by Ekta Bathija | Aug 11, 2026 | Adi Shankaracharya, Body, Breath, Direct Path, Ego, Emptiness, I, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Sensations, Silence, Thoughts
The ‘I-sense ‘, when identified with an arising, is the Ego. Question: Didi,Is this the correct understanding: the body breathes naturally, the mind generates thoughts, the I-sense clings either to the thought and continues thinking, or it gets with the... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 8, 2026 | Awareness, Body, Direct Path, Memory, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self, Self- Realization, Sensations, Senses, Spontaneous, Thoughts, Truth
Who knows that the Witness is witnessing thought? Dear Ektaji, Noticing that throughout the day the mind is always going on about something. If there is an abiding, a knowing of myself as the awareness of all the chatter, and the mind is going on about empty stuff, am... 
by Ekta Bathija | May 31, 2026 | Awareness, Body, Brahman, Consciousness, Desire, Direct Path, Doership, Form, I, Ignorance, Mind, Paths, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Self- Realization, Sensations, Thoughts, Wisdom, You
Coordinates of Consciousness Question: Please can you explain the meaning of a coordinate of Consciousness? Answer: Let’s understand the milestones of direct seeing on the spiritual path, which will also reveal the milestone of the coordinates of... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 22, 2026 | Awareness, Body, Direct Path, I, Illusion, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Senses, Thoughts, Truth, Upanishad
I am not born into a World. The World is born to me! Question: Didi, I don’t yet have experiential recognition of nothingness while in deep sleep (it’s only a post-recognition that there was nothing). This experiential recognition makes me think the world... 
by Ekta Bathija | Apr 1, 2026 | Body, Buddha, Direct Path, Fear, Mind, Reaction, Silence, Thoughts, Wisdom
Difference between an uncultivated mind and an uncontained mind Question: Didi, I saw your video on the Buddha’s sutta on the mind that can be trained and developed. My question is, how do I know if my mind is trainable or not? How do I know if I have an... 
by Ekta Bathija | Feb 22, 2026 | Advaita, Brahman, Consciousness, Direct Path, Emptiness, Illusion, Ishavasya Upanishad, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Samadhi, Sensations, Thoughts
Go beyond Deep Sleep to Turiyatita Question: Dear Ektaji, I have one question. One must BE in rest to observe one in motion. I am Turiya, and Turiya is consciousness in motion. How can I witness 8 arising in the Waking world and the Dream world, which is consciousness... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 21, 2026 | Advaita, Aversion, Awareness, Body, Brahman, Company/Association/Sangha, Consciousness, Craving, Direct Path, Ego, Enlightenment, Fear, I, Relationship, Samadhi, Sensations, Thoughts, Wisdom
From Loneliness to Aloneness… Question: Why does everyone feel lonely, irrespective of age, gender, or whether surrounded by people or not? From the Advaita perspective, I know there are no others, and there is only Brahman. ‘Others’ is my figment of... 
by Ekta Bathija | Sep 10, 2025 | Advaita, Body, Direct Path, Knowledge, Mind, Self, Self- Realization, Wisdom
Space trying to merge into itself Question: Ekta, is this direct seeing? All night, there was an empty space, and it was trying to merge within itself as one. There was only knowledge of this in retrospect. It felt like alive energy. Is this the direct seeing of the... 
by Ekta Bathija | Sep 7, 2025 | Advaita, Brahman, Buddha, Consciousness, Direct Path, I, Ignorance, Ishavasya Upanishad, Maaya, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Seeking, Self- Realization, Spontaneous, Suffering, Time-past/present/Future, Wisdom
Self-Realization occurs spontaneously and instantaneously not in hindsight Question: Dear Ektaji, Is my direct seeing correct? This I-Sense is there like a pair of eyes that witnesses all that the waker does. It is the Fourth in which all three states come and go. It... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 13, 2025 | Advaita, Ashtavakra Gita, Direct Path, Memory, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Thoughts, Time-past/present/Future
The ‘NOW’ is not the now! Question: When I drop the witness and rest, there is no NOW. Is this understanding correct? Answer: Let’s dive deeper into this, as there seems to be some confusion there, dear. The reality is the NOW itself. The NOW... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jul 6, 2025 | Advaita, Ashtavakra Gita, Awareness, Conscious, Direct Path, Duality, Knowledge, Mind, Satvik/Rajasic/Tamasic, Unconscious, Wisdom
Deep Sleep is Dynamic Emptiness knowing itself! Question: Namaste Ektaji, Is it a correct conclusion that only when I recognize the awareness during deep sleep, I will recognize that it is a state that appears and disappears in nothingness? Till then, it will appear... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jun 1, 2025 | Body, Consciousness, Ego, General Spiritual, I, Illusion, Life, Memory, Mind, Sakshi Bhav/Witness, Seeking, Self, Truth
Embrace the erasure of ‘Personhood’, the Beyond will reveal itself! Dear Ektaji, I see everything as an illusion, but when the body-mind gets tired, I lose the Knowingness position. I see it is all but an illusion, yet I get identified with the... 
by Ekta Bathija | Jan 15, 2025 | Adi Shankaracharya, Advaita, Body, Brahman, Consciousness, Direct Path, Guru, I, Illusion, Knowledge, Mind
I AM yet I AM NOT. IT IS yet IT IS NOT. Question: Namaste Ektaji, is this a correct understanding? When you say: “It is, yet it is not” are you referring toThe Presence/ Knowledge/ Pure Consciousness – It is.The absence of any entity/ identity – It is not. In Adi... 
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