Stillness ...

Desire is the tree that grows in the fertile soil of the mind. But there is also a wall surrounding this tree. This wall is of wisdom, of understanding. The wall prevents one from reaching the tree and pluck and eat its fruits. If the wall is short or weak, one can easily overcome that and reach the tree. But if it is high and strong, this becomes difficult. One must work towards strengthening the wall which can help him keep away from the tree.

A man has truly arrived, when he finds himself in a situation where he can steal something but he does not. He has the power, abilities and the opportunity to take whatever he can desire, but he turns his back to all the lure and walks away.

Success is the meeting point of satisfaction and happiness of two parties. One who is acting , delivering, working, performing or doing something and second, for whom, one is doing that. Only when both are happy and satisfied, the work done can be called a success. From the perspective of the first party (who acts), the person should should place himself in an arena where everything that he does or everything that is required to be done, merely becomes a play for him. Few conditions need to be satisfied in order for an act to become a play: 1. The person is totally absorbed within and is completely cutoff from all externals. He is not simply thinking about anything which is not connected with the subject. The act becomes as natural to him as driving, which he performs effortlessly. 2. He has learnt all the skills, done all of this a number of times and has seen it all. Only when he knows the stuff from the core, he can master it and can even change the method at will, or improvi...

Prana is the life energy. It is linked with Shwaasa (breath). Shwaasa is easier to understand and grasp, compared to Prana . Prana has a still state and a dynamic state. The mind is a form of dynamic Prana . Mind is the thing which makes a man run helter-skelter. This mind has to be stilled. Brahman (the supreme being) is infinite. Mind is finite. Finite can not lead to infinite. Everyone, all of us are behind that infinite. We all want to catch hold of it, but we may not be aware of it. Infinite can not be reached or touched using finite, such as mind. It is only when that the finite drops, the infinite remains and reveals itself. Hence, a mind has to be dropped if we want to get a glimpse of the infinite. The still state of Prana , which is the consciousness (the basic essence of our being) is infinite, as it came from the same infinite. Mind is a dynamic state of Prana . Hence this dynamism has to be dropped, if we want to attain the stillness. The sage Patanjali refers to...

There is no God. What I mean is that God is not someone sitting somewhere on a throne with a crown on his head or someone who has descended down from heaven. It was something I was confused about for a pretty long time. But then there is God. This may sound a bit esoteric but this is experiential. Our Upanishads have proclaimed "Aham Brahmasmi" (I am God) and "Tat Tvam Asi" (You are that i.e. God). Further on, Jesus said, "be still and you kow that you are God". It is true that we ourselves are God or God is inside all of us but we can realize this truth only when we are still or when we are in the state of stillness. This stillness is God which means that God is a state of being when we are completely still. This state is also called Shiva. So, Shiva is stillness. This can be experienced. So, if God is stillness, what is religion then? Religion is that which can reveal God to you. So anything that makes us still is religion or Dharma and anything ...

Know that there is no particular thing to achieve in life. There is no chase because there is nothing, absolutely nothing getting which you will say that the chase is over. The only thing worth pursuing is your own happiness and nothing else. And that is a state of being, which is totally internal. The goal should be to be in that state permanently. In the beginning, we use to think that money is the most important thing in life, because it can buy the comfort and luxury which may make the life look like a very successful one. After some time, the feeling dawns (at least for some) that time is more important than money. But the final realization happens that our own happiness is the most important thing. It is our fundamental duty (towards us as well as people around us) to be happy. But at the same time it is our responsibility to be materially comfortable ourselves. Money is still important. This may sound like a cliche but the secret to a happy life lies in finding your true ca...