Know thy Self - our True identity

21/11/2025

Life is a continuous flow of experiences, sensations, thoughts, emotions, circumstances - always moving, never static.

The banks are merely the limits or finite boundaries of experiences that define the flow.

The pairs of opposites that shape human experience symbolise Duality, such as:
Pain / pleasure — suffering and enjoyment
Right / wrong — moral judgments
Likes / dislikes — personal preferences and aversions
Knowledge / ignorance — learning and not knowing

Self / no Self (Rama / Shiva) - Rama symbolises the Person aspect of order and righteousness, “I as a person", whereas
Shiva symbolises pure formlessness: the void, emptiness, No-Self.

Ram and Shiva together represent the full spectrum of human identity, the Totality of Beingness — from the individual person to the Absolute.

Although life flows between these opposites, but YOU are not the river nor the banks, but merely a Witness to the Flow, that
sees pain and pleasure,
is neither taking sides of right and wrong,
observes both knowledge and ignorance,
appears as Rama (the Person) and dissolves as Shiva (the formless background).

Life plays out between opposites, however YOU as Pure Awareness remains untouched untainted.

Jai Shree Sachidananda 🙏🙏🙏

20/11/2025

Stay with it...without attributes

20/11/2025

Behind every arising (thought, emotion and moment) stands the silent "I AM" — the eternal Witness (Sakshi), the Seer (Drishta) and Knower (of both knowledge and ignorance).

18/11/2025

Ask yourself why?

The Person isn’t at fault — it is merely conditioning appearing within Consciousness.
It believes in a relative truth because it knows nothing else.

Absolute Truth becomes clear only when we see the impermanence of both the Person and the creation.

Note: while there is a Person, action has to be done and there is no escaping Karma, it is the bo***ge that the soul has to pay.

Rather than doing anything with strong desire or aversion (Raaga/Dwesha), with strong likes/dislikes, follow the FLOW of the NOW, let things happen naturally, spontaneously, effortlessly (Sahej Saheb), irrespective of what task it is.

No need to think, analyse or reanalyse too much. Taking the least resistance path.

The Self creates the situation and the Self resolves it, as long as YOU realise that your real nature is the silent Witness (Sakshi) that doesn't get involved in the activity.

The activities are done without the desire for the fruits of our actions (Nishkaam Bhav).

Just like the sayings:
What happens happens, whatever didn't happen didn't happen,
It is what it is, neither good nor bad, just the Flow of creation.

Once the movie ends, blank TV remains, not waiting for the next movie, but is is just there, doing nothing but aware, alive and blissful (Sat-Chit-Ananda) until the next movie is played.

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17/11/2025

The Power of Now exists not due to existence but through your presence as I AM, which precedes time.

You are not in the NOW, but you are the reason the Now exists.

Having said this, the NOW is a tool to transcend the I AM to simply Am-ness or Beingness.

We identify ourselves with the story of “me, my past, my future, my problems, my dreams”.

But when we rest in the present moment, we drop the story and realise “I AM” — I am the awareness in which the story appears.

In that sense, the present moment is not something we enter into later — it is what we already are.

Our true Self is always here, uncluttered by time.

In Lord Ram, we see devotion, duty, righteousness — yet these arise from the timeless Self which is untouched by role or change.

Through Shiva, we see silence, stillness, awareness, the dissolution of the “doer/enjoyer” and recognition of what is Eternal (Satyam).

The present moment is the meeting-place of devotion and awareness: we can do our duty (Rama) and rest in the unmoving Self (Shiva) simultaneously — not by resisting life, but by being fully present with it.

When doing simple tasks, like the kitchen, cleaning, walking - pause and notice the sensations: your feet on the ground, the breath, the sounds around. Let your attention rest there rather than jumping into future-thinking or past-regret.

Both these took hold of Raja Dasharat (guilt of past and fear of future), hence restricting him from realising the true essence of Ram. The ONE the whole world seeks for was right in front of him, with Sita Mata and Laxman, yet he couldn't see it.

Recognise when our mind is telling or making up stories: “I must do this”, “I should have done that”, “I’m worried about tomorrow”.

Instead of believing the story, step back and watch it. We are the awareness in which the story appears.

As Tolle says: “When your attention moves into the Now … there is an alertness. It is as if you are waking from the dream of thought.”

Try in the next minute - don’t do anything — just be. Let your attention rest on what is here.

We don’t have to sit in meditation alone. Meditation can be happening when washing dishes, helping someone, doing tasks — and yet be present, let the doing be permeated by the stillness of the Self.

This is where the teachings of Lord Rama (service, duty) and Shiva (non-attachment, awareness) merge.

