Stillness ...

There is a field of knowing, which is the field of pure awareness of the sentient being that knows. This expands beyond the boundary of the physical body. It sees the body externally as well as knows it internally. It perceives the body as something emerging out of it, introducing limitations of boundaries of the body on the physical plane. But the knower clearly knows that is beyond the physical plane. It sees body as its extension, which is connected to it but it itself is beyond the body.  So, there is a physical entity that is subjected to the laws governing the material objects. And then there is a "beyond-physical" entity that is out of bounds of any laws governing the physical world. It is even beyond time and space. Between these two, another illusory being takes birth, which seems to exist, but it does not exist in a real sense. It feels that it is maintaining and controlling the body. It thinks that it is doing all the activities performed by the body and it is keep...

Sadhana is about getting inside slowly and gradually, piercing through layers after layers. The first layer is the most obvious one, the outer physical layer, which is of the body and the senses. This is where we live most of the time. But as soon as we close our eyes, we lose contact with the outer world, with which we were connected through the senses. Immediately we see our restless thoughts and feelings dancing in front of our close eyes. That's the layer of the mind. We get associated with these and remain with these for long. But once the thoughts and feelings settle down, we start feeling the rhythm of our breath, which is somehow also connected with the prana. We feel the vibration and movement of prana. We see prana moving up and down in the body. But once we are able to move beyond the prana layer, we get into the zone of the naad, the anahat naad or the unstruck sound aum. Naad is the original frequency, which is the way of the being for that which is the substratum. Beh...

If you are not happy here, you will not be happy there. If you are not happy with this, you will not be happy with that. If you are not happy doing this, you will not be happy doing that. Unhappiness is the feeling that something is not right, and I need to fix this. Or I am not okay with what is happening, and I try to do something to change that. But who is this "I" who is not okay?  This is everything that I think and I feel and I believe, and I know who I am. It thinks that it is this and that, possesses this and that, is capable of doing this and that, likes this and that, has this opinion or that, and wants this or that. It thinks that it has reached somewhere in life and in next few years it will reach somewhere else. It thinks that it has become someone and wants to become someone else. It thinks that it has accumulated so much of knowledge, wealth and power. It thinks that it is beautiful, smart and kind and everyone likes it.  This "I" is always unhappy an...