Beauty Over Power

What you are at present, under layers of acquired prejudice and false ego, is not the self that is worth of self-expression. People think that they’re all about “self-expression”, and “I’ve just got to be me”. Sure, you should be you, but nd out, who you are rst. Don’t assume that what you are at … →

The hallmark of spiritual culture: who I am? Where have I come from? What is my purpose? What is real freedom, what is liberation, what is spiritual inquiry beyond the base necessities of existence? That’s actually the hallmark of spiritual culture. Vedanta says, “Athāto brahma jijñāsā”. Now that you’ve achieved human life, inquire about Brahman. … →

We have unique spiritual forms and features, but being covered by layers of ego they are pervertedly expressed into this plane. The body is the biological expression of the soul’s delusion. So no two are identical, actually, and in that sense not equal. They’re all unique. We have unique spiritual forms and features called swarūp, … →

Spiritual culture is about recalibrating your position on the basis of your reality potential. We are told, the body is karmic dress. Shall that be the means to de ne an individual? Well, no. It should be, we can’t deny— someone is a human being, someone is a dog, someone is a tree. And we … →

To see yourself in terms of gender, nationality, age is not having a proper glimpse of yourself, and who you are. Now we have people thinking the most important aspect of their lives is their sexuality, and they need to express that to be free, liberated, and live a life of happiness. So then we … →

Humanistic sloganeering: monarch conception in mortal existence. You wake up one day and gure out—you are being inundated with humanistic sloganeering telling you to believe that, “We’ve moved away from the monarch conception. Now you’re king!” People who swallow humanistic sloganeering are ill-prepared to deal with mortal existence, which is the only type available here … →

Self-analysis: to do an honest assessment of yourself and say, “Yes, I am, in a sense, hopeless, helpless.” Humanism tries to awaken a competitive ego assertion, where you can envision yourself as an absolute center and try to extend the range of your exploitative capacity—you don’t owe anything anyone, you’re number one, you’re the man, … →

Humanism in a nutshell: “Man with all of his innumerable defects is the measure of the value of all things.” Even in a secular sense, artists, writers, musicians talk about nding their own voice under the layers and layers of cliché, of clichéd artistic expression. They talk about “trying to nd your own voice”. Even … →

“Just do it!” Why? “Because I am worth it.” “Total indulgence. Zero guilt.” Modern advertising and conscience. Modern advertising is saturated with humanistic sloganeering. Like Nike, “Just do it!” What does that mean, “Just do it!”? It implies there is some conscience you have, some self-restraint, an internal process you go through before you decide … →

We are searching after amrita which means “nectar” and by extension—“immortality”. Here we are—13 years into the 21th century: social networking, Twitter, Instagram… In the future people will go, “What’s was that?” It will all change—and become more of the same. And still the world, this I guarantee to all the future viewers, “Tell me … →

I exist—sat; I have awareness that I exist—cit; then: I exist for some purpose—ānanda—pleasure, happiness, joy, ecstasy. A saying of Descartes: “Cogito, ergo sum.” Because I think I can understand from that that I exist. But that is sat, existence, and cit, cognizance or awareness that I exist. This is what separates us from inert … →

“Who am I?”, “Where’ve I come from?”, “What my purpose is”—human life is a chance to get answers to the identity questions. I grew up happily in a particular family, but around time I turned thirteen… One day, in the kitchen, my mother is there, washing and talking to me… I’m sitting at the table, … →