by Ekta | Mar 10, 2019 | Ambition/Career, Attention-Seeking, Death, Desire, Doership, Drama, Emptiness, Expectations, Flow with Life, I, Independent Spirituality, Just Be, Mind, Non-Doership, Present Moment, Thoughts
Question:You have so many people asking you so many questions from all around the world……I’m sure you could fill every free minute you have (waiting for an appointment, waiting in the grocery check-out lane, sitting in the bathroom) just writing out responses. And as...
by Ekta | Mar 6, 2019 | Choice, Choicelessness, Expectations, Scriptures, Seeking, Vedic, Yoga Vasistha
Question: You say – “There is only one possibility of the ball rolling. Your life had no other way to go but this way!” This makes me realize that if there is no other way my life could’ve gone, then there is no reason for thinking of...
by Ekta | Feb 28, 2019 | Bhakti, Devotion, Enlightenment, Expectations, Faith, Gnyana, Gnyani, Guru, Independent Spirituality, Intellect, Karma, Karmaphalam, Knowledge, Non-Doership, Prayer, Raaga/Dvesha, Seeking, Seeking, Self- Realization, Surrender, Vairagya
Question:Good to meet you mam. Love being in a place where the knowledge is discussed..feels light and natural.One thought that passed me during today’s discussionLoving the God, consciousness in a idol form or even as a person like Guruji is beautiful. It gives the...
by Ekta | Feb 20, 2019 | Attahment, Buddha, Commitmment, Desire, Emotions, Expectations, Feverishness, Guilt, Just Be, Mind, New year, Present Moment, Suffering, Temporary, Thoughts, Truth, Vedic
Seeker: Can you help me make a firm new years resolution and stick to it?Answer: At this junction in life [new years], most people run after resolutions or they sit and sulk about the past years resolutions that they did not keep up to. Haven’t you learnt a lesson...
by Ekta | Feb 20, 2019 | Anxiety, Attahment, Dispassion, Doership, Expectations, Feverishness, Karma, Mind, Niyati, Present Moment, Vedic
Question:Jai guru dev Ekta didi, I am a student..How do I study dispassionately? Somehow i have had to create an impression that if i study well then i will get leisured lifestyle..And that causes little anxiety in me…What is the key to balance both Passion (where I...
by Ekta | Feb 20, 2019 | Ashtavakra Gita, Buddha, Craving, Drama, Expectations, Mind, Raaga/Dvesha, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Service, Seva
Question:I understand that I am not the 5 elements, I am not the body, the mind or the intellect. I am not any labels, I am not male or female, young or old etc. I am a Sakshi, a witness and I am the pure consciousness. My question is: I therefore, can nearly believe...
by Ekta | Feb 20, 2019 | Dispassion, Expectations, Independent Spirituality, Just Be, Pleasure/Pain, Samsara, Silence, Temporary
Question:At first I had found satisfaction in this idea of “aniccha – everything is incapable of satisfying”. It was kind of relieving that I didn’t have to wait to actually do something or finish something to already know the result, that any imaginable “high” was...
by Ekta | Feb 19, 2019 | Aagami, Attahment, Aversion, Consciousness, Craving, Desire, Expectations, God, Impressions, Karma, Niyati, Parent/Child, Raaga/Dvesha, Seeking, Universe, Vedic
Question:My 14 year old son is terrible to live with. He is disrespectful, hurtful, vengeful without any provocation… even when I come from a space of love, the reaction from him is horrible. I tell myself that it’s my karma and to go through it. I identify the...
by Ekta | Feb 19, 2019 | Consciousness, Expectations, Feverishness, Flow with Life, God, Karma, Karmaphalam, Land/Bhoomi, let go, Misery, Parents, Suffering, Universe, Vedic
Question:My parents are old and they live alone in their country and I live here in the US. I want them to come here but they do not like to live here. They are really suffering as they are old and I cannot leave my family here and go there to take care of them. How...
