The inquiry into what you really are begins with the understanding that this body doesn’t exist for long, it dies. So, when I die, do I die with the body? Or am I still around? If I’m still around and if I have a personality and a subtle body, still it is mine and I’m stillContinue reading
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Maya – January 27 2021
The immanent world is not maya; not even the ego is maya. The real maya is the separateness. Feeling and thinking that we are really separate from the whole is the illusion. Amit Goswami, Ph.D., The Self-Aware Universe The Sanskrit term maya is usually translated as ‘illusion,’ and is used to describe our world and everythingContinue reading
The Cause of the Whole Misery – January 26 2021
This feeling of “I and mine” causes the whole misery. With the sense of possession comes selfishness, and selfishness brings on misery. Every act of selfishness or thought of selfishness makes us attached to something, and immediately we are made slaves. Each wave in the [mind] that says “I and mine” immediately puts a chainContinue reading