by Gnyana Sangha | Jun 26, 2022 | Attachment, Dvaita, Form, God, Guru, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, Love, Love, Rituals, Scriptures, Scriptures, Scriptures, Seeking, 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...
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by Gnyana Sangha | Jun 21, 2022 | Bhagwad Gita, Body, Body, Body, Body, Body, Body, Body, Body, Body, Body, Body, Body, Body, Body, Body, Body, Body, Body, Body, Body, Brahman, Desire, Enlightenment, Expectations, Gnyani, Greed, Guru, Kabir, Kabir, Masters, Name/Roles, Personality, Personality, Personality, Personality, Personality, Samsara, Service, 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 | Jun 19, 2022 | Concepts, Concepts, Death, Death, Death, Death, Death, Direct Path, Direct Path, Direct Path, Direct Path, Direct Path, Direct Path, Direct Path, Direct Path, Direct Path, Direct Path, Direct Path, Direct Path, Direct Path, Direct Path, Direct Path, Direct Path, Direct Path, Direct Path, Direct Path, Ego, Guru, Intellect, Intellect, Ramana Maharshi, Ramana Maharshi, Religion, Rituals, 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 | Apr 21, 2022 | Sensations, Sensations, Sensations, Sensations, Sensations, Sensations, Senses
Waking versus dream state! Question: Didi, I noticed that sometimes before this body wakes up in the morning, there is a state where I’m aware that I’m still asleep, no sense of body, just some blurry broken pieces of ‘image’ (‘thought)… and then I wake up. Sometimes...
by Gnyana Sangha | Apr 19, 2022 | Enlightenment, History, Human, Non-Doership, Wisdom
Can spiritual wisdom ever have a negative impact? Question: Dear Didi. I realized after yesterday’s session that without the Advaita basics and guided practice or experiential knowledge, the path to Ajaata Vaad can have a negative effect on the well-being of an...
by Gnyana Sangha | Feb 17, 2022 | Conscious, Illusion, Illusion, Illusion, Illusion, Illusion, Illusion, Illusion, Illusion, Illusion, Memory, Uncategorized
Does the dreamer have the waking memory? Question: After waking up we recognize that dream objects are illusory. Similarly, when we go into the dream state do we recognize that waking state objects are illusory. Experientially I do not know. Is the memory of waking...
by Gnyana Sangha | Feb 8, 2022 | Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Dreams, Personality
Can Consciousness know the world without the body-mind? Question:Ektaji, is it true that the Awareness/Knowingness/Consciousness can know only until there is a body-mind complex? Answer:Let’s use the example of space to help explain this. Where is a...
by Gnyana Sangha | Dec 3, 2021 | Breath, Intellect
The waking dream is like the sky! Question: Is my understanding correct? Mahadaakasha = body-mind complex/intellect/memory/ego – the dream character Chidaakasha: the witness consciousness. Paramaakasha: Pure consciousness/dreamer There is identification as the...
by Gnyana Sangha | Dec 1, 2021 | Awareness, Awareness, Awareness, Awareness, Awareness, Awareness, Awareness, Awareness, Awareness, Awareness, Awareness, Awareness, Awareness, Awareness, Awareness, Awareness, Conscious, Form, Happiness, Name/Roles, Temporary
There is a difference between feeling happy and being happiness yourself! Question: Didi, my understanding is that we are the dream manifestation of pure consciousness. Something prompted us to become the experiencer and once we came into this world, don’t know...
by Gnyana Sangha | Nov 29, 2021 | Existence, Gnyana, Impressions, Impressions, Knowledge, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Senses, Senses, Senses, Senses
You project your own world! Question: Didi, is my understanding correct?Pratyaksha Gnyana: I see/meet a new person in the neighborhood.Paroksha Gnyana: Prejudices/assumptions about him/her based on the looks/conversation.Aparoksha Gnyana: In awareness, I don’t exist....
by Gnyana Sangha | Nov 24, 2021 | Atmananda, Just Be, Just Be
Don’t dissect the illusion! Question: Dear Ektadi,During the transition from the dreaming state to the waking state, the transformation of the thoughts into dream images stops suddenly. It is like while knitting the yarn suddenly runs out. It is as if the...
