by Ekta | Mar 11, 2019 | Attahment, General Spiritual, Impressions, Karma, Niyati, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Viveka
Question:Are all the impressions or the karma we create also ruled by niyati? Are all our raaga and dvesha towards a person also part of niyati?Answer:Do you receive mail? Who brings your mail? Does it fall from the sky into your mailbox? No, there is a messenger who...
by Ekta | Mar 11, 2019 | Aversion, Birth, Choicelessness, Death, Desire, Dispassion, Enlightenment, Equanimous, Just Be, Liberation, Meditation, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Samadhi, Self- Realization, Silence, Vichara marg
Question:How to make sure not to be born again? How to stop the cyclical nonsense of birth and death?Answer:That’s an invaluable question, dear. But, It does not have a straight answer. There is NO way to ensure not to be born again. At the most, you can work hard on...
by Ekta | Mar 10, 2019 | Awareness, Body, Buddha, Doership, Energy, Flow with Life, Gratitude, Mind, Misery, Pleasure/Pain, Prana, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self, Self- Realization, Self-Effort, Suffering, Truth, Wisdom
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 suggest?Answer:No dear, what’s the point...
by Ekta | Mar 10, 2019 | Awareness, Buddha, Flow with Life, Knowledge, Meditation, Mind, Silence
Question:Sometimes I want to do this type of meditation, sometimes I want to do another type of technique? Is it okay to change or should I do both?Answer:Recognize the flow and move with that. What does the flow mean? Just like your body gives signals as to when the...
by Ekta | Mar 10, 2019 | Aagami, Death, Ego, Emotions, Fear, Karma, Knowledge, Maaya, Meditation, Meditation, Mind, Self-Effort, Self-Effort, Vedic, Wealth
Question:Jgd Didi,I am working on not creating any more Agami Karma through my thoughts, speech, and action by meditating regularly and being in knowledge. But what if I die and in the next birth because of being lost in MAAYA, I again get attached to people,...
by Ekta | Mar 10, 2019 | Buddha, Equanimous, Maaya, Mind, Reaction, Self- Realization
Question:When there is a wave of strong Maaya that makes me become unaware and lose myself, what is the best approach to sail though this? Is it the application of equanimity & awareness with the determination to let Maaya pass without affecting my true...
by Ekta | Mar 10, 2019 | Awareness, Buddha, Concepts, Ego, Enlightenment, Intellect, Karma, Karmaphalam, Knowledge, Liberation, Meditation, Purushartha, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samsara, Self- Realization, Vairagya, Wisdom
Question:Ekta ji, can you point to any references in scriptures or your own experience on how to identify the symptoms of being half baked in vedanta knowledge or being caught up just in the theory of advaita?Answer:It is a big danger if you are caught up in the...
by Ekta | Mar 10, 2019 | Compassion, Destiny, Dispassion, Freewill, Karma, Knowledge, Maaya, Mind, Pleasure/Pain, Purushartha, Self-Effort, Silence, Truth, Vedic
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 understand this...
by Ekta | Mar 10, 2019 | 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
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 attitude towards it?Answer:Have you played with a bow and...
by Ekta | Mar 10, 2019 | Ashtavakra Gita, Commitmment, Dreams, Food, Freewill, General Spiritual, Guru, Knowledge, Life, Love/Hate, Meditation, Mind, Patanjali Yogs Sutra, Self- Realization, Self-Effort, Sex/Passion/Celibacy, Truth
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 & live in the...
by Ekta | Mar 10, 2019 | Desire, Destiny, Doership, Ego, Feverishness, Flow with Life, Freewill, I, Karmaphalam, Mind, Purushartha, Sankalpa/Intention, Thoughts, Vedic
Question:How to account for business goals and personal goals you want to achieve ? It has to start with a desire, correct?Answer:When you recognize that the flow brings in all that is needed to run your life whether personal or business related, the feverishness of...
by Ekta | Mar 10, 2019 | Anger, Awareness, Concepts, Flow with Life, General Spiritual, Intellect, Just Be, let go, Present Moment, Reaction, Thoughts
Question:What is meant by ‘being Samagra’ in the flow when one gets angry and reacts?Answer:Samagra means ‘being immersed totally in the present moment as it is, devoid of thought or logic’. The moment you use the word ‘I am reacting’ in your head, you know that you...
by Ekta | Mar 9, 2019 | Buddha, Buddha, Courage, Emotions, Mind, Problem/Struggle/Calamity, Raaga/Dvesha, Reaction, Self- Realization, Sensations, Thoughts
Question: JGD Ekta Didi,Lately I have been inundated with thoughts of intimidating people in my family. My mind rewinds and plays the incident and cajoles me to react. While I was in this war in my mind, I realized that these are just sensations bothering me. I got...
by Ekta | Mar 9, 2019 | Chanting, Concepts, Devotion, Ego, Faith, Gunas, Guru, Illusion, Intellect, Karma, Knowledge, Meditation, Mind, Pranayama, Purushartha, Satvik/Rajasic/Tamasic, Self- Realization, Self-Effort, Service, Seva, Vedic
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 witness consciousness or working with Raaga-Dvesha?Good...
by Ekta | Mar 9, 2019 | Adwaita, Compassion, Concepts, Dispassion, Ego, Guru, Just Be, Knowledge, Knowledge, Love/Hate, Meditation, Mind, No-Mind, Samsara, Self, Silence, Surrender, Truth, Vedic
Question:Didi – due to some recent experiences I have been wondering about this. Why is it so hard for people to understand this spiritual aspect of life and not meditate? which can help live a stress-free life in the general sense. Why isn’t this knowledge to...
by Ekta | Mar 9, 2019 | Buddha, Ego, God, Guilt, Karma, Meditation, Mind, Self, Silence, Thoughts, Truth, Vedic, Wisdom
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 does not arise, you will NEVER attain the...
by Ekta | Mar 8, 2019 | Buddha, Consciousness, Mind, Thoughts, Yoga Vasistha
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 Vashishta, I would answer this by...
by Ekta | Mar 8, 2019 | Ignorance, Karma, Maaya, Present Moment, Suffering, Vedic, Viveka
Question:Guruji, why do bad things happen to good people?Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Why do bad things happen to good people? Somewhere sometime in the past they may have also done something bad. From some lifetimes, somewhere they have become a victim of it. It is...
by Ekta | Mar 8, 2019 | Buddha, Enlightenment, Faith, Meditation, Mind, Samadhi, Scriptures, Truth, Vedic
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. He renounced all that to look for a cure...
by Ekta | Mar 8, 2019 | Commitmment, Dhyana, Guru, I, Just Be, Knowledge, Meditation, New year, Samadhi, Scriptures, Self-Effort, Silence, Vichara marg, You
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 gives processes/techniques so one finally...
by Ekta | Mar 8, 2019 | Buddha, Commitmment, General Spiritual, Meditation, Purushartha, Samadhi, Self- Realization, Truth
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 meditation and Samadhi. They could still their...
by Ekta | Mar 8, 2019 | Awareness, Buddha, Intellect, Just Be, Maaya, Mind, No-Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Silence
Question:Dear Ekta Didi, I observe a habit of talking to myself. I try hard not to speak, but I can’t stop it and then I join the conversation again! I have experienced a state of not talking to myself and just being, but I find it a very new thing and cannot...
by Ekta | Mar 8, 2019 | Buddha, Commitmment, Gossip, Karma, Meditation, Mind, New year, Samadhi, Sankalpa/Intention, Silence, Vedic
Happy New Year Angels!In the new year, let’s take Buddha’s vows to make it the year where your spiritual wisdom grows at rocket speed. Remember, your own experience is your teacher. If in your own experience, you feel impure inside, it is because of the lack of...
