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, Vol I
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 | Feb 18, 2019 | Adwaita, Consciousness, Duality, Dwaita, Ego, I, Love, Love/Hate, Vol II, You
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 there is a...
by Ekta | Feb 16, 2019 | Concepts, Dispassion, Duality, Dwaita, Equanimous, Mind, Raaga/Dvesha, Vairagya
Question:Does Vairagya mean a giving up of non-religious pleasures like singing, dancing, poetry etc. or just give up hankering for them?Answer:Vai – raagya means devoid of raaga.Who is not a vairaagi? – It does not matter whether you are dancing like a rock star or...
by Ekta | Feb 15, 2019 | Adwaita, Duality, Dwaita, Ego, I, Misery, Rumi, Samsara, Vol I, You
Question:I really liked the Sufi poem about the stranger who knocks on the door, and then last time says “I am you”, etc etc. Can you send a link to this poem?Answer:It is a poem by Rumi, that I heard in Urdu long ago. Here is the English translation:“There came one...
by Ekta | Jan 17, 2019 | Awareness, Consciousness, Dreams, Duality, Illusion, let go, Physical, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Satori, Self, Truth, Videha, Vol II
Questions: In Cosmos, it is said that there is no concept of time. My question though is, can you experience this while you are in a physical form. From Lila’s story(yoga vasishtha), she had to remove the duality completely? Please explain. Answer: Yes, it is...
