‘We are one! One with everything in the Universe!’

It is not identity that makes us different or unique; it’s our identification! We identify ourselves with a certain World / Continent / Country / State / Race / Caste / Creed and so on! How naïve are we? We are even worse off than small children! At least they do not spout unrealities like we do in the name of philosophy / religion or atheism!

To learn something first we need to unlearn all the trash that we have collected over the years. To write on the blackboard we need to wipe it clean first!
To learn everything we need to come from nothing. A clean, clear and empty mind will only get the knowledge!

“A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.  ~George Moore”

All the answers are within yourself – just look inside!

Everyone’s life is a story… It is the result of that point in our life when the seed was sown and it germinated into a full blown plant! In our life there is that one defining moment when everything changed for us!

We are born twice. Once when we come out of our mother’s womb and once when that life transforming moment happens…The moment which defines what we will become. The moment which decides for us, what our destiny will be! (more…)

The Investigation of What Is Important – The Second Factor of Awakening

Dhammavicaya or keen investigation of the Dharma or Truth is the second factor of enlightenment. Understanding the true nature of everything or seeing things as they are is the essence the second factor.
The Buddha constantly encouraged his followers to question and investigate rather than accept submissive and in blind faith. (more…)

Mindfulness is non-egotistic alertness. It takes place without reference to self. With mindfulness one sees all phenomena without references to concepts like “me,” “my,” or “mine.”
For example, suppose there is pain in your left leg. Ordinary consciousness would say, “I have a pain.” Using mindfulness, one would simply note the sensation as a sensation. One would not tack on that extra concept “I.” Mindfulness stops one from adding anything to perception, or subtracting anything from it. One does not enhance anything. One does not emphasize anything. One just observes exactly what is there without distortion. (more…)

Mindfulness is an impartial watchfulness. It does not take sides. It does not get hung up in what is perceived. It just perceives.
Mindfulness does not get infatuated with the good mental states. It does not try to sidestep the bad mental states. There is no clinging to the pleasant, no fleeing from the unpleasant. Mindfulness treats all experiences equally, all thoughts equally, all feelings equally. Nothing is suppressed. Nothing is repressed. Mindfulness does not play favorites. (more…)

Mindfulness is very much like what you see with your peripheral vision as opposed to the hard focus of normal or central vision. It is the purpose of Vipassana meditation to train us to prolong that moment of awareness.
When this mindfulness is prolonged by using proper techniques, you find that this experience is profound, and it changes your entire view of the universe. This state of perception has to be learned, however, it takes regular practice. Once you learn the technique, you will find that mindfulness has many interesting aspects. (more…)