by Ekta | Mar 8, 2019 | Awareness, Buddha, Faith, God, Knowledge, let go, Mind, Non-Doership, Self, Surrender, Truth, Vichara marg, Yoga Vasistha
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 life and just like...
by Ekta | Mar 8, 2019 | Awareness, Awareness, Consciousness, Drama, I, Just Be, Meditation, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sensations, Silence, Temporary, Thoughts, Vichara marg
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 a tiger and as soon as the...
by Ekta | Mar 8, 2019 | Bhagwad Gita, Buddha, Feverishness, God, Illusion, Just Be, Life, Present Moment, Wonder
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:That is such a cute question! –...
by Ekta | Mar 7, 2019 | Awareness, Consciousness, Knowledge, Purusha, Scriptures, Self, Vichara marg, Yoga Vasistha
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 in which waves...
by Ekta | Mar 7, 2019 | Aagami, Consciousness, Ego, Elements, General Spiritual, Impressions, Intellect, Karma, Memory, Raaga/Dvesha, Senses, Sub-conscious, Surrender, Thoughts
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 other file gets opened?). Now what happens if I’m not aware...
by Ekta | Mar 7, 2019 | Awareness, Meditation, Patanjali Yogs Sutra, Present Moment, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Scriptures, Vichara marg
Question:In the Patanjali Yogasutra Chapter 1 we talked about the 5 different modulations of the mind. And when our mind is not occupied in these 5 modulations it is at that moment we are meditating. Well then aren’t we all meditating sometime throughout the...
by Ekta | Mar 6, 2019 | Aagami, Animal, Ashtavakra Gita, Brahman, Consciousness, Ego, Fear, I, Impressions, Karma, Karmaphalam, Mind, Prakriti, Vedic
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 started developing with the first janma (birth)...
by Ekta | Mar 6, 2019 | Awareness, Impressions, Just Be, Karma, Karmaphalam, let go, Niyati, Present Moment, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Vichara marg, Yoga Vasistha
Question:In yesterday’s YV, he talks about not creating future because of thoughts. So all along we try to think of how to shape the future but it seems that’s counter intuitive to what’s to be done. Focus should be on present n not creating the...
by Ekta | Mar 6, 2019 | Chanting, let go, Meditation, Pranayama, Raaga/Dvesha, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sanchita, Self- Realization, Vedic, Wisdom
Question:I agree and have experienced that daily regular sadhana, pranayama, meditation, chanting helps to bring awareness and stay focused. However, there are times when we go through unpleasant moments how do we stop negative thoughts right at that moment?Answer:The...
by Ekta | Mar 6, 2019 | Ashtavakra Gita, Aversion, Emotions, Freedom, Girlfriend/Boyfriend, Guru, Liberation, Mind, Relationship, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sankalpa/Intention, Vedic
Question:Guruji dropped this tweet a few weeks ago (which I’ve since added to my “Daily Reminders”): “Identifying yourself with your thoughts and emotions, thinking that you created them, is utter ignorance. When you stop identifying with...
by Ekta | Mar 6, 2019 | Brahman, Consciousness, Dispassion, God, Just Be, Matter, Mind, Self- Realization, Self-Effort, Soul, Vichara marg, Viveka
Q: 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? A: Beautiful question! Let’s understand the meaning of...
by Ekta | Mar 6, 2019 | Aagami, Ashtavakra Gita, Raaga/Dvesha, Scriptures, Vedic
Question:What if people around do not let us forget few things of the past by either talking about it or however then how can we be content at that time?Answer:More Ashtavakra sessions will help you. I assume you understand that the more you think about the hurt...
by Ekta | Mar 6, 2019 | Aagami, Anger, Ashtavakra Gita, Emotions, Guilt, Karma, Life, Niyati, Opinion/Behavior/Judgement, Raaga/Dvesha, Reaction, Vedic
Question:Dear Ektaji, today I listened to AG 2 “The five principles” here Guruji says that “don’t be wrong against wrong”. After 3-4 hours of listening, I was faced with the situation. I was arguing with my Insurance agent on why the premium has gone up in...
by Ekta | Mar 6, 2019 | Karma, Knowledge, Relationship, Soulmate, Vedic
Question: I wanted to marry a girl/get a job/some other things 20 years ago. But now I have grown up and I don’t want it anymore (often we don’t even remember it). So does that mean its corresponding Karma has washed away or am I still carrying the Karma...
by Ekta | Mar 6, 2019 | Aagami, Ashtavakra Gita, Awareness, Dreams, Karmaphalam, Knowledge, Niyati, Present Moment, Raaga/Dvesha, Scriptures, Sub-conscious, Vichara marg
Question:Can raaga/ dvesha happen at the sub conscious level? Are there seeds of attachment buried deep inside me which will pop someday?Answer:Yes, Raaga/Dvesha happen at a subconscious level predominantly. It is because we live our lives unaware of how our minds...
by Ekta | Mar 6, 2019 | Doership, Scriptures, Self, Vichara marg, Yoga Vasistha
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 demons are non-different from Mohit....
by Ekta | Mar 6, 2019 | Ego, Enlightenment, Gnyani, I, Liberation, Moksha, Self, Self- Realization, Truth, Vichara marg, Viveka, Wisdom
Question:JGD 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 experiencing the truth. But he categorized Janaka under...
by Ekta | Mar 6, 2019 | Ashtavakra Gita, Aversion, Emotions, Fear, Mind, Prakriti, Scriptures, Vichara marg, Wonder
Question:Dear Ekta, I am in the middle of reading Ashtavakra Gita #12 – Nature of the mind. I am actually having a bit of difficulty understanding Wonder. What is wonder? How do I identify wonder? How do I know that I am using wonder?Answer:Wonder is a...
by Ekta | Mar 6, 2019 | Parent/Child, Patanjali Yogs Sutra, Relationship, Scriptures, Soul, Vedic
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 departed ones though? Is it not a form of clinging on to...
by Ekta | Mar 6, 2019 | Ashtavakra Gita, Consciousness, Meditation, Patanjali Yogs Sutra, Pranayama, Samadhi, Scriptures, Self, Soul, Upanishad, Vichara marg
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 that remain there, sometimes it is Guruji speaking a simple sentence. The...
by Ekta | Mar 6, 2019 | Ashtavakra Gita, Awareness, Brahman, Consciousness, Gratitude, Knowledge, Kriya, Meditation, Pranayama, Scriptures, Self, Upanishad, Vichara marg
Question: I have a question on Ashtavakra 30 – Your nature is gratefulness! Being grateful is your very nature and I totally understand that. What is confusing is, in earlier Ashtavakra, Guruji says if you are grateful to me that means you recognize myself as...
by Ekta | Mar 6, 2019 | Aagami, Drama, Dreams, Intellect, Jealousy, Mind, Vedic
Question:Hi Ektaji, Is Drishti/Nazar real? My son gets sick OR runs to emergency with some stiches/fractures etc after he achieves any trophy OR he exposes his skills in a group. Mostly, whenever I get ready and am happy, immediately something comes up and I get...
by Ekta | Mar 6, 2019 | Awareness, Flow with Life, Just Be, Meditation, Patanjali Yogs Sutra, Purushartha, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samadhi, Scriptures, Self-Effort, Self-Effort, Silence, Surrender, Vichara marg
Question:In Patanjali Yogasutras, Guruji talked about being a crystal. Is being a crystal different from Sampragnyata samadhi?Answer:Being a crystal means living as if you don’t exist. Just letting Karma flow. Just like a leaf would flow with the river. Not...
