"Your true nature is happiness and bliss" - Ramana Maharshi Everyone wants to be happy. This is a universal component of the human condition, and may seem so self-evident that it does not bear noting. Even those who intensely hate themselves or do violence to...
Essays on Awakening
What is Satsang?
Interview with Connections Magazine for May, 2001 issue What is satsang? Satsang is sitting with a fully realized teacher who transmits silence and realization. Anyone can speak the words of satsang. My teacher, Papaji used to say you can teach a parrot to speak the...
Five Traps to Avoid in the Pursuit of Happiness
Conscious Connection Magazine, June 17, 2018 Our Declaration of Independence states that we are all created equal and enjoy the rights of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” The sad joke here is that the “pursuit of happiness” almost never leads to lasting...
Supreme Yoga of Non-Ado
Lucknow, India • Originally created March, 2013 Yoga is the cessation of the turning of thought. When thought ceases spirit stands in its true identity as observer of the world. Patanjali Ultimately, if you are a sincere yogi interested in liberation, or a...
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