by Ekta Bathija | Sep 13, 2026 | Body, Consciousness, Destiny, General Spiritual, Karma, Life, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sensations, Thoughts, Universe
From the standpoint of the Waker, there is no option to follow or ignore an intuition! Question: Dear Ektaji, if one chooses to follow or not to follow intuition while making decisions, is it part of Prarabdha Karma? Does following or not following it change... 
by Ekta Bathija | Sep 6, 2026 | Advaita, Body, Buddha, Direct Path, Ego, I, Mind, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Ramana Maharshi, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self
The Ego, the root of Ego and prior to the Ego! Question: Are the sense of existing, the sense of I am, and witness consciousness all the same? Answer: Let’s clarify Pure Consciousness, Witness Consciousness, and the Ego to understand this better. Pure... 
by Ekta Bathija | Sep 2, 2026 | Advaita, Awareness, Bhagwad Gita, Birth, Body, Consciousness, Direct Path, Duality, Form, History, I, Impressions, Krishna, Memory, Mind, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Projection, Rama Geeta, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self- Realization, Spontaneous, Truth
‘I-the-Consciousness project numerous forms’ can be corrected to ‘Manifestation appears spontaneously within Me-the-Consciousness’ Question: Ektaji, some sages have said after self-realization that, ‘I took so many births, in different... 
by Ekta Bathija | Aug 30, 2026 | Consciousness, Emotions, General Spiritual, God, Impressions, Projection, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Suffering, Thoughts, Wisdom
Who decides the measure of impressions that will arise in Waking? Question: Namaste Ektaji, If the Waking arisings are decided by the measure of impressions within Deep Sleep, who decides the measure? Answer: The question “Who decides the measure of impressions... 
by Ekta Bathija | Aug 24, 2026 | Advaita, Brahman, Consciousness, Desire, Direct Path, God, I, Life, Maaya, Maya, Mind, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Projection, Rama Geeta, Sakshi Bhav/Witness
Who desires to exist and experience? Question: Ektaji, since Paramatma desires to experience (Jijivisha), can one say that Paramatma is desireless? Answer: Brahman is called desireless, not Paramatma, because Brahman is not an entity that desires. Desire can... 
by Ekta Bathija | Aug 19, 2026 | Advaita, Atma Nirvriti, Atmananda, Body, Direct Path, Direct Path, I, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Thoughts, Truth
All is simply Thought! Question: Ektaji, is this understanding correct? Time and cause-and-effect will continue to be used by the body-mind (e.g., the body-mind apologizing for being late), but I am fully aware that this is role-play of the dream character, and I... 
by Ekta Bathija | Aug 5, 2026 | Advaita, Body, Chanting, Devotion, Duality, Gratitude, Guru, Ignorance, Meditation, Mind, Samadhi, Silence, Surrender, Wisdom, Worship
Gratitude and Absolute Surrender to the inner Guru Tattva! Question: Dear Didi, How to show gratitude and absolute surrender to the inner Guru Tattva moment to moment? Is there any prayer that can help? Answer: The Guru Tattva lies within. The inner environment... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 29, 2026 | Consciousness, General Spiritual, Guru, Guru Poornima, Knowledge, Truth, Upanishad
Celebrate Guru Poornima with the true inner Guru! Dear Angels,This Guru Poornima, let us pause and sincerely evaluate our spiritual progress. Inquire within: • Have I been listening to the Inner Guru?• Have I learned to see Truth directly, or do I continue to depend... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 23, 2026 | Advaita, Awareness, Birth, Body, Brahman, Consciousness, Death, Direct Path, God, Guru, Intellect, Mind, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Projection, Sakshi Bhav/Witness
No beginning of the World. No End. No God. No Creator. Question: Ektaji, please can you help clarify about Kalpa or Yuga or the end of time? Also, did God create the world? Answer: ‘You-the-Witness-Consciousness,’ dream of a sleeping-dream-world... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 15, 2026 | Advaita, Devotion, Direct Path, Duality, Dvaita, Knowledge, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Truth
Why is it that others on the Non-dual path see but I don’t? Question: Why is it that others on the Non-dual path see, but I don’t? Answer: If the Advaitam [non-duality] seeing is not getting translated, it is a clear signal that there is still some... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 12, 2026 | Advaita, Atma Nirvriti, Atmananda, Body, Consciousness, Desire, Direct Path, Happiness, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samadhi, Seeking, Thoughts
When Even the Witness Dissolves, You Recognize That You Are What You Seek! Question: Dear EktabenIf a desire is a thought that arises from consciousness, does it stand to reason that such a thought is an attempt by consciousness (which has forgotten itself when... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 8, 2026 | Awareness, Body, Direct Path, Memory, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self, Self- Realization, Sensations, Senses, Spontaneous, Thoughts, Truth
Who knows that the Witness is witnessing thought? Dear Ektaji, Noticing that throughout the day the mind is always going on about something. If there is an abiding, a knowing of myself as the awareness of all the chatter, and the mind is going on about empty stuff, am... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jun 28, 2026 | Advaita, Awareness, Body, Brahman, Death, Dispassion, Ego, Enlightenment, Guru, I, Ignorance, Impressions, Knowledge, Mind, Reaction, Rituals, Samadhi, Sensations, Thoughts, Truth, Vasana
Videhamukti completes the incomplete Jivanmukti Question: Hi Ektaji, I was going through Jivanmukta by Vidyaranya Swamy, wherein he said, “When realization of the Truth (Tattva Jñāna) alone is perfected, but the dissolution of the mind (Mano Nāśa) and the... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jun 14, 2026 | Advaita, Ashtavakra Gita, Body, Consciousness, Desire, Direct Path, I, Ignorance, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness
Ignorant Consciousness is the dreamer of the Waking-dream script Question: Namaste Ektaji,Is this a correct understanding? No one can control the dream script, neither the dreamer nor the dream character. In other words, the dream character makes a sankalpa, “This... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jun 7, 2026 | Advaita, Awareness, Consciousness, Direct Path, I, Memory, Mind, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Thoughts
Mind is a dead thought. It is the object of Memory. It is not the subject. Question: If the waker collapses and the stand of the witness is taken, then who is recalling the memory of the dream, whose memory is it? Isn’t memory recalling a function of the mind?... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 31, 2026 | Awareness, Body, Brahman, Consciousness, Desire, Direct Path, Doership, Form, I, Ignorance, Mind, Paths, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self- Realization, Sensations, Thoughts, Wisdom, You
Coordinates of Consciousness Question: Please can you explain the meaning of a coordinate of Consciousness? Answer: Let’s understand the milestones of direct seeing on the spiritual path, which will also reveal the milestone of the coordinates of... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 28, 2026 | Brahman, Consciousness, Desire, Direct Path, I, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Seeking, Self- Realization
Help the ‘I’ find what it is seeking! Question: The desire to experience arises in whom? Can consciousness at rest have a desire? And if consciousness in motion dissolves into the consciousness at rest, that should be the end of Dwaitam. How does it arise... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 18, 2026 | Atma Darshan, Atmananda, Body, Consciousness, Direct Path, I, Ignorance, Knowledge, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Seeking, Suffering
Working at the higher witness level Question: Namaste Ektaji, you said, in the Atma Darshan series, that ‘We are working at the higher witness level, not the lower witness level.’ What is the meaning of working at the higher witness level? Answer:... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 14, 2026 | Birth, Body, Consciousness, Direct Path, Memory, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Truth, Upanishad
You cannot deduce your own birth! Question: Didi, as a mother personality, this body-mind complex has a memory of giving birth to another body-mind complex. When I correlate, I assume I was born into the world by my mother. Then how can I be the birthless... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 12, 2026 | Atma Darshan, Atmananda, Brahman, Consciousness, Death, Direct Path, Form, Formless, Thoughts, Truth
‘I am deathless’ is misinterpreted as ‘I do not want to die’ Question: Is the raw impulse of Consciousness ‘I do not die’ that you mentioned in the Atma Darshan session, simply a thought? Answer: A raw impulse is not a... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 9, 2026 | Advaita, Awareness, Body, Buddha, Conscious, Consciousness, Memory, Mind, Projection, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sensations, Thoughts
Who carries the Dream memory to the Waking? Question: Namaste Didi, As I understand, during the dreaming state, the witness is witnessing a dream, and the mind is in a semi-conscious state. But towards the end, the mind becomes fully conscious, and then it gets... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 4, 2026 | Advaita, Aversion, Buddha, Consciousness, Craving, Ignorance, Mind, Projection, Reaction, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Satvik/Rajasic/Tamasic, Spontaneous, Vasana
Does craving in the Dream create Dream Vasanas? Question: Does craving in the Dream create Dream Vasanas? Answer: In the Dream, the Witness Consciousness is merely witnessing the Dream character in a Dream World. If it is a nightmare, the dream character is... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 28, 2026 | Advaita, Awareness, Illusion, Memory, Projection, Sensations, Thoughts, Truth
What does ‘projection’ mean in Advaita Vedanta? Question: Dear Didi,You use the word projected many times. I am a teacher and suppose I am teaching students in a class. If you say that I have projected the classroom students’ walls, benches, my own... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 22, 2026 | Awareness, Body, Direct Path, I, Illusion, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Senses, Thoughts, Truth, Upanishad
I am not born into a World. The World is born to me! Question: Didi, I don’t yet have experiential recognition of nothingness while in deep sleep (it’s only a post-recognition that there was nothing). This experiential recognition makes me think the world... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 19, 2026 | Atma Darshan, Atmananda, Aversion, Body, Consciousness, Death, Direct Path, Fear, Happiness, I, Sensations, Thoughts
Being fearless is the greatest happiness! Question: Dear Ektadi, I am presently ruminating over the lines of your Atma Darshan video: at 40:00 https://youtube.com/live/m5NhV5ciomA?feature=shareWhen the waking Consciousness disappears, the happiness, which is my... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 12, 2026 | Advaita, Aversion, Awareness, Body, Breath, Buddha, Doership, I, Meditation, Mind, Paths, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samadhi, Satipathana, Self, Sensations, Thoughts, Truth
Incorporate Awareness or Witnessing into your meditation technique Question: EktaJi, I attended S.N Goenka’s 10-day Vipassana retreat and felt like it promoted effort and also had a lack of emphasis on awareness of mental phenomena, focused more on physical... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 8, 2026 | Adhyasa Drishti, Advaita, Awareness, Body, Conscious, Consciousness, Fear, Illusion, Mind, Projection, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sensations, Thoughts
The mind is not conscious Question: As I understand, during the dreaming state, the witness is witnessing a dream, and the mind is in a semi-conscious state. But towards the end of the dream or during the dream (as it may appear), the mind becomes fully conscious, and... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 22, 2026 | Body, Death, Energy, Fear, Formless, Independent Spirituality, Knowledge, Masters, Matter, Meditation, Mind, Rishi, Scriptures, Self, Swamy, Truth, You
Fear of Death = Fear of unknown Question: How is fear of the unknown different from the fear of death and how to come out of both these fears? Please help. Answer: Fear of the unknown and the fear of death are essentially the same. Understand one thing that,... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 15, 2026 | Advaita, Body, Consciousness, Desire, Direct Path, Dispassion, Doership, Fear, Liberation, Mind, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Projection, Relationship, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Vairagya, Viveka
Correcting at the source with the master key of dispassion Question: Ekta Didi, Nisargadatta Maharaj advises on correcting at the source. How do I make corrections to the projection? Answer: When Maharaj says that correction is required at the source, he means... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 4, 2026 | Advaita, Aversion, Awareness, Consciousness, Craving, Direct Path, I, Illusion, Ishavasya Upanishad, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Thoughts, Truth, Vasana
Make room for Equanimity! Question: Dear Ekta didi, When the first thought comes up (vichara), and the witnessing awareness forgets its stand, jumps in, and gets involved in the story creation (vasana), is there a pause in the natural flow of arisings? If so, is this... 
by Ekta Bathija | Feb 25, 2026 | Adhyasa Drishti, Advaita, Body, Buddha, Consciousness, Direct Path, Dispassion, Gnyana, Guru, I AM THAT, Independent Spirituality, Knowledge, Liberation, Mind, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Paths, Rama Geeta, Ramana Maharshi, Samadhi, Scriptures, Vairagya, Viveka
Are there different books for different levels of Seekers in Gnyana Sangha? Question: Hello Didi, I understand better when I read rather than when I listen. Are there different books for different levels of Seekers in Gnyana Sangha? If you could tell me which books a... 
by Ekta Bathija | Feb 22, 2026 | Advaita, Brahman, Consciousness, Direct Path, Emptiness, Illusion, Ishavasya Upanishad, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samadhi, Sensations, Thoughts
Go beyond Deep Sleep to Turiyatita Question: Dear Ektaji, I have one question. One must BE in rest to observe one in motion. I am Turiya, and Turiya is consciousness in motion. How can I witness 8 arising in the Waking world and the Dream world, which is consciousness... 
by Ekta Bathija | Feb 18, 2026 | Body, Consciousness, Direct Path, Dispassion, General Spiritual, Mind, Paths, Rituals, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Silence, Spontaneous, Thoughts, Upanishad, Vairagya, Viveka, Worship
Do I have to discard Dvaitam path rituals? Question: Do I have to discard all old rituals and practices that I followed on the previously adhered to Dvaitam paths? Sometimes, the thought occurs to resume what has been stopped. How do I navigate this? Answer: On... 
by Ekta Bathija | Feb 15, 2026 | Body, Dreams, Independent Spirituality, Life, Mind, Pleasure/Pain, Ramana Maharshi, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Suffering, Truth, Wisdom
Witnessing does NOT mean to be there but ‘skip knowing the unpleasant’ Question: Pranam Ektaji, is there a way to dodge body pain, being the witness, and not feel the pain at all? Answer: Witnessing means to be there and know. Witnessing does NOT... 
by Ekta Bathija | Feb 11, 2026 | Attachment, Aversion, Awareness, Body, Consciousness, Craving, Dispassion, Form, General Spiritual, I, Illusion, Independent Spirituality, Mind, Opinion/Behavior/Judgement, Pleasure/Pain, Reaction, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Scriptures, Sensations, Silence, Thoughts, Vairagya
Persistent Sakshi-bhaava evolves to natural Vairagya Question: Didi, how to stay at a distance when a captivating arising appears? How to develop sufficient Vairagya (dispassion) towards it? Answer: Realizing one is the Witness of the Waker and not the... 
by Ekta Bathija | Feb 8, 2026 | Body, Desire, Fear, General Spiritual, I, Independent Spirituality, Memory, Mind, Projection, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Thoughts, Truth
Nothing outside of your projection can ever be perceived Question: Dear Ektaji, for witnessing subtle projection to gross manifestation, doesn’t the balance of witnessing get tilted when multiple vichara create a story? Is my observation missing something?... 
by Ekta Bathija | Feb 4, 2026 | Advaita, Body, Direct Path, Doubts, I, Illusion, Intellect, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Truth
The ‘I’ shifts. How can that which shifts be anything but illusory? Question: I don’t have experiential recognition of the nothingness in Deep sleep, yet. It’s only a post-recognition that there was nothing. Yet, I have glimpses that the world... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 28, 2026 | Advaita, Body, Buddha, Conscious, Courage, Direct Path, Dukkha, God, Happiness, I, Impressions, Intellect, Mind, Physical, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samadhi, Self, Sukkha
Effort or Effortlessness Question: Didi, I was under the impression that the spiritual path is effortless, but you said in the previous post that effort must be applied. I am sure I am missing a delicate pointer somewhere. Please guide me. Answer: Let me... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 21, 2026 | Advaita, Aversion, Awareness, Body, Brahman, Company/Association/Sangha, Consciousness, Craving, Direct Path, Ego, Enlightenment, Fear, I, Relationship, Samadhi, Sensations, Thoughts, Wisdom
From Loneliness to Aloneness… Question: Why does everyone feel lonely, irrespective of age, gender, or whether surrounded by people or not? From the Advaita perspective, I know there are no others, and there is only Brahman. ‘Others’ is my figment of... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 18, 2026 | Anger, Aversion, Body, Buddha, Company/Association/Sangha, Craving, Fear, Karma, Life, Mind, Projection, Relationship, Suffering, Truth
Unexplained diseases and life turmoils…Why? Question: Buddha said in the Suttas that causing a schism in a Sangha is equivalent to murder. I agree that dividing people is wrong, but the comparison to murder sounds extreme. I have seen someone who is trying to... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 14, 2026 | Aversion, Awareness, Body, Consciousness, Craving, Desire, Existence, Form, Formless, General Spiritual, Illusion, Impressions, Independent Spirituality, Projection, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Spontaneous, Suffering, Universe
Does the dream tiger know the dreamer? Question: Dear Didi, I am beginning to recognize myself and others as formless and nameless. Are others different aspects of me? Is my daughter an aspect of me appearing as a daughter? Am I projecting all these people based on my... 
by Ekta Bathija | Dec 30, 2025 | General Spiritual, Meditation, New year, Truth
21-day Daily Self-inquiry Meditation Resolve in the New Year! Dear One,We invite you to join us for a 21-day Daily Self-inquiry Meditation Resolve in the New Year! Date and Timings:Thursday, 1st January 2026 to Wednesday, 21st January 2026 Choice of 4... 
by Ekta Bathija | Dec 24, 2025 | Advaita, Body, Consciousness, Direct Path, Dreams, Elements, Emptiness, Existence, Formless, Ishavasya Upanishad, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sensations, Suffering, Thoughts, Wisdom
Q&A on the effacement of conditioning by Wake-Dream-Sleep wisdom Question:Dear Ektaji, In Swapna Nidra Gnyana Sadhana, there is a blackness/nothingness, and the dreams sprout out of this blackness, like a bubble, one at a time. I see how I get drawn into the... 
by Ekta Bathija | Dec 10, 2025 | Body, Doership, General Spiritual, Guru, I, Illusion, Independent Spirituality, Mind, Non-Doership, Pleasure/Pain, Thoughts
Insecurity arises from Doership Question: How is Doership the root cause of insecurity? Answer: Let’s first define Doership. When the body-mind is asleep, there is no sense of ‘I am sleeping now’. There is no ‘I’ there in Deep... 