by Ekta | Mar 6, 2019 | Body, Buddha, Intellect, Mind, Physical, Senses
Question:Dear Ektaji, please clear my confusion: A human body has five senses, touch, smell, taste, hear and sight. While eating food that smells good, looks colorful, and tastes flavorful our stomach send a signal to the brain (mind) that I am full and intellect say...
by Ekta | Mar 6, 2019 | Aagami, Company/Association/Sangha, Compassion, Life, Opinion/Behavior/Judgement, Patanjali Yogs Sutra, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Scriptures, Vedic
Question: Hello Ektaji, how do we deal, on a day to day basis, with people who are relatively unconscious or ignorant? For e.g. at work, my colleagues are ignorant about proper diet and healthy lifestyles, such as eating less refined sugar, meditating, contemplation,...
by Ekta | Mar 6, 2019 | Choice, Choicelessness, Expectations, Scriptures, Seeking, Vedic, Yoga Vasistha
Question: You say – “There is only one possibility of the ball rolling. Your life had no other way to go but this way!” This makes me realize that if there is no other way my life could’ve gone, then there is no reason for thinking of...
by Ekta | Mar 6, 2019 | Awareness, Buddha, Depression, Emotions, Mind, Present Moment, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Viveka
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 about whether these thoughts are useless etc. Is...
by Ekta | Mar 6, 2019 | Ashtavakra Gita, Bhakti Sutra, Consciousness, Formless, God, Knowledge, Life, Maaya, Patanjali Yogs Sutra, Purushartha, Scriptures, Self, Self-Effort, Soul, Vichara marg, Yoga Vasistha
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 connected to whom you...
by Ekta | Mar 6, 2019 | Ashtavakra Gita, Bhakti, Bondage, Devotion, Faith, Guru, I, Knowledge, Love, Scriptures, Self, Vichara marg, You
by Ekta | Mar 1, 2019 | Awareness, Buddha, Devotion, Gnyana, Mind, Prakriti, Purusha, Self, Surrender, Viveka
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 step back every time I...
by Ekta | Mar 1, 2019 | Flow with Life, God, Mind, Raaga/Dvesha, Vedic, Viveka
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 creation, including...
by Ekta | Mar 1, 2019 | Buddha, Concepts, Dhyana, Energy, Existence, Knowledge, Kriya, Meditation, Meditation, Mind, No-Mind, Pranayama, Purushartha, Scriptures, Silence, Thoughts, Upanishad
Question:Dear Ekta didi, I have been doing my Kriya and meditation but I just can’t get my mind to shut up! It constantly brings thoughts. I don’t resist them. But I am slightly concerned. I am in no way impatient, I will continue to do the 20 minute meditations until...
by Ekta | Feb 28, 2019 | Emotions, Emptiness, Energy, Form, Formless, Intellect, Knowledge, Meditation, Mind, No-Mind, Samadhi, Science, Scriptures, Silence, Space-Time, Thoughts, Vedic
Question:Are thoughts recorded in Space? They say that whatever the Rishis and Yogis have said is recorded in Space and the most aware mind can download this in the deepest of the meditation. Please explain how this works?Answer:The first law of thermodynamics...
by Ekta | Feb 28, 2019 | Buddha, Dispassion, Guru, Guru, Knowledge, Maaya, Samsara
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 or she was worthy of the knowledge. That’s why...
by Ekta | Feb 28, 2019 | Awareness, Bondage, Boss/Colleague, Buddha, Death, Emotions, Existence, Fear, Fear, Form, Illusion, Maaya, Physical, Prakriti, Relationship, Samsara, Self, Self- Realization, Soul, Temporary, Viveka, Wisdom
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 thirsty...
by Ekta | Feb 28, 2019 | Awareness, Awareness, Guru, Intellect, Knowledge, Knowledge, let go, Meditation, Mind, Mindfulness, Miscellaneous, Present Moment, Purushartha, Scriptures, Surrender, Vedic
We all have problems in life, now what to do when your emotions are high and you are just not able to cope?1 ) First of all calm your self down with some 10 minute knowledge video from here- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCS0FPDb7sVS8YWtNd78NwNKt4w6–jBy2) You...
by Ekta | Feb 28, 2019 | Anxiety, Awareness, Awareness, Buddha, Concepts, Doubts, Emotions, Equanimous, Fear, Flow with Life, Gnyani, I, Just Be, Knowledge, let go, Love/Hate, Mind, Misery, Present Moment, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self- Realization, Sensations, Stress, Suffering, Surrender, Viveka, Wisdom
Question:At times I feel like I have dropped a desire, but again it pops up with more intensity. And at times I feel I am dropping the desire but doubt arises if I am just resisting it. How to differentiate between dropping a desire and resisting a desire?Answer:When...
by Ekta | Feb 28, 2019 | Attahment, Bondage, Breath, Commitmment, Consciousness, Courage, Craving, Desire, Doership, Ego, Enlightenment, Feverishness, Freedom, Illusion, Kriya, Liberation, Life, Maya, Moksha, Non-Doership, Prana, Pranayama, Problem/Struggle/Calamity, Purushartha, Raaga/Dvesha, Samsara, Self, Self- Realization, Self-Effort, Soul, Tapas, Temporary, Truth, Vichara marg, Wisdom
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 actually make efforts to understand your...
by Ekta | Feb 28, 2019 | Aagami, Animal, Consciousness, Enlightenment, I, Karma, Karmaphalam, Liberation, Maaya, Maya, Moksha, Niyati, Prarabdha, Raaga/Dvesha, Sanchita, Scriptures, Self, Soul, Types of Karma, Upanishad, Vichara marg
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by Ekta | Feb 28, 2019 | Bhakti Sutra, Knowledge, Love, Love, Scriptures, Self, Soul, Soul, Truth, Vedic
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 different kind of love?...
by Ekta | Feb 28, 2019 | Aagami, Anxiety, Awareness, Awareness, Buddha, Commitmment, Concepts, Courage, Destiny, Divine, Emotions, Faith, Freewill, Guru, Guru, Impressions, Intellect, Karma, Karmaphalam, Knowledge, Knowledge, let go, Life, Maaya, Masters, Maya, Meditation, Mind, Mindfulness, Niyati, No-Mind, Prarabdha, Purushartha, Purushartha, Raaga/Dvesha, Reaction, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samsara, Sanchita, Sankalpa/Intention, Scriptures, Self- Realization, Self-Effort, Self-Effort, Sensations, Stress, Surrender, Surrender, Surrender, Tapas, Thoughts, Types of Karma, Wisdom
Question:Dear Ektaji,How should one deal with anxiety through Karma Yoga? I understand the role of gyana and bhakti/surrender when we are anxious about something in future but it is still prabhava gyana. Therefore I end up reasoning with my racing mind to settle down...
by Ekta | Feb 28, 2019 | Awareness, Commitmment, Consciousness, Dispassion, Doership, Ego, Enlightenment, Guru, I, Ignorance, Intellect, Knowledge, Liberation, Life, Maaya, Maya, Meditation, Meditation, Moksha, Present Moment, Purushartha, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Scriptures, Self, Self- Realization, Self-Effort, Serious, Service, Seva, Soul, Soul, Tapas, Truth, Vairagya, Vichara marg
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 Bhaav) and as an outsider I see that I am still...
