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As we are slowly getting back to our routine, I am looking back at the beginning of the lockdown and how it all unfolded for me. As the whole world withdrew inside their homes, the environment became so conducive to go within. The stillness on the outside easily helped achieve a stillness within.  As the world slowed down, the mind also slowed down. Activities came down to a bare minimum. Actions were performed only on a need basis. No mindless running around. Within this physical stillness, the mind stopped gathering new impressions. And with no new impressions to distract, the older ones surfaced up with a vengeance. When that happened, there was no choice but to confront them. Look them in the eye and truly SEE them for what they are.   And when that work was done, it was like a huge chunks of slush and dirt that were clogging the spirit were cleared off, allowing for the state of flow to manifest so beautifully. As the inner world cleared out, the actions ...

Before we start, here are the quick links to Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 & Part 4 .  It has been slightly more than a year since I wrote about oneness. I ended part 4 by saying how to put the theory of oneness into practice. To be honest, I didn't know how to put into practice at that time. Ever since, this unwritten piece has been always in my mind. I became more observant of myself and was constantly seeing how I was putting the theory into practice, so that I can finally finish this series. There were many attempts at finishing this...more than 10 drafts that were ruthlessly discarded over the year. After all, it is so easy to intellectually dissect a topic and give convincing arguments, but applying it practically in our lives is a different ball game all together. However, being completely convinced on an intellectual level helped me put my heart & soul into this journey.  Once, during a Satsang, Guruji Swami Tejomayananda mentioned that being at eas...

It is kind of sadly funny or rather, funnily sad, when we come to understand that to know the absolute, relative is the key. Absolute by itself is beyond comprehension. How can one define absolute? The dictionary definitions are rather interesting. These are some of the definitions given. absolute ˈabsəluːt / adjective 1 . not qualified or diminished in any way; total. "absolute secrecy" synonyms: complete ,   total ,   utter ,   out-and-out,   outright ,   entire ,   perfect ,   pure ,   decided ;   More 2 . viewed or existing independently and not in relation to other things; not relative or comparative. "absolute moral standards" synonyms: universal ,   fixed ,   independent ,   non-relative ,   non-variable ,   absolutist ;   More ...

Peace, peace and peace. It prevails all over. Within and without. Serene and quite, the mind is like a still lake. A few thoughts ripple out now and then, like how a gentle breeze makes the water move beautifully and silently. With this quietude, it is very easy to see the completeness in oneself. The utter sense of fulfilment and perfection. The clarity that nothing is needed, nothing is to be accomplished, nothing to  possess, nothing to prove, nothing to achieve and nothing at all to be done is suddenly so obvious. As the body stills, the breath calms down. With the breath in peace, the thought flow reduces to a trickle. As the thought flow reduces to a trickle, the mind -which is nothing but a bundle of thoughts -almost ceases to exist. And with that, "I" -the compulsive urge to exist as an individual, an independent entity, slowly dissolves into the universal oneness. And when the oneness is felt, realization of one's own completeness becomes very very ob...

Image courtesy -http://rj-mccauley.blogspot.in I am. Any word that I say after this is only an expression of this I am. And to just be with I am, is absolute bliss. Even if I say that I am at peace, the peace of being I am is lost. Why? Because I am is now attached to a feeling. Why am I talking about this early in the morning? Because if I am able to hold on only to "I am", consciously for a few minutes in a day, it automatically brings so much clarity to my thoughts, focus to my work, peace and contentment in my mind and love for everyone and everything in my heart. And to be in this place of just being, without getting myself carried away by the labels that my body, mind or intellect attaches to this "I am", takes conscious effort. When I am, I am no longer a wife, a daughter, a daughter in law, a friend, a sister. I am not a woman. I am not even a human being. I am just life. When I free myself of all this bodily identities, all the responsibilit...