Wisdom Search

Search results

  1. How to become free from concepts and expectations?

    Come on, what concepts? Throw them out. The universe has given you so much to be surprised about, so much to cherish. As I said in the New Year Message, remember that you are sitting on the bank of a river and watching all that is going on in it, passin ...
  2. In the Upanishads there is a verse, “Om krato smara kritam smara” (Vedic Prayer, Ishavasya Upanishad). What does this mean? What is it that we should remember?

    It means you must recollect whatever you have done till now. When you remember and bring it into your awareness, all the good deeds that you have done till now, or whatever good results have come from your actions till now, then you are able to become a ...
  3. Gurudev, you are the witness and so are we. Then what is the difference?

    I do not see any difference at all. You should tell me where it is that you see the difference. I am what you are, and you are what I am. I am in you and you are in me. So I do not see any difference at all. May be you see a difference of qualities ...
  4. Gurudev, when we say become a witness, what exactly do we mean? How do we balance being a witness and participation, to ensure correct action?

    If you stand near the highway and watch all the cars pass by, or if you sit in the dining hall and watch everyone eating, that is being a witness. It means not participating, but just observing what is happening. Similarly, you are already witnessing ...
  5. Gurudev, how do we be in ‘Sakshi Bhaav’ (witness consciousness)?

    You don’t need to do anything to be in witness consciousness; it dawns on its own. The more peaceful you become, the more you repose in yourself the more it dawns on you. You don’t have to do anything to attain this. Nowadays what has happened, a ...