by Gnyana Sangha | Jun 16, 2022 | Bhakti, Bondage, Commitment, Courage, Courage, Devotion, Guru/Disciple, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, Liberation, Liberation, Moksha, Prayer, Samadhi, Self-Effort, Surrender, Surrender, Vairagya
Mind retaliates to your answer on craving for Guru! Question: Ektaji, My bhakti kicked in and did a little revolt against the answer – https://ektabathija.com/craving-for-guru/ Divine craving (for the physical guru or the tattva) is in my faith a blessing..does Mukti...
by Gnyana Sangha | Apr 19, 2022 | Advaita, Body, Dreams, History, Human, Illusion, Personality, Upanishad, Wisdom
Can spiritual wisdom ever have a negative impact? Question: Dear Didi. I realized after yesterday’s session that without the Advaita basics and guided practice or experiential knowledge, the path to Ajaata Vaad can have a negative effect on the well-being of an...
by Gnyana Sangha | Dec 12, 2021 | Brahman, Buddha, Buddha, Buddha, Buddha, Choice, Doubts, Purusha, Purusha, Spontaneous
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 Gnyana Sangha | Nov 11, 2021 | Ambition/Career, Awareness, Awareness, Awareness, Awareness, Consciousness, Consciousness, Consciousness, Consciousness, Craving, General Spiritual, Gnyani, Relationship, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Seeking, Seeking, Seva, Wisdom, Wisdom, 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 Gnyana Sangha | Sep 28, 2021 | Courage, Dispassion, Dispassion, Dispassion, Ego, Ego, Ego, Ego, Ego, Ego, Ego, Ego, Knowledge, Personality, Pleasure/Pain, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samsara, Self, Vairagya, Vairagya, 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 Gnyana Sangha | Sep 21, 2021 | Guru, Guru, Guru, Truth, Truth, Truth, Truth, Truth, Truth, Vedic, Vedic, Vedic, Vedic, 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 Gnyana Sangha | Aug 8, 2021 | Ambition/Career, Attention-Seeking, Death, Desire, Drama, Emptiness, Expectations, Flow with Life, Independent Spirituality
Overwhelmed by to-do’s? Naah! Question: You have so many people asking you so many questions from all around the world……I’m sure you could fill every free minute you have (waiting for an appointment, waiting in the grocery check-out lane, sitting in the bathroom) just...
by Gnyana Sangha | Jul 1, 2021 | Awareness, Dhyana, Emptiness, I, Independent Spirituality, Independent Spirituality, Independent Spirituality, Independent Spirituality, Independent Spirituality, Independent Spirituality, Independent Spirituality, Just Be, Just Be, Just Be, Just Be, Meditation, Meditation, Purushartha, Purushartha, Purushartha, Purushartha, Purushartha, Seeking, Seeking, Self-Effort, Self-Effort, Self-Effort, Self-Effort, Self-Effort, Self-Effort, Silence
How do I experience Silence during meditation ? Question: “Drop the small mind”. I understand one way is to keep saying I am not the body, I am not the mind, I am not the ego etc. I do this during meditation, yet I am unable to TRULY drop the mind just does not go...
by Gnyana Sangha | May 9, 2021 | Atma Nirvriti, Atma Nirvriti, Atmananda, Dispassion, Doership, Doership, Doership, Doership, Doership, Doership, Doership, Doership, Doership, Enlightenment
Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists! Question:Dear Ekta, I notice on the spiritual path, some people experience fear, some sadness but I guess they don’t understand that nothing can be lost. To quote A Course in Miracles: “Nothing real...
by Gnyana Sangha | May 2, 2021 | Atma Nirvriti, Body, Body, Body, Body, Body, Direct Path, Direct Path, Direct Path, Direct Path, Mind, Senses
Witness the transactional reality! Question: How to interact in the transactional reality mode [Vyavaharik satyam] without offending anyone as I feel distant, quiet, indifferent, and absorbed in the Witness Consciousness [Adhyatmik satyam] around friends and family?...
by Gnyana Sangha | Apr 8, 2021 | Atmananda, Atmananda, Atmananda, Freedom, Illusion, Illusion, Suffering
What happens when I recognize that I am NOT the doer? Question:Ektaji, by recognizing that ‘I am not the doer’, does the world-projection end? Answer:By you recognizing the truth that you are not the doer, has the projection of your family ended?...
by Gnyana Sangha | Apr 4, 2021 | Advaita, Advaita, Advaita, Advaita, Advaita, Advaita, Breath, Consciousness, Direct Path, Dvaita, Ignorance, 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 Gnyana Sangha | Feb 23, 2021 | Advaita, Ego, General Spiritual, Paths, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Self- Realization, You
If I am not the doer then how do I accrue Karma? Question:If I am not the doer then how do I accrue Karma? If I am not the doer then how is there a karma bag? If I didn’t do anything then whose Karma bag am I carrying? Answer:When you were a baby, there...