by Gnyana Sangha | Nov 18, 2021 | Atma Nirvriti, Atmananda, Body, Direct Path, Upanishad, Upanishad, Upanishad, Upanishad, Upanishad, Upanishad, Upanishad, Upanishad, Upanishad, Upanishad, Upanishad
Difference between false and illusion! Question: One question has been daunting to me for some time. I understand that everything I can grasp with my senses is an illusion. So whatever I see with my eyes is an illusion created by the ego. I am looking at a book right...
by Gnyana Sangha | Nov 7, 2021 | Drama, Sakshi Bhav/Witness
Don’t seek acknowledgment for your own personal unshareable insight! Question:Last night, as I was falling asleep, I had this strange experience. At the level of the mind I became aware of some hazy images and a pretty strong humming sound flashing close to my...
by Gnyana Sangha | Oct 28, 2021 | Atma Nirvriti, Atma Nirvriti, Atma Nirvriti, Atma Nirvriti, Atma Nirvriti, Atma Nirvriti, Atma Nirvriti, Causation, Guilt, Guru, Independent Spirituality, Kabir, Karmaphalam, Love, 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 19, 2021 | Awareness
The journey to Ajaata Vaad! Question:I understand that the dream character = body/mind, I = Witness, and Dreamer= Pure Consciousness. The thoughts, feelings, sensations, and perceptions do not belong to the Witness, they belong to the Dreamer, Pure Consciousness. The...
by Gnyana Sangha | Aug 19, 2021 | Anger, Emotions, Equanimous, General Spiritual, Impressions, Jealousy, Raaga/Dvesha, Reaction, Sensations, Sub-conscious, Types of Mind, Types of Mind
Reacting in Dreams Question: During the daytime a thought came to me, to say something nasty to my colleague in office. But I stopped myself and I let go of that dvesha [aversion] and I also forgot about it. By the time it was evening and I came home, I felt very...
by Gnyana Sangha | Jul 5, 2021 | Emptiness, Food, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Ramana Maharshi, Samadhi
Do thoughts cease at least at Self-realization? Question: Didi, you said in your previous post that “Nothing is going to change by following the spiritual path not even your mind’s noise”. But Ramana Maharshi session you read out the quote where he...
by Gnyana Sangha | Jul 4, 2021 | Death, Knowledge, Knowledge, Knowledge, Knowledge, Knowledge, Knowledge, Silence, Thoughts
Can thoughts cease? Question: Will the thoughts cease with the Advaita knowledge of being the Witness? Answer: There is Peace when you take the stand as the Witness but the Peace itself is not silent. The thoughts still continue to arise from this Peace, just...
by Gnyana Sangha | Jun 15, 2021 | Concepts, Doership, Faith, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, Mind, No-Mind, Purushartha, Self, Self, Self
The Mind does not exist! 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...
by Gnyana Sangha | Jun 1, 2021 | Awareness, Awareness, Breath, Kriya, Meditation, Mindfulness, Pranayama, Present Moment, Service, Seva, Vedic, Yoga Vasistha
You are in a dream! Wake up! Question: Didi, today 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...
by Gnyana Sangha | Jan 31, 2021 | Doership, Doership, Doership, Doership, Happiness, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Nisargadatta Maharaj
I have eaten up the world! Question:Didi for some time now, in the dream-state, there is that ‘I-Amness’ and a knowingness of the dreams. Whatever the story is, it runs like a movie with a knowing that it is a dream. Is that how it’ll be? Answer:Yes, dear. As...
by Gnyana Sangha | Jan 3, 2021 | Maaya, Maya, Raaga/Dvesha, Samsara, Samsara
Maaya makes you believe that dreams are real! Question:We keep hearing how this awareness is like knowing your dreaming. But the best (and most entertaining) dreams are when you think it’s real! I know thinking like this is primitive-talk compared to what we’ve...
by Gnyana Sangha | Dec 31, 2020 | Atmananda, Flow with Life, Just Be, Non-Doership
Seeing life as a dream! Question:Didi for some time now while in dream state there is that ‘I-amness’ and a knowingness of the dreams. Whatever the story is, it runs like a movie with a knowing that it is a dream. Is that how it’ll be? Answer:Yes dear....