by Ekta Bathija | Dec 8, 2025 | Advaita, Buddha, Buddha, Consciousness, Dukkha, Knowledge, Love, Meditation, Memory, Mind, Misery, Relationship, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samadhi, Suffering, Thanksgiving, Thoughts
Don’t just forgive but be grateful for all worldly sorrows Question: Dear Ekta, Thanksgiving is difficult for people like me. I am unable to give thanks to my family. I want to follow the Buddhadvaita path and forgive, but bitter memories haunt me. Can you help... 
by Ekta Bathija | Dec 3, 2025 | Adhyasa Drishti, Advaita, Awareness, Birth, Concepts, Consciousness, Death, Direct Path, Emptiness, Enlightenment, I, Ignorance, Illusion, Liberation, Truth
For whom and why is enlightenment needed? Question: If cause and effect do not exist and all the scene is the same (a remote control cannot be differentiated from the hand using it as all this is creation as a whole….. No two), then birth, death are also a... 
by Ekta Bathija | Dec 1, 2025 | Adhyasa Drishti, Advaita, Awareness, Body, Direct Path, I, Mind, Seeking, Truth, Wisdom
Quit pretending that you don’t SEE the truth in Wake-Dream-Sleep exploration Question: Didi, my Wake-Dream-Sleep exploration hasn’t been going well, as the mind is occupied even before sleep, and I’m unable to stay aware. Because of that, I’m finding it hard.... 
by Ekta Bathija | Nov 16, 2025 | Advaita, Awareness, Body, Emptiness, Knowledge, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sensations, Silence, Thoughts, Truth
The presence devoid of the interference of thought Question:Is the calmness of the mind and thoughtlessness the same as Awareness being aware? How to ensure that I can continuously just BE in awareness? Answer:The calmness or thoughtlessness of the mind is not... 
by Ekta Bathija | Nov 12, 2025 | Adi Shankaracharya, Advaita, Atma Darshan, Atma Nirvriti, Atmananda, Buddha, Chanting, Death, Direct Path, General Spiritual, Guru, Ishavasya Upanishad, Love, Meditation, Mind, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Paths, Rama Geeta, Ramana Maharshi, Religion, Rituals, Scriptures, Self, Truth, Upanishad, Wisdom, Worship
If you can see, I can too! Question: I’ve been searching for the truth for a long time. I’ve explored a lot of paths — from “human-worship” and “guru-as-celebrity” types to “academic monk” approaches, “ritual-heavy” traditions, and even hopping from one... by Ekta Bathija | Nov 2, 2025 | Awareness, Consciousness, Doubts, Ego, Fear, General Spiritual, Knowledge, Paths, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Silence, Truth
Awareness itself does not ask questions, nor raises doubts! Question: It feels like the clouds move in and also pass. At times it seems clear, then again doubt arises. In these moments, staying aware of me as the witnessing field seems to settle things, like I’m... 
by Ekta Bathija | Oct 29, 2025 | Advaita, Awareness, Brahman, Conscious, Consciousness, Direct Path, Fear, Illusion, Impressions, Maaya, Rama Geeta, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Universe, Upanishad
The peace of deep sleep without losing consciousness Question:Namaste Ektaji, 🙏 does the term ‘Flow’ refer to both the Universal Power running the apparent Universe, and Jagrut sushupti? When I go with the will of the Universal Intelligence (ie, be with reality as it... 
by Ekta Bathija | Oct 23, 2025 | Anger, Aversion, Birth, Buddha, Death, Dispassion, Doership, Dukkha, Emotions, Illusion, Impressions, Karma, Karmaphalam, Liberation, Mind, Moksha, Reaction, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Seeking, Senses, Silence, Spontaneous, Truth
Don’t miss the Karmic account closing window! Question: Dear Didi, I have a question about arisings, the first wave, and creating further impressions. This is family masala. Waker’s brother-in-law called today and said something rude to Waker. Waker replied,... 
by Ekta Bathija | Oct 19, 2025 | Advaita, Body, Direct Path, Dispassion, I, Illusion, Mind, Rama Geeta, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self, Senses, Silence, Spontaneous, Upanishad, Vairagya, Viveka, Wisdom
The 6 Virtues or Shat Sampat Question: Dear Ekta, could you expand on the spiritual journal point “inner self investigation leads to natural development of silence of the lips”? Thank you. Answer: The first and foremost point is that one must... 
by Ekta Bathija | Oct 16, 2025 | Brahman, Diwali, Enlightenment, General Spiritual, Illusion, Rama Geeta, Rituals, Space-Time, Truth
Diwali gift Question: Didi, I am not into religious rituals anymore, but I would like to give my beloved a spiritual Diwali gift. What would you give as a Diwali gift if you were in my place? Answer: Diwali is the celebration of the victory of... 
by Ekta Bathija | Oct 8, 2025 | Consciousness, Death, Fear, General Spiritual, Memory, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Satvik/Rajasic/Tamasic, Thoughts, Wisdom
A dialogue on how only the Wake-Dream-Sleep witnessing reveals the fourth! Question: Namaste Ektaji, there is a statement from Adhyaasa Drishti, “When the continuity of Turiya in all three states is directly seen, there remains no more fear of death.” Is the deep... 
by Ekta Bathija | Oct 5, 2025 | Anger, Aversion, Body, Bondage, Craving, Desire, Dreams, Ego, General Spiritual, Guru, Happiness, Illusion, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self, Self- Realization
You have trapped yourself and Only you can untrap your Self! Question: Dear Didi, If the ego is not getting much attention, is it possible that the ego makes the body fall sick to get attention? If yes, how can one get out of this trap? Answer: The only way out... 
by Ekta Bathija | Sep 28, 2025 | Adi Shankaracharya, Advaita, Body, Breath, Chanting, Courage, Death, Direct Path, Ego, Energy, God, Guru, Human, Ignorance, Intellect, Ishavasya Upanishad, Kabir, Memory, Mind, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Ramana Maharshi, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self, Soul, Upanishad, Worship
What is NOT Sadhana? Question: Dear Ektaji, What is the purpose of Sadhana? Is it to strengthen my witnessing stand? Answer: There is only ONE sadhana dear – The sadhana of NOT betraying one’s own true Self, as discussed in the earlier verses of... 
by Ekta Bathija | Sep 21, 2025 | Adi Shankaracharya, Attachment, Brahman, Conscious, Consciousness, Craving, Feverishness, General Spiritual, I, Ignorance, Let go, Name/Roles, Paths, Relationship, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Scriptures, Seeking, Self, Truth, Wisdom
Spiritual thirst is different from a worldly craving Question: Dear Ektaji, I am observing that I am yearning to be established in the witness consciousness, to know myself, at the same time, I fear that this thirst is a craving, a seeking that is leading me to... 
by Ekta Bathija | Sep 17, 2025 | Advaita, Direct Path, Dreams, Fear, Guru, I, Mind, Relationship, Seeking, Silence, Truth, Wisdom
If you were content with Dreams, would you trade them for Deep Sleep? Question: If I were content with the pleasure of dreams, would I trade it for the sleeper identity? This question makes me dizzy. I don’t know which end is up 😊. Please do elaborate. Thank you... 
by Ekta Bathija | Sep 14, 2025 | Body, Bondage, Consciousness, Desire, Freedom, Freewill, General Spiritual, I, Independent Spirituality, Maaya, Mind, Projection, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Seeking, Sensations, Spontaneous, Temporary, Thoughts, Vasana
Observation in Waking, Dreaming, and Sleeping reveal the difference between spontaneous flow and deliberate desire Question: Didi, I got a glimpse where I realized that ‘I’ am not projecting this world. The desire is a force itself. I think that ‘I... 
by Ekta Bathija | Sep 10, 2025 | Advaita, Body, Direct Path, Knowledge, Mind, Self, Self- Realization, Wisdom
Space trying to merge into itself Question: Ekta, is this direct seeing? All night, there was an empty space, and it was trying to merge within itself as one. There was only knowledge of this in retrospect. It felt like alive energy. Is this the direct seeing of the... 
by Ekta Bathija | Sep 7, 2025 | Advaita, Brahman, Buddha, Consciousness, Direct Path, I, Ignorance, Ishavasya Upanishad, Maaya, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Seeking, Self- Realization, Spontaneous, Suffering, Time-past/present/Future, Wisdom
Self-Realization occurs spontaneously and instantaneously not in hindsight Question: Dear Ektaji, Is my direct seeing correct? This I-Sense is there like a pair of eyes that witnesses all that the waker does. It is the Fourth in which all three states come and go. It... 
by Ekta Bathija | Aug 24, 2025 | Advaita, Awareness, Body, Buddha, Illusion, Meditation, Mind, Religion, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self, Suffering
The Waking World is nothing more than smoke and mirrors! Question: I practiced third eye meditation, and one day I got mentally imbalanced. Currently, I am unable to connect emotionally with myself as well as with others. I am unable to connect myself something I... 
by Ekta Bathija | Aug 20, 2025 | Advaita, Body, Breath, Conscious, Consciousness, Direct Path, Ego, Existence, Ishavasya Upanishad, Meditation, Mind, Samadhi, Self
The body doesn’t sit to meditate… the body sits to disappear… Question: My mind comes up with the excuse, ‘You’re not this body, why does this body sit for meditation? I know it’s an excuse. Please help the Ego from falling into this... 
by Ekta Bathija | Aug 17, 2025 | Advaita, Attachment, Doership, General Spiritual, Knowledge, Paths, Relationship, Religion, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Seeking, Thoughts, Truth, Vasana, Wisdom
There is no chooser-thought that selects one among several option-thoughts! Question: Dear Ektaji, You said, “If a thought rises, ‘I want coffee’, that is also a random, automatic arising from the natural flow.” Does that mean there can be many... 
by Ekta Bathija | Aug 13, 2025 | Advaita, Body, Direct Path, Guru, Ishavasya Upanishad, Mind, Name/Roles, Relationship, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self, Sensations, Spontaneous, Thoughts, Truth, Wealth
Freewill is only a thought! Question: Ektaji, Do I have free will? If yes, how much? Answer: Let me expand on Freewill: There is no person called [Insert your name here]. There is only a body sensation that appears and disappears. It is only a sensation of the... 
by Ekta Bathija | Aug 10, 2025 | Consciousness, General Spiritual, Liberation, Mind, Projection, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Thoughts
‘I am this’ is the enemy of the I-Sense, is also merely a thought. Question: Dear Didi,Thank you so much for making the sabbatical retreat mandatory for the Gurukul long-Buddha-retreat participants. The mind makes so many excuses not to sit for it. The discipline of... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 30, 2025 | Advaita, Body, Consciousness, Direct Path, Ishavasya Upanishad, Mind, Personality, Projection, Sensations, Thoughts
The dream tiger moves, but does not exist! Question: I’m not able to comprehend the bigger picture/satellite/wholesome view of the I-Sense. It projects itself through this Waker, that Waker, and that Waker. How can each one have the same direct seeing as I had... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 28, 2025 | Attachment, Conscious, Consciousness, Desire, General Spiritual, God, I, Seeking, Truth, Upanishad, Wisdom, You
God is Everything and Everyone and Nothing and No one! Question: Dear Ekta,If God is the totality of all that is, and is all things (conditioned) as well as unconditioned (The Absolute), how can God self-manifest and distinguish “himself” in a given situation? God is... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 24, 2025 | Brahman, General Spiritual, Maaya, Samsara, Thoughts
Does Brahman see the Aabhaas of Nothingness? Question: Does Brahman see the Aabhaas of Nothingness? Is Brahman only assuming to perceive through the senses? Answer : Aabhaas is only like the dream tiger; one senses it but knows it is non-existent. Experiencing... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 16, 2025 | Advaita, Atma Nirvriti, Atmananda, Aversion, Awareness, Body, Brahman, Consciousness, Craving, Direct Path, Illusion, Love, Mind, Sensations
The master key to Bliss! Question: The foundation of the mind was already shaken a little, by the close manner in which you are guiding us, from afar. I have not read about such a thing anywhere, and I’ve read many spiritual seekers’ and sages’ autobiographies/... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 2, 2025 | Body, Concepts, Consciousness, Desire, Form, General Spiritual, Happiness, I, Memory, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sensations, Thoughts, Truth, Unconscious, Wisdom
What is Direct Seeing? Who Sees? What is being Seen? Question: What is direct Seeing? Who Sees? What is being seen? Please help explain it clearly. Answer: Let’s begin with what direct seeing is not. Direct Seeing is not seeing through the eyes: The eyes... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jun 29, 2025 | Body, Consciousness, Enlightenment, General Spiritual, Grateful, Gratitude, Ignorance, Illusion, Meditation, Mind, Relationship, Samadhi, Thoughts
Be grateful for sudden losses, they make you debt-free! Question asked in the Gurukul forum:Someone stole a belonging, and a thought of ill will arose that this product will not have good consequences for the thief. You said that “Every pinch becomes a punch. The... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jun 25, 2025 | General Spiritual, I AM THAT, Life, Mind, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Paths, Seeking, Serious, Truth
How to know if I really SEE the Truth? Dear Ektaji, How do I know that I SEE? Doubts arise if I am manufacturing things, as you mentioned in your ‘mind-manufactured images’ blog post. I have been looking for shortcuts in life, even on the spiritual path,... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jun 11, 2025 | Advaita, Atma Darshan, Atmananda, Direct Path, I, Projection, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Silence, Truth
Find the Inner Child! Question: Namaste Ektaji, the way a baby perceives the world: Just Beingness, neither the thought of separateness, nor the thought of oneness, would that be recognition of Satchidananda in Jagat? Answer: Yes dear. That is called Sahaja... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jun 8, 2025 | Advaita, Brahman, Consciousness, Direct Path, Duality, I AM THAT, Knowledge, Mind, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Projection, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Senses, Wisdom
The Ultimate Knower knows yet it does not know! Question: Namaste Ektaji,What is the correct understanding of these different statements? In I AM THAT Session 54 – Chapter 19: https://www.gnyanasangha.com/s/courses/677e29b443ab4728b806b958/takeThe primordial... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jun 5, 2025 | Attachment, Aversion, Buddha, Consciousness, Craving, Doership, Flow with Life, Form, General Spiritual, I, Pleasure/Pain, Reaction, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self, Sensations, Thoughts, Wisdom
Become Debt-free by changing the pattern of the Waker! Question: Dear Didi, You said that every arising is indebted to Zeroness. So is it that habitual tendencies, stories, and concepts of waking and dreaming are in debt to Zeroness? And being entangled in any... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jun 1, 2025 | Body, Consciousness, Ego, General Spiritual, I, Illusion, Life, Memory, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Seeking, Self, Truth
Embrace the erasure of ‘Personhood’, the Beyond will reveal itself! Dear Ektaji, I see everything as an illusion, but when the body-mind gets tired, I lose the Knowingness position. I see it is all but an illusion, yet I get identified with the... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 25, 2025 | Consciousness, General Spiritual, Independent Spirituality, Mind, Ramana Maharshi, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Thoughts
Is self-inquiry the same as thinking? Question: Didi, what is self-inquiry or inner investigation? Answer: If the witness is trapped as the Waker in the Waking, he will have to begin his self-inquiry at the level of the Waker. Words operate at the level of the... by Ekta Bathija | May 21, 2025 | Advaita, Attachment, Awareness, Body, Concepts, Death, Direct Path, Memory, Mind, Projection, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Silence, Truth, Upanishad
How can the ‘limitlessness’ die in the limited state? Question: Ektaji, I had COVID and went through extreme fear. I think the fear stemmed from my attachments to my family, wife, and kids. I have been walking the Advaita path for years. The silence is... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 18, 2025 | Birth, Body, Breath, Death, Ego, General Spiritual, Illusion, Independent Spirituality, Intellect, Life, Mind, Prana, Soul, Truth, Wisdom
The appearance of a dead body is no different from a living body! Question: Dear Ekta, “I am not the body”. So the appearance of a dead body is no different than a living body…all is not real. …It is so tricky. Answer: Yes, dear, all is... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 14, 2025 | Brahman, Consciousness, Desire, Existence, General Spiritual, Illusion, Independent Spirituality, Projection, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Thoughts, Truth
Waking, Dreaming, Sleeping are mental modifications! Question: Dear Ekta Didi, Can you please explain how waking, dreaming, and deep sleep are mere mental pictures? Answer: Waking, dreaming, and sleeping are simply projections of the desire to exist. Desires... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 11, 2025 | Advaita, Body, Direct Path, Doership, Meditation, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sensations, Thoughts, Truth, Upanishad, Wisdom
Knowing that you are beyond thought is the Master-Key! Question: Is it possible to be in a state of no thoughts for long periods? Even during meditation, there’s hardly a whole minute of the thoughtless state. I try to be aware of my thoughts, but I invariably get... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 7, 2025 | Advaita, Aversion, Courage, Craving, Direct Path, Existence, Happiness, I, Illusion, Mind, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Thoughts, Truth
Quit the idea of ‘personhood’ Question: How does trying to please the mind strengthen the belief in ‘the person’? Answer: The mind is nothing but the ‘I-thought’ pretending to be ‘this’ or ‘that’. Its existence as... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 4, 2025 | Addiction, Consciousness, Craving, Emptiness, Expectations, General Spiritual, Happiness, I, Mind, Misery, Opinion/Behavior/Judgement, Pleasure/Pain, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samadhi, Seeking, Suffering
Beware of mind-manufactured spiritual images Question: Dear Ekta Ji, There is a recognition that there is an addiction or craving to doing, and there is an emptiness that becomes unbearable at times. The urge to do arises, cravings are created, and unwholesome... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 24, 2025 | Birth, Death, Desire, Existence, General Spiritual, I, Illusion, Knowledge, Projection, Self, Self- Realization, Truth, Unconscious, You
When I am, the world is! When I am not, the world is not! Question: Is it right to say that I live for others? Despite all I do for others, I find it fake. I hope I am making sense. Is my intuition correct? Please shed light. Answer: Yes, the world is... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 21, 2025 | Attachment, Consciousness, General Spiritual, Guru, Krishna, Love, Truth
Radhaa leads to Krishna Question: Dear Ektaji, is my longing & love for you, my Guru, also the physiological response of Waker? Answer: There is only ONE longing, it is the longing for the Consciousness. That is called Raadhaa. When Ekta speaks, she is... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 18, 2025 | Body, Consciousness, General Spiritual, Illusion, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness
Dreamer is an image of the Supreme Question: How to understand the Supreme Reality? Answer: Let’s take the analogy of a dream. The Dreamer is an image of the Supreme. The Dreamer has the power to project an imaginary dream and know that he is dreaming. The... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 13, 2025 | Advaita, Awareness, Body, Consciousness, Direct Path, Existence, Mind, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Sakshi Bhav/Witness
The higher and lower witnesses are like the Ocean and the Wave Question: Is Primordial Awareness the same as the Witness Consciousness NOT identified with the body-mind-person? Is the identified Witness Consciousness the ultimate experiencer or the Primordial... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 9, 2025 | Aversion, Awareness, Body, Consciousness, Craving, Desire, Doership, Freewill, Fullness, General Spiritual, I, Illusion, Mind, Projection, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Seeking, Self, Truth, You
When there is no perceiver, there is no solid projection! Question: Didi, Advaita teaches that the body-mind-person operates per a pre-determined script. Standing as awareness, ingrained behavior patterns (with spouse and teenage son) have slowly changed. If the... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 6, 2025 | Advaita, Awareness, Body, Consciousness, Direct Path, Existence, Illusion, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sensations, Thoughts, Truth, Wisdom
Sensations and feelings are not personal as an illusion cannot be personal Question: What is a physical sensation? What is a mental feeling? Are they different or the same? Answer: A physical sensation is mere ‘knowledge’. A pleasant physical... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 30, 2025 | Advaita, Awareness, Consciousness, Direct Path, Form, I AM THAT, Name/Roles, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Upanishad
Turn inwards towards the Witness and let it dissolve! Question: Ektaji, please would you help clarify this from the ‘I AM THAT’ homework on the Gnyana Sangha website: Pure Witness Consciousness does not indulge in Name & Form [Naama-Rupa]. Rejecting... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 19, 2025 | Advaita, Body, Brahman, Buddha, Consciousness, Direct Path, Enlightenment, I, Illusion, Maya, Mind, Moksha, Projection, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samadhi, Self, Self- Realization, Senses, Truth, Wisdom
The four avenues to establish in your true Spiritual Self! Question: Thank you Ektaji for your enlightening wisdom. I have been doing Swapna Nidra Gnyana Sadhana for a few months now. I realized that I am the 4th (Turiya). But still, I am Maya-Ansh (Particle of Maya).... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 12, 2025 | Brahman, Consciousness, General Spiritual, God, I, Illusion, Knowledge, Maaya, Projection, Self, Senses, Truth
Your power cannot harm you, Maaya-ansh! Question: What is the correct understanding of these two opposing statements?1. I cannot stop the projection even after recognizing Brahman Satyam & Jagat Mithya.2. ‘I-the-Consciousness’ project everything and I... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 6, 2025 | Advaita, Ashtavakra Gita, Awareness, Consciousness, Direct Path, Existence, Form, Knowledge, Matter, Physical, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sensations
Sight, Sound, Smell, Taste, and Touch cannot prove the existence of matter Question: What is Perception? Answer: Perception = Bodh in SanskritA simple translation of Bodh = Knowing. Drishya Bodh: Visual perception is that which is known as a form [shape +... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 3, 2025 | Body, Existence, General Spiritual, I, Mind, Self
Who sees? Question: Who sees? What is direct seeing? Is seeing of the ‘I’ a direct seeing? Is that the Self? Answer: It is direct seeing but not direct seeing of the ‘Self’ dear. Let me explain seeing from the beginning for the benefit of all. The waker cannot... 
