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‘What should I do with my life?’
Featured, Musings & More, Yoga & Meditation

‘What should I do with my life?’

By Shruti Bakshi March 21, 2021 March 21, 2021  Action, Mental Health
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Bringing the Mind to Rest (5 simple techniques)
Featured, Yoga & Meditation

Bringing the Mind to Rest (5 simple techniques)

By Shruti Bakshi March 6, 2021 March 6, 2021  Mental Health

Conflict and confusion is the nature of a mind that has lost connection to Source. Such a mind is desperate in its attempt to make sense of the world. The main themes running in such a mind are: ‘Time is running out.’ ‘What should I do?’ ‘I like X.’ ‘I …

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Saraswati: Waters & Wisdom
Featured, Yoga & Meditation

Saraswati: Waters & Wisdom

By Shruti Bakshi February 16, 2021 March 31, 2021
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Ganga, The Mother (short video)
Featured, Travel, Yoga & Meditation

Ganga, The Mother (short video)

By Shruti Bakshi February 11, 2021 March 21, 2021  Ganga, Videos
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‘My Master Sings Only for God’ – Story of Swami Haridas by Mooji
Devotion (Bhakti), Featured, Poetry & Art

‘My Master Sings Only for God’ – Story of Swami Haridas by Mooji

By Shruti Bakshi February 4, 2021 March 6, 2021

A beautiful paradox that true expression that touches the other most deeply is one where ‘the other’ was disregarded in the make. True creativity as an expression of Life comes from a freshness where no residue was left that was still open for a reaction – something of the old, a faded …

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To Whom Should I Pray? (Meditation and Devotion – Yoga Vasishtha)
Yoga & Meditation

To Whom Should I Pray? (Meditation and Devotion – Yoga Vasishtha)

By Shruti Bakshi January 10, 2021 January 10, 2021  Books, Vedanta, Yoga Vasishtha

This infinite consciousness can be compared to the ultimate subatomic particle which yet hides within its heart the greatest of mountains. It encompasses the span of countless epochs, but it does not let go of a moment of time. It is subtler than the tip of a single strand of …

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Finding Rest (guided meditation)
Yoga & Meditation

Finding Rest (guided meditation)

By Shruti Bakshi January 10, 2021 January 10, 2021  Mental Health, Videos
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Words of Wisdom by Ramana Maharshi -closing out 2020
Philosophy (Jnana)

Words of Wisdom by Ramana Maharshi -closing out 2020

By Shruti Bakshi December 30, 2020 April 6, 2021
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Fearless Devotion 
Devotion (Bhakti)

Fearless Devotion 

By Shruti Bakshi December 25, 2020 December 25, 2020
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Sanskrit Chant from Isha Upanishad (Purnamadah)
Yoga & Meditation

Sanskrit Chant from Isha Upanishad (Purnamadah)

By Shruti Bakshi November 30, 2020 March 20, 2021  Chanting, Upanishads

An offering of the Sanskrit Chant Purnamadah Purnamidam

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Shakti: Bringing Light to the Darkness
Philosophy (Jnana)

Shakti: Bringing Light to the Darkness

By Shruti Bakshi October 17, 2020 October 17, 2020  Shakti

“Lord Shiva, only becomes ableto do creation in this world along with Shakti.Without her, even an inch he cannot move,and so how can one who does not do good deeds,or one who does not sing your praise,become adequate to worship youO Goddess of mine, who is worshipped by the Trinity”  Soundarya …

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NAsadiya SUkta, Rig Veda (Hymn of Creation)
Philosophy (Jnana)

NAsadiya SUkta, Rig Veda (Hymn of Creation)

By Shruti Bakshi October 14, 2020 October 15, 2020  Advaita, Vedanta

The Nasadiya Sukta from the Rig Veda (10:129) points to the nature of reality and the paradox of nothing-something and the known-unknown. It is sometimes referred to as the Hymn of Creation.

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How to Act (Yoga Vasishtha)
Philosophy (Jnana)

How to Act (Yoga Vasishtha)

By Shruti Bakshi October 11, 2020 October 21, 2020  Action, Yoga Vasishtha

In this beautiful excerpt from the Yoga Vasishtha, Sage Vasishtha explains to Sri Rama how the wise view action and what is meant by acting in a ‘detached’ way. The understanding of how the yogi is one who allows life to flow in its natural course according to the momentum already in place, is well explained here.