by Ekta | Feb 18, 2019 | Aagami, Ashtavakra Gita, Buddha, Consciousness, Expectations, God, Guru, Karma, Karmaphalam, Mind, Sankalpa/Intention, Spontaneous
Question:Please help me understand this. We have been working really hard for the upcoming course. We are talking about the benefits of meditation and this course to everyone. We have been doing intro talks but we still do not have registrations. A lot of people I...
by Ekta | Feb 7, 2019 | Aagami, Anger, Anxiety, Attahment, Attention-Seeking, Attraction, Aversion, Awareness, Buddha, Causation, Craving, Desire, Dukkha, Emotions, Expectations, Fear, Fear, Greed, Guilt, Happiness, Hurt, Impressions, Jealousy, Karma, Karmaphalam, Love/Hate, Memory, Mindfulness, Misery, Pleasure/Pain, Present Moment, Raaga/Dvesha, Raaga/Dvesha, Reaction, Samsara, Seeking, Selfishness, Stress, Sukkha, Thoughts, Vasana
Question:Can you clarify what vasana means?Answer:The mind is stuck in 3 factors –PeopleSituations andThingsThe association with all these 3 will lead to impressions in the mind.Association with people leads to – Impressions of entanglement, jealousy, lust, anger,...
by Ekta | Jan 17, 2019 | Aagami, Attahment, Causation, Emotions, Expectations, Feverishness, Karma, Karmaphalam, Krishna, let go, Present Moment, Raaga/Dvesha, Seeking, Surrender, Surrender, Vedic
Question:Is karma about keeping your intentions positive or is it about keeping your intention and thoughts neutral?Answer:Karma is not created just by action, it is created by speech, it is created by thoughts too. But not by every thought/action/speech. If there is...
by Ekta | Jan 17, 2019 | Attahment, Awareness, Compassion, Dukkha, Expectations, Ignorance, let go, Opinion/Behavior/Judgement, Raaga/Dvesha, Reaction, Vedic
Question:If someone is behaving harsh and not accepting it rather want me to be kind and show humility and accept them and they will continue to be the same. How to handle them in this situation?Answer:There are 2 techniques to learn and apply here:1] Internal...
by Ekta | Dec 13, 2018 | Anger, Aversion, Craving, Desire, Expectations, Feverishness, Flow with Life, Intellect, Karma, Karmaphalam, Marriage, Niyati, Raaga/Dvesha, Reaction, Spouse, Vedic
Question:I have a very difficult marriage and a temperamental husband who drinks and blames me for his drinking. I am lonely and in pain. I understand this knowledge. I know everything is temporary but I still crave for a good supportive husband and companion. What do...
by Ekta | Dec 8, 2018 | Desire, Expectations, Home, Just Be, Karma, Karmaphalam, Land/Bhoomi, Niyati, Vedic
Question:We have not been able to buy property in the state that we live in and now my husband is planning to shift to a different state. It is our mistake that we did not invest in the property on time. Is this also karma? I am trying to stay away from raaga...
by Ekta | Dec 8, 2018 | Aagami, Anger, Anxiety, Aversion, Awareness, Awareness, Conscious, Craving, Dukkha, Expectations, Fear, General Spiritual, Impressions, Karma, Karmaphalam, Kriya, let go, Maaya, Meditation, Mind, Pranayama, Present Moment, Problem/Struggle/Calamity, Sanchita, Senses, Sub-conscious, Thoughts, Unconscious
Question:JGD Ekta di, we acquire certain belief systems and patterns from our past birth as a result of Sanchita karma and these are strong impressions embedded in us that makes us act and react in a certain manner. The objective is to develop awareness to clearly see...
by Ekta | May 8, 2018 | Attahment, Children, Children, Expectations, Karma, Mind, Raaga/Dvesha, Vedic
Question:If I am going to have a baby soon, am I going to build more karma? Because I know I am going to have an emotional attachment, or how can I deal with this situation, how can I give 100 percent affection without being emotionally attached?Answer:Love is your...
