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October 8, 2025
Science and Spirituality PART 2 – The Illusion of Control in Chronology of Life
Preface Time has its own mind. We plan the order of things, fix dates, and expect life to…
September 11, 2025
Science and Spirituality PART 1 – The Illusion of Control in Activities of Life
Preface We often believe we have life under control. Plans are made, things seem to fall in place,…
July 28, 2025
On The Occasion of Guru Purnima 2025
Excerpts From AMRUT LAYA (The Stateless State) Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj
July 24, 2025
Tiruvannamalai – An accelerator for spiritual sadhana? by Vikrant Rawa
Tiruvannamalai is a small temple town nestled around the sacred hill of Arunachala and is a prominent site…
October 1, 2024
Guest Blog – The Light of the Guru by Priya Tandon
Priya’s reverence for this precious Teaching of Advaita took the form of these poems that arose spontaneously. They…
March 8, 2024
Guest Blog – Arunachala Girivalam by Vikrant Rawa
The Arunachala Girivalam (Giri Pradakshina) is a 14 km pradakshina around Arunachala hill, embarked upon by several devotees…
April 23, 2018
Nothing and the Centaur
The centaur had been my childhood companion. He was present throughout those years. He was huge, gigantic actually,…
September 20, 2020
The End of Duality
One of the most precious gifts I received while being with my teacher, Ramesh Balsekar, for almost ten…
September 14, 2020
Advaita and the Energy Body
Gautam’s mother Santosh Sachdeva is the author of “The Kundalini Trilogy” and other books on the subject of…
April 25, 2019
True Apperception
True apperception happens when one may or may not understand what is said or read (let’s say the…
October 7, 2018
Ramesh Balsekar – Natural Votary of Peace, ‘Godfather of Soul’, and his Gurus
This article was written by Jaya Nagarkatti, daughter of Ramesh Balsekar, on the occasion of Guru Purnima in…
September 7, 2018
The World’s Best Astrologer
I am the world’s best astrologerAll that I say comes trueIt’s bound to happen in your lifeSo here…
September 3, 2018
Nisargadatta and the funeral of death
“You have squeezed yourself into the span of a lifetime and the volume of a body, and thus…
May 3, 2018
Ramesh Balsekar – Destiny’s child is 90
I remember going across to Ramesh Balsekar’s home in June 2003 to personally hand him the first copy…
August 4, 2017
An old & ordinary friend (by Anand – Gautam’s school friend)
He lost his father while he was still in his early teens. The confusing cusp between infancy and…
August 11, 2015
Maharaj and the Trojan Horse of Conscious Presence
Over hundreds of years, in various spiritual traditions and teachings across different cultures, the ego has been portrayed…
August 11, 2015
Aspects of the Mind and the Arrows of Destiny
Strongman. Expert marksman. Mountain climber. True patriot. Folk hero. William Tell was all this and more. Legend…
November 17, 2011
Consciousness and the Fenix
The phoenix is a mythical bird believed to have a lifespan of five hundred years. When it nears…
February 2, 2011
Consciousness and the Now
OH, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,Till Earth and Sky stand…
July 3, 2010
A Double-edged Sword
In the Tarot, the Ace of Swords is usually depicted as an awe-inspiring, double-edged sword suspended from…
April 3, 2010
Spending no time with Eckhart Tolle
will never forget my first conversation with Eckhart. It was in Hong Kong, in a friend’s apartment. The…
July 3, 2009
Samadhis of the Sages
Driving along the winding mountain roads in Himachal Pradesh on our way to McLeod Ganj in April 2009,…
August 3, 2008
You have the right to remain silent
Silence seems to be making a comeback of sorts in mainstream consciousness. Among the better representatives of…
March 3, 2008
Clearing Sadhana
“Perfection is not when nothing more can be added, but when nothing more can be taken away.”…
November 3, 2007
Sai Baba of Shirdi – The hidden jewel of Advaita
Sai Baba of Shirdi is renowned as the Master of Miracles, but few have been exposed to his…