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Contemplation on Action (Yoga Vasishtha)
Philosophy (Jnana)

Contemplation on Action (Yoga Vasishtha)

By Shruti Bakshi October 4, 2020 October 6, 2020  Action, Vedanta, Yoga Vasishtha
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Krishna, the All That Is
Devotion (Bhakti)

Krishna, the All That Is

By Shruti Bakshi August 12, 2020 October 2, 2020  Bhagavad Gita, Krishna, Vedanta

Krishna is the most colourful incarnation – an irrepressible child, an irresistible lover, a truly valiant warrior, an astute statesman and a yogi of the highest order. sadhguru You might also like: Who is Krishna? Stressed-Out? Here’s 3 Lessons from a Bhagavad Gita Krishna Quotes – Bhagavad Gita Our Arjuna …

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Most Beloved🌹💓 . I staked my life on your wo Most Beloved🌹💓
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I staked my life on your words
Not having a clue where they led
But because I knew they came from Him
And I remembered 
that He always spoke like that...
So I couldn't help but stake my life on your every word
The ones you spoke--
and those you didn't
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Radhe Radhe🌟 . . . #krishna 🎵 . . #bhakti # Radhe Radhe🌟
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#throwback to Sicily 2015 on the news that Mt Etna #throwback to Sicily 2015 on the news that Mt Etna has been spectacularly erupting recently…one of the most beautiful places I've visited, where the 5 elements are so present with volcanoes on one side and seas on the other under a vast un-skyscrapered sky...

Some reflections this equinox on life as a balance between creation and destruction, Shiva-Shakti. Not feeling this balance leads to the seeking for love, joy and becoming which even takes over the spiritual process. Reading one of @jefffosterofficial 's latest posts made me also reflect on the divine feminine and its suppression being a suppression of true life. 

What we call Prakriti or Shakti includes all human nature: emotions, desires, activities - the 3 gunas, tamas, rajas and sattva. Sometimes in modern spirituality, ‘saying the highest things’ becomes a kind of flag hoisting and common human wisdom is lost. Perhaps the play of consciousness in this internet age to sharpen our discernment and test our integrity.

This also somehow relates to the state of the feminine in the world where we see certain kinds of feminine behaviours encouraged that are more serving to certain males in authority than to the whole. Shakti will only be with Shiva- where there is nothing egoic to be defended or aggrandised. 

A true integrated understanding reflects in dynamic life. Not that the mind’s ways still govern the phenomenal field because some conclusion about ‘it’s all illusory’ has been believed. 

What I value most at the end of the day is the simple wisdom that bows to a child, quiet love,  humble knowledge...

To look another in the eye and to know their heart without words, 

to feel the bliss of a flower opening to the sun, 

poetry over prose, 

to be able to feel the pain of one who didn’t express it, 

to receive kind words from a stranger you’ll never see again, 

to feel blessed to see a completely silent act of integrity…

sensitivity and depth - 

That must be true ‘spirituality’
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#Sicily #nature #equinox #divinefeminine #consciousness #awakening #writingcommunity #wisdomteachings #writersofinstagram #spirituality #balance #shakti #meditation #embodiedflow
Spring Sproutings 🎍🌱🌼 With a constant vi Spring Sproutings 🎍🌱🌼

With a constant vigilance for what intuitively feels right and natural, life aligns by itself.

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Garden of Life
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Different plants thrive in different seasons. Some grow well with certain plants and not with certain others. Some plants grow well in certain soils and not in others. Some plants grow slow, some fast. A natural law and harmony guides so that all the diversity can flourish. 

In the human way, we insert 'should's and 'shouldn't's and fail to see the natural flow. Blame, guilt and expectations stifle joyful movement. Authority and imposed hierarchy when going beyond their utilitarian function, can be one of the most oppressive elements in the system.

Allowing a natural intelligence or discernment to guide means 'looking' beyond what 'looks' right or true or 'looks' like happiness, love or even compassion... and looking through to the essence...

Listening for sensitivity beyond emotion, wisdom beyond intellect.
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#spring #life #wisdomteachings
#meditation #yoga #wisdom #writingcommunity #intuition #nature #flow #writersofinstagram
Saraswati, of Flow  Creativity, wisdom, inspirat Saraswati, of Flow 

Creativity, wisdom, inspiration are associated with flow and water. Saraswati, ‘one who flows’, represents these, symbolic of the creative and illuminating powers. 

