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May 12, 2026

Guest Blog – Resting in Being: Satsang and Surrender In Lived Experience by Nalini Garciarena

Reflections on the Retreat in Tiruvannamalai, February 2026   A serene Joy   I arrived in Chennai at…

May 12, 2026

Guest Blog – Two Traditions, One Reality: A Living Bridge Between Sikhism and Advaita by Rayan Kotecha

Review of the book: The Eternal Truth in the Light of Sikhism by Anand Bhullar   There are…

May 12, 2026

Guest Blog – The Fire That Becomes Grace by Dr Kunwar Singh

A Few Poems from the book ‘Kundalini’s Grace Revealed in the Light of Advaita’   Some books inform,…

Taking Refuge: Sannidhi and Sharanagati in Lived Experience

February 17, 2026

Guest Blog – Taking Refuge: Sannidhi and Sharanagati in Lived Experience by Nalini Garciarena

Reflections on the Retreat in Dharamshala, November 2025 Between Doubt and Opportunity I really wrestled with the idea…

October 11, 2025

Guest Blog – Science and Spirituality PART 1 – The Illusion of Control in Activities of Life by Ramachandran A

Preface We often believe we have life under control. Plans are made, things seem to fall in place,…

September 8, 2025

Guest Blog- Science and Spirituality PART 2 – The Illusion of Control in Chronology of Life by Ramachandran A

Preface Time has its own mind. We plan the order of things, fix dates, and expect life to…

July 28, 2025

On The Occasion of Guru Purnima 2025

Excerpts From AMRUT LAYA (The Stateless State) Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj

July 24, 2025

Guest Blog – 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

Guest Blog – Arunachala Girivalam by Vikrant Rawa The Arunachala Girivalam (Giri Pradakshina) is a 14 km pradakshina…

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

The End of Duality One of the most precious gifts I received while being with my teacher, Ramesh…

September 14, 2020

Advaita and the Energy Body

Advaita and the Energy Body Gautam’s mother Santosh Sachdeva is the author of “The Kundalini Trilogy” and other…

April 25, 2019

True Apperception

Apperception True apperception happens when one may or may not understand what is said or read (let’s say…

October 7, 2018

Guest Blog – Ramesh Balsekar – Natural Votary of Peace, ‘Godfather of Soul’, and his Gurus by Jaya Nagarkatti

Natural Votary of Peace, ‘Godfather of Soul’, and his Gurus This article was written by Jaya Nagarkatti, daughter…

September 7, 2018

The World’s Best Astrologer

World’s Best Astrologer I am the world’s best astrologerAll that I say comes trueIt’s bound to happen in…

September 3, 2018

Nisargadatta and the funeral of death

Nisargadatta and the funeral of death “You have squeezed yourself into the span of a lifetime and the…

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

Guest Blog – 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

Mind and the Arrows of Destiny Strongman. Expert marksman. Mountain climber. True patriot. Folk hero. William Tell was…

November 17, 2011

Consciousness and the Fenix

Consciousness and the Fenix The phoenix is a mythical bird believed to have a lifespan of five hundred…

February 2, 2011

Consciousness and the Now

Consciousness and the Now OH, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,Till…

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

Spending no time with Eckhart Tolle I will never forget my first conversation with Eckhart. It was in…

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…