Come, Come, Whoever You Are…
Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn’t matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, yet again, come, come. – Rumi For how many times you knock on…
Esoteric Tantra
It really does boggle my mind how so many people interpret Tantra as being only about sex. There are abundant writings on Tantra, translated from Sanskrit or books in English by scholars of ancient Tantra writings. These writings make it really clear that Tantra is…
Pray
If life is a journey from the inner within, a prayer is your call to your own inner self. The journey of life leads only to you and no other destination. You are the traveler, and your heart is your compass. When you feel lost,…
Surrender Does Not Require Passivity
What does it look like when we surrender to divine will? Does that mean that we just sit back, take our hands entirely off of the steering wheel, and let everything and anything happen as it will? Do we need to sit without moving a…
Don’t Brush Your Teeth with a Hammer
Q: Could you please help me get clear on the question of waking up and having an opinion or judgment? It seems to me that all opinions would also be no-self, they appear and at the same time can be a judgment. Just because someone…
Make Space for the Divine
I have never been able to slow down. I would even rush my walks by the sea. The more people that said, “I enjoy this,” the faster I would go, because would I not miss the rest of life while enjoying this one thing? I…
Do not Seek Me…
Do not seek me, for you shall not find me. You assume you will get a hold of me, but you won’t. You assume you will experience me, but you won’t. Aren’t you tired of fooling yourself like this? There’s nothing to seek, nor is…
Life Consists of Two Things
Life consists of two things: life itself and your thoughts about life. The first one is what actually happens, while the second is a fiction created in your mind. In order to really live life to the max and connect to your inner strength, you…
Allness and Nothingness
“When I see I’m nothing, it’s wisdom. When I see I’m everything, it’s love. My life is all about going back and forth between these two.” — Nisargadatta Maharaj From the moment we are conceived in our mothers’ wombs, we actually start filling a void…
The Essence of Life
By following the call of creativity, I found the essence of life. I was nine years old and sitting in the backyard of my parents’ home under a tree, lost in contemplation. For years, ever since the age of four, I had searched into the…
