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by Gnyana Sangha | Jun 21, 2022 | Advaita, Bhagwad Gita, Body, Consciousness, Direct Path, Dreams, Ego, Enlightenment, Enlightenment, Enlightenment, Enlightenment, Enlightenment, Expectations, Greed, Illusion, Kabir, Knowledge, Knowledge, Knowledge, Knowledge, Knowledge, Knowledge, Masters, Name/Roles, Personality, Samsara, Samsara, Samsara, Self- Realization, Service, Truth, Upanishad, Wealth
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 Gnyana Sangha | Nov 11, 2021 | Ambition/Career, Craving, Craving, Desire, Doership, Flow with Life, General Spiritual, Life, Non-Doership, Purusha, Relationship, Seeking, Self, Seva, Truth, Truth, 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 Gnyana Sangha | Jul 13, 2021 | Aagami, Brahman, Brahman, Dukkha, Elements, Impressions, Karmaphalam, Maya, Maya, Meditation, Meditation, Meditation, Meditation, Prakriti, Prarabdha, Raaga/Dvesha, Sanchita, 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 Gnyana Sangha | Jun 6, 2021 | Attachment, Buddha, Courage, Dhyana, Dhyana, Dhyana, Ego, Ego, Illusion, Illusion, Maaya, Maaya, Meditation, Meditation, Meditation, Purushartha, Self-Effort, Self-Effort, Self-Effort, Self-Effort, Selfishness, Yoga Vasistha, You, You, You
Who is the designer of the Mind? 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...
by Gnyana Sangha | Mar 16, 2021 | Consciousness, Consciousness, Consciousness, Consciousness, Knowledge, Memory, Paths, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Satvik/Rajasic/Tamasic, Sensations, Sensations, 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 Gnyana Sangha | Mar 9, 2021 | Attachment, Courage, Dhyana, Gnyana, Gnyana, Gnyana, Gnyana, Maya, Meditation, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, No-Mind, Paths, Paths, Purushartha, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samsara, Scriptures, Yoga Vasistha
Who is the designer of the Mind? 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...
by Gnyana Sangha | Jan 24, 2021 | Ashtavakra Gita, Bondage, Divine, Duality, Faith, Form, Formless, Gnyana, God, Guru, Guru, I, Ignorance, Karma, Karma, Krishna, Liberation, Love, Meditation, Self, Soul, 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 Gnyana Sangha | Nov 29, 2020 | Awareness, Awareness, Body, Enlightenment, Gnyani, Gnyani, Gnyani, Gnyani, Gnyani, Gnyani, Gnyani, Gnyani, Gnyani, Gnyani, Gnyani, Gnyani, Gnyani, Gnyani, Gnyani, Independent Spirituality, Masters, Matter, 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 Gnyana Sangha | Aug 30, 2020 | Awareness, Guru, Guru, Guru, Knowledge, Present Moment, Present Moment, Purushartha, Purushartha, Purushartha, Purushartha, Samadhi, Scriptures, Seeking, Self- Realization, Self- Realization, Self- Realization, Self- Realization, Self- Realization, Self- Realization, 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 Gnyana Sangha | Apr 12, 2020 | Bhakti, Brahman, Buddha, Buddha, Buddha, Buddha, Buddha, Buddha, Conscious, Devotion, Devotion, Emotions, Emotions, Emotions, Emotions, Emptiness, Fullness, Intellect, Intellect, Love, No-Mind, No-Mind, No-Mind, No-Mind, Silence
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 Gnyana Sangha | Mar 19, 2020 | Birth, Bondage, Commitment, Death, Dispassion, General Spiritual, General Spiritual, Guru, Life, Maaya
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 Gnyana Sangha | Jan 23, 2020 | Anger, Aversion, Awareness, Awareness, Awareness, Desire, Desire, Desire, Emotions, Equanimous, Mind, Mindfulness, Present Moment, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self-Effort, Thoughts, Thoughts, Thoughts
Sensation Vs Thought 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...
by Gnyana Sangha | Feb 28, 2019 | Anxiety, Awareness, Concepts, Doubts, Equanimous, Fear, Flow with Life, I, I, I, I, Just Be, Knowledge, Let go, Love/Hate, Matter, Misery, Sensations, Stress, Suffering, Surrender, Viveka, Wisdom
Stop struggling and float with Life! 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...
by Gnyana Sangha | Feb 28, 2019 | Bhakti, Bhakti, Devotion, Expectations, Faith, Guru, Guru, Guru, Independent Spirituality, Intellect, Karma, Karmaphalam, Non-Doership, Prayer, Seeking, Seeking, Surrender, Vairagya
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...
by Gnyana Sangha | May 8, 2018 | Aversion, Craving, Pleasure/Pain, Pleasure/Pain, Reaction
Sensation Vs Thought 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...
