As a spiritual seeker, you no doubt seek answers to existential questions. You may even have a spiritual practice going on for years, and yet you may find that you are no closer to liberation, Enlightenment, now. This article presents a dialog between a prospective seeker and an awakened Master, where the person’s seeking ends even before it has fully started. Your seeking can end likewise. Come find out how!
Tag Archives: Enlightenment
A Deeper Understanding of Devotion
Does cultivation of devotional surrender lead you to the same experience as the cultivation of Self-Realization? Do the paths of devotion and wisdom arrive at the same destination? Here, I share how a deeper understanding of devotion simplified it all for me.
Discover the Real-You
An Invitation from the Heart, to discover your true nature: “The human form, with its creativity and intellect, is a blessing to better explore life and living! Why spend life in exploring the outer world alone when the greatest adventure lies in wait for you to explore your own real nature?”
The Burden of Conceptual Understanding
Concepts and labels can be useful in understanding the physical world we seem to experience. However, when we carry the same approach, to conceptually understand things, into our spiritual practice, it becomes a hurdle. You cannot know and learn your way to Enlightenment. Come and find out why!
The Shadow of the Whip
Part of the Zen tradition, Koans are meant to precipitate Enlightenment. The Shadow of the Whip is a beautiful Koan, that brings the essence of the Truth to the fore. Come with an open mind, and unburdened heart, and be present to this opportunity to Awaken.
Opening the Door to Enlightenment
Our experience of the world, of life, is shaped by our self-image. We see the world as we are. This being so, how does one approach and open the door to Enlightenment?
The Cause of Discordance in Life
All species live in mutually interdependent ways in the ecosystems they are part of. Not humans. Like a virus, parasite or cancer, human wreck the ecosystems they are part of. Why is the human experience of life so full of discordance? Come and find the root cause.
The Secret of Relaxation
On the spiritual path, we are always on a quest for achieving this and achieving that, with the hope that one day it will result in the achievement of enlightenment. But enlightenment is not an achievement! Where does that leave all your activity, your frenetic doing? What you may be missing is the secret of relaxation.
The Beauty of the Button Pushers
Do people in your life push your buttons? You know, tick you off, get you upset, make you fearful or angry? Why are they in your life? This verse gives you a profound perspective to realize the beauty of the button-pushers, how they are here to awaken you to your real freedom.
The Ocean and the Dew Drop
The dew drop and the ocean have been used as metaphors for the sense of personal-self and the One Reality. Kabir, an enlightened poet from India, points eloquently at the awakening experience.
No-otherness 