I listened to Swami Ji’s latest video on enlightenment. Wow, I got some major questions answered, the ones I did not even realize I had. I am not much of a reader and in fact these simple yet heavy lessons from Gita and Vedanta take time to sink in. One thing I do get as a gist of everything- tat tvam asi. Swamiji just answered this big question I had that nothing to worry if you can not easily absorb the scriptures and the technicalities- if we can even dwell on “tat tvam asi” that will do. That is a different story that Vedanta and other scriptures make it easy for us to dwell on it … anyway … that is my takeaway… happy journey!

There is only one thing needed to get enlightened- only one way - Neti Neti. Neti Neti is process of negation - I am not this, I am not that and so on. Whatever is remaining is our true consciousness - satchitananda atma. This is my understanding from whatever I gathered from my Guruji’s Vedanta classes. Yes how well we do Neti Neti is the whole game….

We all know we should help others. Just realized a simple way of helping others is by sharing something we already know and we know it works. A simple information, a tip or a hack can do wonders for a person in need. We do have inhibitions that what if we don’t sound knowledgeable or what if the person does not receive it well.. don’t worry just share. The beauty of this is, it not just helps them, but it helps us understand our own knowledge better…. Then, the satisfaction you get after helping is so immense. You will feel elated and satisfied. Plus, your knowledge of your knowledge will increase another fold. It’s like we did research on that topic. So it’s all win win … we help ourselves by helping others. Hope this helped! Happy Journey!

Now it’s clear we need to gain knowledge and need to meditate to get enlightened. It will not happen with just one. Need to do both. I realized the more we get on this path, the more confusions. Good confusions. Or we can call them our blocks. In this session all I am trying to say is continue on this path of seeking knowledge and meditating. Eventually we will get our questions answered for the questions we never really knew we had. Happy journey!

This weekend I learnt that first of course we have to move towards being detached. Secondly I got a feel of a great hack on how to get on that journey of detachment. The answer is acceptance. In this session I am discussing the cycle of life. How to be love our people but be detached at the same time. We need to accept the cycle of life - death is an integral part of it. Yes we will be sad but need to accept it. It’s not easy and but that is how it’s supposed to be. This will remove a lot of suffering, I guess. I am just trying to process what I heard in this weekend lesson from Swami Tadatmananda ji- in his class on Gita. Please note I am trying to make sense out of what is going on around me and what I am hearing from my gurus. All I say is just my journey and some rough thoughts. I have a lot growing up to do and learn. Just sharing my journey as I go. Hope it helps. Happy journey!

I realized if we want to meditate, first most important thing is to forgive everyone including yourself. As discussed in one of my earlier sessions.The second thing which is important and can instantly bring you in meditative state is by aiming for stillness throughout your body. I have not researched this concept much but I am telling you from my personal experience. I think I picked up things from different experiences with different teachers on the way and realized these this hack works instantly. In this session I discuss how I do it and see if this works for you! Please note I am still learning and recording my journey as I go. Hope this helps. Happy journey!

How I understand religion is faith in something or someone. Another thing I have been hearing is we all are lost without a religion. I grew up with a faith but that was handed to me by family and society I grew up in. It did not gel with me and now I am totally lost. I have no clarity of what is my religion or faith. What is it that I believe in really. Point is we all need to be clear in what we believe in and do believe in something. We are lost without it. Religion or faith grounds us. I am recording my journey of finding my faith or religion. Happy journey to you all too!

Today I am narrating a very sweet story to indicate how everyone has their own calling. It’s about what my dog does very innocently proving a point - every one has their own calling.

So many times we try to meditate and our mind just does not stop talking. For me it happens a lot and sometimes it just does not calm down. I found a great hack for that. I should say I tried something I had known already just did not know it could work like this. So here it is : when you sit down to meditate, close your eyes and just say you “ I forgive everyone, including myself “. That is it. Say it like you mean it. You will see a big baggage is dropped and your head feels so much lighter. A lot of the voices stop. You will be surprised. You can then continue with your meditation. This is not something I came up with myself. I remembered it from Sahaj Yog and Sedona method. Point is to “let go” of all the unnecessary thoughts in your head. You will probably not realize you have to do that. You might try to just meditate and will feel frustrated if u don’t get into the zone. Try it at that time! Enjoy

I noticed no matter what a spiritual guru, a life coach, our parents or anyone else in our lives who has something to say, is teaching us, the base story stays the same. Fundamentals don’t change. I am emphasizing on 3 base habits which I realize every one is emphasizing in different ways. So it’s high time we tackle them and see how to best implement them. Yes first and most important thing is to really be sold on the idea that yes keeping our gut clean, sleeping on time and self love is the way to go. Once the high level is covered we can start digging in as to what it means for each one of us. Here I am just trying to reveal the 3 things which I have learnt. No matter how a teacher is teaching it boils down to these fundamentals - specially when it comes to our health and success in life overall. I know you all could argue with me on this, but telling you what I have realized as of today and what I feel as of now. Right here right now! Hope this helps you.