by Ekta | Feb 28, 2019 | Awareness, Awareness, Bondage, Brahman, Breath, Causation, Chanting, Commitmment, Concepts, Courage, Dispassion, Doership, Drama, Ego, Freedom, Gnyani, Guru, Guru, I, Illusion, Intellect, Karma, Karmaphalam, Knowledge, Life, Maaya, Masters, Meditation, Meditation, Mind, Niyati, Pranayama, Purushartha, Purushartha, Rumi, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samsara, Sankalpa/Intention, Self, Self- Realization, Self-Effort, Soul, Tapas, Temporary, Thoughts, Truth, Vairagya, Vichara marg, Wisdom
Question:Dear Ektaji, I have been with Guruji 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 from external to internal. I am referring to your...
by Ekta | Feb 28, 2019 | Awareness, Birth, Body, Bondage, Brahman, Consciousness, Death, Doership, Drama, Ego, Enlightenment, Guru, I, Ignorance, Illusion, Knowledge, Liberation, Life, Maaya, Masters, Maya, Mind, Moksha, Present Moment, Purushartha, Samsara, Self, Self- Realization, Self-Effort, Soul, Surrender, Temporary, Truth, Vairagya, Vedic, Wisdom
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 as a form and follow certain...
by Ekta | Feb 28, 2019 | Aagami, Ashtavakra Gita, Aversion, Awareness, Bondage, Concepts, Flow with Life, Freedom, Freewill, Ignorance, Just Be, Karma, Knowledge, let go, Life, Maaya, Mind, Niyati, Pleasure/Pain, Prarabdha, Present Moment, Raaga/Dvesha, Reaction, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sanchita, Scriptures, Seeking, Types of Karma, Vedic
Question:If life is a flow of events, where everything that is happening has to and we have nothing to do with it, then how does the karma theory play in with the above statement, where we alone are responsible for our prarabdh karma due to our sanchita...
by Ekta | Feb 28, 2019 | Bhakti, Devotion, Enlightenment, Expectations, Faith, Gnyana, Gnyani, Guru, Intellect, Karma, Karmaphalam, Knowledge, Non-Doership, Prayer, Raaga/Dvesha, Seeking, Seeking, Self- Realization, Surrender, Vairagya, Vichara marg
Question:Good to meet you mam. Love being in a place where the knowledge is discussed..feels light and natural.One thought that passed me during today’s discussionLoving the God, consciousness in a idol form or even as a person like Guruji is beautiful. It gives the...
by Ekta | Feb 28, 2019 | Aagami, Bondage, Brahman, Consciousness, Destiny, Doership, Enlightenment, Freedom, Freewill, I, Karma, Karmaphalam, Knowledge, Liberation, Mind, Moksha, Niyati, Prarabdha, Raaga/Dvesha, Reaction, Samsara, Sanchita, Sankalpa/Intention, Soul, Temporary, Time-past/present/Future, Vedic
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 in the picture? Is free will just an illusion?Answer:There...
by Ekta | Feb 28, 2019 | Enlightenment, Existence, Guru, Guru, Knowledge, Liberation, Misery, Moksha, Rishi, Siddha, Swamy, Vichara marg
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 various ways. His teachings help people come out of...
by Ekta | Feb 27, 2019 | Awareness, Buddha, Consciousness, Enlightenment, Just Be, Meditation, Purushartha, Satipathana, Scriptures, Self- Realization, Self-Effort, Soul, Soul, Sukkha, Truth, Uncategorized, Vichara marg
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 find True Sukha in that. His did not...
by Ekta | Feb 25, 2019 | Bhakti, Bondage, Commitmment, Courage, Devotion, Dispassion, Doership, Ego, Faith, Freedom, Guru/Disciple, I, Liberation, Mind, Moksha, Non-Doership, Prayer, Raaga/Dvesha, Samadhi, Self- Realization, Self-Effort, Self-Effort, Surrender, Surrender, Vairagya, Vichara marg, Wisdom
Question:Ektaji, My bhakti kicked in and did a little revolt against the answer – https://ektabathija.wordpress.com/2016/07/04/craving-for-guru/Divine craving (for the physical guru or the tattva) is in my faith a blessing..does Mukti not happen through Grace? Once we...
by Ekta | Feb 25, 2019 | Attahment, Awareness, Breath, Dreams, Kriya, Meditation, Mindfulness, Pranayama, Present Moment, Raaga/Dvesha, Scriptures, Service, Seva, Vedic, Yoga Vasistha
Question:Didi, today after kriya in my meditation, all of a sudden, I felt that the dimensions (square, rectangle) the room is not real.. I felt it turning to circle and disappearing.. As though this dimension is not real. Yesterday I was doing some work and then all...
by Ekta | Feb 23, 2019 | Buddha, Concepts, Emotions, Knowledge, Mind, Scriptures, Self- Realization, Sensations, Thoughts, Wisdom
Question:Hi Ektaji, How to control or stop negative thoughts that are coming in the mind every time or in any situation and think positive?Answer:JGD dear,Mind is a trickster so there are certain important steps that we need to follow:1] Understand the tendency of the...
by Ekta | Feb 23, 2019 | Attahment, Karma, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Scriptures, Vedic
Question:Killing an insect with no attachment -Do we acquire Karma impression?Answer:Why would you kill an insect if there was no attachment? There is definitely a dvesha, that’s why the thought of ‘killing’ arises. Dvesha can be in the form of ‘disgust’,...
by Ekta | Feb 23, 2019 | Compassion, Ego, I, Love, Service, Seva, Vichara marg
Question:JGD Didi, I take up seva with full enthusiasm but then I slack and never complete what I have started or if I do, I am usually doing it thinking what will I get from this. Didi, how can I be motivated to do more seva? How to train my mind to be lazy or...
by Ekta | Feb 22, 2019 | Brahman, Consciousness, Enlightenment, God, Knowledge, Upanishad, Vedic
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 Vedas, many Rishi’s...
by Ekta | Feb 21, 2019 | Commitmment, Destiny, Guru, Impressions, Karma, Knowledge, Meditation, Prarabdha, Purushartha, Sanchita, Scriptures, Self-Effort, Seva, Vedic, Yoga Vasistha
Question:I am reading the Yoga Vasistha these days, could you please explain to me pages 22-24 of the Supreme Yoga – by Swami Venkatesananda, where he talks about Fate and self effort?Answer:Vasistha says that ‘Self effort’ is of 2 types:1 – Self effort of this...
by Ekta | Feb 21, 2019 | Awareness, Body, Buddha, Feverishness, I, Impressions, Karma, Knowledge, Maaya, Mind, Purushartha, Raaga/Dvesha, Sanchita, Viveka
Question:I have impressions on my mind for past so many years that this body is me. How do I get rid of this impression that is so strongly rooted in my mind? Will the impression of “I am the body” be the reason for my re-birth again as a human being?Answer:There is...
by Ekta | Feb 21, 2019 | Buddha, Meditation, Mind, No-Mind, Silence
Question:While meditating, not even once have I listened to the whole meditation, there are variety of things happening every single time:1. As soon as I close my eyes, even when I am paying attention to the voice, my mind starts drifting.2. or a dreamlike state comes...
by Ekta | Feb 20, 2019 | Buddha, Just Be, Knowledge, Meditation, Mindfulness, Prana, Self-Effort, Self-Effort, Seva
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 subject takes me out...
by Ekta | Feb 20, 2019 | Aversion, Buddha, I, Karma, Maaya, Non-Doership, Purushartha, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self-Effort, Service, Seva
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 together? Is the ball...