by Ekta Bathija | Feb 26, 2025 | Causation, Consciousness, Dreams, General Spiritual
The offshoot is made of the same stuff as its source! Question: Am I the cause of the world as I project the world? Or am I the source of the world? Answer: Cause means that which drives the effect. It is based on Time. Time and Causality run hand in hand. The... 
by Ekta Bathija | Feb 23, 2025 | Consciousness, Form, Formless, General Spiritual, God, I, I AM THAT, Illusion, Maya, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Scriptures, Shiva, Truth
Shiva is a symbol! Avoid seeking a real Shiva! Question: Ekta Ji, I have listened to your podcast on “I am That.” I recently came across this. Please help explain what this means – ‘I AM’ is the greatest Lingam. That which covers it from all around... 
by Ekta Bathija | Feb 12, 2025 | Advaita, Birth, Body, Brahman, Consciousness, Death, Dreams, Ego, Form, Formless, General Spiritual, God, Guru, I, Illusion, Mind, Name/Roles, Temporary, Thoughts, You
Longing for the Consciousness! Question: Namaste Ektaji, In the video, https://youtu.be/9R3zSoYl6ns, you explain a Baul song where the seeker is longing for Lord Krishna. Is it the body-mind crying for the formless Consciousness or a form of God or Guru? ... 
by Ekta Bathija | Feb 5, 2025 | Consciousness, Direct Path, Emptiness, Fullness, General Spiritual, I, Mind, Self- Realization, Sensations, Thoughts
Manah Prasad Somyatvam – The Sweetness of Consciousness! Question: In Knowingness, this sweetness is present, a completeness, fullness. Is this also part of the ups and downs of the mind? Or is this the Knowingness that I am? Answer: Pure Consciousness... 
by Ekta Bathija | Feb 2, 2025 | Addiction, Consciousness, Craving, Direct Path, Emptiness, Expectations, General Spiritual, Happiness, I, Impressions, Meditation, Mind, Misery, Pleasure/Pain, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samadhi, Seeking, Suffering
The image of the witness is not the Witness! Question: Dear Ekta Ji, there is a recognition that there is an addiction or craving to doing, when the day’s measure is done and there is nothing more to do (including spiritual doing meditating, journaling) there is an... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 29, 2025 | Advaita, Body, Company/Association/Sangha, Desire, Expectations, General Spiritual, Gnyana, Happiness, I, Life, Mind, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Seeking, Self, Suffering, Truth
It is my Dharma to let you know that Spiritual mentorship sessions are not psychotherapy Question: I have lots of suffering. Is there any possibility for me to have a private mentorship session for some guidance on this? Answer: If you go to a heart surgeon and... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 22, 2025 | Advaita, Concepts, Death, Direct Path, Duality, Existence, I, Karma, Karmaphalam, Knowledge, Life, Maya, Mind, Present Moment, Self, Truth, You
The non-existence of the present moment reveals the non-existence of the mind Question: Whilst on the journey towards being in the eternal self and where we experience duality, are you saying that in this Maya we cannot be in the present moment? My limited... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 22, 2025 | Buddha, Buddha, Consciousness, Emotions, Gratitude, Knowledge, Relationship, Wisdom
Being debt-free is essential! Dear Didi, I read Buddha’s sutta on Indebtedness. I want to become free from all debt. Buddha elaborates so much on becoming free. How would you suggest that I start taking the steps toward becoming debt-free on all friends, family,... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 19, 2025 | Advaita, Body, Buddha, Chanting, Consciousness, Direct Path, Fear, Guru/Disciple, I, Illusion, Maaya, Meditation, Mind, Religion, Samadhi, Self- Realization, Sensations, Senses, Shiva, Spontaneous, Thoughts
Manufacturing mental images and observing them is not true meditation Question: When I was chanting my mantra, I heard Akathkatha. I saw Shiva in front of my eyes. My consciousness was not in my body. I had that experience for two hours. I felt lightweight and had... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 15, 2025 | Adi Shankaracharya, Advaita, Body, Brahman, Consciousness, Direct Path, Guru, I, Illusion, Knowledge, Mind
I AM yet I AM NOT. IT IS yet IT IS NOT. Question: Namaste Ektaji, is this a correct understanding? When you say: “It is, yet it is not” are you referring toThe Presence/ Knowledge/ Pure Consciousness – It is.The absence of any entity/ identity – It is not. In Adi... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 12, 2025 | Advaita, Body, Desire, Direct Path, Knowledge, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sensations, Thoughts, Truth
Transcend beyond all projections! Question: How do projections work? Are projections the product of my desires of the past? Answer: Yes, my dear. Attempt to see this truth in your direct seeing. What you witness as waves that tempt you to believe that you see,... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 8, 2025 | Advaita, Aversion, Awareness, Body, Consciousness, Craving, Direct Path, Dukkha, I, Memory, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self, Sensations, Spontaneous, Thoughts, Vasana
Grabbing Vichara is Vasana Question: What is Vichara? What is Vasana? Answer: What is Vichara? Vichara is a spontaneous stream of collective arisings. But arisings are not personal. The perception of sight arises and dissolves. It is a fleeting arising devoid... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 5, 2025 | Advaita, Attention-Seeking, Bhakti, Breath, Chanting, Consciousness, Devotion, Direct Path, Dispassion, Duality, Enlightenment, General Spiritual, God, Guru, Guru/Disciple, I, Illusion, Krishna, Love, Mind, Moksha, Samadhi, Self, Self- Realization, Senses, Silence, Truth, Vairagya, Worship
Devotion is the automatic last step on the path of Self-Inquiry Question: Namaste Ektaji, how does the leap from devotion to Self-realization take place for Meerabai, Tukaram, Gnyaneshwar, etc? There is no mention of self-inquiry, so how did they realize who they are?... 
by Ekta Bathija | Dec 31, 2024 | Direct Path, Doubts, Gnyana, Guru, Knowledge, Love, Misery, New year, Paths, Scriptures, Silence, Truth, Wisdom
New Year’s poem for the spiritual seeker! A New Year’s poem for the earnest spiritual seeker! Bring in the spiritual cheer.Let wisdom flow.Let Silence lead.Let Love glow! The true spirit is purity.Recognize its flavor.Relish its freedom and,It’s sweet and spicy... 
by Ekta Bathija | Dec 29, 2024 | Company/Association/Sangha, Direct Path, Dreams, Faith, General Spiritual, Guru, Knowledge, New year, Scriptures, Truth, Wisdom
Happy New Seeing 2025! Dear Spiritual Sangha, A New Year is a new beginning when we usually gift others, but this year, it will be a good idea to begin 2025 with a gift for oneself—a gift of a direct-seeing box. Get yourself a beautiful decorative box. Begin Jan 1st... 
by Ekta Bathija | Dec 25, 2024 | Body, Direct Path, Dreams, Ego, Emptiness, General Spiritual, I, Illusion, Life, Mind, Pleasure/Pain, Sensations, Thoughts, Truth, You
You are what you are. You have always been that. Question: I am free, I am Peace, I am Nothingness. It is only a matter of realizing who I truly am, isn’t it? Answer: It’s not even a matter of realizing who you truly are dear. You are what you are. You... 
by Ekta Bathija | Dec 22, 2024 | Buddha, Consciousness, Direct Path, Dreams, Ignorance, Life, Samadhi, Satipathana, Self, Suffering, Truth
Shunyata is everythingness in nothingness Question: Avidya or Ignorance is impermanent, it doesn’t exist once it observes itself. Then why should one do anything about ignorance if ignorance doesn’t exist anyway? Answer: This is where the Supreme Truth... 
by Ekta Bathija | Dec 18, 2024 | Advaita, Atma Darshan, Aversion, Birth, Buddha, Concepts, Consciousness, Craving, Death, Direct Path, Existence, Form, General Spiritual, I, Ignorance, Illusion, Life, Name/Roles, Religion, Self, Suffering, Truth
There is nobody to be reincarnated Question: What is the meaning of Annata or Non-self as taught by the Buddha? Why are there contradictory teachings of rebirth in Buddhism if Annata is the truth? Answer: Annata means Anatman or Non-self, where there is no... 
by Ekta Bathija | Dec 15, 2024 | Advaita, Atma Darshan, Awareness, Body, Buddha, Desire, Direct Path, Guru, I, Ignorance, Illusion, Life, Memory, Mind, Pleasure/Pain, Relationship, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Seeking, Seeking, Sensations, Spontaneous, Suffering, Thoughts, Truth
How is Self-Inquiry done? What is Self-Exploration? Question: How is Self-Inquiry done? What is Self-Exploration? Answer: Dear Spiritual Seeker, On the self-effacing authentic path to one’s true nature, resorting to Self-Inquiry and Self-Exploration is... 
by Ekta Bathija | Dec 11, 2024 | Advaita, Body, Buddha, Buddha, Direct Path, Duality, Dvaita, Enlightenment, Faith, God, Human, I, Memory, Mind, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Ramana Maharshi, Religion, Sensations, Truth, Upanishad
There is No BODY! Question: Dear Ektaji, why do we hear that a human body is essential to attain enlightenment? How much attention do we need to pay to keep ourselves healthy? Answer: Dear One, This is a Dvaitam concept that a human body is essential to attain... 
by Ekta Bathija | Dec 1, 2024 | Advaita, Awareness, Conscious, Consciousness, Direct Path, Illusion, Sensations, Thoughts
Sadyojaata and Ajaata Question: Namaste Ektaji, what is the difference between Sadyojaata and Ajaata? Answer: Sadyojaata means ever new, that which is born again and again. Asmita [Personhood] is born again and again. The personhood arising appears, peaks, and... 
by Ekta Bathija | Nov 27, 2024 | Body, Direct Path, Doership, Dreams, Food, I, Ignorance, Impressions, Independent Spirituality, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self, Sensations, Spontaneous, Thoughts, Wisdom
Waking, Dream, Sleep Witnessing Inquiry on Vichaara and Vaasana Question: Dear Didi,Please would you guide me on how to do the inquiry on the hundred pointers of Swapna Nidra Gnyana Sadhana, with regard to, Vichara & Vasana? Answer: Swapna Nidra Gnyana... 
by Ekta Bathija | Nov 20, 2024 | Advaita, Awareness, Consciousness, Direct Path, I, Intellect, Knowledge, Love, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Seeking, Seeking, Sensations, Thoughts
Stages of Direct Seeing are Described Progressively But May be Seen in a Flash Question: Namaste Ektaji, Is this distinction correct? When there is observation without an observer, there is no arising, only Awareness. When there is Witnessing, the witness sees an... 
by Ekta Bathija | Nov 17, 2024 | Advaita, Body, Conscious, Consciousness, Courage, Direct Path, Intellect, Knowledge, Memory, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self, Self- Realization, Sensations, Senses, Thoughts, Truth
The Person is a Piece of Mere Knowledge Question: If everything is Knowledge, why is it that the body-mind person is unaware of it and only knows it when taught? Answer: As one progresses from the initial realization of being the witness of the body-mind at... 
by Ekta Bathija | Nov 13, 2024 | Advaita, Body, Brahman, Consciousness, Desire, Direct Path, Gnyana, I, Ignorance, Memory, Mind, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Parents, Seeking, Self, Senses, Soul, Truth
The Witness is the Assumed Self Question: Hello Didi, In I AM THAT Ch 20 there is a journal point ‘All desires, holy and unholy, come from the self; they all hang on the sense ‘I am’. Again Ch 21 says ‘All desire has its source in the self.’. Whereas... 
by Ekta Bathija | Nov 10, 2024 | Adi Shankaracharya, Advaita, Atma Darshan, Atmananda, Body, Brahman, Consciousness, Direct Path, Doership, I, Ignorance, Illusion, Intellect, Knowledge, Mind, Non-Doership, You
Realizing Not Intellectualizing the Layers of Superimposition Question: Ektaji, is it the correct understanding of Superimposition – The person needs to do certain tasks. The assumption is that the body-mind can not DO. Appearances of arisings are assumed as a... 
by Ekta Bathija | Oct 20, 2024 | Consciousness, Mind, Thoughts, Vedic, Yoga Vasistha
What is the source of mind? Question: Explain Vasishtha’s answer to Rama’s question – “What is the source of mind and how did it arise?” Answer: If I were answering this after going through our previous knowledge discussions, before even reading a page of Yoga... 
by Ekta Bathija | Oct 9, 2024 | Desire, Flow with Life, General Spiritual, Impressions, Meditation, Mind, No-Mind, Silence, Suffering, Surrender, Thoughts, Truth, Unconscious
Desire is the root cause of suffering! Question: Desires and tendencies – it’s one thing being aware as they come up, suppress them, reduce them, possibly even eliminate them. But there is always a danger lurking of reviving them. I am going through one right now.... 
by Ekta Bathija | Oct 6, 2024 | Advaita, Ashtavakra Gita, Awareness, Consciousness, Direct Path, Dreams, Existence, Form, Illusion, Knowledge, Matter, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sensations, Thoughts
What is perception? Question: What is perception? Answer: Perception is simply ‘knowing’.Seeing is knowing a form. Hearing is knowing a sound. Smelling is knowing an odor. Tasting is knowing a flavor. Touching is knowing a sensation. All perception... 
by Ekta Bathija | Oct 2, 2024 | Chanting, Consciousness, Dukkha, God, Guru, Independent Spirituality, Paths, Pranayama, Self, Self- Realization, Sukkha, Truth, Viveka
Can an atheist attain the highest Truth? Question: I don’t follow any Guru nor any spiritual path nor do I have any faith in any religion or God. I heard about your Kabir session from a friend where you have taught that the highest Truth is to find out Who am... 
by Ekta Bathija | Aug 28, 2024 | Aagami, Consciousness, Ego, Elements, General Spiritual, Impressions, Independent Spirituality, Intellect, Karma, Memory, Raaga/Dvesha, Senses, Sub-conscious, Surrender, Thoughts
How does a “thought” become an Agami Karma ? Question: First one of the 5 elements or the senses hits us (it also depends on my doshas), then it goes to the memory bank & opens one file like, dislike with People, Situation & Thing. (Is there any... 