by Gnyana Sangha | Dec 20, 2020 | Atmananda, Atmananda, Atmananda, Atmananda, Atmananda, Atmananda, Aversion, Craving, I, Karma, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha
When Nisargadatta Maharaj says, “My world is full of myself”. What does he actually mean? Question: When Nisargadatta Maharaj says, “My world is full of myself”. What does he actually mean by it? Answer: Let me start with what it does...
by Gnyana Sangha | Nov 25, 2020 | Advaita, Advaita, Advaita, Advaita, Advaita, Advaita, Advaita, Advaita, Advaita, Advaita, Advaita, Advaita, Advaita, Advaita, Advaita, Advaita, Advaita, Advaita, Advaita, Advaita, Advaita, Advaita, Brahman, Brahman, Duality, You, You
Is the awareness/knowingness limited to special people? Question: Do we all experience the awareness/knowingness or is it limited to special people? Can I ever come to the point of recognizing this awareness/knowingness everywhere in everything and everyone? Answer:...
by Gnyana Sangha | Nov 23, 2020 | Consciousness, Consciousness, Consciousness, Consciousness, Consciousness, Consciousness, Consciousness, Consciousness, Consciousness, Consciousness, Consciousness, Consciousness, Consciousness, Ego, Ego, Ego, Ego, Ego, Ego, Ego, Ego, Ego, Ego, Ego, Memory, Memory, Memory
Chittachaya – Borrowed Consciousness! Question: Ekta didi, please would you explain Chittachaya [borrowed consciousness]? Answer: Just like we cannot see gravity but we can experience it, knowingness cannot be seen but its effects are experiential. ...
by Gnyana Sangha | Jul 13, 2020 | Advaita, Advaita, No-Mind, Paths
Why are they called the 3 states of the Mind in Advaita? Dear Sincere seeker, Please find the short video clip and its transcript below for the answer to the question, Why are they called the 3 states of the Mind in Advaita & not 3 states of consciousness?...
by Gnyana Sangha | Apr 25, 2020 | Attachment, Attachment, Dispassion, Fear, Let go, Life, Mind, Truth
The truth is that you really don’t want to wake up! 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,...
by Gnyana Sangha | Apr 17, 2020 | Duality, General Spiritual, General Spiritual, General Spiritual, Illusion, Let go, Let go, Physical, Satori, Videha
Is it possible to drop duality? 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...
by Gnyana Sangha | Mar 10, 2019 | Ashtavakra Gita, Commitment, Food, Freewill, Guru, Life, Love/Hate, Meditation, Patanjali Yogs Sutra, Self- Realization, Self- Realization, Self- Realization, Self- Realization, Self- Realization, Self- Realization, Self-Effort, Sex/Passion/Celibacy, Truth, Truth, Truth, Truth, Truth, Vedic, Vedic, Vedic
How to come out of the dream? 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 &...
by Gnyana Sangha | Mar 6, 2019 | Aagami, Ashtavakra Gita, Ashtavakra Gita, Awareness, Present Moment, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha
Raaga and Dvesha at the sub-conscious level 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...
by Gnyana Sangha | Mar 6, 2019 | Birth, Consciousness, Fear, Scriptures, Self, Yoga Vasistha, Yoga Vasistha
Doership in dreamzzzz…. 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...
by Gnyana Sangha | Mar 6, 2019 | Aagami, Buddha, Drama, Drama, Drama, Emotions, Gnyana, Ignorance, Independent Spirituality, Independent Spirituality, Independent Spirituality, Independent Spirituality, Independent Spirituality, Independent Spirituality, Jealousy, Mindfulness, Opinion/Behavior/Judgement, Self- Realization, Sub-conscious, Sub-conscious, Suffering, Thoughts, Thoughts, Thoughts, Thoughts, Thoughts, Thoughts, Thoughts, Thoughts, Thoughts, Thoughts, Thoughts, Thoughts, Thoughts, Types of Mind, Viveka
Who are you listening to? 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...
by Gnyana Sangha | Jan 16, 2019 | Birth, Bridge, Causation, Divine, Divine, Flow with Life, Human, Karma, Karma, Karma, Karmaphalam, Maaya, Maaya, Parent/Child, Parents, Physical, Relationship, Sanchita
Your name does not belong to you! 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...
