Self-inquiry and surrender meditation practice -- January 11, 2023
Akilesh comments on Ramana Maharshi's Guru Vachaka Kovai Day 2/4
Self-inquiry and surrender meditation practice -- January 11, 2023
A guided group practice session of self-inquiry and surrender with feedback.
Self-inquiry and surrender meditation practice -- January 10, 2023
A guided group practice session of self-inquiry and surrender with feedback.
Self-inquiry and surrender meditation practice -- January 9, 2023
A guided group practice session of self-inquiry and surrender with feedback.
Workshop on nondual realization, surrender, and self-inquiry -- January 8, 2023
The workshop gives a brief overview of the spiritual search and goes into detail on surrender and self-inquiry, which are the master tools for the recognition of divine truth.
Non-doership is not something you choose. It shines spontaneously because of the practice.
While the true Self is characterized by non-doership, and seekers should keep this in mind, seekers cannot and should not "choose non-doership." It is not something that can be chosen that way. It's an insight that arises spontaneously upon *doing* the practice of surrender or self-inquiry with sufficient concentration, when the attachments become weak enough.
Why continuous spiritual practice sometimes seem to interfere with worldly activities
Serious spiritual seekers are advised to do self-inquiry or surrender at all waking moments, but sometimes this seems to interfere with worldly activities. This is an illusion -- but why does it happen? It is because this very idea of interference is rooted in the distorted, thought-based, egoic perspective, and happens when the practice is interrupted.Show less
A hidden barrier to the spiritual search: an attachment to the way important others see you
Are you honest with important others in your life about how important the spiritual search is to you? If not, why not? Often, seekers aren't honest because they are afraid of being judged, and of losing or hurting the image that others have of them. This will act as an obstacle to the spiritual search in the end, however, because the same fear that prevents honesty will also prevent a complete letting go into the practice.