by Ekta Bathija | Aug 25, 2024 | Bhagwad Gita, Feverishness, God, Illusion, Just Be, Life, Present Moment, Vedic, Wonder
God is on a morning walk! Question: You said life has no purpose. Does God also have no purpose? Why did he create us? Why did he make this entire creation? Is it all purposeless? Maybe God has some purpose. Please clarify if I am thinking correctly. Answer:... 
by Ekta Bathija | Aug 21, 2024 | Consciousness, Independent Spirituality, Purusha, Universe
The God particle! Question: Ektaji, “Wake up and realize that “YOU” are the center of this universe!” How can all of us be the center? Answer: Is the ‘space’ in your house different from the ‘space’ in your... 
by Ekta Bathija | Aug 18, 2024 | Concepts, Enlightenment, General Spiritual, Guru, Maaya, Mind, No-Mind, Senses, Silence, Viveka
How does the mind of an Enlightened function? Question: As a realized sage reads a newspaper, looks at the words, does the mind faculty in him read the words out loud? Even as I read there is a voice in the head clearly enunciating every word or since they are... 
by Ekta Bathija | Aug 11, 2024 | Advaita, Attachment, Awareness, Body, Consciousness, Direct Path, Dreams, Dvaita, Ego, Form, God, Guru, I, Let go, Love, Mind, Rituals, Scriptures, Seeking, Upanishad, You
Do not get attached to the spiritual mentor! Question: Ektaji is the Consciousness. Sometimes she manifests as the form of a teacher teaching us. At other times, she manifests as any other person in front of us, be it a family member, friend, or stranger. They are all... ![Difference between the Gnyani [self-realized] and the Acharya [learned one]!](https://i0.wp.com/ektabathija.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sunrise-scaled.jpg?resize=1080%2C675&ssl=1)
by Ekta Bathija | Aug 4, 2024 | Advaita, Awareness, Bhagwad Gita, Body, Brahman, Consciousness, Desire, Direct Path, Dreams, Ego, Enlightenment, Expectations, Gnyani, Greed, Guru, I, Illusion, Kabir, Knowledge, Masters, Mind, Name/Roles, Personality, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samsara, Self- Realization, Service, Truth, Upanishad, Wealth, You
Difference between the Gnyani [self-realized] and the Acharya [learned one]! Question: In chapter 4 verse 34 of the Bhagavad Gita it says:”Learn the Truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him with reverence and render service unto him. Such an... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 28, 2024 | Advaita, Awareness, Body, Brahman, Breath, Company/Association/Sangha, Consciousness, Direct Path, Drama, Gnyana, Home, I, Illusion, Knowledge, Life, Meditation, Mind, OM, Silence, Space-Time, Suffering, Temporary, Truth, Upanishad, Vibration
The soundless sound… Anhad Naad! Question: Thank you so much for the Brahman contemplation on Mandukya Upanishad, it has opened up an amazing open-eyed meditation for me – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scKepUN7nlM The 2nd Mandukya self-inquiry Aum... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 21, 2024 | Advaita, Body, Concepts, Death, Direct Path, Dreams, Ego, Guru, Intellect, Kabir, Love, Mind, Personality, Ramana Maharshi, Religion, Rituals, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self, Thoughts, Truth, Upanishad
Ignore the lust for mystical experiences…that is not true spirituality! Question: Ekta Ji, in a dream, even if certain events are unlikely, they may look sooo.. convincing… I am still practicing to witness myself in both states. But I could experience the... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 14, 2024 | Advaita, Awareness, Body, Consciousness, Direct Path, I, Ignorance, Illusion, Memory, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Senses, Upanishad
The witness consciousness is not continuous therefore it is illusory! Question: Didi, in yesterday’s blog, it was mentioned- When one can see the witness+mind+body+world as a single oneness, he transcends beyond. I understand that the mind + body+ world... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jun 30, 2024 | Brahman, Consciousness, Dispassion, Just Be, Matter, Mind, Soul, Vairagya, Vedic, Viveka
Married but celibate, is that possible? Question: If I get attracted to someone, I just remind myself that I can be without it and focus on the breath. Can someone be a Brahmachari or celibate throughout his/her life and still have a happy married life? ... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jun 5, 2024 | Birth, Consciousness, Death, Doership, Dreams, Fear, Scriptures, Self, Vedic, Yoga Vasistha
Doership in dreamzzzz…. Question; Please would you explain “paragraph 1, p75 of Yoga Vasishtha – by Swami Venkatesananda”. Answer: Let’s assume, Mohit is dreaming in which there might be flying angels that he likes and demons that he hates. The angels and... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jun 2, 2024 | Advaita, Awareness, Body, Direct Path, Doership, Emotions, Gnyana, I, Illusion, Kabir, Knowledge, Mind, Personality, Self, Thoughts, Truth, Upanishad
Everything is programmed! Quit the self-foolery! Question: One of my friends asked me if as Advaitins so we plan but I found it hard to explain to her that everything is happening as it’s already programmed. The doer-ship is a false assumption. How do I explain this... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 29, 2024 | Devotion, Enlightenment, Independent Spirituality, Self, Self- Realization
Direct realization or instant enlightenment! Question: Dear Ekta ji, I am trying to understand difference between direct realization and contemplation. I thought contemplation is by doing self inquiry one is trying to abandon ego, and direct realization is... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 19, 2024 | Advaita, Body, Consciousness, Direct Path, Ego, Gnyana, Grateful, Knowledge, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sensations, Suffering, Truth, Upanishad
Dive into self-inquiry… don’t stop short! Question: Thank you Didi for explaining and bringing all the precious knowledge, the truth, and the reality of who we are and how to end this mind/ego suffering, very very grateful. After practicing listening to... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 12, 2024 | Advaita, Awareness, Body, Consciousness, Direct Path, I, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Truth, Upanishad
Can one be aware in the deep sleep state? Question: In a deep sleep state, can one be aware? Answer: First let’s understand what is the meaning of Awareness and who goes through the states of waking, dreaming, and deep sleep. As you are a beginner of... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 5, 2024 | Advaita, Awareness, Body, Conscious, Consciousness, Direct Path, Energy, Mind, Physical, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Upanishad
The BodyMind work on an autopilot mode! Question: Is it that the mind is in autopilot mode in dreaming, therefore the experience of the mind’s attention is less? But then even in waking the body-mind are on autopilot. Then what is the difference? Answer: The... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 1, 2024 | Advaita, Awareness, Body, Consciousness, Direct Path, Dreams, Illusion, Mind, Personality, Senses, Upanishad
Can Consciousness know the world without the body-mind? Question: Ektaji, is it true that the Awareness/Knowingness/Consciousness can know only until there is a body-mind complex? Answer: Let’s use the example of space to help explain this. Where is a... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 21, 2024 | Advaita, Body, Brahman, Consciousness, Direct Path, Illusion, Maaya, Maya, Mind, Personality, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Universe, Upanishad
The son of a barren woman is neither in reality nor in illusion. Question: Ekta Di, can you please explain what this verse means? ‘The unreal cannot be born either really or through Maya. For the son of a barren woman is neither in reality nor in... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 14, 2024 | Advaita, Awareness, Body, Breath, Consciousness, Direct Path, Dreams, Ego, I, Illusion, Independent Spirituality, Intellect, Memory, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sensations, Senses, Thoughts, Upanishad
The waking dream is like the sky! Question: Is my understanding correct? Mahadaakasha = body-mind complex/intellect/memory/ego – the dream character Chidaakasha: the witness consciousness. Paramaakasha: Pure consciousness/dreamer There is identification as the... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 7, 2024 | Advaita, Awareness, Body, Consciousness, Death, Direct Path, Duality, Fear, I, Ignorance, Independent Spirituality, Liberation, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self, Self- Realization, Suffering, Thoughts, Upanishad
Only a Jivanmukta can be called a Videhamukta, others simply die! Question: Didi, is it a correct understanding that a Jivanmukta interacts with the world in Sakshibhav whereas for Videhamukta the world does not exist? Answer: For the convenience of all,... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 31, 2024 | Advaita, Awareness, Body, Conscious, Consciousness, Direct Path, Dreams, Ego, Form, Happiness, Independent Spirituality, Karma, Mind, Name/Roles, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sensations, Temporary, Thoughts, Upanishad
There is a difference between feeling happy and being happiness yourself! Question: Didi, my understanding is that we are the dream manifestation of pure consciousness. Something prompted us to become the experiencer and once we came into this world, don’t know... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 6, 2024 | Body, Independent Spirituality, Mind, Present Moment, Self, Self, Silence, Sub-conscious, Tapas, Thoughts
Silence…..Shhhhh! Question: How to keep an optimum silence during the Silence Course? Answer: Silence is not only of the body, it is of the mind. So one must make every attempt to at least taste a minute of complete silence of the mind at a Silence retreat... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 3, 2024 | Advaita, Awareness, Body, Consciousness, Craving, Desire, Direct Path, Enlightenment, Feverishness, Just Be, Knowledge, Memory, Mind, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Scriptures, Senses, Silence, Surrender, Thoughts, Upanishad, Wisdom
Agamya – Inaccessible through words! Question: I wanted to also share that I really found the question and answers helpful after the explorations yesterday where Ektaji was speaking with Shailaja. That mind is only limited to the perception of five senses and... 
by Ekta Bathija | Feb 18, 2024 | Advaita, Atma Nirvriti, Atmananda, Awareness, Consciousness, Direct Path, Dreams, Illusion, Just Be, Mind, Thoughts, Upanishad
Don’t dissect the illusion! Question: Dear Ektadi,During the transition from the dreaming state to the waking state, the transformation of the thoughts into dream images stops suddenly. It is like while knitting the yarn suddenly runs out. It is as if the... 
by Ekta Bathija | Feb 11, 2024 | Advaita, Atmananda, Consciousness, Desire, Direct Path, I, Mind, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Surrender, Thoughts, Upanishad
What is the locus of the ‘longing to understand the highest’? Question: Dear Ektaben, One paradoxical observation of the screen of ‘knowingness’ is that it knows(!) that the mystery of the whole screen of ‘knowingness’ is simply... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 24, 2024 | Advaita, Atma Nirvriti, Atmananda, Awareness, Body, Concepts, Consciousness, Direct Path, Doership, Ego, I, Ignorance, Mind, Relationship, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self, Upanishad
Dissolution of the personal ‘I’ Question: Most Advaita knowledge that I encounter appears to focus on the fact that I am the all-pervading consciousness. When the words “I am” or “true self” are encountered it appears that they are... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 21, 2024 | Advaita, Atma Nirvriti, Atmananda, Awareness, Body, Consciousness, Direct Path, Existence, Mind, Self- Realization, Thoughts, Upanishad
Locus of the Being! Question: My self-inquiry – Every physical and mental object is just pure Consciousness. There is vacillation going on regards the stand taken. Though there is the being of pure Consciousness, the locus of the being is still here, where the... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 17, 2024 | Advaita, Awareness, Company/Association/Sangha, Consciousness, Duality, Enlightenment, General Spiritual, Guru, I, Knowledge, Masters, Paths, Ramana Maharshi, Religion, Scriptures, You
Many Masters One Path Question: Why do you teach so many scriptures from different paths and not restrict to one particular religion/sect/organization only? Answer: Since 1998, I have propagated scriptures by several spiritual masters. I know for sure from my... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 3, 2024 | Atmananda, Buddha, Consciousness, Dispassion, God, Guru, Kabir, Knowledge, Meditation, Moksha, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Ramana Maharshi, Self, Self-Effort, Silence, Wisdom
Is sadhana alone not sufficient for attaining moksha? Question: Ekta didi, If we are doing our sadhana and meditation which then what is the need for knowledge? Is sadhana alone not sufficient for attaining moksha? Please guide me, I am stuck in this. Answer:... 
by Ekta Bathija | Dec 20, 2023 | Awareness, General Spiritual, God, Guru, Knowledge, Meditation, Meditation, Mind, Scriptures, Self, Self- Realization, Silence, Thoughts, Wisdom
How to do a Spiritual Sabbatical? Question: How to do a few days of Spiritual sabbatical? Answer: Spirituality is about looking within and finding that peace within. For beginners, who have not yet learnt to be with their own selves, every Teacher/Guru/Master... 
by Ekta Bathija | Dec 17, 2023 | Advaita, Body, Desire, Direct Path, Doership, Ego, Enlightenment, Feverishness, Flow with Life, Jealousy, Just Be, Mind, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self- Realization, Truth
Intense longing for self-realization Question: I have a strong and a very old habit of indulging in story creation and I realized it only after studying Chapter 12. This is the reason why I am not able to move ahead on the path, I am still at the level of doer and... 
by Ekta Bathija | Dec 13, 2023 | Advaita, Atma Nirvriti, Body, Causation, Death, Direct Path, Dreams, Guilt, Guru, Independent Spirituality, Kabir, Karma, Karmaphalam, Love, Memory, Mind, Ramana Maharshi, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sankalpa/Intention, Suffering
Contradictions in Advaita! Question: Hello Dear Ekta, in the Ramana Maharishi’s Guru videos you asked us whether we recognize the four stages of creation and manifestation of a personal universe, thru Sankalpa – [Inclination/attraction] Kaama – [Lusting... 
by Ekta Bathija | Dec 6, 2023 | Advaita, Atma Nirvriti, Atmananda, Bondage, Buddha, Consciousness, Direct Path, Doership, Drama, Ego, Enlightenment, Flow with Life, Human, I, Knowledge, Life, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sensations, Suffering, Thoughts, Universe, Upanishad, Wisdom
The script of life is always perfect! Question: Didi,What did/do you do when you witness that everybody is living in their own heads with their own stories and are suffering unnecessarily because of not being able to see the drama? Answer: Every single human on... 
by Ekta Bathija | Nov 26, 2023 | Advaita, Awareness, Body, Consciousness, Direct Path, Doership, Dreams, Ego, Mind, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Personality, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sensations, Thoughts
The journey to Ajaata Vaad! Question:I understand that the dream character = body/mind, I = Witness, and Dreamer= Pure Consciousness. The thoughts, feelings, sensations, and perceptions do not belong to the Witness, they belong to the Dreamer, Pure Consciousness. The... 
by Ekta Bathija | Nov 22, 2023 | God, Grateful, Gratitude, Independent Spirituality, Knowledge, Service, Seva, Thanksgiving
How to thank the Infinite? Someone asked me how to thank that infinite power? What could I do for God that would be the closest possible thanks to him? I answered, “God does not need your prayer, rites, rituals. He really does not need your flowers, fruit, coconut,... 
by Ekta Bathija | Nov 19, 2023 | Advaita, Awareness, Body, Consciousness, Desire, Direct Path, Ego, Existence, Happiness, Illusion, Mind, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Pleasure/Pain, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self
The mind is an old broken mirror! Question: Hello Ekta, I have a question. Nisargadatta was saying that ‘how can restless mind can calm itself’ or something similar…Then you were explaining this point and at some point, you said Mind and body are reflections of the... 
by Ekta Bathija | Nov 5, 2023 | Aagami, Ashtavakra Gita, Causation, Commitment, Destiny, Drama, Freewill, I, Impressions, Karma, Knowledge, Maaya, Maya, Mind, Purushartha, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Samsara, Space-Time, Time-past/present/Future, Truth, Vedic, Wisdom, You
Free will is a misnomer! Question: Ekta Ji, Please can you elaborate on this. Is there no free will? I thought only few things like birth, death, longevity of life, source of birth are predetermined. Others, we can change our karmas. The statement below contradicts.... 
by Ekta Bathija | Nov 1, 2023 | Advaita, Anger, Bhakti, Body, Buddha, Compassion, Concepts, Consciousness, Direct Path, Dispassion, Ego, Energy, Fear, Flow with Life, Gnyana, Illusion, Independent Spirituality, Let go, Life, Meditation, Mind, Religion, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Thoughts, Truth
Let go of the story! Question: While yoga and Buddha’s path made me feel more calm and secure, I feel it was the mind still finding security and solace in some concept/activity, albeit more socially acceptable. Answer: What is the mind? It is simply... 
by Ekta Bathija | Oct 18, 2023 | Advaita, Awareness, Body, Buddha, Consciousness, Knowledge, Meditation, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samadhi, Suffering, Surrender
Will my medical condition disappear during meditation? Question: I have a common chronic medical condition. Like my awareness, it is always there. But, when my mind is full of activity I do not notice it. I meditate for an hour a day and have moments of complete peace... 
by Ekta Bathija | Oct 1, 2023 | Advaita, Awareness, Consciousness, Direct Path, I, Just Be, Mind, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Silence, Thoughts
Mind’s attention OR the Witness? Question: Dear Ekta, How can I clearly distinguish between the mind’s attention and the witness? Answer: Let’s start with an analogy. When you stand in front of the mirror, you see a reflection of yourself... 
by Ekta Bathija | Sep 27, 2023 | Buddha, Buddha, Commitment, Meditation, Purushartha, Samadhi, Self- Realization, Truth
Why some people cannot meditate? Question: Why some people cannot meditate? Answer: Many people asked the Buddha why they couldn’t meditate? Here’s what Buddha said… Many spiritual practitioners during Buddha’s time were following the Vedic techniques of... 
by Ekta Bathija | Sep 24, 2023 | Advaita, Atmananda, Body, Consciousness, Direct Path, Maaya, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sensations, Silence, Thoughts, Truth
The personal world creation and its reflection! Question: Didi, I have a question regarding personal world creation. I see it having 2 aspects as below- Creating a story in your own mind and projecting it, thus creating your personal world. For eg. Husband came late... 
by Ekta Bathija | Sep 17, 2023 | Advaita, Atma Nirvriti, Atmananda, Awareness, Consciousness, Direct Path, Gnyana, I, Mind, Present Moment, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samsara, Sankalpa/Intention, Scriptures, Thoughts
Truth reveals itself slowly… Question: Dear Ektaji.The power of attention in order to come to the NOW is heavily promoted in many spiritual circles. But in my direct experience, I am either paying full attention to something/someone or not. Either way, it is a... 