We bring full presence itself in form of love.

Jai Shree Sachidananda 🙏 🙏 🙏

16/11/2025

So beautiful.

What happens after death? Can the soul ever perish?In this profound reflection from the Bhagavad Gita, discover the timeless truth that the Self (Atman) is e...

16/11/2025

Means:
Let the natural intelligence of the body–mind-person (Sanskaar or Deha-Buddhi) take care of decisions and actions in the world.

There is a built-in wisdom in us that knows how to walk, speak, digest, respond, and solve small daily situations without our interference.

Spiritual teachers say: don’t overthink. Let the system do its job.

Just as the heart beats and breathing happens, many actions can also arise on their own.

When we don’t interfere mentally, actions happen on their own—appropriate, practical and intelligent.

It is the same way in which we'll catch a falling cup before thinking.

That intelligence is already functioning “…while YOU remain as a witness.”

This is the key point.

YOU = the Self, pure Awareness is not the body, not the mind, not the doer.

Remain as the silent observer of whatever is happening— sensations, thoughts, emotions, movements.

Let actions happen through the body-mind,
but do not claim ownership over them.

In other words, rest as the witnessing awareness, and let the natural intelligence of the body-mind function on its own.

Actions will arise spontaneously and correctly without the Ego trying to control everything.

This is karma happening without doership, effortless action,
living in alignment with the Self.

E.g. When making everyday decisions
Even simple things like:
Should I take this route?
Should I rest now?
Should I talk or remain quiet?

When remaining as the witness,
the correct choice arises without overthinking.

It feels like: “It just happened on its own.”

That “just happening” is Deha-Buddhi’s natural intelligence.

When you rest as the silent witness:
Life becomes smoother, decisions become clearer, reactions reduce, love and patience increase and the inner burden of doership dissolves.

The body-mind-person will continue to do its duties— washing dishes, earning money, talking, caring— but YOU remain untouched, peaceful, spacious, vast.

This is Shiva as Awareness, Ram as action.

Jai Shree Sachidananda

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15/11/2025

The Self wants to be recognised - "Parmatma Bhav ke bhooke hain, and Atma hi Parmatma hai, and the Person is anything but Atma. There is no Person, only Atma or Self.

“There is no escaping, for you are already THAT"

Means:
The Self you are trying to realise is not somewhere else.

It’s not a goal in the future.

It’s not something you become.

It is what you already are—the awareness in which every thought, sensation, emotion, and spiritual longing is appearing.

We can “escape” many things in life: relationships, jobs, cities, identities. But there is no escaping our own Being, for it is closer than breath, prior to all experiences and the background of every moment, the “I Am” before any story about “me”.

Even when the mind runs, the Self doesn’t move.
Even when confusion arises, awareness is untouched.

It begs for us to stop searching for what is already the essence of our existence.

Rumi: “The One you are seeking is also seeking you." - reminds that the longing for God, Truth, or Self is actually the Self calling itself back.

It’s not you (the Person) seeking the Self (Atman).

It’s the Self seeking a clear expression through the Person.

Like a wave trying to return to the ocean—
but the ocean is flowing through the wave the entire time. There was never a separation.

The spiritual desire, the curiosity, yearning to understand - these are not personal choices, but a movement of the Self within, a movement or perturbation in Awareness.

The Self wants to be remembered. It wants to shine without the veil of person.

The seeking is the Self’s seeking.

The love is the Self’s love.

The movement toward Truth is Truth revealing itself.

We are already the Self (THAT). Our longing is the Self calling you inward. So the path becomes circular: it starts as the Self, forgets, seeks, and the returns only to discover that we were the Self all along.

Hence, Zero and Infinity were realised by ancient sages.

“Wherever we start is where we end up, after completing the round.”

The return to the beginning, which never actually moved.

Notice the awareness that is aware of everything right now— thoughts, breath, the body, the environment.

Ask inwardly:
“Where is this awareness not present?”

It is here before asking, during, and after. This is why there is no escaping as one cannot exit what one is. The pot cannot stop being the clay. It is clay through and through.

Every longing is the Self whispering.

Every situation and event is it's calling - “Come home… to where you already are.”

Jai Shree Sachidananda 🙏🙏🙏

14/11/2025

Return to the place within (Nij Ghar or Ghat) that has never moved, never changed, and never suffered.

It is not a journey in distance, but a relaxing of the attention back from the world of thoughts, identities, roles, and emotions into the silent presence that is already here.

When the mind is outward-turned, it feels scattered. When the attention comes back to its source, there is a natural sense of rest, warmth, and belonging — like coming home after being lost in a dream.