In the Rig Veda, she is described as the ‘best of rivers' and ‘best of mothers’- birthing, nourishing, and removing the sufferings of humanity; as the Great Wave- flowing as universal wisdom; as the great flood of illumination- awakening inherent wisdom and creativity.

She is associated with poetry, arts, writing, higher wisdom, insight and discernment. Characteristic of artists and intellectuals, Saraswati is decribed as independent, aloof...and a tad irritable!

Many symbolisms from ancient Indian culture describe the phenomenal world in a way that aligns with our experience, helps us discriminate true from false and opens windows into deeper insights.

Happy Basant Panchami🌼 (springtime festival of Saraswati)

#basantpanchami #Saraswati #flow #consciousness #vedas
[Photos: 3 cute goats that were all over Ganga's b [Photos: 3 cute goats that were all over Ganga's banks when I last visited☺]

On Ma Ganga💙:

Every time I’ve visited the Ganga at Rishikesh, I’ve felt the unmistakeable embrace of her beautiful presence. A presence which is gentle yet powerful, light yet commanding, playful, mothering and full of wisdom….
and most of all - Alive.

A new blog post (link in bio) with a short video tribute to Mother Ganga on this day of Mauni Amavasya considered important for a dip in her nectarian waters. 

If you’d like join in on an initiative to share river stories - your personal accounts of how these ancient mothers have touched your lives, send me a DM📩😊 Thank you @ayrinany for reigniting my inspiration for this. As wonderful initiatives like #RallyforRivers by @sadhguru and #NamamiGange help to save dying rivers, I feel that we should not only work from a survival instinct, but also with the love in our hearts for these most primal givers of life.💕 Many Indian rivers were declared "living entities" by law in recent years, yet their 'livingness' aspect is not enough appreciated and celebrated in my view...

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Ganga’s waters are the current of life-  materially, culturally and spiritually. They are always calling, calling…. What for? To merge, to surrender, coaxing a spontaneous letting go of our sufferings... and celebrating Life as an ever-fresh flow.
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A sweet poem by the 17th century Indian poet, Jagannatha who sought refuge in Mother Ganga:

“I come to you as a child to his mother.

I come as an orphan to you, moist with love.

I come without refuge to you, giver of sacred rest.

I come a fallen man to you, uplifter of all.

I come undone by disease to you, the perfect physician.

I come, my heart dry with thirst, to you, ocean of sweet wine.

Do with me whatever you will.”
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#rivers #ganga #mauniamavasya
#rishikesh #flow #environment
Paradoxically, the creative expression that touche Paradoxically, the creative expression that touches the other the most is where it was not for the other. 
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Most beautiful story by Mooji of a rare humility, integrity and devotion.

My Master Sings Only for God (Saint Haridas)❤

“A long time ago, there was a great emperor called Akbar. Amongst the many people in service to this emperor, there was a great musician called Tansen. He was so well known for his music and when he played and sang it is said that the people’s hearts would be so full of love and joy and appreciation and the emperor himself would be so pleased. It is said that even the clouds would become full of water and shower rain on the land. It was so exquisite…if you can imagine… 

One day, the emperor called Tansen and said, “Tansen, your music is so beautiful. I would like to find out—who did you learn from? Who taught you this?” 

So Tansen said, “My Master lives in the forest a long way away. He’s a very simple man. He doesn’t sing for just anybody.” 

The emperor was very surprised, “I want to go listen to him. Can we go see him?’ 

So Tansen said, ‘Yes my lord, you can come but I cannot guarantee anything…”

So off they went, just the two of them. Akbar was disguised as a regular man. They came to the saint’s abode. He was sitting outside with his instruments. Tansen himself knew that his Master, Haridas (meaning ‘servant of God’) was very very pure-hearted and just won’t sing because you ask him to sing. He’s not this type of musician. 

So what happened was that Tansen himself started to sing and he deliberately made a mistake in his singing. So Haridas, the Master said “O Tansen…don’t sing like that…” and he began himself to sing. And he sang…it was so exquisite, so beautiful! Nobody had heard him sing like this. 

So on the way home, they’re travelling and Akbar says to Tansen, “You are such a great singer but how comes your Master is so much better than you? How is he sooo much better than you?” 

