SOHAM

Other creatures in the existence have no sense of individuality or ego. Because, they do not have a sense of individuality, they are one with the existence. They exist and move with the existence. Existence takes care of them. They do not have to do anything. They simply live by their instincts. Though they too undergo physical pain but they never suffer because suffering is of the ego; suffering is of the mind. No individuality or ego means no sense of being a ‘doer’ and hence other creatures accrue no karma or bondage because karma arises to a ‘doer’ or to an ‘individual’ only.   The creation exists as if it is in deep sleep. In deep sleep, we too have no sense of individuality; no body-consciousness; no ego. In our sleep, we too are one with the existence. In sleep, nothing else but only the existence exists. We need to understand and remember that only that which exists in our sleep is permanent. All that which does not exist in sleep is impermanent. In sleep, everything is ...

Whatever the Shashtras (sacred scriptures; religious texts etc), which we know today, are otherworldly, in the sense that these scriptures are not a knowledge but a knowing or a wisdom which could happen to the rare ones. Knowledge is worldly which is gathered from outside and can be acquired by anyone by means such as books etc. Knowing or wisdom, on the other hand, is existential which arises from within when you are in a state of receiving. That’s why and that’s how the knowing happened to rare beings such as Bhagavad Gita to Krishna; Agamas to Mahavira; Bhaktamara Strotas to Acharya Mantunga Suri and so on. In fact, this is true about every other scripture belonging to any of the religions in the world.   The state of receiving is a state of total surrender i.e. surrender to the existence. It is a state of total acceptance i.e. no resistance of any kind. The state of receiving is a state of just being i.e. you exist as a part of the WHOLE and not as an ego or an individua...

Meditation is not something which you need to bring in from outside. Not at all. Because meditation is integral to you. Meditation is your interiority. Meditation is your nature; your svabhava. In fact, you are meditation itself. So the question arises, that, if meditation is my original nature then why this practice of meditation? Why, one should practice that which, anyway, is his inner nature? The answer lies in the fact that since you have forgotten your original nature and have, instead, learnt to living in vibhava or acquired nature and hence the need. We practice meditation in order to reclaim our original nature - Dhayn se dhayn ko sadhane ki yatra hai meditation .    Meditation, consciousness or awareness which, in the Hindi language, we know as hosh ; sajagata; jagrukata; bodh; chetana etc. These words are being used interchangeably in both the languages. Awareness or bodh is our nature. Let us understand as how awareness is our nature and how we have deviated f...

Please do one little experiment. Close your eyes and sit silently and peacefully i.e. without any thought, for a moment. You will observe that, in that moment, when you are totally silent and peaceful within, you feel as if you are expanding, as if your body is not able to contain you. You feel, as if you are not in your body but you are spread all over the place.  As opposed to this, in the moment when you are full of thoughts, meaning you are disturbed within because thought is a disturbance, you feel as if you are shrinking, you feel constricted within and you feel limited to this body.   Why such opposite feelings of expansion and constriction? This is for the reason that in the moment when you were silent and peaceful within, when there wasn’t any disturbance or input from outside, you existed in your original nature i.e. you existed as pure energy or consciousness. Energy is integral to you and hence the feeling of expansion because expansion is the nature of energy....