by Ekta Bathija | Sep 10, 2023 | Advaita, Advaita, Awareness, Brahman, Consciousness, Ego, Enlightenment, Flow with Life, God, Paths, Rituals, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self-Effort, Symbolism, Truth
Happy Paryushana! Approaching rites and rituals the Advaitic way! Question: Di, I finally had the experience and recognition, that everything is awareness, everything is Brahman! I am Brahman and everything is Brahman. Only Brahman is. And there is no karma.... 
by Ekta Bathija | Sep 6, 2023 | Awareness, Awareness, Buddha, Freewill, Independent Spirituality, Just Be, Karma, Meditation, Mindfulness, Niyati, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Truth, Vedic
Karma Cornering Questions: Right now my office situation is extremely difficult. I am overloaded, there is a lot of politics. I want to leave the job but I can’t because of my personal situation. The stress is affecting my health and I am taking sleeping pills. I am... 
by Ekta Bathija | Aug 20, 2023 | Buddha, Buddha, Compassion, Gossip, Jealousy, Kabir, Love/Hate, Mind, Problem/Struggle/Calamity, Samadhi, Truth
Gossipmongers on the spiritual path are wrong numbers! Question: I just figured that one of my spiritual world colleagues is jealous because I am meditating longer hours and have become quieter than her. She herself acknowledges that she is a loose cannon. She gossips... 
by Ekta Bathija | Aug 9, 2023 | Awareness, Awareness, Body, Buddha, Buddha, Craving, Desire, Dispassion, Doership, Elements, Feverishness, Gunas, Impressions, Karma, Non-Doership, Pleasure/Pain, Present Moment, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Reaction, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samadhi, Satvik/Rajasic/Tamasic, Self- Realization, Sensations, Senses, Sex/Passion/Celibacy, Truth, Vairagya, Vasana
Dealing with Sexual desires on the spiritual path! Question: What should be the effort from our side to get over sexual desire on the spiritual path, if we should not suppress it? If we express it aren’t we making those impressions stronger? What should be our... 
by Ekta Bathija | Aug 6, 2023 | Advaita, Atma Nirvriti, Atmananda, Buddha, Direct Path, Existence, Guru, I, Illusion, Laziness, Masters, Mind, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Ramana Maharshi, Religion, Scriptures, Seeking, Self- Realization, Senses, Silence, Thoughts, Truth, Worship
Why shouldn’t one simply follow a Guru blindly? Dear Ektaji, I can grasp your teachings very well. I also know that you see the truth. Then why shouldn’t I simply follow you blindly? Why is there insistence on following the inner Guru as opposed to an... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 30, 2023 | Advaita, Atma Nirvriti, Atmananda, Awareness, Body, Consciousness, Direct Path, Mind, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Sakshi Bhav/Witness
The two witnesses! Question: Ektaji, in deep sleep, Awareness is resting as Pure Consciousness. There is no world. Then how is Awareness aware of being asleep or unconscious? (Ch. 11, I AM THAT) Answer: Nisargadatta Maharaj has explained that there are two... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 19, 2023 | Advaita, Awareness, Brahman, Consciousness, Desire, Direct Path, Knowledge, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Spontaneous, Suffering, Thoughts, Vasana
Is desire not a thought? Question: Didi, please would you explain if Vichara [thought] and Vasana [desire] are the same or different? Is desire, not a thought? Answer: There is a major difference between Vichara [thought] and Vasana [desire]. Nisargadatta... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 16, 2023 | Ashtavakra Gita, Commitment, Dreams, Food, Freewill, Guru, Knowledge, Life, Love/Hate, Meditation, Mind, Patanjali Yogs Sutra, Self- Realization, Self-Effort, Sex/Passion/Celibacy, Truth, Vedic
How to come out of the dream? Question: When I don’t know/realize that I’m living in a dream then how do I come out of the dream? – is it right to even think that I should come out (is there something outside of this ) OR think that it’s a dream n nothing matters... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 12, 2023 | Causation, Doership, Emptiness, Faith, Flow with Life, General Spiritual, Guru, Illusion, Just Be, Karma, Maaya, Niyati, Personality, Raaga/Dvesha, Reaction, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Seeking, Self, You
How to give it back to the evil people in life? Question: I’m following the Buddha’s path of compassion but I need advice on how to treat people who treat you unfairly, cold-heartedly or are just evil people? I have been running into a lot of problems with it. I’ve... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 9, 2023 | Advaita, Atma Nirvriti, Atmananda, Body, Choice, Consciousness, Direct Path, Intuition, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sensations, Thoughts
Intuition and Inner Voice Question: Dear Ektaji, Is intuition a form of mind phenomenon (feeling), or is it an inner ‘voice of consciousness’? Answer: The witness/infinite void never speaks. So there is no question of a voice to arise from it.... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 8, 2023 | Advaita, Bhakti, Body, Brahman, Consciousness, Direct Path, Ego, God, Guru, Illusion, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samadhi, Self- Realization, Upanishad
Guru Ashtakam helps one look inwards toward the Inner Guru! Question: Ektaji, sometimes, I listen to Guru Astakam as it helps my mind/EGO to dissolve into Turiya or Amness. On further self-inquiry, Turiya merges back to void or Brahman. Am I going in the right... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 4, 2023 | Company/Association/Sangha, Competition, Ego, General Spiritual, Gossip, Gratitude, Guru, Guru, Guru Poornima, Happiness, Paths, Purushartha, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Vedic, Viveka
Have a ‘Pure’ Inner-Guru Poornima! Question: What are the important things that a sincere seeker should understand about Guru Poornima? I was wondering how should a sincere seeker and disciple’s acharan [behaviour] be on the spiritual path especially in... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 3, 2023 | Body, Brahman, Commitment, Concepts, Consciousness, General Spiritual, Guru, Guru, Guru Poornima, Intellect, Liberation, Maaya, Maya, Moksha, Paths, Physical, Pleasure/Pain, Purushartha, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Samsara, Scriptures, Self-Effort, Siddha, Wisdom
How to do proper darshan of the Guru during Guru Poornima? Question: Ektaji, Can you please give me tips on how to get a Proper True Darshan of my Guru during this upcoming Guru Poornima. The mind gets swept away with the much fanfare and misses seeing the Guru in his... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 2, 2023 | Advaita, Advaita, Awareness, Breath, Buddha, Chanting, Consciousness, Doership, Ego, Meditation, Paths, Pranayama, Samadhi, Satipathana, Silence
Buddhadvaita could be your way! Question: Ektaji, in Anapana meditation, when I observe my breath after few minutes of unknown thoughts appear then I am gone (unaware about anything) then again I realize I have to be aware of the breath then again the same thing... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 21, 2023 | Ashtavakra Gita, Bhakti, Bondage, Devotion, Divine, Duality, Enlightenment, Faith, Form, Formless, Gnyana, Gnyani, God, Guru, Guru, I, Ignorance, Karma, Knowledge, Krishna, Liberation, Love, Meditation, Self, Soul, Truth, Vedic, You
I and You Question: With every episode, this knowledge is going in circles. Everything feeds off of the other. Ego dissolves in Love, now Ashtavakra says move from love to knowledge and then drop knowledge to move to love in which you dissolve. The example, that... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 17, 2023 | Buddha, Buddha, God
Can a liar meditate? Question: Can a liar meditate? Answer: Buddha said that morality [Sheel] is more important than anything else. If your morals are loose, you will not be able to meditate. If you cannot meditate, inner wisdom will not arise. If inner wisdom... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 14, 2023 | Advaita, Conscious, Doubts, Faith, General Spiritual, God, Grateful, Gratitude, Greed, Human, Knowledge, Liberation, Life, Love, Mind, Personality, Religion, Rituals, Self, Self-Effort, Seva, Truth, Unconscious, Wisdom, Worship
Psychological and Spiritual Poverty Question: Hello Ekta, In the field of Psychology, there is a concept of psychological poverty due to a lack of formative years of unconditional love. Is there something like spiritual poverty that could be a possibility in such... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 10, 2023 | Advaita, Awareness, Chanting, Consciousness, Enlightenment, Kabir, Paths, Pranayama, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Silence
Kabir says that ‘you are that’ already… recognize it before its too late! Question: I found this Kabir poem recitation by Shabnam Virmani. She learned this poem from Bhairavidevi who sings songs about Kabir. Please can you help translate it into... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 3, 2023 | Awareness, Buddha, Dhyana, Enlightenment, Gnyana, Gnyani, Guru, Guru, Guru, Knowledge, Knowledge, Meditation, Meditation, No-Mind, Present Moment, Purushartha, Purushartha, Samadhi, Scriptures, Seeking, Self- Realization, Self-Effort, Self-Effort, Silence, Thoughts
How to experience the spiritual knowledge? Question: I am starting to get to a point of reading/listening/understanding this spiritual knowledge where I am “making it a concept” as Guruji puts it. How do I “experience” the knowledge rather than “learn” it? Just wait... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 30, 2023 | Body, Consciousness, Duality, Existence, I, Kabir, Paths, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Universe, You
Kabir’s Inner Mirror Question: What mirror is Kabir talking about in the following Doha? Hirday ma hi aarsi, mukh dekha nahi jaaye Mukh to tabhi dekhiye, jab dil ki duvidha jaaye There is a mirror inside, but the reflection is not clear. One can clearly see his... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 23, 2023 | Advaita, Advaita, Awareness, Brahman, Consciousness, Enlightenment, Mind, Paths, Self, Self-Effort
The personal Journey within the Witness/Awareness/Consciousness! Question: Didi, please, please share with me your own experience of the Journey within Awareness/Witness. I might be there but I am not confident if it is my ‘ego’ thinking I am there. Your... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 9, 2023 | Advaita, Awareness, Consciousness, Duality, Enlightenment, Independent Spirituality, Paths, Ramana Maharshi, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self, Self- Realization
Belief v/s Experience Question: Ektaji, how can witnessing become my experience when I don’t know the very first step itself? I know the Upanishads are Rishi’s meditated and this knowledge came. So I believe in that and studied but if I don’t believe... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 26, 2023 | Advaita, Advaita, Consciousness, Dreams, Mind, No-Mind, Paths, Types of Mind
Why are they called the 3 states of the Mind in Advaita? Dear Sincere seeker, Please find the short video clip and its transcript below for the answer to the question, Why are they called the 3 states of the Mind in Advaita & not 3 states of consciousness?... ![What is the real meaning of Jagat Mithya [The world is an illusion]](https://i0.wp.com/ektabathija.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/illusions-scaled.jpg?resize=1080%2C675&ssl=1)
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 19, 2023 | Advaita, Advaita, Awareness, Brahman, Consciousness, Illusion, Maya, Paths
What is the real meaning of Jagat Mithya [The world is an illusion] Dear Sincere seeker, Please find the short video clip and its transcript below for the answer to the question, What is the real meaning of Jagat Mithya [The world is an illusion]? Transcript: I am not... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 12, 2023 | Awareness, Consciousness, Independent Spirituality, Knowledge, Purusha, Scriptures, Self, Yoga Vasistha
Who are you? Question: When we say ‘know yourself’ or ‘realize yourself’ who you or “your true nature” or real self, It looks like we are pointing towards the ONE Self who is SELF of all, our inner self or in other words the ocean... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 8, 2023 | Awareness, Buddha, Buddha, Faith, God, Knowledge, Let go, Mind, Non-Doership, Self, Surrender, Truth, Vedic, Yoga Vasistha
Is Faith required? Question: Didi, what is the meaning of faith? An experience, made me think about what faith means to me anymore. From my understanding I think there are no Gods up there in the sky, there is nobody to hold onto. I see the flow brings situations into... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 5, 2023 | Advaita, Consciousness, Duality, Dvaita, Ego, General Spiritual, I, Love, Love/Hate, You
What is EGO ? Question: What is ego? Answer: When one is caught up in the duality of “I” and “You”, it is called Dwaita. This sense of separation between “I” and “You” is the root cause of anger, jealousy, hatred, etc. This sense of separation is Ego. Ego is... 
by Ekta Bathija | Feb 26, 2023 | Advaita, Birth, Brahman, Consciousness, Death, Doership, Ego, God, I, Karma, Liberation, Maaya, Maya, Moksha, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Self, Soul, Soul, Vedic
You are GOD! Only GOD is! You do not exist! Question: Hi Ekta ji, Loved your analogy of white and green dress with body and soul. However, continuing with this analogy if the dress is the body and the body in white or green dress who did the action is the soul, then... 
by Ekta Bathija | Feb 19, 2023 | Advaita, Atma Nirvriti, Atmananda, Awareness, Consciousness, Ego, Illusion, Ramana Maharshi, Seeking, Silence
Go beyond the understanding that ‘The world is an illusion’! Question: Ektaji, at Ajata Vaada level, why is it incorrect to just say, “The world is an illusion”. Doesn’t the world exist only when I perceive it? Answer: It’s not wrong dear.... 
by Ekta Bathija | Feb 5, 2023 | Advaita, Atmananda, Body, Breath, Consciousness, Direct Path, Dvaita, Ego, Ignorance, Knowledge, Mind, Non-Doership, Pranayama, Surrender
Were my Dvaitam practices a waste? Question: After coming onto the Advaitam path, the thought arises whether all the Dvaitam practices done for the past decades were a waste? Answer: No dear, that is just the Ego throwing tantrums. Ignore the tantrums and... 
by Ekta Bathija | Feb 2, 2023 | Advaita, Atma Nirvriti, Atmananda, Body, Consciousness, Direct Path, Doership, I, Mind, Self-Effort, Thoughts
Thought is not conscious! Question: Didi,In the example that you gave during the session, the 1st thought arose out of my previous conditioning that on Sundays I have to attend Atma Nirvriti class. The second thought arose out of the habit of being lazy and the last... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 19, 2023 | Advaita, Atma Nirvriti, Atmananda, Awareness, Body, Consciousness, Direct Path, Sensations
Who knows the absence of objects in deep-sleep? Question: Ekta Di, If I am holding a baby’s hand, there is touch perceived in awareness. Now, if the body falls asleep holding the baby’s hand the touch is no longer perceived in awareness. Awareness is permanent and is... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 17, 2023 | Advaita, Atma Nirvriti, Atmananda, Awareness, Body, Consciousness, Direct Path, Enlightenment, Home, Ignorance, Maaya, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samsara
Deep-sleep & Turiya Question: Dear Ektaji, For an Enlightened Being, is the Deep sleep state the biggest as he/she is in Awareness ALL the time? Answer: A beginner only knows the three states of waking-dreaming-deep sleep. Therefore, at the beginning... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 15, 2023 | Atma Nirvriti, Atmananda, Atmananda, Brahman, Direct Path, Drama, Duality, Illusion, Mind, Ramana Maharshi, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samsara, Silence
Drishti Srishti Vaada and Ajaata Vaad Namaste Ektaji: Is it possible that I am shuttling between the two viewpoints? When I am the Witness/Void, I am in Ajaata-vada viewpoint? When I get pulled out by the mind and get involved in the drama, then I am in... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 12, 2023 | Advaita, Atma Nirvriti, Atmananda, Awareness, Consciousness, Direct Path, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Senses, Silence, Thoughts
Is it okay to stop actions and thoughts to be the Witness? Question: Ektaji, When I am in confusion I try to stop my action & thoughts to look into the constant companionship of the Witness. Can you guide me on whether my path is right? Answer: At the... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 10, 2023 | Advaita, Atma Nirvriti, Atmananda, Awareness, Consciousness, Direct Path, Sakshi Bhav/Witness
The collapse of the witness! Question: Didi, I am puzzled by what I think I heard – when explaining Drishti-Shristi Vada, I believe you said that along with the Creation the Witness is born … and at night when the Creation dissolves the Witness also... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 8, 2023 | Advaita, Atma Nirvriti, Atmananda, Awareness, Consciousness, Direct Path, Illusion, Meditation, Memory, Mind, Sensations, Silence, Thoughts
Is there a conscious link between thoughts? Question: Thoughts being dead information are simply a result of the memory of people, situations, things, ideas picked up from conditioning. Is there a conscious link between thoughts? Answer: If you are looking for... 
by Ekta Bathija | Dec 11, 2022 | Advaita, Atmananda, Aversion, Body, Brahman, Consciousness, Craving, Dreams, Ego, I, Karma, Mind, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Personality, Raaga/Dvesha, Thoughts
When Nisargadatta Maharaj says, “My world is full of myself”. What does he actually mean? Question: When Nisargadatta Maharaj says, “My world is full of myself”. What does he actually mean by it? Answer: Let me start with what it does... 
by Ekta Bathija | Nov 22, 2022 | Attachment, Awareness, Consciousness, General Spiritual, Independent Spirituality, Love, Mind, Paths, Self- Realization, Seva, Silence
Graduate from seeking to giving! Question: Why is a ‘donation’ option not available on the website www.ektabathija.com? Answer: Ekta’s main teaching is to attain the inner silence of consciousness so that one awakens to his own inner truth. What is the... 
by Ekta Bathija | Nov 20, 2022 | Ashtavakra Gita, Awareness, Brahman, Consciousness, Gratitude, Independent Spirituality, Knowledge, Kriya, Meditation, Pranayama, Scriptures, Self, Upanishad, Vedic
Your nature is Gratefulness! Question: Being grateful is your very nature and I totally understand that. What is confusing is, in earlier verses of Ashtavakra, he says if you are grateful to me that means you recognize myself as someone other than yourself (not seeing... 
by Ekta Bathija | Nov 17, 2022 | Advaita, Atma Nirvriti, Atmananda, Awareness, Brahman, Consciousness, Direct Path, Duality, Existence, God, Illusion, Mind, Self, Sensations, Senses, Thoughts, Yoga Vasistha
If this world is a dream, how is it that we all share the same dream? Question: In Yoga Vashishta on page 33 last paragraph, it is said that the Creator is the mind or pure intelligence, the Creator is the mind and pure intelligence is His body, thought is inherent in... 