So Tansen said, “You see my lord,… I am a musician in your court. I must sing for the emperor. But my Master……He sings only for God.” 

Hearing this, the emperor’s heart became very quiet.

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[2nd photo: Bhagvan’s beautiful handwritten word [2nd photo: Bhagvan’s beautiful handwritten words]

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‘When various notes are played or sung by the musician,
if you keep your attention fixed on the sruti, i.e., the accompanying tambur or harmonium with its monotone alone,
it will not be distracted by the diverse notes or tunes;
similarly, in the world which is nothing but sense-perceptions,
keep attuned to the sruti,
the one Reality alone,
and your inner awareness will remain undisturbed.’

~ Sri Ramana Maharshi
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Most commonly, ‘Shruti’ and ‘Smriti’  are understood as referring to ‘that which is heard’ (the unchanging Truth as the Vedas communicate) and ‘that which is remembered’ (based on the Shruti). The Guru’s Grace shows the deeper meaning...

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This year closes out on an  auspicious note with Dattatreya Jayanti, a full moon in Ardra (Margashirsha Purnima) and Sri Ramana Maharshi’s Jayanti, following each other. 

Sri Dattatreya, the Avadhut is also the Adi Guru. Like Bhagvan Ramana Maharshi (whose guru was the holy mountain Arunachala), he didn’t have a particular human guru but actually identified 24 gurus, all aspects of nature (from the earth and sky, to a spider and sparrow). 

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Of Yoga & Nature🌿 . This week, 3 years ago, I c Of Yoga & Nature🌿
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This week, 3 years ago, I completed my yoga teacher's training at Sivananda ashram in Kerala. My last course of study before that was in France, located in the environs of a forest and I found it a bit surreal to have gone from studying at a business school in a French forest, to studying ancient yoga and Vendanta philosophy in an Indian forest.

The beauty of Kerala was amplified by knowing that the area where I was staying was where the great sage Sri Adi Shankaracharya had been born. Also unbeknownst to me was the fact that Swami Sivananda belonged to the Saraswati sampradaya (lineage) set up by Shankara- the deep affinity I hold with the goddess of wisdom and art had no doubt worked in mysterious ways.
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This time of the year always brings me to my yoga practice in some way. To cooperate with nature in its hibernation but also to oppose it with a little human petulance is the tension perhaps of life-making 😊
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Sharing an excerpt from my book 'From Dior to Dharma' where I expressed my love of the vibrant aliveness of the forests of South India:

"October is not a fallen month in South India. Unlike in temperate lands, there is no surrendering of the leaves first to non-verdant hues and eventually to the ground. The trees don’t avert their gaze like they do in Paris in autumn, embarrassed by their state of undress. On the contrary, with the worst of the summer heat beaten into retreat and rain clouds standing on guard, ready to burst when needed, Nature seems to run amuck, setting the environment afire with life, creating a flora as intense and flavourful as the South Indian curries. In fact with plump jackfruits lazing on tree-tops, the excitement of pepper vines bursting into tropical fragrance, chili plants trampling aggressively over weeds, and coconut trees stumbling drunkenly into every other plant and tree around, one beholds, smells and almost tastes an uncooked curry of a forest. Unlike the faded and often insipid hues of much higher latitudes, Mother Nature here, sweating with inspiration in the humid warmth, pushes colours to their most vibrant extremes...."
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A painting I did back in 2018: Saraswati Bhagavati A painting I did back in 2018: Saraswati Bhagavati, acrylic on canvas🌹🦢💕
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Devi Saraswati, of inspired expression and wisdom.  As "Saras", may the mind flow without stopping and become one with the river of Being.💫🙏
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#navratri #saraswati #devi #shakti #wisdom #inspiration #bhaktipoetry #hinduism #painting #art #micropoetry #goddess #yoga #tantra #consciousness
Which one can we really not talk about?  In this, Which one can we really not talk about? 
In this, they are cleverly the same.
Thought and perception we link in play
But never can we link the “I”…

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Grasping without hands, hasting without feet, 
It sees without eyes, It hears without ears. 
It knows what is to be known, but no one knows It. 
They call It the First, the Great, the Full.
- Svetasvatara Upanishad III-19

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A Delicate Dance of Contradiction

Sometimes it feels that ‘Reality’ can’t be spoken about and sometimes it feels the ‘relative’ can’t - that it is just a flow happening by itself.

