COVID is scary and uncomfortable. It can rob you of your peace of mind. What’s the spiritual way of dealing with this discomfort? Let go of thought.
The ego is an idea like 1+1=3
The ego is an incoherent idea, and on that incoherence is built the rest of our mind. And that same mind also distracts us from examining that foundation.
The spiritual approach to what you really want
From a psychological point of view, emotional honesty is what is desired. But from a spiritual point of view, there is only one desire, which holds true in response to ALL situations: to drop thought and relax.
Your mind is lying to you - and even that’s a lie
Your mind is lying to you, telling you that you are a thinking, doing, experiencing entity.
Are you experiencing spiritual hunger? Three emotions that might hold a clue
How can we know that we're prepared and longing for the spiritual? Many desires and emotions have specific objects in mind, but there are three -- restlessness, boredom, and nostalgia -- that might not. They suggest that what you might actually be looking for what is not out there, but is simply what you already are.
What relaxes when the mind relaxes in surrender?
What precisely is it that relaxes when the mind relaxes? It turns out that the answer changes as practice increases, and the final answer is -- nothing at all.
Self-inquiry just means attempting to focus on the movie screen and not the image on it
People often think self-inquiry as a technique to spiritual awakening requires asking of every thought “to whom does this occur?” That might be ok at the very start, but very quickly it becomes unnecessary. Just re-focus your attention on the background on which all these thoughts, emotions, and perceptions occur.
The very simplest way to perfect peace: ignore thought
The simplest way to spiritual peace and, indeed, enlightenment: ignore all thought.
New book release: Spiritual Dialogues with Akilesh
My new book, Spiritual Dialogues with Akilesh; records a great variety of conversations with seekers on topics on or related to nonduality, including issues of the practice of self-inquiry and surrender, questions regarding my own state, theoretical questions, and much more.
Does the illusion of ego and world exist -- even as illusion?
What is the real status of illusion (maya) in the framework of enlightenment and self-realization? Is it true that the world and the ego appear to be, but are in fact nothing but the Self? Or is that a simplification for seekers?