Dear Friends,
Humanity stands at the crossroads of destiny. Amidst wars and conflict on this planet, along with poverty, disease, and changes in the environment leading to global warming, the way ahead is not clear to me. Is it clear to you? If so, please share your views.
Our heroes in the past have tended to be [...]

Sri Ramana once said that many advanced souls get liberation after reaching higher planes and that a few rare ones attain mukti (liberation) right here and now. In such cases their Prana along with mind (Kundalini Shakti) gets fully absorbed in the Spiritual Heart and the individual identity is dissolved into Brahman, the Self, the [...]

As we have been exploring Arunachala we keep finding ‘caves,’ some already widely known, and some not. A friend suggested that we put this onto the blog. This seems a good idea, and this is the first attempt in so doing. We can find nothing like this available now.
Our exploration of Arunachala is ongoing, and [...]

Each year cosmeceutical companies and consumers alike search for the next big thing in anti-aging discoveries.  This year, with everyone going “green” and searching for natural ingredients, pomegranate definitely is “in” in the anti-aging cosmeceutical industry. Dr. Carl Thornfeldt, MD in his March 2008 article in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology states “Mucocutaneous inflammation as [...]

These questions came up some years ago. My responses are included.
Question: Is the way and goal of Patanjali’s Yoga and  Sri Sankara’s Advaita Vedanta the same?
Answer: The ways might be a little different, and to the extent that goals can be talked about in this context, the goal is the same. Kaivalya (from Patanjali) implies [...]