by Gnyana Sangha | Jun 26, 2022 | Advaita, Advaita, Attachment, Direct Path, Direct Path, Dvaita, Form, God, Guru, I, Let go, 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...
by Gnyana Sangha | Jun 19, 2022 | Body, Concepts, Death, Dreams, Dreams, Ego, Guru, Intellect, Intellect, Intellect, Kabir, Personality, Ramana Maharshi, Religion, Rituals, Rituals, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self, Thoughts, Truth, 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 Gnyana Sangha | May 12, 2022 | Compassion, Ego, Ego, Ego, Ego, Service, Seva, Vedic, Vedic, Vedic
What do you want to be? ‘King’ or a ‘Beggar’? 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...
by Gnyana Sangha | Oct 28, 2021 | Advaita, Atma Nirvriti, Body, Body, Causation, Direct Path, Dreams, Guilt, Guru, Kabir, Karma, Karmaphalam, Memory, Ramana Maharshi, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, 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 Gnyana Sangha | Oct 26, 2021 | Awareness, Awareness, Awareness, Buddha, Causation, Faith, Flow with Life, Intellect, Karma, Karmaphalam, Knowledge, Life, Memory, Purushartha, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, 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 Gnyana Sangha | Jul 30, 2020 | Attachment, Awareness, General Spiritual, Independent Spirituality, Independent Spirituality, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Paths, 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 main...
by Gnyana Sangha | Jun 25, 2020 | Awareness, Brahman, Brahman, Enlightenment, Enlightenment, God, Independent Spirituality, Just Be, Present Moment
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...
by Gnyana Sangha | Apr 14, 2020 | Advaita, Consciousness, Duality, Dvaita, Love, Love, Love, Love, Love, Love, Love, Love, Love, Love, Love, 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 simply when...
by Gnyana Sangha | Apr 12, 2020 | Bhakti, Buddha, Conscious, Devotion, Emotions, Emptiness, Fullness, Gnyana, Gnyani, No-Mind, Silence, 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 Gnyana Sangha | Apr 10, 2020 | Birth, Brahman, Consciousness, Consciousness, Consciousness, Consciousness, Consciousness, Death, Death, Enlightenment, Fear, God, Grateful, Gratitude, Guru, Hindu, I, I, I, Krishna, Liberation, Masters, Maya, Puja, Self- Realization, Self- Realization, Self- Realization, Shiva, Soul, Surrender, Surrender, 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 Gnyana Sangha | Apr 8, 2020 | Flow with Life, General Spiritual, General Spiritual, God, Happiness, Raaga/Dvesha, 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 Gnyana Sangha | Feb 28, 2019 | Bhakti Sutra, Knowledge, Knowledge, Love, Relationship, Scriptures, Self, Soul, Soul, 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...