Yet sometimes both are attempted to be spoken about. 

Sometimes, without realising it, those of us who listen to Advaita may begin to adopt it into a lifestyle; for example we may mistake an inner non-reaction for an outer passivity. An active “inner” and “outer” discrimination must be... Not to dismiss the ‘relative’ or see it with “Advaitic” eyes but to feel our intuition, learn the language of the vital force and allow our lives to be an expression of Truth, Beauty and Love. 

Otherwise we may even fall asleep in “All is the expression of the Divine”. 
How quickly insights turn from realisations to beliefs!

In ancient traditions like the Vedantic and Zen, so much emphasis was laid on Dharma in “the way of life”. An embrace and upliftment of the dynamic play; a recognition that though all actions are of the Divine, some are more beautiful and wise than others, some more just and loving. This work, this life-making is never-ending...

Adi Shankaracharya, the great sage and teacher, who spoke the purest Advaita can seem like a contradiction for simultaneously composing some of the most beautiful hymns of devotion to Krishna, Shiva and Devi. Or the Vishishtha Advaita school and the Pancaratra describing the forms of Vishnu though the Supreme Being remains unaltered.

Nothing makes a difference to the Truth but the Truth makes a difference to things.

Your conditionings don’t matter to the Self but the Self will not let you remain blind to your conditionings. 

A fully individual experience it must be, to realise the Universal.

Such beautiful contradictions…and on the edge of them, the play of life is born.💖
We don't know how it is all working. Sometimes He We don't know how it is all working. 
Sometimes He raises one and lowers the other. 
Sometimes your harsh words burn the false in another. 
Sometimes your anger makes a star blink in the sky. 
Sometimes your smile came from the waterlilies, gifted upon a breeze.
Sometimes the full moon needed your old pains to become whole.
Sometimes what was felt through your skin was just what the whole universe had been waiting for.

You, each one, is the answer to an ancient prayer.
May you find yourself with those who know in their heart 
That they prayed for you.

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#poetsofinstagram #poetry #writersofinstagram #spirituality #rumi #mysticpoetry #universe #oneness #gratitude #wisdom #consciousness #france #love #yoga #poetry #poetrycommunity
Happy to have helped produce this book for Anantaj Happy to have helped produce this book for Anantaji
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Gratitude to have the blessings of Beloved Moojibaba for this book💖 With this Grace of the gurus, may the powerful pointers to the Self contained in the book bring the Light of Truth to all who search for it.🙏💫
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Available on Amazon as paperback and Gumroad as pdf
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Much Love ❤❤❤

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(The artwork was fun to do too 😊💝)
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#advaita #nonduality #bookstagram #books #bookstagrammer #spiritualwisdom #spirituality #awakening #selfrealization #enlightenment #mooji #spiritualbooks
The closer to the Heart, the less explainable. Ex The closer to the Heart,
the less explainable.

Explanations may be good as an act of compassion. Externally, where needed. Internally, none.
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Photos: Muir Woods, California, May 2016
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#authenticity #mooji #livingfromtheheart #heart #nature #wordsofwisdom #spiritualwisdom #spirituality #truth #freedom #tao
Love and wisdom- two sides of a coin because they Love and wisdom- two sides of a coin because they seem to share an infinite nature. 
Wisdom constantly reveals new perspectives and insights that can free. 
Love shares the same inexhaustible quality. 
In the service of Freedom, 
Wisdom never runs out of the conditions it can create 
& Love never runs out of the conditions it can overcome.
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"Love says 'I am everything'. Wisdom says, 'I am nothing'. Between the two, my life flows. Since at any point of time and space, I can be both the subject and the object of experience, I express it by saying that I am both, and neither, and beyond both."
- Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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Photo: Redwoods at Los Gatos, May 2016
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#love #wisdom #nonduality #advaita #awakening #enlightenment #awareness #consciousness #mysticpoetry #rumi #infinity #poetsofinstagram #nisargadattamaharaj
Quelqu'un m'a dit.... French karaoke :)) #lockdo Quelqu'un m'a dit....

