My Journey to Awakening!

  Separation is the ultimate cause of all of our sufferings. The ultimate misunderstanding of who we are! All notions, believes and thoughts held in our mind about our personal life, our family, our jobs, our personality and our world in general stem from the root belief of separation! That we are separate from the whole of existence. We believe that we are this little, helpless, powerless, lonely person. And that surviving in this world is difficult. And that we must protect ourselves from all dangers to our life, self-image, status, finances, relations etc…etc…. We believe that we are insecure at all times in this hostile world, we are not having enough resources, we are not valuable enough, not worthy enough, nobody loves us enough, don’t have the guidance/wisdom to lead our lives, have no control over our life and are utterly dependent on everything and everyone around us!   Life is a bitch and then we die! That is the root belief of Separation. We formed the notion ...

  I think this word and the meaning behind it is the most misunderstood in our world. And every one of us has a unique definition of this word. The way we describe love is in terms of its effects on our world. Like relationships, connections, acts of kindness, romance and even attachments. The closest we have come to feel love is in emotions. Emotions of depending on someone, emotion of not able to live without someone, emotion of liking someone or something very much, emotion of sensual pleasure, emotion of attachment to someone or something. These are all emotions. That is not love! And the thing with emotions is that they are always shifting. They are not constant. They have opposites too. Like the love in our world very easily gets converted to hate. Similarly like to dislike, attachment to detachment …so on and so forth. The ‘Love’ that I am talking about is not an emotion. It is a state of being. A state of knowing WHO YOU ARE! It is the realisation that you are con...

Awakening is not limited to Saints, Gurus and few special individuals, as we all imagine. Nor is it limited to old ages or when you are done with all the practical duties of this life.  As per traditional Hindu mythology, walking the path of spirituality was laid out for old people once they had finished all their worldly duties. And so in modern times, people started viewing it as a dull, end of life process. On the contrary, awakening is constantly available to all of us, at every single opportunity and at every stage of our life. It simply is a process of discovering grander and grander truths about who we are and expressing these new truths in our own unique way. Since childhood, we always are expanding our consciousness as we learn more and more about ourselves. It is awakening too.  When the baby learns about its environment, about relationships and world at large,  it is also awakening to its newer identities. It is nothing but becoming more and more aware of l...