that is being annihilated. Our material existence is composed of mass, energy, space and time which is created by Shiva, who is also the sustainer and destroyer. Interesting what the CERN scientists have discovered that sub-atomic particles also perform energy dance. And they call that Shiva.

Sep 16th 2021

What is the similarity between a Sage and a Rich person life ? They defy boundaries. They are always in the expansionary mode . They experience abundance from a spiritual and material sense, however there is a point of convergence where they both meet . A prime example from a historical standpoint is Buddha and King Ashoka. Blood thirsty king Ashoka had seen it all. He turned Spiritual in the latter part of his life

Aug 9th 2021

As they say, this world is your mirror, the people I meet in my lifetime whether they are my peers, boss, friends, neighbors and strangers, is not a matter of coincidence, but they are my own reflection. They represent various aspects within myself, my joy, my pain, my fears, my aspirations and various emotional states I go through everyday and every moment. I do not wish to seek anything more because everything seems to be perfect

Aug 5th 2021

Safety net is dangerous . It takes away my freedom . I would rather fall into an abyss rather than on a trampoline . Let the unknown guide me

Aug 3rd 2021

The combined revenue of facebook, amazon , google, microsoft and apple is about $590 Billion with a market capitalization of $9.1T, that is almost half of americas annual GDP. These companies have been in the spotlight across many governments, states and communities for monopolistic behaviors, political backlash, breaking anti-trust laws, market cannibalization and so on. And obviously the good sides outweigh the bad ones If one were to argue with. Breaking up the big tech is on the agenda in the political spectrum. Here is an Interesting take from Chamath Palihapitiya on the big tech impact on Talent and Innovation

July 7th 2021

When there is absolute freedom, creation is possible and that gives rise to intelligence. Where there is freedom , there is intelligence – JK Observe fear without the center of me – JK

Mar 28th 2021

For an Individual, If past is pain and fear is future, how does one remain in peace ? Pain becomes suffering If It is given an subjective view rather than a objective one. Subjective view of the pain leads to suffering because I and the body are one, It means attachment. Objective view means you are able to look at it without any judgement. There is a separation of seer and the seen.

Mar 23rd 2021

Its important to understand why hiring managers need ready-made talent as they find perfect fit. It’s not their fault. The issue is from the demand side that are shareholders who expect faster returns on their stock and their customers who demand faster innovation from their vendors. Fear of losing Its competitive position. It’s the pace of Innovation that, market demand, shareholders demand, customer demand, speed, fear of failure.  A better alternative Is to hire probable candidate and retrain them. But this requires change from shareholders, competition, market. When the demand side relax supply relax

Mar 22nd 2021

Perhaps one of the terms that would define this decade and further is #mindfulness . It is an old wine in a new bottle, old wine is #zen.  #mindfulness involves subtle shift from “Doing” to “Being”. “Doing” has to do with the time that is Past and Future. “Being” has to do with the Present or Now.

Mar 21st 2021

Tribes are the lifeblood of societies. Tribes are what everyone of us aspires to be a part of (consciously or unconsciously). Tribes uplifts the true human spirit. Tribes brings a sense of belonging.

Mar 16th 2021

Decentralization is good. It releases the pressure, reduces complexity and helps better decision making

Mar 7th 2021

#Mindfulness has made its in-roads into the workplace. Many companies now offer #Mindfullness as part of wellness program to their employees. Like how #Zen was popular in the last century, #Mindulness is for 21st century, but the goal is the same, stopping mind from wandering by being #Aware. Most of our daily decisions and actions are Influenced by our sub-conscious mind that is subject to bias, short sightedness and deep-rooted emotions stored in our memories. Although we don’t want to accept this, we are in a dream like state even though we think we are awake. So living In #awareness moment-by-moment means you are not influenced by your sub-conscious mind and will bring lasting peace, no matter what the life circumstances are.