French karaoke :))

#lockdownsessions #singing #music #karaoke #french
"You turn to Him because you realise you don't hav "You turn to Him because you realise you don't have what it takes. 
Like this you will know Him."
- Mooji 
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Hold fast to the Power of the One 
It will unify the body and merge it with the spirit
It will cleanse the vision and reveal the world as flawless 
It will focus the life-force and make one supple as a newborn 

As you love the people and rule the state can you be free of self-interest? 
As the gates of Heaven open and close can you remain steadfast as the mother bird 
who sits on her nest? 
As your wisdom reaches the four corners of the world can you keep the innocence of a beginner? 

Know this Primal Power that guides without forcing, 
that serves without seeking 
that brings forth and sustains life 
yet does not own or possess it. 
One who holds this Power brings Tao to this very Earth 
He can triumph over a raging fire or the freeze of winter weather 
Yet when he comes to rule the world,
it’s with the gentleness of a feather

- Tao te Ching (verse 10)
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Photo: Jodhpur, India Dec 2018
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#taoteching #mooji #nonduality #advaita #awakening #enlightenment #awareness #rumi #mysticpoetry #poetsofinstagram #consciousness #zen #oneness
"Silence not of death, but of roaring Life Silenc "Silence not of death, but of roaring Life

Silence not of supression, but of profound submission

Submission not to the senses
or the senseless of the society

Submission to the Source 
that is within and without

Consummating with the Silence of the Source."
- Sadhguru
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As a child, I would often 'unsee' the world and go into that quiet space of light from where words/ poems would come. They call it spirituality sometimes...
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Photo: Paris in the rain, Place de la Madeleine, Dec 2013
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Playfulness is not your attitude – it is the att Playfulness is not your attitude – it is the attitude of the Creator and the creation. If you are in tune with creation and Creator, being playful is natural. Only when you get enslaved by the process of your mind – your thoughts, opinions, ideologies, rights and wrongs, and moralities – you lose your playfulness. All playfulness is gone because you have been ignoring the larger creation and become too attached to the petty creations of your mind. If you were in line with life, if you were in line with creation and Creator, you would naturally be playful….

When you are playful, you are not entangled with the things you do. Once you are not entangled with them, you do not accumulate karma. Then the process of living becomes liberating. With the activity that you perform, you are no more doing karma – you are doing yoga. Once you are doing yoga through the day, life becomes effortless.

– Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev

Happy Holi🌼

[Photo: ~250 year old painting of Krishna and Radha playing holi]

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"When Krishna was leading his married life in Math "When Krishna was leading his married life in Mathura, Radha once went to see him. At that time, Krishna was in Rukminis’ palace, enjoying her joyful company. When Radha reached there, she was stopped by the guard. Radha sent a word about her arrival and waited. She waited and waited but Krishna did not come out to see her. Radha felt furlorn and depressed.  With tear filled eyes she left the palace and returned to Vrindavan.

Radha went to her favorite garden at the banks of Yamuna where she used to meet Krishna on those good old days when He lived in Vrindavan. She sat under the tree and closed her eyes. She went into deep meditation by seeing Krishna in his glorious form inside her mind.

In the meanwhile, when Krishna got the message about Radha’s arrival, he rushed out to meet her; but she was no longer waiting for Him. Krishna felt very sorry. He decided to go to Vrindavan to meet Radha secretly and console her. He knew where she would be and went there.

Krishna saw Radha in deep meditation.  He went and touched her; he said, “Dear Radha, Here I am, your Krishna. Please open your eyes; I am extremely sorry that I kept you waiting”.

Radha did not open her eyes. She said softly, “Krishna, as long as I was  thinking that you were outside of me and I needed to see you in your physical form to have the bliss of your company, there was always sorrow of separation. Now I have established you inside me; I am able to see you all the time in my mind’s eye and I am permanently in your joyful company. I no longer need your external form, Dear Krishna! You can go back to Mathura”.

- Stories of Amma

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For a horse, it is freedom to gallop. For a snake, For a horse, it is freedom to gallop. For a snake, it is freedom to crawl, not gallop. But it is still freedom for a snake not to be able to gallop. Failure to gallop is an elegant performance for a snake[....]
Sometimes we are millionaires, sometimes paupers. Still, our essential nature does not change at all. We are always in the center of perfect freedom. 

