Now, Rishiβs response to these questions might surprise you! For us knowledge means: Reading books, getting a degree, using rare and elaborate words from the dictionary, speaking fluently etc., we take such people as knowledgeable, donβt we? But the Upanishadic Rishi says, βAt the heart of all the changing things of this world lies the …
Steve jobs was adopted:- Steve Jobs was born on 24 Febraury , 1955, to Abdulfattah Jandali and Joanne Schieble. Jandali came from a Muslim background and Schieble from a Catholic background, and they werenβt married when Schieble fell pregnant. Both at the University of Wisconsin at the time, Schieble fled to california to have the birth. Schieble …
It means nothing. The mind is anyway full of devotion. Mind is another name for devotion. Itβs just that in absence of discretion, devotion becomes quite blind and mad. The mind is always devoted to something, or is it not? Look at your history, look at this day-to-day. Has there been a single moment when …
Obviously, there is some fear that holds us back. If I say βNoβ, then obviously such and such will feel offended, if I say βNoβ something may happen, if I say βNoβ I may lose a relationship, if I say βNoβ the other person may harm me. Some kind of fear is essential. So put …
This world does not take our inner well being too far. We exist in the world but we never quite find absolute peace in the worldβand the world means the one that has characteristics, the one that comes and goes, the one that is within the scope of time. So, there comes a point of …
βIf at the time of death you are thinking of Me, Arjuna, then you will attain Liberation and will not come back to this worldβ.~ Chapter 8, Verse 5 βThe one that you keep thinking of is the one that you get related to in your next birthβ.~ Chapter 8, Verse 6 What is it …
Going into oneβs own mind is AdhyΔtma; enquiring into the nature of oneβs self. Remember, oneβs self, not the Self. And oneβs self means the personal self, the mind. You are not enquiring into ΔtmΔn or Brahm; no enquiry is possible into ΔtmΔn or Brahm. AdhyΔtma is an honest exploration into the facts of one’s …
When Shri Krishna says, βThink of Me,β Shri Krishna is obviously not to be objectified. Is Shri Krishna a handkerchief, a piece of wood, some idol in a temple? Some stone, a fabulous piece of architecture? What is Shri Krishna? How will you think of Shri Krishna? He is beyond thought. Therefore, what does it …
Any kind of ascension, any kind of wisdom or liberation requires a concerted effort. Want to know the real status of a person’s life? Just ask him how much has he invested in his self-development, inner development. How many years has he given? How much of his resources has he put into his own liberation? …
What is Brahm? A reality? No, Brahm is not real. Brahm is our utmost need. Brahm is our utmost need. Now call Brahm unreal at your own peril. All our life, all we deal with and encounter is destructibles, and all destructibles betray us at some point or the other. That’s their name, that’s their …