by Ekta | Feb 20, 2019 | Concepts, Dharma, Flow with Life, Impressions, Intellect, Opinion/Behavior/Judgement, Raaga/Dvesha, Vedic, Viveka
Question:I attended a family reunion last week, first time in a long time being in such a large gathering for an extended period. I noticed that even though I could let go of judging externally, i.e. expressing my judgements, I still found myself judging internally....
by Ekta | Feb 20, 2019 | Aagami, Ambition/Career, Commitmment, Desire, Doership, Ego, Feverishness, Karma, Mind, Purushartha, Purushartha, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sanchita, Seeking, Seeking, Vedic, Yoga Vasistha
Question:One of yesterday’s Yoga Vasishtha knowledge points and homework, that you gave was ‘not to seek and just be and live effortlessly through whatever transpires because of Sanchita karma.’ How do we differentiate seeking from ambition? Or are they the same?...
by Ekta | Feb 20, 2019 | Attraction, Awareness, Craving, Ego, Intellect, Life, Maaya, No-Mind, Senses, Vedic, Viveka
Question:JGD Ekta Di, today in our modern society, we see people dressing in all kinds of ways for different social situations. Is there a spiritual perspective on how we should dress and what kind of clothes we should wear? Is modest dressing and clothing which...
by Ekta | Feb 20, 2019 | Courage, Ego, Fear, I, Liberation, Meditation, Vedic
Question:Jgd didi, your recent post made me realize that the ego is the cause of my beginning. Now that I have taken a step towards liberation there is a strange fear of becoming no one again, the mind says- what will happen to’me’ after liberation, there will be no...
by Ekta | Feb 20, 2019 | Children, Drama, Enlightenment, Games/Play/Fun, Gnyana, Illusion, Karma, Maaya, Marriage, Mind, Purushartha, Relationship, Spouse, Truth, Vedic
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 I have turned down many instances. I have found myself...
by Ekta | Feb 20, 2019 | Aagami, Alcohol, Bhakti Sutra, Company/Association/Sangha, Facebook, Gossip, Guilt, Laziness, Maaya, Mind, Raaga/Dvesha, Senses, Smoking, Vedic
Question:Di, there is tremendous change in the society in India…everyone is so much into alcohol and stuff. There are special afternoon get together of females where all of them go to pubs…I am always the odd one out not going or not drinking…as a result I feel cut...
by Ekta | Feb 20, 2019 | Anger, Craving, Desire, Dispassion, Equanimous, Intellect, Just Be, Knowledge, Meditation, Mind, Present Moment, Vichara marg
Question:Is dispassion accepting what has come our way and not longing for a certain outcome?Answer:Dispassion is a natural maturity of the intellect that comes after dissolving yourself in self-introspection or spiritual knowledge and meditation. It is just like the...
by Ekta | Feb 20, 2019 | Bhakti, Brahman, Consciousness, Devotion, Ego, Gnyana, Guru, Intellect, Knowledge, Knowledge, Kriya, Meditation, Meditation, Mind, Upanishad, Vedic, Wisdom
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 Upanishad, what struck me was that people who worship worldly knowledge are far...
by Ekta | Feb 20, 2019 | Alcohol, Ashtavakra Gita, Commitmment, Emotions, Happiness, Hurt, Karma, Karmaphalam, Knowledge, let go, Life, Love/Hate, Marriage, Meditation, Memory, Mind, Misery, Pleasure/Pain, Present Moment, Problem/Struggle/Calamity, Purushartha, Scriptures, Self-Effort, Self-Effort, Spouse, Suffering, Temporary, Thoughts, Vedic
Question:My husband is an alcoholic all he does is work and sleep alone. there is practically no interaction or no marriage between us. I feel extremely lonely and very depressed at home.What should I do to come out of this loneliness and depressed feelings and give...
by Ekta | Feb 20, 2019 | Ashtavakra Gita, Buddha, Dispassion, Dukkha, Raaga/Dvesha, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samsara, Seeking
Question: We learnt in Yoga Vasishtha that seeking is the cause of Dukha in this Samsaara. I have been applying this knowledge and walking sincerely on this spiritual path for over 5 years now. I am feeling stuck in my career and job. If I am asked what I would like...
by Ekta | Feb 20, 2019 | Ashtavakra Gita, Buddha, Craving, Drama, Expectations, Mind, Raaga/Dvesha, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Service, Seva
Question:I understand that I am not the 5 elements, I am not the body, the mind or the intellect. I am not any labels, I am not male or female, young or old etc. I am a Sakshi, a witness and I am the pure consciousness. My question is: I therefore, can nearly believe...
by Ekta | Feb 20, 2019 | Bhakti, Brahman, Buddha, Consciousness, Devotion, Emotions, Emptiness, Enlightenment, Form, Formless, Fullness, Gnyana, Gnyani, Intellect, Love, Meditation, Mind, No-Mind, Scriptures, Silence, Thoughts
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 who are in the head use...
by Ekta | Feb 19, 2019 | Aagami, Attahment, Destiny, Freewill, Impressions, Niyati, Purushartha, Purushartha, Raaga/Dvesha, Spontaneous, Vedic
Question:What is Daivam, Niyati & Purushartha? The further we go the more confused I get…specially with this “Now it depends on the intensity of your commitment whether your Purushartha wins over your Daivam or not” – Is Daivam, Nyati? Is everything that is...
by Ekta | Feb 19, 2019 | Awareness, Buddha, Courage, Impressions, Knowledge, Maaya, Meditation, Truth
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 that some events create deep Impressions and...
by Ekta | Feb 19, 2019 | Ashtavakra Gita, Awareness, Intellect, let go, Purushartha, Sankalpa/Intention, Satvik/Rajasic/Tamasic, Self-Effort, Vedic, Yoga Vasistha
Question: In Ashtavakra Gita, you say “Make a Sankalpa”. In Yogavashishta, you say drop Sankalpas and be committed to zabardast Purushartha. I am confused. Please help.Answer: This is not the first time for you on the Spiritual path. Your journey began many lifetimes...
by Ekta | Feb 19, 2019 | Aagami, Guru, Karma, Karmaphalam, Kriya, Meditation, Mind, Raaga/Dvesha, Reaction, Scriptures, Vedic
Question:Are we stuck with bad karma if we have made mistakes in the past such as hurting people verbally or in thoughts due to ignorance? Do we have to undergo those consequences or can I erase that bad karma that I have created in the past by doing Meditation, and...
by Ekta | Feb 19, 2019 | Body, Commitmment, Guru, Karma, Knowledge, Laziness, Maaya, Meditation, Mind, Patanjali Yogs Sutra, Purushartha, Satvik/Rajasic/Tamasic, Scriptures, Self-Effort, Vedic
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, and everybody must walk in the dark. It might...
by Ekta | Feb 18, 2019 | Fear, Greed, Love/Hate, Maaya, Mind, Patanjali Yogs Sutra, Vedic, Viveka
Question:Patanjali says, that we should not steal even in our mind. Asteya – Non-stealing. I have a habit of always wishing for others’ things, others’ possessions, others’ looks. I really want to get over this because I know, in the process only I am suffering. The...
by Ekta | Feb 18, 2019 | Ashtavakra Gita, Birth, Body, Death, Karma, No-Mind, Samadhi, Self, Vedic
Question :In Asthavakra 8, Guruji says, 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.Answer :Death of body does not equal to the...
by Ekta | Feb 18, 2019 | Aagami, Ashtavakra Gita, Buddha, Consciousness, Expectations, God, Guru, Karma, Karmaphalam, Mind, Sankalpa/Intention, Spontaneous
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 do not have registrations. A lot of people I...