by Ekta Bathija | Nov 15, 2022 | Advaita, Atma Nirvriti, Atmananda, Awareness, Brahman, Consciousness, Direct Path, Dreams, Duality, I, Mind, You
Is the awareness/knowingness limited to special people? Question: Do we all experience the awareness/knowingness or is it limited to special people? Can I ever come to the point of recognizing this awareness/knowingness everywhere in everything and everyone? ... 
by Ekta Bathija | Nov 10, 2022 | Advaita, Atma Nirvriti, Atmananda, Awareness, Body, Consciousness, Direct Path, Dreams, Ego, Memory, Mind, Thoughts
Chittachaya – Borrowed Consciousness! Question: Ekta didi, please would you explain Chittachaya [borrowed consciousness]? Answer: Just like we cannot see gravity but we can experience it, knowingness cannot be seen but its effects are experiential. ... ![Advaita [Non-Duality] in a nutshell. Everything is Brahman [Consciousness]. How?](https://i0.wp.com/ektabathija.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/witness-consciousness-scaled.jpg?resize=1080%2C675&ssl=1)
by Ekta Bathija | Nov 8, 2022 | Advaita, Atma Nirvriti, Atmananda, Awareness, Brahman, Consciousness, Direct Path, Mind, Self, Sensations, Thoughts
Advaita [Non-Duality] in a nutshell. Everything is Brahman [Consciousness]. How? Question: Ekta didi, please would you explain Advaita [Non-Duality] in a nutshell. Everything is Brahman [Consciousness]. How? Answer: Let’s directly experience it rather... 
by Ekta Bathija | Nov 1, 2022 | Advaita, Atma Nirvriti, Atmananda, Awareness, Body, Consciousness, Direct Path, Ego, Fear, Mind, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Thoughts
The Sun is always shining! Question: The response of the mind to ‘Perceptions are not conscious by themselves’ went from fear to denial to acceptance. The mind recognized that it has been thirsting to merge with the Infinite. Then why fear? Answer: This happens... 
by Ekta Bathija | Oct 30, 2022 | Advaita, Atma Nirvriti, Atmananda, Awareness, Consciousness, Direct Path, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Sakshi Bhav/Witness
Difference between the witness and pure consciousness! Question: Didi, could you explain the difference between consciousness and pure consciousness? Answer: Whenever there is an object to witness, then only the witnessing consciousness arises. The witnessing... 
by Ekta Bathija | Oct 25, 2022 | Awareness, Body, Consciousness, Dreams, Existence, Illusion, Knowledge, Matter, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sensations, Thoughts
Are sensation and feeling different or the same? Question: What is sensation? What is feeling? Are they different or the same? Answer: A sensation is simply ‘knowledge’. A feeling is simply ‘knowledge’.A pleasant sensation is only... 
by Ekta Bathija | Sep 25, 2022 | Aagami, Animal, Anxiety, Ashtavakra Gita, Attachment, Aversion, Bhagwad Gita, Consciousness, Craving, Desire, Emotions, Enlightenment, Feverishness, Gunas, Guru, I, Karma, Karmaphalam, Maaya, Maya, Niyati, Prarabdha, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Sanchita, Satvik/Rajasic/Tamasic, Scriptures, Self, Soul, Types of Karma, Upanishad, Vedic
Beyond the realm of right and wrong… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHArGdiJR3c&feature=youtu.be Have questions? Reach out to Ekta by clicking on the “Ask a Question” button on the left sidebar. For attending Ekta’s online knowledge sessions, click the... 
by Ekta Bathija | Aug 21, 2022 | Jealousy, Mind, Scriptures, Truth, Vedic
Overcoming Jealousy Question: We are all social beings. We need to socialize once in a while with our friends just to get away from the home environment. All our friends are very mature, happy and well to do. They drive better cars, they have better homes, they have... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 7, 2022 | Dispassion, Guru, Guru, Knowledge, Maaya, Samsara, Vedic
Guru chose me or I chose the Guru? Question: Didi, I have heard that Guru chooses his disciples and we are not choosing our Guru. Can you please explain this. Answer: One aspect to it is that in the ancient times, the Guru would test the disciple to see if he... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 3, 2022 | Awareness, Breath, Commitment, Courage, Faith, Flow with Life, Guru, Guru, Guru, Guru/Disciple, Independent Spirituality, Intellect, Knowledge, Let go, Life, Masters, Meditation, Meditation, Mind, Pranayama, Rumi, Samsara, Self, Self, Self-Effort, Truth, Wisdom
Journey from external to internal Question: Dear Ektaji, I have been with a spiritual organizaion for 15 yrs now, have done courses, seva, satsang(less of seva though :-), could be better) … However, one question that has never been understood is going within. Journey... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jun 28, 2022 | Faith, God, God, Guru, Guru, Guru, Love, Vedic
Faith is like falling in love! Question: Didi, What is faith ? Answer: You don’t know me, you have never met nor have you ever seen me, still you have a firm connection with me and know that I will give you true answers for your questions. This is called Faith 😊... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jun 23, 2022 | Attention-Seeking, Devotion, Dhyana, Dispassion, General Spiritual, Gnyana, Guru, Guru, Guru, Just Be, Knowledge, Meditation, Meditation, Mind, Purushartha, Self, Self- Realization, Self-Effort
Connect with the Master internally instead of the external physical body! Question: I did feel a strong connection to my Guru when I did the course. But 3 years later now, I don’t feel anything. When I go to Ashram, I see people in crowds getting excited about Guruji,... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jun 5, 2022 | General Spiritual, Guru
So many spiritual techniques! So much confusion! Question: Before coming on to the spiritual path, life was simple. You study, you pass the exam. You don’t study, you fail. Now with the half-baked Knowledge, for anything you worry a thousand things: Whether I am... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 15, 2022 | Body, Buddha, Consciousness, Emptiness, Enlightenment, Festivals, Gunas, Guru, Independent Spirituality, Just Be, Maaya, Masters, Raaga/Dvesha, Self, Senses, Truth
HAPPY BUDDHA POORNIMA! Happy Vesak. What is Vesak? It is a Pali word for Vesākha or Buddha Poornima. Buddha was born, he got enlightened and he died, all on the same day. It is called Vesak in Pali. That was the language of those times. Buddha spoke in that... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 5, 2022 | Brahman, Consciousness, Energy, General Spiritual, Hindu, Life, Maya, Meditation, Miscellaneous, Opinion/Behavior/Judgement, Shiva, Silence
God is a thorough businessman! Question: Jai gurudev! I understand that ‘Hari’ and ‘Hara’ are one and the same. Yet I want to know wearing of what is scientifically more beneficial, the rudraksha that is connected to lord shiva or the tulasi beads that are associated... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 1, 2022 | Attraction, Aversion, Birth, Craving, Death, Greed, Impressions, Karma, Parents, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Sanchita, Soul, Thoughts, Types of Karma, Vedic
You chose your parents! How? Question: In the karma video you have mentioned that the soul selects his/her parent for a new body and environment. Does the soul make this decision guided by a certain thing (if it is guided by our sanchita? are we aware of our sanchita... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 5, 2022 | Alligator, Consciousness, God, Independent Spirituality, Karma, Niyati, Vedic
Alligator Karma! Question: I read about a crocodile/alligator grabbing a child in a national park and eating it. I felt very sad. I think it is wrong to say that it was that little child’s karma. Is it not allowing the culprit to run free if we keep blaming the victim... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 3, 2022 | Dispassion, Girlfriend/Boyfriend, Illusion, Independent Spirituality, Life, Maaya, Physical, Pleasure/Pain, Prakriti, Purusha, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Relationship, Samsara, Seeking, Self, Sex/Passion/Celibacy, Vairagya, Vedic
Does spirituality reduce the desire for sex? Question: Some have very strong desires and need sex anywhere between 2/3 times a week. Some have not had sex in months. Some are frustrated that one of the partner initiates all the time. Some have never had great need for... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 24, 2022 | Aagami, Awareness, Buddha, Consciousness, Impressions, Intuition, Mind, Present Moment, Raaga/Dvesha, Silence, Spontaneous, Thoughts, Time-past/present/Future, Types of Karma
Thought body and Intuitive body Question: What’s the difference between thought body and intuitive body? Answer: Only awareness is the tool that can help distinguish a thought from an intuition. Here are a few tell-tale signs. Thought – Very... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 10, 2022 | Consciousness, Expectations, Feverishness, Flow with Life, God, Karma, Karmaphalam, Land/Bhoomi, Let go, Misery, Parents, Suffering, Universe, Vedic
Parents Karma! Question: My parents are old and they live alone in their country and I live here in the US. I want them to come here but they do not like to live here. They are really suffering as they are old and I cannot leave my family here and go there to take... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 6, 2022 | Consciousness, Divine, Divine, General Spiritual, God
Do I have Brahma, Vishnu, or Shiva Shakti Question: How will I get to know whether I have Brahma shakti , Vishnu shakti or Shiva shakti from my day to day life? Will it have an impact on the profession or job I do? Answer: If you are into creating things then... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 1, 2022 | Brahman, Consciousness, Divine, Shiva, Vedic
Shiva Tandav – Happy Mahashivratri! On the occasion of Mahashivratri, here is a special video explaining Shiva tatva: Here is the link to the quantum mechanics video mentioned in the talk above – https://youtu.be/LARXSPARbZU Have questions? Reach out to... 
by Ekta Bathija | Feb 1, 2022 | Attachment, Attraction, Awareness, Consciousness, Emptiness, Enlightenment, Expectations, Gnyana, Impressions, Knowledge, Mind, Prakriti, Purusha, Scriptures, Self, Self- Realization, Self-Effort, Surrender, Vedic, Viveka, Wisdom
Abiding in the Self! Question: There is a sort of ‘bond’ between the awareness and the mind. The awareness goes out every time (away from the self to the world). And this connection or bond must be broken. How can I break this connection? I know that I have to take a... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 6, 2022 | Ashtavakra Gita, Birth, Body, Death, Karma, No-Mind, Samadhi, Self, Vedic
Drop the body before the body drops you! Question : In Asthavakra 8, you said, at death, the body gets tired of you and drops you. Is it not the other way around? When karma is exhausted the Purusha drops the Prakriti. Isn’t it true? Please help to clarify. ... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 1, 2022 | Attachment, Buddha, Commitment, Desire, Emotions, Expectations, Feverishness, Guilt, Just Be, Mind, New year, Present Moment, Suffering, Temporary, Thoughts, Truth, Vedic
Happy NEW perspective! Seeker: Can you help me make a firm new years resolution and stick to it? Answer: At this junction in life [new years], most people run after resolutions or they sit and sulk about the past years resolutions that they did not keep up to. Haven’t... 
by Ekta Bathija | Dec 21, 2021 | Children, Death, Emotions, Equanimous, Impressions, Just Be, Karma, Karmaphalam, Mind, Niyati, Raaga/Dvesha, Truth, Vedic
Law of Cause & Effect Question: Ektaji JGD, I have over the years read many stories of children being brutally violated and it sickens me. I cannot believe or wrap my mind around the idea that these children are reaping the fruits of their past karma. Is it not... 
by Ekta Bathija | Dec 19, 2021 | Brahman, Buddha, Just Be, Knowledge, Meditation, Mindfulness, Prana, Self-Effort, Self-Effort, Seva, Vedic
Just DO NOthing! Question: How do you meditate on a specific subject? For example, I think I can utilize deep meditation to get a stronger comprehension of love and how that’s what I’m made of etc etc. But if I’m already in meditation, to try to grab at a specific... 
by Ekta Bathija | Dec 12, 2021 | Brahman, Buddha, Choice, Consciousness, Doubts, Flow with Life, Mind, Non-Doership, Purusha, Raaga/Dvesha, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self, Spontaneous, Truth
Life is flowing, just flow with a smile! Question: I have to make a decision. How do I let “Life take its course”, how do I flow with it and where does my Purushartha come into play? What do I have to do to stop pretending to be a doer? With all the decision making... 
by Ekta Bathija | Dec 9, 2021 | Body, Commitment, Guru, Karma, Knowledge, Laziness, Maaya, Meditation, Mind, Patanjali Yogs Sutra, Purushartha, Satvik/Rajasic/Tamasic, Scriptures, Self-Effort, Vedic
No proxies allowed in Spirituality! Question: My peaceful experiences are not stable, and I am going up and down in my spiritual path, I feel there is no steady growth in my spiritual path. What should I do? Answer: The spiritual path is long, it is unknown,... 
by Ekta Bathija | Nov 14, 2021 | Choice, Choicelessness, Consciousness, Flow with Life, General Spiritual, Just Be, Raaga/Dvesha, Seeking, Seeking, Viveka
Choicelessness is freedom! Question: Is applying viveka, a kind of seeking? Because choosing/deciding right from wrong is so relative to this mind? Answer: Actually, Viveka is deeper than just plain discrimination between right and wrong. Viveka is the ability... 
by Ekta Bathija | Nov 11, 2021 | Ambition/Career, Awareness, Consciousness, Craving, Desire, Doership, Flow with Life, General Spiritual, Gnyani, Life, Mind, Non-Doership, Purusha, Relationship, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Seeking, Self, Seva, Truth, Wisdom
How to manage job, family, Seva without getting overwhelmed? Question: Can you please give direction on how do you manage a job, family, personal endeavor, and Seva while not getting overwhelmed? I have a tendency to say yes to many things, but in the end, I’m just... 
by Ekta Bathija | Oct 26, 2021 | Awareness, Awareness, Buddha, Causation, Faith, Flow with Life, Intellect, Karma, Karmaphalam, Knowledge, Life, Love, Memory, Mind, Purushartha, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self- Realization, Self-Effort, Self-Effort, Truth, Wisdom
What if the Karma theory is wrong? Question: I am getting a feeling of missing out. What if this Karma Theory is wrong and I wake up 40 years from now realizing that I missed out on people, places and things that at least gave me short-term pleasure. Now I have to... 
by Ekta Bathija | Oct 5, 2021 | Aagami, Attachment, Aversion, Buddha, Conscious, Consciousness, Craving, Desire, Expectations, God, Impressions, Karma, Life, Mind, Niyati, Parent/Child, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Seeking, Vedic
Expectations are Attachments! Question: My 14 year old son is terrible to live with. He is disrespectful, hurtful, vengeful without any provocation… even when I come from a space of love, the reaction from him is horrible. I tell myself that it’s my karma and to go... 
by Ekta Bathija | Oct 3, 2021 | Ashtavakra Gita, Awareness, Death, Enlightenment, History, Maya, Mind, Scriptures, Self, Silence, Truth, Vedic
Scriptures are not history! Question: I am a humble learner with a multi-variate interest in scriptures and vedas since my school days. There was this Shastrarth that took place between sage Astavakra and Acharya Bandi in presence of King Janaka. Can I assume that at... 
by Ekta Bathija | Sep 30, 2021 | Anger, Aversion, Consciousness, Divine, Ego, Greed, Hurt, Independent Spirituality, Jealousy, Karmaphalam, Let go, Mind, Pleasure/Pain, Present Moment, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Suffering, Surrender, Surrender, Surrender, Thoughts
What is the difference between Tolerance and Surrender? Question: What is the difference between tolerance and surrender? Answer: Tolerance is like a potential volcano. There is a dislike hidden within which just churns and burns inside and can erupt at any... 
by Ekta Bathija | Sep 28, 2021 | Courage, Craving, Desire, Dispassion, Doership, Ego, I, Independent Spirituality, Just Be, Karma, Knowledge, Life, Non-Doership, Personality, Pleasure/Pain, Raaga/Dvesha, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samsara, Self, Self- Realization, Truth, Vairagya
Who am I? Question: Similar to what’s said in AG 4- I got caught in identifying with a talent and also with not having a talent & was/is suffering. What is said in it still repeats in my ears. It is mentioned “you don’t know who you are”. I started thinking how... 
by Ekta Bathija | Sep 23, 2021 | Attraction, Courage, Craving, Dukkha, Equanimous, Happiness, Independent Spirituality, Just Be, Knowledge, Life, Mind, Misery, Pleasure/Pain, Raaga/Dvesha, Samsara, Seeking, Seeking, Self, Self- Realization, Sukkha, Temporary, Truth
There is no happiness in this world! Question: Why am I not happy with my-self? Why am I continuously looking for someone/something/some situation to make me happy or make me feel that I am happy? Answer: There is no Happiness/Sukha in this world, but the mind does... 
by Ekta Bathija | Sep 21, 2021 | Guru, Guru, Non-Doership, Thoughts, Truth, Vedic
Are you responsible for your own thoughts & feelings or not? Question: I saw this below knowledge, I am kind of confused 🤔 There is a contradiction between his two statements. 1] Your worries, your feelings, your thoughts arise in your own mind. You are totally... 
by Ekta Bathija | Sep 16, 2021 | Body, Consciousness, Existence, I, Matter, Science, Vedic, Vibration
Everything is but a vibration. Matter does not exist! Question: JGD Ekthaji, Reference: YG page 25 para 3 – Vasishtha is talking to Rama on the vibrations and their impact. Does the vibration here means the event(s) that are occurring to this body-consciousness in... 
by Ekta Bathija | Sep 2, 2021 | Independent Spirituality, Matter, Maya, OM, Vibration
“OM” is not just a sound, it is a vibration! Question: “Om” is the antidote to both sound AND sight? I didn’t get this, how it could be the antidote to the latter? Answer: Because “OM” is not just a sound, it is a vibration. According to the... 
by Ekta Bathija | Aug 24, 2021 | Aagami, Ambition/Career, Causation, Company/Association/Sangha, Compassion, Competition, Consciousness, Desire, Doership, Drama, Emotions, Games/Play/Fun, God, Karma, Karmaphalam, Life, Maaya, Maya, Name/Roles, Pleasure/Pain, Prarabdha, Problem/Struggle/Calamity, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Reaction, Relationship, Samsara, Seeking, Serious, Spontaneous, Vedic, Wealth
To Act, or Not To Act? Question: With today’s knowledge, I know I should take life as a game but I was cheated in business. Should I drop it too, or should I pursue the case I filed with the lawyer? Question: I work for a profit oriented company and there is a... 
