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The life of ‘maximum relief’

The life of ‘maximum relief’

by | 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...
Beyond the realm of right and wrong…

Beyond the realm of right and wrong…

by | 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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Dealing with Anxiety

Dealing with Anxiety

by | 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...
Why do I feel stagnant in my spiritual growth?

Why do I feel stagnant in my spiritual growth?

by | 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...
Karma and Suffering

Karma and Suffering

by | Feb 28, 2019 | Aagami, Causation, Destiny, Drama, Freedom, Freewill, Karma, Karmaphalam, Life, Maaya, Maya, Niyati, Prarabdha, Problem/Struggle/Calamity, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Reaction, Samsara, Sanchita, Types of Karma, Vedic

Question:If everything is decided by Karma flow then what possibly could be an explanation of 3 years or even 3 months old girls getting physically abused? Is the one who is getting sexually abused experiencing the result of Sanchita karma? If yes then isn’t it...
What is the purpose of life?

What is the purpose of life?

by | Feb 28, 2019 | Ambition/Career, Birth, Body, Concepts, Consciousness, Death, Ego, Flow with Life, I, Ignorance, Illusion, Impulsive, Life, Maaya, Maya, Mind, Present Moment, Purusha, Samsara, Self, Soul, Spontaneous, Temporary, Vedic, You

Question:I keep wondering why we first broke away from our nature of infinite consciousness? Why did that subtle vibration even occur that led to the “I”/ ego and then to the projected consciousness that leads us to this cycle of samsara and then it is all about...
Spiritual but not Religious

Spiritual but not Religious

by | 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...
How to do proper darshan of the Guru during Guru Poornima?

How to do proper darshan of the Guru during Guru Poornima?

by | 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...
From scenery to seer!

From scenery to seer!

by | 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...
Fear of the ‘last thoughts at death’

Fear of the ‘last thoughts at death’

by | 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....
Birthday Message!

Birthday Message!

by | 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,...
Bhakti leads to the flowering of Gnyana

Bhakti leads to the flowering of Gnyana

by | 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...
To Act, or Not To Act?

To Act, or Not To Act?

by | Jan 16, 2019 | Aagami, Ambition/Career, Causation, Company/Association/Sangha, Compassion, Competition, Consciousness, Desire, Doership, Drama, Emotions, Games/Play/Fun, God, Karma, Karmaphalam, Life, Maaya, Maya, Name/Roles, Pleasure/Pain, Prarabdha, Problem/Struggle/Calamity, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Reaction, Relationship, Samsara, Seeking, Serious, Spontaneous, Vedic, Wealth

Question:With today’s knowledge, I know I should take life as a game but I was cheated in business. Should I drop it too, or should I pursue the case I filed with the lawyer?Question:I work for a profit oriented company and there is a lot of political stuff going on.I...
Free will is a misnomer!

Free will is a misnomer!

by | 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...
Ego is a major pitfall on the Spiritual path!

Ego is a major pitfall on the Spiritual path!

by | 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...
KARMA!

KARMA!

by | 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...