by Ekta | Feb 18, 2019 | Buddha, Concepts, Enlightenment, Guru, Maaya, Mind, No-Mind, Senses, Silence, Viveka
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 realized, the content is just felt, because they are...
by Ekta | Feb 18, 2019 | Buddha, Consciousness, Dispassion, God, Krishna, Maaya, Shiva, Vedic
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 silence of Krishna is Shiva. Shiva is called Chandrashekhara...
by Ekta | Feb 18, 2019 | Animal, Body, Craving, Desire, Freewill, Intellect, Liberation, Maaya, Mind, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Senses, Vedic, Viveka
Question:I am wondering that the ideal way to live is:be in the present moment without worrying.No desires even desire for liberation is not necessary as it may become a craving ragga /dvesha.Everything is a happening.Then what is the difference between us and...
by Ekta | Feb 18, 2019 | Choice, Choicelessness, Consciousness, Flow with Life, Just Be, Raaga/Dvesha, Seeking, Seeking, Vichara marg, Viveka
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 to maintain an absolutely clean and...
by Ekta | Feb 18, 2019 | Consciousness, Desire, Emotions, Gnyani, Knowledge, Meditation, Memory, Mind, No-Mind, Raaga/Dvesha, Satvik/Rajasic/Tamasic, Self- Realization, Sensations, Sex/Passion/Celibacy
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 best judge, dear! Only you would know whether...
by Ekta | Feb 18, 2019 | Aagami, Karma, Karmaphalam, Knowledge, Raaga/Dvesha, Reaction, Scriptures, Vedic
Question:I just got out of a bad and abusive marriage, my parents helped me out. Seven years ago, I was in an abusive relationship too, at that time also my parents helped me out. I am trying to understand what kind of karma is this? And, how can I get out of my bad...
by Ekta | Feb 18, 2019 | Company/Association/Sangha, Competition, Ego, Gossip, Gratitude, Guru, Guru, Guru Poornima, Happiness, Purushartha, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Viveka
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 the presence of a Guru. Please guide.Answer:Guru...
by Ekta | Feb 17, 2019 | Body, Brahman, Buddha, Commitmment, Concepts, Consciousness, Guru, Guru, Guru Poornima, Intellect, Liberation, Maaya, Maya, Moksha, Physical, Pleasure/Pain, Purushartha, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Samsara, Scriptures, Self-Effort, Siddha, Wisdom
Question:Ektaji Jai Guru Dev, Can you please give me tips on how to get a Proper True Darshan of Gurudev during this upcoming Guru Poornima. The mind gets swept away with the much fanfare and misses seeing the Guru in his full presence. How do we not get caught in...
by Ekta | Feb 17, 2019 | Buddha, Competition, Ego, I, Name/Roles, Relationship, Samsara, Service, Seva, Wealth, You
Question:What is seva really? And from what space should an individual come from when he or she wants to do pure seva? I have noticed that I get into the same power struggle that I would, in a corporate office. I need some clarity there, please help.Answer:There is a...
by Ekta | Feb 17, 2019 | Body, Buddha, Concepts, Doubts, Emptiness, Faith, Fullness, Guru, Intellect, Knowledge, Mind, Opinion/Behavior/Judgement, Personality, Prakriti, Purusha
Question:Yesterday Guru Dev tweeted that 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 Dev beyond the body. And you are the best person, as the way you explain...
by Ekta | Feb 17, 2019 | Awareness, Body, Enlightenment, Gnyani, Guru, Intellect, Masters, Matter, Mind, Physical, Pleasure/Pain, Prakriti, Suffering
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 Guruji, I see consciousness and whatever is emanating from him is just natural. Since he’s in a human form, he’s not...
by Ekta | Feb 16, 2019 | Ambition/Career, Awareness, Buddha, Consciousness, Craving, Desire, Doership, Flow with Life, Gnyani, Life, Mind, Non-Doership, Purusha, Relationship, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Seeking, Self, Seva, Truth, Wisdom
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 playing catch up on my to-do list. How to manage the tasks and...
by Ekta | Feb 16, 2019 | Awareness, Awareness, Bondage, Food, Freedom, Games/Play/Fun, Knowledge, Love/Hate, Maya, Purushartha, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samsara, Senses, Sex/Passion/Celibacy, Vichara marg
Question:Ektaji, what is the scenery and what does it mean ‘not to get lost’ in the scenery? Who is the seer?Answer:Scenery: Everything around you is the scenery. The people, situations and things around you are all scenerySeer: You are the seer. The one who is seeing...
by Ekta | Feb 16, 2019 | Body, Death, Energy, Fear, Formless, Knowledge, Masters, Matter, Meditation, Mind, Rishi, Scriptures, Self, Swamy, Truth, You
Question:How is fear of 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, since you have been in this form (form=the...
by Ekta | Feb 16, 2019 | Aagami, Desire, Destiny, Dharma, Doership, Education, Ego, Flow with Life, Freewill, Guru, Karma, Karmaphalam, Marriage, Mind, Prarabdha, Purushartha, Raaga/Dvesha, Sanchita, Self-Effort, Service, Seva, Spouse, Tapas, Vedic, Wisdom
Question:We do not choose where we are born or what profession we choose, but we choose whom we get married to or have kids. Also, the kind of people who come into our life is a result of our past karmas – good or bad.If I did not have a choice in my education or the...
by Ekta | Feb 16, 2019 | Ashtavakra Gita, Commitmment, Depression, Karma, Knowledge, let go, Marriage, Mind, Patanjali Yogs Sutra, Purushartha, Relationship, Scriptures, Spouse, Vedic
Question:My husband is an alcoholic all he does is work and sleep alone, there is practically no interaction or no marriage between us. So I don’t have any company. In spite of understanding all the spiritual knowledge it is very hard for me. I feel extremely lonely...
by Ekta | Feb 16, 2019 | Ashtavakra Gita, Awareness, Death, Enlightenment, History, Maya, Mind, Scriptures, Self, Silence, Truth
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 this point Janaka did not...
by Ekta | Feb 15, 2019 | Anger, Attahment, Aversion, Craving, Death, Fear, Guilt, Impressions, Jealousy, Knowledge, Love/Hate, Maya, Meditation, Mind, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Scriptures, Seeking, Self-Effort, Seva, Silence, Thoughts, Vedic
Question:Ektaji – Is it fair to have Dvesha to control the last impression (not to think certain thing)? If it is something out of control why not make it like “come as it comes” like spontaneously? Can we train our subconscious brain to think- not to think (e.g....
by Ekta | Feb 15, 2019 | Awareness, Body, Bondage, Causation, Craving, Death, Fear, Fear, Freedom, I, Maya, Purushartha, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Reaction, Relationship, Samsara, Seeking, Seeking, Self-Effort, Self-Effort, Senses, Vedic
Question:JGD didi, many happy returns of the day. Please could you give us a message on your birthday about how to celebrate a birthday.Answer:Life is a school. We all are here to learn some lessons. There are several classrooms- relationship class, career class,...
by Ekta | Feb 15, 2019 | Ashtavakra Gita, Awareness, Awareness, Body, Breath, Buddha, Dhyana, Doership, Equanimous, Flow with Life, I, Intellect, Just Be, Krishna, Meditation, Mind, Mindfulness, No-Mind, Non-Doership, Patanjali Yogs Sutra, Present Moment, Purushartha, Purushartha, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self-Effort, Self-Effort, Senses, Silence, Spontaneous, Thoughts, Vichara marg
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 and mind were doing. It seemed to be an excellent...