Thy Self or Swaroopa refers to the unconditioned personality. It points to the simple, unforced state of just Being e.g. a six month old baby — before you pick up any identity like “father,” “husband,” “body,” “mind,” “seeker,” or “person.”

“Be Thy Self” is to remain as what we already are before the mind creates a story.

We are not becoming the Self — but ceasing to pretend that we are anything else (Neti-Neti).

From Emptiness to Fullness - the taste of vast emptiness — empty of thoughts, empty of worries, empty of the personal “me" is the deep sleep or Samadhi...seemingly Empty but is NOT for it is alive, vibrant, awake.

From this Emptiness arises a natural Fullness: of peace, love, wisdom, trust and beingness.

This is why the Upanishads say that in the Self,
“Purnam idam, purnam adah” — "This is Full, that is Full.” or what came from the infinite is infinite, infinite merges into infinite.

Jai Shree Sachidananda 🙏🙏🙏

13/11/2025

11/11/2025

The Power of Now in Deep Sleep
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In deep sleep,
the Power of Now shines silently —
all memories fade,
the body and mind find rest,
and the person dissolves into stillness.
What seems empty is not void,
but fullness without form —
the silent radiance of our True Nature.
Here, Being remains (Sat),
Consciousness illumines (Chit),
and Bliss overflows (Ananda).
This same Presence breathes through waking life — unseen, unchanged, unending.

To Know Thyself is to awaken to that which never sleeps.

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1. Deep Sleep and the Power of Now

In deep sleep, all names, forms, and experiences — the entire personality — dissolve.

There is no “I am this” or “I am that.”

Yet something remains — the silent background, untouched and ever-present.

That unchanging awareness is the Power of Now, the luminous silence behind both waking and dreaming.

It “erases memory” not by destruction, but by pausing the constant chatter of thought.

In that stillness, the body and mind naturally regenerate — as if bathed in pure consciousness.

2. Why It Seems Empty

To the mind, this deep sleep appears as nothing because the mind cannot witness it — it is absent there.

But this “nothing” is not lifeless void; it is no-thingness, beyond all form and duality.

It is fullness without content, presence without object — shoonyata yet puranata (empty yet complete), like a Black Hole.

3. Connection to Our True Nature as Sachidananda.

The silent awareness is recognised as our true Self (Atman), whose essential nature (Swaroopa) is:

Sat (Being): In deep sleep, even when all perceptions vanish, I AM still present, though there is no I here, only Beingness which never ceases.

Chit (Consciousness): Though there are no objects to know, the very capacity to know remains. It is self-luminous.

Ananda (Bliss): The restfulness, peace, and refreshment after deep sleep reflect that blissful nature — not sensory pleasure, but freedom from striving.

Thus, in deep sleep, the Power of Now shines as pure Sat–Chit–Ananda — silent, self-effulgent, nourishing, and whole.

4. Realisation in the Waking State

In deep sleep, this truth is unconsciously experienced — there is no “knower.”

Through Self-knowledge or Awareness of the Now, that same fullness can be consciously realised in the waking state.

Then one lives as that unbroken presence — awake, yet at rest in the Heart.

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10/11/2025

Trust the Power of NOW
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To trust the Now means to relax into what is, without reaching into the past or projecting into the future.

It is a surrender of mental movement — the constant effort of the mind to control, protect, compare, or explain.

When that movement ceases, even for a moment, a natural stillness reveals itself.

This stillness is what is called the Power of Now — not an event in time, but the timeless Presence in which time itself arises.

“It wipes every memory…”
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When you are truly in the Now, you are not drawing from the storehouse of memory.

The person — which is made up of memories, roles, and stories — fades from attention.

What remains is simple awareness, pure Being.
It’s as though consciousness has entered a state similar to deep sleep — no story, no struggle, no self — yet you are awake.

This is the wakeful deep sleep spoken of by sages: awareness without content.

“It confirms that there is no threat, no fight/flight…”
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The ego survives on psychological time — on the idea that something is missing, that something must be done or avoided.

When awareness rests in the Now:
The nervous system relaxes.
The habitual fight/flight reflex of the “person” has no fuel, because there is no past danger or future worry to react to.
All is seen as already complete, already safe.

“No-thing, just I AM”
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Here, “No-thing” doesn’t mean nothing exists — it means nothing stands apart from this Being.

There are no separate entities to defend or possess.

What remains is the raw sense of existence — I AM — prior to any identity, religion, role, or description.

It is silent, formless, untouched by memory — and yet it is the source of all experience.

In short
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To trust the Power of Now is to let go of the personal effort to control experience.
What remains is awareness itself — still, whole, free.
In that stillness, the false sense of a separate “me” dissolves, and only the pure “I AM” shines.

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