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  • The Universe ‘I’s: Alan Watts on Death, Consciousness, and Being

    Isn’t it remarkable that from the vast nothingness of what you don’t remember—your past before memory, before birth—you find yourself here, alive, conscious, watching, listening, being? Alan Watts, in one of his most haunting and poetic monologues, delves deep into the mystery that most people avoid thinking about: death. But rather than fear it, deny…

  • Why Analytical Idealism Still Needs the Heart of Advaita

    Analytical Idealism has sparked a fascinating resurgence of interest in metaphysical questions once sidelined by modern science. Its central claim—that consciousness is the fundamental substrate of reality—resonates deeply with non-dual traditions, especially Advaita Vedānta. Thinkers like Bernardo Kastrup have offered rigorous, compelling arguments within the language of Western philosophy and analytic thought, demonstrating that consciousness…

  • The Conversation That Might Just Shift the World: A Meeting of Minds on Consciousness, Science, and Reality

    Imagine a world where science and spirituality are no longer strange bedfellows but companions in the same inquiry. Where the age-old questions of “Who am I?” and “What is real?” are not dismissed as abstract musings but approached with the same rigor and reverence as particle physics or neuroscience. That world doesn’t just exist in…

  • Building Physical and Mental Fitness for Meditation and Nididhyāsana

    In the world today, physical fitness is often about achieving external goals—whether it’s gaining social media followers, sporting six-pack abs, or setting new personal records in sports. However, in Vedānta or the pursuit of moksha (liberation) and jīvanmukti (freedom while living), the purpose of physical health is entirely different. The body is simply a tool,…

  • Finding the Present Moment – Insights from Sam Harris

    In a profound reflection, Sam Harris sheds light on a universal paradox of human life: we often regret the things we cared about when life was “normal.” It’s not just about how we spent our time but about how our attention was bound to trivial concerns. This realization, though inevitable, rarely transforms the way we…

  • The Illusion of Self: A Meditation Insight

    The Illusion of Self: A Meditation Insight

    In our daily lives, we often experience a sense of aiming our attention, as if there is a “self” or a center of consciousness directing our focus. This perception can feel like a tangible, central entity that governs our awareness. However, through the practice of meditation, this perceived center can be revealed as an illusion.…

  • Unveiling ‘I am’: The Fundamental Sense of Existence

    Unveiling ‘I am’: The Fundamental Sense of Existence

    Is ‘I am’ a thought or feeling or cognition? The ‘I am’ or ‘aham vritti’ can be considered as a form of cognition, but it’s more than just a thought or a feeling. It’s a fundamental sense of existence or being.

  • Understanding the five coverings of our personality and our experiences

    Understanding the five coverings of our personality and our experiences

    There are several ways of looking at our sense of our own individuality, our sense of experience of this world and that of ourselves. Here, I would like to share one of the ways Vedanta looks at personal experiences as well as our personality.