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  1. Gurudev, I had spoken to you several times and you said, ‘all this is maya (an illusion), leave it’. So what is maya, and why is it bothering me needlessly? I am looking at you now, is this also maya and all that is happening now, is that also maya? If it is, then what is the truth?

    This is all maya. Your desire to know what is truth is the beginning of the quest for truth. This is where the journey begins. You want to know the truth not because someone said this is all maya but because you realize for yourself that everything is ...
  2. Gurudev, Shabari never did yagyas or read Vedas, then how could she meet the Lord?

    Love and devotion. She had one-pointed devotion for the Lord. A feeling of belongingness, intimacy and love with the Lord; all of this! That is why in India there are so many of these stories. There is not just one path but there are many ways and man ...
  3. It is said that the soul will always guide us on the path of truth. How do we hear the voice of the soul?

    The voice of the soul can be heard in deep meditation. When you are in deep rest and the inner voice that comes which gives you peace and comfort is the voice of the soul. Peace is the nature of the soul. Whenever you receive any happiness, it is from ...
  4. Dear Guruji, Adi Shankara propounded Advaita. Does that mean enlightened masters prior to him had different levels of truth revealed to them? Isn’t truth supposed to be one?

    Truth is one but it has many flavors and many facets. Those facets are revealed by different masters in the tradition. ...
  5. Form And Formless, And Aggression And Intuition

    A: Form and Formless Life is a combination of form and formless. Feelings have no form but their expressions have form. The Self has no form but its abode has form. Similarly, wisdom and grace have no form but are expressed through form. Discarding the fo ...
  6. Truth

    Truth is that which does not change. Examine your life and identify all that changes as not truth. With this outlook, you will find that you are surrounded by only untruth. When you identify that which appears to you as untruth, then you will become free ...
  7. The Golden Veil

    Craving comes from encouraging the thought of pleasure. The actual experience of pleasure may not be as pleasurable as the memory. Georgia: That 's why we spend so much time in our minds! Whether you encourage a worldly thought or a Divine thought, t ...