Tag: Maya
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A Masterclass in the Art of Existence
You are the Water Not the Whirlpool [Audio] 1. INTRODUCTION: THE IDENTITY CRISIS AS CATEGORICAL ERROR We spend our lives navigating a shifting landscape of roles. On any given day, you define yourself as a student, a professional, a parent, or simply as “tired” or “unhappy.” Yet, these definitions are logically fragile. If you define…
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Stop Being a Noun
Why the Universe (and You) is Actually a Verb You are a Biological Verb – Audio The Illusion of the “Solid” Self We often perceive our lives as a collection of static snapshots, much like a photo album of fixed, frozen moments. Our minds tend to visualize time as a blinking cursor moving across a…
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Awareness – Beyond the Seen
A Narrative Commentary on Non-Dual Consciousness 1. Contextualizing the Quest: Prince Rama and the Yoga Vashishta The journey into non-duality (Advaita) rarely begins with a peaceful meditation; it often begins with a crisis. We see this in the young Prince Rama of the Yoga Vashishta. Despite his royal privilege and impending coronation, Rama falls into…
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The Flow of Being – Prana and the Timeless Now
To be is a verb not a noun. This post describes reality as a unified, continuous flow of energy known as Prana, rather than a collection of static objects. It proposes that space and time are not external containers but active processes, with feeling manifesting as spatial extension and thought creating the narrative of time.…
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Bhagavad Gita Brahma Sutras and Upanishads – 4
In the culmination of the Prasthanatrayi (the three foundations), Moksha is the final “resolution.” If existence implies action, then Moksha is the state where action is no longer a “debt” to be paid, but a spontaneous expression of pure joy. 1. Defining Moksha: The End of “Becoming” The word Moksha comes from the root muc,…
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Bhagavad Gita Brahma Sutras and Upanishads – 3
By acting according to your duty, you are essentially “proving” your existence to yourself. You are moving from a state of passive existence (being a victim of circumstances) to active existence (being a conscious participant in the divine order). The Gita specifically describes the state of a person who has finally pierced through Maya—the “person…
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Bhagavad Gita Brahma Sutras and Upanishads – 2
Brahma Sutras – the logical “judge” between the Upanishads and the Gita To illustrate how the Brahma Sutras act as the logical “judge” between the Upanishads and the Gita, let’s look at one of the most famous philosophical debates: Is the Ultimate Reality (Brahman) with attributes or without them? The Conflict: Two Faces of Truth…