Versions of Reality

Three sages are on a mountain concentrating their consciousness in pursuit of the divine. After some time one person experiences the true nature of their soul and relished the bliss of that realisation. The second person seeing this transformation, and not wishing to be outdone by the first, imitates the first person’s behavior without the […]

Premāstra

Premāstra : The force of divinity that creates an explosion within one’s consciousness when in the association of a saint who is rich in divine love (prema). It is a piercing force like a arrow ( astra ) that steals the mind and one’s very self from the inside out. Common symptoms reveal as major […]

Reality is Searching for itself

“Why did you stay away? Why have you been living away from home for so long? How was it possible for you? How could you bear My separation? You left Me, and you have been passing lives after lives without Me? Still, I know what trouble you took to return to Me. You searched for […]

Mountains of Ego

ahaṇkāra-nivṛttānāṁ keśavo nahi dūragaḥahaṇkāra-yutānāṁ hi madhye parvvata-rāśayaḥ ~ Brahma-vaivarta Purana: 3.9.9 “The Supreme Lord Keśava remains in the company of persons who are free from a mundane conception of life; but there appears to be a great mountain range between the self-asserting egotists and the Lord.” The only obstacle to surrender is self-asserting ego For an artist with […]

Blind faith and Image of God

This is an article by a good friend of mine David Sheil ( Devadyuti Das ) whom I spend lots of time with discussing life, art and reality the beautiful.  Blind faith and reading the vision (image) of the Supreme Personality (God) The Rules of the Game The rules for the artist and the audience […]