by Ekta Bathija | Aug 22, 2021 | Aagami, Attachment, Boss/Colleague, Doership, Faith, Flow with Life, Greed, Karma, Love/Hate, Mind, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Reaction, Seeking, Seeking, Spontaneous, Surrender, Surrender, Truth, Vedic
What is seeking? Question: I quit my job and interviewed for another one. They offered me an entry level position with a pay less than half of what I am currently making. I did not accept the offer. My previous boss is working on getting me back at my old job. By me... 
by Ekta Bathija | Aug 15, 2021 | Advaita, Body, Brahman, Compassion, Independent Spirituality, Karma, Life, Mind, Paths, Pleasure/Pain, Relationship, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self, Self- Realization, Thoughts
Does the vaccine affect the Self? Question: Dear Ekatji,I have a concern about whether I should be vaccinated or not I am really not sure. My life is being the same before the pandemic and now during this pandemic, my life is so simple I am not in the rush for things... 
by Ekta Bathija | Aug 5, 2021 | Bhakti, Brahman, Consciousness, Devotion, Ego, Gnyana, Guru, Intellect, Knowledge, Knowledge, Kriya, Meditation, Meditation, Mind, Upanishad, Vedic, Wisdom
Is there something like “too much spiritual knowledge”? Question: All who worship what is not real knowledge, enter into blind darkness: those who delight in real knowledge, enter, as it were, into greater darkness. This is excerpt from Ishavasya... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 13, 2021 | Aagami, Brahman, Consciousness, Dukkha, Elements, Gnyani, Impressions, Karma, Karmaphalam, Knowledge, Maya, Meditation, Prakriti, Prarabdha, Raaga/Dvesha, Samsara, Sanchita, Self- Realization, Self-Effort, Space-Time, Surrender, Upanishad, Vedic
KARMA! Question: Please explain the sentences Excerpt 1 -The space is not afflicted by any action. Similarly, you are free from karma. Answer: Look around you right now. You are surrounded by space from all angles. Can you touch the space around you?... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jun 27, 2021 | Aversion, Courage, Dispassion, Divine, Ego, Enlightenment, Equanimous, Greed, Guru, Happiness, Love, Raaga/Dvesha, Vairagya, Vedic
Enlightenment makes me greedy! Question: JGD Ektaji, Thanks for sharing this beautiful thought, but I believe thinking about enlightenment itself is a kind of suffering. You constantly work hard towards it reminding yourself that enlightenment is your end goal. I have... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jun 20, 2021 | Causation, Commitment, Destiny, Doubts, Gnyana, Guru, Guru, Guru, Independent Spirituality, Intellect, Karma, Knowledge, Liberation, Scriptures, Self, Self, Self- Realization, Self-Effort, Self-Effort, Truth, Wisdom
Are you worthy of Spiritual Knowledge? Question : Sometimes I wonder that, am I even worthy of this highest and beautiful knowledge? Even after studying and applying the knowledge we sometimes lose the path and get involved in cravings, desires and get carried away by... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jun 17, 2021 | Consciousness, Dhyana, Ego, I, Independent Spirituality, Knowledge, Meditation, Meditation, Self, Self- Realization
Gnyana leads to Dhyana Question: JGD didi, I have been listening to the knowledge and applying the knowledge points in my life and I have started feeling the nothingness/the consciousness. It is strange. It does not happen in meditation but it happens in... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jun 15, 2021 | Body, Concepts, Doership, Dreams, Ego, Faith, I, Just Be, Mind, No-Mind, Purushartha, Samsara, Self, Thoughts, Vedic, Yoga Vasistha
The Mind does not exist! Question: JGD Ekta Ji, I am of the mindset that there will always be thoughts in the mind but by staying in knowledge and other techniques you can control your mind so that you are not attached to these thoughts. This way you are still... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 20, 2021 | Consciousness, Dhyana, Meditation, Patanjali Yogs Sutra, Samadhi, Scriptures, Vedic
Is it possible to go into a complete thoughtless state while meditating? Question: When meditating, I sometime get down to a very relaxed clear state, where I feel only peace (there really isn’t any word for it though) but there are usually one or two thoughts... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 11, 2021 | Aagami, Ashtavakra Gita, Consciousness, Expectations, God, Guru, Karma, Karmaphalam, Mind, Sankalpa/Intention, Spontaneous, Vedic
Attachment to Karmaphalam (fruit of an action) Question:Please help me understand this. We have been working really hard for the upcoming course. We are talking about the benefits of meditation and this course to everyone. We have been doing intro talks but we still... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 27, 2021 | Buddha, Causation, Consciousness, Doership, Faith, Flow with Life, Illusion, Just Be, Karma, Maaya, Niyati, Personality, Raaga/Dvesha, Reaction, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Seeking, You
Dealing with disrespectful people using Buddha’s principles of observing sensations! Question:At work, few people are disrespectful in team meetings. I understand emotions arise due to1] my dvesha [I do not have a powerful physical voice or authoritative position,... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 13, 2021 | Brahman, Consciousness, Desire, General Spiritual, Illusion, Maaya, Samsara, Self
Sab Moha Maaya hai! Question: Dear didi Your what’sapp dp is “Sab moh maaya hai”. Means except self everything is moh maaya? Like my body, my mind, my ego is MAAYA? People around me, their body, their ego, their mind is also Maaya. And I should let go of it? Answer:... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 23, 2021 | Animal, Consciousness, Devas, Doership, Energy, Formless, Human, Karma, Karmaphalam, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Vedic
Is karma responsible for significant number of deaths due to natural calamities? Question:So if body is inside prana, when we hear about suppose earthquake or any other natural phenomenon where so many people die, is it because the prana of that area was low or is it... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 18, 2021 | Aagami, Brahman, Consciousness, Energy, Flow with Life, Freewill, Impressions, Karma, Karmaphalam, Maaya, Niyati, No-Mind, Prakriti, Prarabdha, Purusha, Raaga/Dvesha, Sanchita, Types of Karma, Vedic, Vibration
Mahaa Maaya, Moha Maaya and Yoga Maaya Question : The ball is rolling and we are not the doer. Whatever will happen will happen. How does free will fit in? We have the free will not to create agami karma but what has to happen will happen irrespectively. Unless agami... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 16, 2021 | Consciousness, Desire, Emotions, General Spiritual, Gnyani, Knowledge, Meditation, Memory, Mind, No-Mind, Paths, Raaga/Dvesha, Satvik/Rajasic/Tamasic, Self- Realization, Sensations, Sex/Passion/Celibacy
Wanting to look good….. Raaga or not? Question:I have a desire to have clear pretty skin. I was wondering if it is Raaga or it is part of nature? Is it a bad karma or a bad desire to want to look pretty not with make-up but with normal skin?Answer:You are the... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 11, 2021 | Aagami, Body, Bondage, Destiny, Doership, Enlightenment, Freewill, Guru, I, Karma, Karmaphalam, Maaya, Mind, Niyati, Purushartha, Raaga/Dvesha, Samsara, Sankalpa/Intention, Siddha, Soul, Temporary, Time-past/present/Future, Vedic
If everything is a play of Destiny, then what is Freewill? Question:I am still not clear on how Destiny and Freewill play a part in our lives. When do we have a freewill when it is all our destiny or a result of our past karma. If I am not the Doer, where is free will... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 4, 2021 | Body, Concepts, Doubts, Emptiness, Faith, Fullness, Guru, Intellect, Knowledge, Mind, Opinion/Behavior/Judgement, Personality, Prakriti, Purusha, Vedic
See Guru as an Energy, not a Personality! Question: You said, ‘See Guru as beyond a personality, see the being, see the hollow and empty, ever full presence’. From past few weeks, I was actually wanting to feel Guru beyond the body. How to see that?... 
by Ekta Bathija | Feb 28, 2021 | Awareness, Consciousness, I, Independent Spirituality, Mind, Paths, Ramana Maharshi, Silence, Thoughts
The source of the I-thought is Silence! Question: Concentration on ‘I’ thought seems to be an on and off process. I get a glimpse that concentration on ‘I-thought’ will remove the identification with the body but the more I concentrate on the... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 21, 2021 | Children, Drama, Enlightenment, Games/Play/Fun, Gnyana, Illusion, Karma, Maaya, Marriage, Mind, Purushartha, Relationship, Spouse, Truth, Vedic
Why this? Why that? Why? Why?…. It’s all Maaya! Question:JGD Didi, I had a nasty marriage and even nastier divorce in past. I have two adorable children though. I have promised them they will never have any stepfather in their life, that is the reason why... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 19, 2021 | Awareness, Courage, Impressions, Independent Spirituality, Knowledge, Maaya, Meditation, Truth
Crossing through the dark clouds of Maaya! Question:I am practicing being more and more aware. In spite of being aware that my particular Karma or action will create a future karma, my mind gets stuck suddenly and I land up creating an aagami karma seed. How is it... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 17, 2021 | Company/Association/Sangha, Compassion, Ego, Guru, Guru, Guru, I, Independent Spirituality, Karma, Knowledge, Life, Maya, Meditation, Problem/Struggle/Calamity, Purushartha, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Reaction, Scriptures, Self, Senses, Truth, Vedic
Ego is a major pitfall on the Spiritual path! Question : Dear Didi, I tend to be influenced by those who are having too much fun and less awareness and don’t take the spiritual path seriously. I feel that we are not even eligible to learn this beautiful knowledge from... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 14, 2021 | Awareness, Causation, Consciousness, Doership, Faith, Flow with Life, General Spiritual, Illusion, Just Be, Karma, Maaya, Niyati, Raaga/Dvesha, Reaction, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Seeking, You
Leave the mind alone! Question: Dear Didi, in your signature and on your web site, there is a beautiful quote. “Leave the mind alone, it will quieten itself! Meditate!”I meditate, but it is more of a struggle and I always come out feeling not so good about my... 
by Ekta Bathija | Dec 13, 2020 | Awareness, Consciousness, Enlightenment, God, Guru, Kabir, Paths, Religion, Self-Effort, Suffering
Kabir says drop all conditioning! Question: In one of your answers, you mentioned that Kabir asks us to burn down our house of material and spiritual conditioning if we want to attain the Witness/Consciousness/Sakshi. Has Kabir explained what is spiritual... 
by Ekta Bathija | Nov 29, 2020 | Awareness, Body, Enlightenment, Gnyani, Guru, Independent Spirituality, Intellect, Masters, Matter, Mind, Physical, Pleasure/Pain, Prakriti, Ramana Maharshi, Suffering
Does a Guru or the Enlightened one feel sadness? Do they actually fall sick? Question: I have a question, although it may sound silly. I was wondering, do enlightened beings feel sadness? Do they actually feel sick? As I look at an enlightened one, I see consciousness... 
by Ekta Bathija | Nov 12, 2020 | Dispassion, Ego, Flow with Life, Independent Spirituality, Just Be, Maaya, Time-past/present/Future, Truth
Dispassion or Disinterest? Question: Jgd Ekta di, Are dispassion and disinterest one and the same. I have lost ambition in Career. I do whatever job is given to me. But my Boss has started noticing it that I don’t go beyond what was asked of me and don’t bring new... 
by Ekta Bathija | Oct 29, 2020 | Awareness, Body, Brahman, Concepts, Consciousness, Doership, Ego, Elements, Existence, Fear, Form, Gnyana, Gratitude, Guru, I, Impressions, Life, Matter, Mind, Opinion/Behavior/Judgement, Personality, Physical, Prakriti, Purusha, Self, Soul, Surrender, Truth, Vedic, You
What is Personality? Question:Is personality born from the soul or is it created by the ego? When we see others who are acting very differently than we ever would like ourselves to, even though they are part of our same consciousness, does that mean that they have the... 
by Ekta Bathija | Oct 27, 2020 | Awareness, Ego, Festivals, Mind, Mindfulness, Present Moment, Self, Senses, Vedic
Spiritual Significance of Ramayana on the occasion of Dussera! Ramayana is an epic story about King Dasharatha, who had three wives, but no children. Along with his wife Kaushalya, he performed a yagya called Ashwamedha, after which they got four sons.... 
by Ekta Bathija | Oct 17, 2020 | Attachment, Bondage, Commitment, Consciousness, Courage, Craving, Desire, Doership, Ego, Enlightenment, Feverishness, Freedom, Illusion, Independent Spirituality, Liberation, Life, Maya, Moksha, Non-Doership, Problem/Struggle/Calamity, Purushartha, Raaga/Dvesha, Samsara, Self, Self- Realization, Self-Effort, Soul, Tapas, Temporary, Truth, Vedic, Viveka, Wisdom
The life of ‘maximum relief’ Question: My friend somewhere read that the life before liberation is the toughest, is there any truth to this? Answer: I don’t think that the last life before liberation is the toughest. It is just that in that life, you will... 
by Ekta Bathija | Oct 13, 2020 | Awareness, Buddha, Enlightenment, Knowledge, Knowledge, Let go, Liberation, Life, Maaya, Maya, Meditation, Meditation, Moksha, Self, Self- Realization, Self-Effort, Self-Effort, Service, Seva, Vedic
Why do I feel stagnant in my spiritual growth? Question:JGD Ektaji – As you are aware, I have been in knowledge for about 3 years now. I have also been involved with some seva and regular sadhana but I feel like I am not growing. I watch my self all the time (sakshi... 
by Ekta Bathija | Oct 11, 2020 | Awareness, Awareness, Consciousness, Drama, I, Independent Spirituality, Just Be, Meditation, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sensations, Silence, Temporary, Thoughts
A thought is just a JOKER! Question:When I am in the silent state during meditation and shift my object of meditation from sensations to the silence/ pure awareness I am experiencing, how to prolong that state? It feels like the mind is waiting behind the bushes like... 
by Ekta Bathija | Oct 8, 2020 | Awareness, Buddha, Buddha, Consciousness, Depression, Emotions, Knowledge, Let go, Mind, Present Moment, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self-Effort, Thoughts, Vedic, Viveka
Observing the mind and getting out of problems! Question: I understand that we have to maintain an observer’s attitude towards our mind. But sometimes, trying to observe what is going on in my mind creates more turmoil in my mind since an inner dialogue starts... 
by Ekta Bathija | Oct 4, 2020 | Awareness, Buddha, Karma, Meditation, Purushartha, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self, Self- Realization, Self-Effort, Self-Effort, Truth, Vedic
Intention v/s Effort Question:How to be in Sakshi bhaav and master the mind when I don’t have any means of Sadhana, Seva and Satsang because of a personal situation? I am averse to 2 people in my office, my mind is getting trapped. Knowledge takes a back seat many... 
by Ekta Bathija | Sep 29, 2020 | Awareness, Body, Breath, Buddha, Buddha, Desire, Emotions, Feverishness, Gossip, Meditation, Raaga/Dvesha, Reaction, Satipathana, Sensations, Senses, Silence, Thoughts, Truth, Wisdom
Preparation for a long Buddha retreat Question: Didi, please would you advise on how to prepare for my upcoming 10-day long Buddha retreat? Answer: Irrespective of whether you are enrolled in the Satipatthana retreat or the Jhana retreat or the Metta retreat, everyone... 
by Ekta Bathija | Sep 13, 2020 | Buddha, Buddha, Enlightenment, Faith, Meditation, Mind, Samadhi, Scriptures, Truth, Vedic
Buddha became globally popular because… Question: Why is Buddha globally popular even though he was criticized by Vedic sages? Answer: Buddha, born as Prince Siddhartha Gautama had everything – money, name, fame, position, power, wife, everything one could wish for.... 