by Gnyana Sangha | Dec 31, 2020 | Atmananda, Awareness, Awareness, Awareness, Awareness, Awareness, Dreams, Nisargadatta Maharaj
Seeing life as a dream! Question:Didi for some time now while in dream state there is that ‘I-amness’ and a knowingness of the dreams. Whatever the story is, it runs like a movie with a knowing that it is a dream. Is that how it’ll be? Answer:Yes dear....
by Gnyana Sangha | Oct 17, 2020 | Attachment, Bondage, Commitment, Craving, Craving, Craving, Enlightenment, Enlightenment, Enlightenment, Enlightenment, Enlightenment, Feverishness, Freedom, Freedom, Liberation, Life, Maya, Moksha, Problem/Struggle/Calamity, Samsara, Self, Self, Self, Self, Self- Realization, Self- Realization, Self- Realization, Self- Realization, Self- Realization, Self- Realization, Soul, Tapas, Temporary, Viveka
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 Gnyana Sangha | Sep 20, 2020 | Buddha, Buddha, Buddha, Buddha, Desire, Desire, Desire, Desire, Doership, Elements, Feverishness, Gunas, Impressions, Pleasure/Pain, Present Moment, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Reaction, Samadhi, Satvik/Rajasic/Tamasic, Sensations, Sex/Passion/Celibacy, Truth, 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 Gnyana Sangha | Jul 1, 2020 | Chanting, Company/Association/Sangha, Competition, Duality, Flow with Life, Flow with Life, Flow with Life, Flow with Life, Flow with Life, Guru, Maaya, Ramana Maharshi
Can I continue vedic chanting along with Buddha’s & Ramana’s path? Question: Respected Ekta ji, I just wish to be guided if one can continue with general practices of chanting Hanuman Chalisa, Om Namah Shivaye , Om Namo Baghvate vasudevaye or Durga....
by Gnyana Sangha | Apr 21, 2020 | Ashtavakra Gita, Breath, Buddha, Dhyana, Equanimous, Intellect, Just Be, Krishna, Meditation, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mindfulness, No-Mind, Patanjali Yogs Sutra, Present Moment, Present Moment, Purushartha, Self-Effort, Senses, Senses, Silence, Spontaneous, Thoughts
Is being a witness and being 100% aware the same? Question 1:I was practicing 100% awareness for most of the day. But it seemed to me that as I was 100% aware, I was also totally aware of what I was experiencing through the senses – I was totally aware of what my body...
by Gnyana Sangha | Apr 20, 2020 | Awareness, Purusha, Thoughts, Thoughts, Thoughts, Thoughts, Thoughts, Thoughts, 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 Gnyana Sangha | Apr 6, 2020 | Faith, Faith, God, Knowledge, Knowledge, Knowledge, Let go, Surrender, 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 Gnyana Sangha | Mar 28, 2020 | Ashtavakra Gita, Karma, Maaya, Maya, Purushartha, Service, Seva, Vedic, Yoga Vasistha
The Ball is Rolling ! Question: We have mentioned before that through meditation and seva we are able to get rid of some of the karmas in our bags, however, knowing that I am not the doer and no matter what I do the ball will keep rolling, how do those 2 thoughts work...
by Gnyana Sangha | Mar 6, 2019 | Aagami, Choice, Emotions, Guilt, Laziness, Life, Life, Life, Niyati, Prarabdha, Raaga/Dvesha, Sanchita, Universe
A dialogue on karma, guilt, academics and pattern in life Question:Hello ekta didi, I realize that I’m not the doer and things happen the way the universe is planning. I know and believe that the universe is very intelligent.Answer:Let me add the most essential...
by Gnyana Sangha | Feb 28, 2019 | Bhakti, Devotion, Expectations, Faith, Gnyana, Gnyani, Intellect, Karma, Karma, Karma, Karma, Karmaphalam, Knowledge, Non-Doership, Non-Doership, Non-Doership, Non-Doership, Non-Doership, Non-Doership, Non-Doership, Non-Doership, Non-Doership, Non-Doership, Non-Doership, Non-Doership, Non-Doership, Non-Doership, Non-Doership, Non-Doership, Non-Doership, Non-Doership, Non-Doership, Non-Doership, Non-Doership, Non-Doership, Non-Doership, Prayer, Seeking, Surrender
Three paths for a Seeker! Question: Good to meet you didi. Love being in a place where the knowledge is discussed… feels light and natural. One thought that passed me during today’s discussion: Loving the God, consciousness in a idol form or even an Enlightened...