by Ekta | Feb 7, 2019 | Awareness, Awareness, Buddha, Dhyana, Emptiness, I, Just Be, Meditation, Meditation, Mind, Non-Doership, Purushartha, Purushartha, Seeking, Seeking, Self-Effort, Self-Effort, Silence, Thoughts
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 away.A few thoughts come then they stop but I am...
by Ekta | Feb 7, 2019 | Courage, Craving, Desire, Dispassion, Doership, Ego, I, Just Be, Karma, Knowledge, Life, Non-Doership, Personality, Pleasure/Pain, Raaga/Dvesha, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samsara, Self, Self- Realization, Truth, Vairagya, Vichara marg
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 Guruji said still repeats in my ears. He said “you don’t know who you are”. I started thinking how and when will I know...
by Ekta | Feb 7, 2019 | Aagami, Attraction, Aversion, Awareness, Awareness, Body, Buddha, Causation, Commitmment, Compassion, Craving, Destiny, Elements, Equanimous, Freedom, Happiness, I, Impressions, Jealousy, Karma, Karmaphalam, Knowledge, Life, Love/Hate, Patanjali Yogs Sutra, Pleasure/Pain, Prarabdha, Purushartha, Purushartha, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Relationship, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samsara, Sanchita, Self-Effort, Self-Effort, Tapas
Question:What if it is not me who is possessive, but someone else is possessive of me , rather obsessive almost to the sick levels of possessing me, what is that I should or should not do.Answer:Recognize that it is just a play of the elements and that person’s karma...
by Ekta | Feb 7, 2019 | Anger, Ashtavakra Gita, Attraction, Awareness, Awareness, Buddha, Commitmment, Compassion, Craving, Dhyana, Emotions, Fear, Gnyana, Mind, Mindfulness, Purushartha, Purushartha, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Reaction, Relationship, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Seeking, Self-Effort, Self-Effort, Tapas
Question:When the storm of emotions hit (it did yesterday LOL) I kept reminding myself to “watch for it”. The emotion was anger and disappointment but when it was surging the high wasn’t under control.I was constantly reminding myself that the anger and fear are my...
by Ekta | Feb 7, 2019 | Buddha, Choice, Choicelessness, Flow with Life, Freedom, Mind, Viveka
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 to help maintain an absolutely clean...
by Ekta | Feb 6, 2019 | Attraction, Buddha, Courage, Craving, Dukkha, Equanimous, Happiness, Just Be, Knowledge, Life, Mind, Misery, Pleasure/Pain, Raaga/Dvesha, Samsara, Seeking, Seeking, Self, Self- Realization, Sukkha, Temporary, Truth
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 not want to recognize this truth. Life...
by Ekta | Jan 17, 2019 | Guru, Guru, Non-Doership, Thoughts, Truth, Vedic
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 responsible for all your feelings – how you feel, what you think,...
by Ekta | Jan 17, 2019 | Aagami, Attahment, Causation, Emotions, Expectations, Feverishness, Karma, Karmaphalam, Krishna, let go, Present Moment, Raaga/Dvesha, Seeking, Surrender, Surrender, Vedic
Question:Is karma about keeping your intentions positive or is it about keeping your intention and thoughts neutral?Answer:Karma is not created just by action, it is created by speech, it is created by thoughts too. But not by every thought/action/speech. If there is...
by Ekta | Jan 17, 2019 | Ashtavakra Gita, Bondage, Drama, Feverishness, Flow with Life, Just Be, Karma, Maaya, Maya, Niyati, Seeking, Vedic, Wonder
Question:I have been attending all sessions of Ashtavakra, at times I feel I have all the “theoretical” knowledge but wonder why it is not sinking in deeper! Lately, my mind is just jumping from one thing to another…I have not even completed the thought and I drop it...
by Ekta | Jan 17, 2019 | Causation, Destiny, Doership, Flow with Life, Guru, Intellect, Karma, Knowledge, Niyati, Self-Effort, Vedic
Question:We strongly believe – Everything is happening. We are not doing anything. It is foolishness to think, I worked hard to achieve my current state…On the other hand – we also say, we should do our duties. We have to make sure, we do our sadhana. We have to do...
by Ekta | Jan 17, 2019 | Children, Children, Desire, Destiny, Freewill, Karma, Karmaphalam, Marriage, Parent/Child, Sanchita, Sex/Passion/Celibacy, Vedic, Yoga Vasistha
Question:JGD Ekta di, I have a question from YV. (Page 12 para 3) Lord Rama says-“Though the child may appear to be innocent, the truth is that all sorts….happy period” My question is what is the point of having kids? When childhood is like “..comparable truly to that...
by Ekta | Jan 17, 2019 | Aagami, Ashtavakra Gita, Awareness, Bhakti, Brahman, Buddha, Consciousness, Destiny, Devotion, Divine, Doership, Gnyana, Guru, Knowledge, Love, Maya, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sanchita, Surrender, Surrender, Surrender
Question: Hello Ektaji, I read on one of the Facebook post where Guruji says “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...
by Ekta | Jan 17, 2019 | Karma, Karmaphalam, Knowledge, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Vedic
Question:Does karma get generated at the same octane it is created? That is, if I trip an enemy, will an equivalent act be bestowed upon me, or could it manifest in a distorted dosage?Answer:Very interesting question. When you payback a loan to a person or bank, you...
by Ekta | Jan 16, 2019 | Birth, Body, Bridge, Causation, Death, Divine, Divine, Doership, Drama, Dreams, Flow with Life, Human, I, Karma, Karmaphalam, Maaya, Mind, Parent/Child, Parents, Physical, Relationship, Sanchita, Self- Realization, Truth, Vedic
Question:Didi, I am 30 +. My Mom has nothing but to give advice every day and scold me. She always says negative about me and no encouragement. I cannot ignore them and I am getting angry at them and I decided not to call her for months. Even after many years they...
by Ekta | Jan 16, 2019 | Aagami, Ashtavakra Gita, Causation, Commitmment, 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
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. Please share!“As long as...
by Ekta | Jan 16, 2019 | Awareness, 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, Vichara marg
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 out prarabdha? It almost feels like I can...
by Ekta | Jan 16, 2019 | 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
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 give it all up to develop discipline in...
by Ekta | Jan 16, 2019 | Bridge, Competition, Consciousness, Ego, Enlightenment, God, Guru, Guru, I, Jealousy, Mind, Purushartha, Samsara, Scriptures, Self, Self- Realization, Self-Effort, Seva, Vasana, Vichara marg
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 spiritual side also. In Art of living now, I want to be a teacher like you. Nothing...
by Ekta | Jan 13, 2019 | Buddha, God, Grateful, Gratitude, Knowledge, Service, Seva, Thanksgiving
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, etc. God wants every...
by Ekta | Jan 13, 2019 | Attention-Seeking, Buddha, Devotion, Dhyana, Dispassion, Gnyana, Guru, Guru, Guru, Just Be, Knowledge, Meditation, Meditation, Mind, Purushartha, Self, Self- Realization, Self-Effort
Question:Jai Gurudev! I’ve joined The Art of Living with Yes+ course and I’m 19 years old. I did feel a strong connection to Guruji when I did the course. But 3 years laternow, I don’t feel anything. When I go to Ashram, I see people in crowds getting excited about...