[Case: A Woman Comes Out of Samadhi]

- The Gateless Gate
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‘I am Brahman’ means that, after discarding th ‘I am Brahman’ means that, after discarding the ‘false-I’, only the residual being or the pure consciousness that is left over can be Brahman — It is absurd to say that, without discarding but retaining the individuality, the jiva, on seeing Brahman but not becoming Brahman, can know himself as Brahman. A poor beggar must first cease to be beggar and rule over a state in order to know himself as king; a man desirous of god-hood first drowns himself in the Ganges and leaving this body, becomes himself a celestial being; by his extraordinary one-pointed devotion a devotee leaves off his body and merges into god, before he can know himself to be god. In all these cases when the beggar knows himself to be king, or the man to be celestial being, or the devotee to be god, they cannot retain their former individualities and also identify themselves as the superior beings. In the same way, the seeker of Liberation must first cease to be an individual before he can rightly say ‘I am Brahman’. This is the significance of the sacred text. Without completely losing one’s individuality one cannot be Brahman. Therefore to realise Brahman, the loss of the individuality is a sine qua non.

~ Advaita Bodha Deepika (VII- 17/18)
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Whatever you say, it is just that. Nothing else. W Whatever you say, it is just that. Nothing else. When you say "ma", what else is there? When there is nothing else, "ma" is Mu, and it is the perfect manifestation of the whole universe. The whole universe is occupied by "ma", and nothing remains outside of it.
- The Gateless Gate
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Sayings of the mystic poet-saint Kabir (15th centu Sayings of the mystic poet-saint Kabir (15th century)

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When the life reveals, you move in the suggestio When the life reveals, 
you move in the  suggestions of life.
You learn to read the wind...and the signs of your life
rather than following the projections of the mind.
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If your heart feels nothing, 
Trust your heart.
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You cannot explain these things. 
This is the way of the children of God
and the awakened ones...
and mad men.
Your Heart is as big as the universe 
and as silent as outer space.
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In the meantime, some cabins go up,
some houses go up
but one day they and the one you believe you are
turns to dust.
The only thing that is real 
is the one noone can find
separate from themselves. 
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On any true path you go,
you have to learn to let go of the world 
and walk with God.

- Mooji (Sahaja Express, 28 Oct 2020)
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Bhagavad Gita (Stephen Mitchell trans) #bhagavadg Bhagavad Gita (Stephen Mitchell trans)

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Yoga Vasishtha🙏🌺 But O Rama, we are beyond c Yoga Vasishtha🙏🌺
But O Rama, we are beyond confusion. Changes in the unchanging are imagined by ignorant and deluded people; but in the vision of sages who have self-knowledge, no change whatsoever has taken place in consciousness.

When the notion of an external knowable has been removed, self-knowledge arises; and when in it there is the notion of inertia or ignorance, the state of deep sleep has come to it. Hence, since consciousness alone exists at all times, it may be said that space exists and does not exist, the world exists and does not exist.

Even as heat is to fire, whiteness is to a conch-shell, firmness is to a mountain, liquidity is to water, butter is to milk, coolness is to ice, brightness is to illumination, oil is to mustard seed, flow is to a river, sweetness is to honey, ornament is to gold, aroma is to a flower - the universe is to consciousness. The world exists because consciousness is: and the world is the body of consciousness. There is no division, no difference, no distinction. Hence the universe can be said to be both real and unreal; real because of the reality of consciousness which is its own reality, and unreal because the universe does not exist as universe, independent of consciousness. 

But, because of the unreality of the universe, etc., it cannot be said that its own cause, namely, the consciousness, is also unreal: such a statement would only be a set of words with no meaning - for it runs counter to our experience, and the existence of consciousness cannot be denied.
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Zen teaches that if you have mind, you have a prob Zen teaches that if you have mind, you have a problem.  If you don't have  mind, then everything is no hindrance.  But everybody makes mind, so there are many problems in this world. Say you own a hotel. Mind is like this hotel's manager,  who should be working for you. Usually, everything is OK in the hotel, but this manager is always causing problems: 'I want this, I want that.' 'I like this, I don't like that.' 'I want to be free, go here, do that...' That is mind, OK? 
The Buddha taught, 'When mind appears, dharma appears. When dharma appears, form appears. When form appears, then like/dislike, coming/going, life and death,  everything appears. ' So if you have mind, you have a problem; no mind, no problem. Here are some very popular words: 'Everything is created by mind alone.' These are good words; they have a good taste. Your mind makes something, and something hinders you. So don't make anything! Take your mind and throw it into the garbage. Only don't know!
- Zen Master Seung Sahn
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