The path of self-investigation is never easy. It requires great courage to go within and face whatever is arising without trying to resist or alter anything. Suffering happens when we try to resist and modify what-is into either “what-if” or… Read More »Courage to face “What-Is” – Things as they are
What do we really mean when we use the word awakening? Who awakens? And what happens after awakening? Aren’t these the questions that most of us remain preoccupied with once there has been a glimpse into the nature of reality?… Read More »Spiritual awakening changes the nature of our relationships
When we observe what happens inside ourselves as we live each day, from relational interactions to resting in silence, there is a unique opportunity for seeing how our experiences offer insight into how people, places, and things are shaped by… Read More »Every Experience Offers Insight into the Culture That Has Produced It
After what we could call spiritual awakening happens, there may arise a need to spend time alone with oneself. For me, the need for solitude felt clear and strong. The journey felt too cluttered and crowded when I was surrounded… Read More »There’s Nothing Wrong with Being Alone
It was a scorching hot afternoon here in New Delhi today, and I had to fetch my children from school as their transportation bus was not operational today. I haven’t been driving around New Delhi for quite some time and… Read More »There is No Separation Between the Observer and the Observed
When we feel insecure inside ourselves, there is a compulsion to engage others with our own made-up fears, irrelevant comments, unsolicited advice, and what I could call subtle digs. Psychology calls that last one passive-aggression. It doesn’t resonate with me,… Read More »On Letting Others Be
This morning, there were two creatures observing me from the tree directly outside my window. This tree is approximately three stories tall and has sturdy branches with shiny green leaves. I don’t know its name. I like looking at it… Read More »Observing without Labeling
What is that which cannot be expressed in words or communicated or known in any form, yet it is here, in this very moment, as our direct experience of aliveness, animating everything as one cohesive whole? What is it that… Read More »The Seeker of Truth