by Ekta | Dec 14, 2018 | Buddha, Causation, Commitmment, Destiny, Doubts, Gnyana, Guru, Guru, Guru, Intellect, Karma, Knowledge, Liberation, Scriptures, Self, Self, Self- Realization, Self-Effort, Self-Effort, Truth, Wisdom
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 sense organs. It is then it comes to...
by Ekta | Dec 14, 2018 | Company/Association/Sangha, Compassion, Ego, Guru, Guru, Guru, I, Karma, Knowledge, Life, Maya, Meditation, Problem/Struggle/Calamity, Purushartha, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Reaction, Scriptures, Self, Senses, Truth, Vichara marg
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 Gurudev. He is so compassionate towards us in...
by Ekta | Dec 13, 2018 | Birth, Bondage, Commitmment, Death, Dhyana, Dispassion, Gnyani, Guru, Life, Maaya, Meditation, Purushartha, Self-Effort, Truth, Vedic
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 reasons as we can’t see and interact...
by Ekta | Dec 13, 2018 | Attahment, Dispassion, Dreams, Fear, let go, Life, Maaya, Mind, Raaga/Dvesha, Self- Realization, Truth, Vedic
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, laptop. It seems like such a difficult thing to do...
by Ekta | Dec 13, 2018 | Ashtavakra Gita, Aversion, Craving, Equanimous, Facebook, Knowledge, Meditation, Mind, Purushartha, Raaga/Dvesha, Self-Effort, Vedic
Question: With the advent of social media and uncontrolled use of it, we have added immensely to the list of Raagas and Dveshas especially on viewing people’s profiles, photos or posting messages. In a very subtle way, it impacts the mind and adds to my cravings...
by Ekta | Dec 13, 2018 | Anger, Aversion, Craving, Desire, Expectations, Feverishness, Flow with Life, Intellect, Karma, Karmaphalam, Marriage, Niyati, Raaga/Dvesha, Reaction, Spouse, Vedic
Question:I have a very difficult marriage and a temperamental husband who drinks and blames me for his drinking. I am lonely and in pain. I understand this knowledge. I know everything is temporary but I still crave for a good supportive husband and companion. What do...
by Ekta | Dec 8, 2018 | Consciousness, Dhyana, Ego, I, Knowledge, Meditation, Meditation, Self, Self- Realization, Vichara marg
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 knowledge. Earlier I used to...
by Ekta | Dec 8, 2018 | Attahment, Buddha, Buddha, Choice, Commitmment, Courage, Dispassion, Enlightenment, Equanimous, Guru, Marriage, Present Moment, Purushartha, Raaga/Dvesha, Self-Effort, Seva, Surrender
Question:I want to do seva to progress spiritually. I feel I will progress much more if I were at my master’s feet than being at home. I also do not want to get married, but my mother wants me to get married. I am in a quandary. Should I focus on my spiritual path,...
by Ekta | Dec 8, 2018 | Compassion, Destiny, God, Karma, Karmaphalam, Misery, Service, Seva, Suffering, Vedic
Question:Guruji says that, “Do not help anyone unless he or she asks for help”. My assumption is Guruji is saying this because we will feel hurt when he/she do not appreciate us but I feel like helping others who suffer. Can I drop expectation and just help? I am...
by Ekta | Dec 8, 2018 | Awareness, Guilt, Guru, Knowledge, Maaya, Meditation, Present Moment, Purushartha, Scriptures, Self-Effort, Truth, Vedic
JGD DearLet go of the past! Have you heard that saying in Hindi – jab jago tab savera! When you wake up, it’s morning. [Sounds silly in English but hopefully it conveyed the meaning].The grip of Maaya is so strong that it is extremely difficult for a person to easily...
by Ekta | Dec 8, 2018 | Company/Association/Sangha, Knowledge, Mind, Self- Realization, Service, Seva, Vedic, Wisdom
Question:If the people around me are not good, will it affect my spiritual growth?Answer:The company you keep matters a lot, especially on the spiritual path. For e.g. if a group of people is sitting and laughing, you are passing from there and decide to just join...
by Ekta | Dec 8, 2018 | Courage, Ego, Fear, Opinion/Behavior/Judgement, Service, Vedic
Question:JGD! Can you please explain today’s Guru Punch- Invoke the lion within you and have an attitude of sacrifice to rescue yourself from anxiety. I don’t understand the ‘attitude of sacrifice’ piece.Answer:People live in a lot of fear!Fear of what will...
by Ekta | Dec 8, 2018 | Ashtavakra Gita, Impressions, let go, Present Moment, Raaga/Dvesha, Spontaneous, Vedic
Question:JGD Ektaji, About Ragaa and Dwesha, it is natural to have a feeling of like and dislike. Is it a problem if we have a ragaa and dwesha as a fleeting impression or something that lasts few hours or a day etc. I understand rubbing the impression in creates the...
by Ekta | Jun 10, 2018 | Awareness, Buddha, Company/Association/Sangha, Elements, Food, Meditation, Meditation, Mind, Prakriti, Present Moment, Purushartha, Satvik/Rajasic/Tamasic, Self-Effort, Sub-conscious, Thoughts
Questions:How does the thought generate in our mind?Answer:Thoughts generate out of the subconscious. Now what is the quality of your subconscious? It depends on the conditioning of your mind from:Associations [people] – associations are the types of people you...
by Ekta | Jun 10, 2018 | Body, Buddha, Concepts, Doership, Dreams, Ego, Faith, I, Just Be, Mind, No-Mind, Purushartha, Samsara, Self, Thoughts, Yoga Vasistha
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 performing actions but these...
by Ekta | Jun 10, 2018 | Aagami, Ashtavakra Gita, God, Guru, Impressions, Karma, Karmaphalam, Mind, Prarabdha, Raaga/Dvesha, Sanchita, Surrender, Thoughts, Vedic
Question:Guruji 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 wondering, was it me...
by Ekta | Jun 10, 2018 | Attahment, Buddha, Courage, Dhyana, Ego, Gnyani, I, Illusion, Maaya, Maya, Meditation, Mind, No-Mind, Purushartha, Samsara, Self-Effort, Selfishness, Yoga Vasistha, You
Question:Didi I was just in wonder why is my mind so cunning / playing games all the time and not letting me be at peace / be a Sakshi? Why is it designed so?Answer:Design of the Mind:Mind is ruled by the inherent power of Nature called Maaya! Mind is born out of...
by Ekta | Jun 10, 2018 | Animal, Buddha, Courage, Intellect, Karma, Karmaphalam, Liberation, Moksha, Rituals, Vedic
Question:Dear Ekta Ji, I am constructing a new house and it has reached the end stage. I have heard that we need to do animal sacrifice at home and put its blood on the walls of the new house to do peace for the new house. Somehow I am not convinced with this concept...
by Ekta | May 8, 2018 | Aversion, Buddha, Craving, Emotions, Gnyani, Mind, Pleasure/Pain, Reaction, Sensations, Thoughts
Question:If a craving (or aversion) arises in my mind, would it be more strategic to observe that thought itself objectively, or to just direct my attention to my body for an observation round? My guess is the former…..but I’ve been finding more recently the latter is...
by Ekta | May 6, 2018 | 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
Question:Please explain the sentencesExcerpt 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? Can you wet the space...
by Ekta | Aug 2, 2017 | Aagami, Ashtavakra Gita, Attahment, Desire, Doership, Freedom, Happiness, Life, Misery, Pleasure/Pain, Present Moment, Vasana, Vedic
Question:Ektaji, at present, I am on the verge of going through a big change in life. Whatever I have known till now is suddenly being metamorphosed into something larger. All three aspects of people, situation and things are in transition.From a materialistic and...