by Ekta Bathija | Aug 29, 2020 | Advaita, Concepts, Consciousness, Enlightenment, Food, General Spiritual, Mind, Paths
Is vegetarianism preferable for spiritual growth? Question: Thank you for the article on vegetarianism and non-vegetarianism – https://ektabathija.com/are-there-karmic-consequences-to-eating-meat/. My question is not about the Karmic consequences of eating meat... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 16, 2020 | Awareness, Buddha, Consciousness, Enlightenment, Just Be, Meditation, Purushartha, Satipathana, Scriptures, Self- Realization, Self-Effort, Soul, Soul, Sukkha, Truth
Buddha taught that there is NO SOUL! Question:Buddha taught that there is NO SOUL! Please, can you enlighten us on this?Answer:To understand Buddha first, we have to understand his basic teachings.Buddha was a prince, who saw riches/name/fame/relationships but did not... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 10, 2020 | Advaita, Advaita, Awareness, Body, Brahman, Consciousness, Ego, I, Paths, Sakshi Bhav/Witness
Is the body-mind inside the field of knowingness/awareness? Dear Sincere seeker, Please find the short video clip and its transcript below for the answer to the question, ‘Is the body-mind inside the field of knowingness awareness?’ Transcript: The... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 8, 2020 | Advaita, Advaita, Awareness, Consciousness, Just Be, Paths, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Silence, Thoughts
What is the silence in between two thoughts? Dear Sincere seeker, Please find the short video clip and its transcript below for the answer to the question, ‘What is the silence in between two thoughts?’ Transcript: If you are not sleeping, if you... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 2, 2020 | Advaita, Awareness, Consciousness, Gossip, Illusion, Maaya, Paths, Sakshi Bhav/Witness
Awareness does not seem to be natural to me. How do I make it my nature? Dear Sincere seeker, Please find the short video clip and its transcript below for the answer to the question, Awareness does not seem to be natural to me. How do I make it my nature? ... ![Dealing with Blame [per Ramana Maharshi’s direct path]](https://i0.wp.com/ektabathija.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/blame.jpg?resize=1080%2C675&ssl=1)
by Ekta Bathija | Jun 30, 2020 | Advaita, Awareness, Consciousness, Drama, Ego, Independent Spirituality, Mind, Paths, Ramana Maharshi, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samsara
Dealing with Blame [per Ramana Maharshi’s direct path] Question: I can not take insults and blame and criticism, I wilt away like a dying flower. Please help me deal with this, a family member does not speak respectfully and this kills me. Please help! ... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jun 25, 2020 | Awareness, Brahman, Consciousness, Enlightenment, God, Independent Spirituality, Just Be, Love, Present Moment, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self- Realization, Silence
God lives in my pocket… a poem by Ekta Bathija He said, “keep searching”,She said, “don’t stop the search”.I searched, I searched, I searched,And I couldn’t find anything. Then one fine day, sitting on the green couch,by the window, watching the sun’s golden... ![Is Sakshi bhava [awareness], just a thought produced by the mind?](https://i0.wp.com/ektabathija.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/awareness.jpg?resize=1080%2C675&ssl=1)
by Ekta Bathija | Jun 23, 2020 | Advaita, Advaita, Awareness, Awareness, Consciousness, Paths, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Thoughts
Is Sakshi bhava [awareness], just a thought produced by the mind? Dear Sincere seeker, Please find the short video clip and its transcript below for the answer to the question, ‘Is Sakshi bhava [awareness], just a thought produced by the mind?’ ... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jun 11, 2020 | Ambition/Career, Animal, Birth, Body, Concepts, Consciousness, Death, Ego, Flow with Life, I, Ignorance, Illusion, Impulsive, Life, Maaya, Maya, Mind, Present Moment, Purusha, Samsara, Self, Soul, Spontaneous, Temporary, Vedic, You
What is the purpose of life? Question:I keep wondering why we first broke away from our nature of infinite consciousness? Why did that subtle vibration even occur that led to the “I”/ ego and then to the projected consciousness that leads us to this cycle of samsara... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jun 9, 2020 | Brahman, Consciousness, Energy, Form, Prakriti, Purusha, Vedic
You are not the body! Question:Are Purusha and Brahman the same? Since both are energy, does it mean they are the same?Answer:Brahman is that supreme energy out of which everything is born. It is also called the supreme consciousness. This everything that was born of... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jun 7, 2020 | Consciousness, Dispassion, Flow with Life, Independent Spirituality, Just Be, Knowledge, Samsara, Silence, Temporary, Vairagya
How to be motivated when you know everything is incapable of satisfying? Question:At first I had found satisfaction in this idea of “aniccha – everything is incapable of satisfying”. It was kind of relieving that I didn’t have to wait to actually do something or... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 31, 2020 | Aagami, Animal, Ashtavakra Gita, Brahman, Consciousness, Ego, Fear, I, Impressions, Karma, Karmaphalam, Mind, Prakriti, Vedic
Consciousness in animals and immaterial objects Question:Since immaterial objects and animals have no mind, are they pure consciousness? (I feel like I’ve asked this before and you gave a simple answer, but not simple enough for me to remember!)Answer:The mind... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 28, 2020 | Ashtavakra Gita, Awareness, Emotions, Guru, Liberation, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Vedic
Identifying yourself with your thoughts and emotions, thinking that you created them, is utter ignorance ! Question: I came across this message, “Identifying yourself with your thoughts and emotions, thinking that you created them, is utter ignorance. When you... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 24, 2020 | Buddha, Mind, No-Mind, Purusha, Self, Senses
Mind v/s Self ! Question: Sometimes these guided meditations (including today’s) talk about how our mind is bigger than our body and our body is surrounded by our mind, and says it like this is a good thing. But if that’s the case, it’s really... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 19, 2020 | General Spiritual, Just Be, Meditation, Mind, Present Moment, Samadhi, Self, Silence, Space-Time, Time-past/present/Future, Truth
Mind creates the illusion of Time! Time does not really exist! Question:Time in addition to raaga/ dvesha or thoughts creates a barrier in meditation. Mind and Time seem undetachable unless consciousness goes in the silent core. Do you have tips to get over this... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 3, 2020 | Awareness, Awareness, Consciousness, Death, General Spiritual, Karma, Mindfulness, Sakshi Bhav/Witness
3 States of Consciousness Question: Ektaji, I have one question. You were saying that if one is established in 100% awareness of the subtle body at death, you become enlightened. Does this happen only at the time of death or can it happen even when you... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 25, 2020 | Attachment, Dispassion, Dreams, Fear, General Spiritual, Let go, Life, Maaya, Mind, Raaga/Dvesha, Self- Realization, Truth
The truth is that you really don’t want to wake up! Question:If I have to get enlighten, it seems so difficult. I have to get over my attachment to my spouse, children, parents, friends, job, aspirations, power, position, company, money, house, car, friends, phone,... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 23, 2020 | Awareness, Just Be, Karma, Liberation, Mindfulness, Present Moment, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samadhi, Self, Self, Self- Realization, Vedic
Be a witness to all that is happening Question:Jai guru dev Ektaji – Di, we are not the body. Though this body will finish one day but we are not destroyed as we are the energy which is making this body work. Di, I want to know that whatever karma we do, we do it... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 20, 2020 | Awareness, Body, Consciousness, Enlightenment, Mind, Non-Doership, Purusha, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Thoughts, Vedic, You
When “I” watch my thoughts, who is doing the watching? Question: When “I” watch my thoughts, is it my consciousness that’s doing the watching? Or another layer of the burrito altogether? Answer: You are watching the thoughts. You are not the mind, you are not... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 17, 2020 | Awareness, Consciousness, Dreams, Duality, General Spiritual, Illusion, Let go, Physical, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Satori, Self, Truth, Videha
Is it possible to drop duality? Questions: In Cosmos, it is said that there is no concept of time. My question though is, can you experience this while you are in a physical form. From Lila’s story(yoga vasishtha), she had to remove the duality completely? Please... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 12, 2020 | Bhakti, Brahman, Buddha, Conscious, Consciousness, Devotion, Emotions, Emptiness, Enlightenment, Fullness, Gnyana, Gnyani, Intellect, Love, No-Mind, Silence, Thoughts
Emptiness IS Fullness! Question:How can emptiness be also called fullness on the spiritual path? Please clarify.Answer:On the spiritual path, many different kinds of people walk. Some people are in the head and some people are completely in the heart. The people... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 10, 2020 | Birth, Brahman, Consciousness, Death, Ego, Enlightenment, Fear, God, Grateful, Gratitude, Guru, Hindu, I, Intellect, Knowledge, Krishna, Liberation, Love, Masters, Maya, Puja, Rituals, Self- Realization, Shiva, Soul, Surrender, Surrender, Vedic, Wisdom, Worship
Spiritual but not Religious Question: Now a days it is becoming fashionable to say ” I am not religious but I am spiritual”. Could you help me understand the difference between the two. Isn’t spirituality a part of our religion? Does religion only mean to worship God... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 9, 2020 | Aagami, Ashtavakra Gita, Awareness, Bhakti, Brahman, Consciousness, Destiny, Devotion, Divine, Doership, Gnyana, Guru, Knowledge, Love, Maya, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sanchita, Surrender, Surrender, Surrender, Vedic
Bhakti leads to the flowering of Gnyana Question: Hello Ektaji, I read somewhere “Devotion destroys all the karma”. Could you please explain this with reference to what we have learnt so far in Ashtavakra Gita? Answer: Ashtavakra is the path of Gnyana [knowledge].... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 8, 2020 | Flow with Life, General Spiritual, God, Happiness, Love, Mind, Raaga/Dvesha, Vedic, Viveka
God Loves Fun 🙂 Question: If we need to stay away from thoughts and control the mind, why did god give us the mind? Answer: God loves fun! There is no real purpose for this creation. It is all for fun. It is meant for your enjoyment. So just enjoy everything in the... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 7, 2020 | Brahman, Buddha, Consciousness, Devotion, God, Just Be, Miscellaneous, Prayer, Religion, Rituals, Sankalpa/Intention, Symbolism, Thoughts, Vedic
Are you going to GOD as a beggar? Question:Are all Puranas mythological stories with an underlying message? What about fasting, holy dips, lighting of lamps prescribed in those Puranas, especially Kartika Purana, that millions of people religiously follow – is there... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 5, 2020 | Ashtavakra Gita, Awareness, Bhakti Sutra, Consciousness, Emotions, Enlightenment, Form, Formless, God, Independent Spirituality, Knowledge, Life, Maaya, Maya, Patanjali Yogs Sutra, Raaga/Dvesha, Samsara, Scriptures, Self, Self- Realization, Self-Effort, Vedic, Wonder, Yoga Vasistha
Who is God? Question: What’s the easy way to be connected to divine. I was good at that but I got lost & cannot concentrate to get there again. Answer: How to be connected to the divine? Who is God? Most do not even know who is God. How can you be... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 3, 2020 | Buddha, Buddha, Consciousness, Dispassion, General Spiritual, God, Krishna, Maaya, Shiva
Krishna, Shiva, Buddha – They are all just ONE! Question:I am not able to understand the line – “The bestower of dispassion is Shiva, that Consciousness that is bliss, innocence, and omnipresence. Krishna is the outer manifestation of Shiva. And the inner... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 31, 2020 | Aagami, Attachment, Aversion, Body, Causation, Consciousness, Destiny, Doership, Dukkha, Ego, Freewill, Impressions, Karma, Karmaphalam, Life, Maaya, Mind, Niyati, Pleasure/Pain, Prarabdha, Raaga/Dvesha, Reaction, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samsara, Sanchita, Sankalpa/Intention, Scriptures, Self, Soul, Sukkha, Temporary, Thoughts, Types of Karma, Vedic
A few questions on KARMA Question:Is karma about keeping your intentions positive or is it about keeping your intention and thoughts neutral?Answer:There are two steps:Moving from negativity to positivityDropping the attachment to positivity = attaining... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 25, 2020 | Aagami, Ashtavakra Gita, God, Guru, Impressions, Karma, Karmaphalam, Mind, Prarabdha, Raaga/Dvesha, Sanchita, Surrender, Thoughts, Vedic
Is it Karma or me? Question: It is said that we are living our thoughts and that we are responsible for our thoughts. During the last few months thoughts came to me of what we would do if we were in a difficult situation & now that has happened. So now I am here... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 19, 2020 | Birth, Bondage, Commitment, Death, Dhyana, Dispassion, General Spiritual, Gnyani, Guru, Life, Maaya, Meditation, Purushartha, Self-Effort, Truth
Mourn Birth & Celebrate Death! Question: Didi, we usually cry when a close one dies. There is a high possibility that he/she has finished his/her karma bag and will not take birth again. Instead of crying we should be happy for them. We cry for our own selfish... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 18, 2020 | Awareness, Bondage, Boss/Colleague, Death, Emotions, Existence, Fear, Fear, Form, Illusion, Maaya, Physical, Prakriti, Relationship, Samsara, Self, Self- Realization, Soul, Temporary, Vedic, Viveka, Wisdom
Death Question: Dearest Ektaji, My first boss and mentor who became a very good friend just died this morning. I have known him since 1985. Part of me feels ignorant/lost and part of me feels thirsty. I feel Lost because I do not have good knowledge about death and... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 17, 2020 | Awareness, Body, Doership, Energy, Flow with Life, General Spiritual, Gratitude, Mind, Misery, Pleasure/Pain, Prana, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self, Self- Realization, Self-Effort, Suffering, Truth, Wisdom
In sickness and in health! Question:Ekta ji, during Vyadhi, even as small as a headache, the Prana takes a hit and is focused only on the body. Should one wait for the phase to finish, and take it as tapas to come back and settle in the Self, what do you... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 21, 2020 | Ego, Enlightenment, God, Guru, Independent Spirituality, Mind, Purushartha, Self, Self- Realization, Self-Effort, Self-Effort, Vedic
The door that leads you ‘IN’ also leads you ‘OUT’! Question: I am a very competitive and jealous person in the office, at home, with family & friends and especially in my volunteer activities. Now this competition is coming into my... 
by Ekta Bathija | Dec 14, 2019 | Bondage, Dispassion, Freedom, General Spiritual, Guru, Knowledge, Meditation, Meditation, Mind, No-Mind, Samadhi, Samsara, Scriptures, Self- Realization, Self-Effort, Silence, Truth, Vairagya, Wisdom
Longer retreats for advanced meditators! Question: Please would you provide some insight into the need for longer retreats and how they help a spiritual seeker? Answer: In the longer retreats, a sincere spiritual seeker receives individual meditation instructions.... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 10, 2019 | Compassion, Destiny, Dispassion, Freewill, Karma, Knowledge, Maaya, Mind, Pleasure/Pain, Purushartha, Self-Effort, Silence, Truth, Vedic
The higher Truth! Question-Today I was thinking that this body, this human life and the tools like Viveka that I currently have are only to understand, learn and reach the highest truth. But I’m just happily using it for all this worldly Maaya stuff. For a person to... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 10, 2019 | Death, Divine, Formless, Guru, Guru Poornima, Independent Spirituality, Masters, Mind, No-Mind, Rumi, Truth
A Master is death as well as Resurrection! Question:JGD Didi, Krishnamurty says you do NOT need a Guru or a Master to walk the spiritual path, you can get there on your own. Why is a Master required on the Spiritual path?Answer:There is a Rumi poem:I died as a mineral... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 7, 2019 | Body, Independent Spirituality, Physical, Prakriti, Purusha, Self, Soul, Universe, Vedic
Difference between the ethereal body and the physical body Question:What is the difference between the ethereal body and the physical body?Answer:Ethereal body is what you are, the Purusha/Soul/Self. This Purusha just forgets its own identity and thinks I am solid, I... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 6, 2019 | Aversion, Birth, Karma, Miscellaneous, Self, Soul, Time-past/present/Future, Vedic
It depends on karma when exactly the soul will take a re-birth Question:Ektaji, You said that when we die we are first received by our ancestors but are they not reborn? How would we meet them then?Answer:The concept of time is applicable only to us humans not to the... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 6, 2019 | Consciousness, General Spiritual, Guru
What does an Enlightened one see when he looks around ? Question: Does an enlightened one still have SOME mind since he has a body? And what does he see when he looks around? Does he see what I see, or does he see 1 giant blob of consciousness floating around /... 
by Ekta Bathija | Mar 6, 2019 | Attachment, Birth, Body, Children, Death, Parent/Child, Patanjali Yogs Sutra, Relationship, Scriptures, Soul, Vedic
Why do we do Shraadh every year for the departed ones ? Question:JGD!! I have a question pertaining to something we did in Pathanjali Yoga sutras. We discussed about death and how we do the 13 day rituals to let go of the soul. Why do we do Shraadh every year for the... 
by Ekta Bathija | Feb 28, 2019 | Awareness, Buddha, Commitment, Ego, Guru, Independent Spirituality, Life, Purushartha, Seeking, Self-Effort
6 Signs of a sincere seeker Have questions? Reach out to Ekta by clicking on the “Ask a Question” button on the left sidebar. For attending Ekta’s online knowledge sessions, click the “Gnyana Sangha” button on the left sidebar. Have a Spiritual Question? Ask... 
by Ekta Bathija | Feb 28, 2019 | Brahman, Consciousness, Elements, Existence, Form, I, Matter, Physical, Prakriti, Purusha, Scriptures, Self, Soul, Vedic
Pancha Rahasya – The 5 secrets of Creation Have questions? Reach out to Ekta by clicking on the “Ask a Question” button on the left sidebar. For attending Ekta’s online knowledge sessions, click the “Gnyana Sangha” button on the left sidebar. Have a Spiritual... 
by Ekta Bathija | Feb 28, 2019 | Bhakti Sutra, Knowledge, Love, Love, Relationship, Scriptures, Self, Soul, Soul, Truth, Vedic
Three types of Love Question:We say that everything is god/ love. Love is in every cell of the body. We also say that we are all made up of this one consciousness. It exists in all of us. My question is, then why do we love someone more than others. Or, is it a... 
by Ekta Bathija | Feb 28, 2019 | Enlightenment, General Spiritual, Guru, Human, Knowledge, Liberation, Masters, Misery, Moksha, Rishi, Seva, Siddha, Swamy
What is the difference between a Rishi and a Guru? Question:Is there a difference between a Rishi and a Guru?Answer:A Guru is a Siddha, he has been liberated and has returned back to the world to help others attain liberation, to spread peace, to help humanity in... 
by Ekta Bathija | Feb 28, 2019 | Attachment, Attention-Seeking, Attraction, Brahman, Consciousness, Craving, Desire, Divine, Divine, Enlightenment, Food, Greed, Raaga/Dvesha, Self, Self, Sex/Passion/Celibacy, Soul, Soul, Vedic
Is sex divine? Question:I have a very personal question. What is significance of sex in our marriage? If I am not the body, and only the consciousness, then how do I define sex or lovemaking with my spouse? Is sex divine? Or is it more of us not able to control our... 
by Ekta Bathija | Feb 22, 2019 | Brahman, Consciousness, Enlightenment, God, Knowledge, Upanishad, Vedic
What are Upanishads? Question:If all these “upanishads” have different authors, what is the underlying reason that they’re all classified/grouped together as “upanishads”?Answer:It was a golden age where the rate of enlightenment was very high After the study of the... 
by Ekta Bathija | Feb 21, 2019 | Awareness, Awareness, Birth, Death, Enlightenment, Impressions, Karma, Liberation, Mind, Miscarriage, No-Mind, OM, Raaga/Dvesha, Soul, Unconscious, Vedic
Baby dying in womb attains liberation or not? The key to liberation is ‘awareness’. Being ‘Aware at the point of death is the secret code!For an ‘unenlightened soul’, birth and death both happen in a ‘deep sleep state devoid of awareness’. Because of this lack of... 
by Ekta Bathija | Dec 8, 2018 | Compassion, Destiny, God, Karma, Karmaphalam, Misery, Service, Seva, Suffering, Vedic
Don’t help people who are suffering Question: It is said that one must not help anyone unless he or she asks for help. My assumption is because we will feel hurt when he/she do not appreciate us but I feel like helping others who suffer. Can I drop expectation... 
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