Mar 10th 2021

Back to some fundamentals : It does not matter why something’s work the way they do as long as it works and benefits are realized. The phenomena of Atoms created nuclear tech, Light phenomena created laser/optical tech, Electrons/Silicon combination created digital tech and Quantum phenomena is creating quantum computing tech whose applications are mind blowing. But what has been built by harnessing these natures phenomenon’s is a mixed bag of progress and destruction.

Mar 9th 2021

Transformation is a hard feat. It begins with the ability to create space for ‘new’ while not touching the old . Both old and new need to exist for a long period of time. And there comes a time when the ‘new’ becomes a pervasive force while old takes its natural course Our emotional compass during this period of transformation are : Empathy, Compassion, Faith , Belief , Strength and Courage

Feb 18th 2021

There are many aspects to Prakriti. Firstly It is the primordial source or the blueprint from which the human body and mind are formed. It resides in Karana Sharira. Its also comparable to the DNA. Every person has a unique Prakriti and can be determined by the Jyothisha. Prakriti of the mind (Gunas-Rajas, Tamas, Sattvic) modulates the Prakriti of body (Doshas – vaata, pitta, kapha). Balancing doshas is possible via balancing of Gunas by taking it to sattvic state.

July 28th 2021

Our outer world is organized as a triangle. Irrespective of our race, religion, nationality or corporate affiliation, the top 1% enjoy the real “material” riches, 19% are immediate beneficiaries and rest 80% feed off the rest. There is this process of ascent and descent that happens here. You can be anywhere between top and bottom . ‘Absolute’ freedom is not possible for anyone who dwells in the outer world or ignorant of their inner world

Dec 2020

Our inner world resembles Circle. You are at the center and there is this process of expansion and further expansion that happens as you go deeper. ‘Absolute’ freedom is possibility. The instrument that would detach us from the Triangle towards the Circle is our ‘Mind’. Turning the mind from making the outer journey (बहिर्मुख) towards inner journey (अन्तर्मुख) is a sure-shot towards ‘Absolute’ freedom. And in that process , Mind itself dissolves and Consciousness takes birth.

Dec 2020

For many Americans, the year 2020 was a strong concoction of pandemic, racism, and political violence. An unprecedented turn of events to take place in our lifetime, our hearts raced on each event and unknowingly let the pain travel deep in our minds and bodies. Many experienced loneliness, lost jobs and livelihoods, businesses went bankrupt and digital become the norm across all aspects of our lives. These events changed our perspective about ourselves, towards our children, spouses, friends, society, and the world. An ego shattering experience that moved us inside of ourselves questioning our life, existence, and our relationship towards everything and everyone. In spite of all this, stock markets stayed strong, trillions pumped into the economy, optimists made billions of investments in stock markets

Dec 2020

Yesterdays attack on the capitol building should be condemned, but it should also serve as a point of reflection to show the way forward. In many ways the attack at the capitol hill yesterday is a manifestation of wound persisting within the American society. Who flared it is not important at this time but rather realizing the depth of this wound is important. The wound is clearly deep and the attack is a indication that those feelings, aspirations and dreams of millions of American people that has been crushed and suppressed. In a way Mr.Trump has exposed this for the world to see. Lets not feel happy that democracy prevailed but rather its a clear warning of what’s to come in the future if this wound is not addressed. This can spread and paralyze the democratic system and the society as a whole. Lets remember again that the rest of the world looks up to American leadership and governance as a role model. It’s clear that the communities have been left behind and there has been warning all along. The democratic system needs an upgrade that would shift the order of power that starts from the community, state, nation, international rather than other way round. “The Third Pillar” from Raghuram Rajan addresses this solution in great detail.

2020

Dec 21st marks the beginning of winter solastic (Uttarayana in Sanskrit ) and we also witness once in lifetime planetary alignment of Saturn and Jupiter (they look as one in the sky). If astrologers are right this marks the beginning of new renaissance lasting for next 200 years where humans undergo deep spiritual and intellectual transformation . So hang on tight

Dec 2020