The Metonic Return: From the First Call to 600 Days of Diksha

On this Bhishma Ekadasi of the Sri Viswavasu year — 29 January 2026 — I humbly mark the 17th anniversary of realizing the true nature. Nineteen years ago, the inner call to sadhana began under the guidance of Swami Virajeshwara Saraswati. What commenced with reading Sadhana and Meditation soon deepened into a 600-day sadhana, from 17 June 2007 to 5 February 2009, completing the first phase of samanvaya in my Vedanta practice. Since then, this sacred journey has unfolded in time like a cosmic dialogue between devotion, inquiry, and Grace itself.

On this blog, 19 years ago - Path To Realization

Gita Jayanti:

Gita Jayanti of Sri Viswavasu year 2025 talk at Hamsa Ashramam

This is a talk given on Gita Jayanti during the Sri Viswavasu year (2025) at Hamsa Ashramam, presented on the Prasad Chitta YouTube channel. The talk reflects on the significance of Gita Jayanti — the celebration of the Bhagavad Gita’s teaching moment in the Mahabharata — framing it as a timeless dialogue of inner inquiry, duty, and self-realization. The speaker explores how the scripture’s wisdom applies to personal sadhana, life’s challenges, and the ongoing pursuit of understanding one’s true nature.

During this year, many Facebook Live recordings have also been migrated to the above YouTube Channel. 

A deeper study into Tantra and Agamas across multiple traditions has also found expression through 12 posts on Medium: https://medium.com/@prasad_chitta 

As I look back across this Metonic return—nineteen years from that first “Path to Realization” post to this Bhishma Ekadasi of 2026—I see the same truth shining with greater simplicity: the path was never outside, only the mind’s movement made it appear so. What began as a sincere aspiration, shaped by sadhana and guided by Grace, has matured into a quieter certainty that all seeking ultimately resolves in the seeker. May this remembrance strengthen the resolve to live the teaching, deepen the inquiry, and rest more and more in that which remains unchanged.

Om namO BhagavatE virAjeshwarAya 

Celestial Dialogue with Arudra - Sixteen years!

Sixteen years mark a special cycle, a journey that resonates with the cosmic rhythm of light traveling to and from Sirius, the nearest and brightest star in the Arudra Nakshatra. This celestial exchange, spanning 16 years, symbolizes the movement of great realizations—traveling outward from the depths of inner inquiry and returning enriched with universal wisdom. As this sacred cycle culminates this year, it brings a profound sense of alignment and completion, as if the cosmic dialogue of light has returned with answers to questions once whispered into the void.

This year also marks the conclusion of my 15-year study of the Yoga Vasishtha, culminating in the complete Nirvana Uttarartha being added to my reflections in six dedicated posts. This monumental text, rich in teachings on non-duality, liberation, and the illusory nature of existence, has illuminated the path toward the ultimate truth. The insights gleaned now feel harmonized with the rhythm of the universe itself as if the wisdom of the Yoga Vasishtha and the timeless cycle of light to Sirius converge to reveal a singular truth: the journey inward mirrors the journey outward, and in that unity lies the essence of realization. 

https://yogavaasistha.wordpress.com/2024/11/29/yoga-vasishtha-the-final-wonderment/ 

This year, I have also shared reflective articles on Medium, delving into the timeless narratives and teachings from the Mahabharata and other Agamas. These include: Part 1, Part 2, and the Purnahuti of this series, each unraveling profound insights from this epic. Complementing these, I have explored key teachings from the Thirumanthiram, Shiv Sutras, and Vachanas in this briefing note. The synthesis of Yoga and Vedanta in Kashmir Shaivism has been the focus of Pratyabhijna, while the cosmic unity celebrated through Mukkoti is presented in this exploration. Together, these writings weave a rich tapestry of philosophical and spiritual insights.

"Only when taught by a lofty sage, this knowledge of Brahmavidya is properly understood, leaving no room for doubts"

- Swami Virajeshwara Saraswati

With the above profound wisdom from my Guru, I conclude this reflective post, by embracing the clarity and grace that come through guidance, devotion, and self-inquiry on the eve of Bhishma EkAdaSi of SrI krOdhi year of this cycle! 

(To be precise, on bhishmAshTami!)

Updates on 201st sidereal cycle of my realisation!

The 201 conjunctions of Moon with Rohini nakshatra bring to the closure of  almost another cycle from https://prasadchitta.blogspot.com/2023/01/sri-subhakrt-year-jaya-ekadasi.html making a total of 15 lunisolar years since https://prasadchitta.blogspot.com/2009/02/final-post-who-am-i.html 

A firm reinforcement like this revelation in the presence of Gurudeva fifteen years ago set my ego in a perfect nyAsa with the supreme self. Ego is Nothing and the true identity of Self is Everything!

My Own story is recorded here; some additional details have been documented during the year that passed by, by the infinite grace of the Gurudeva. 

1. My Story So Far... (3 minutes) 

2. The Wealth of Wisdom (16 minutes)

3. Harmonizing the Wisdom (27 minutes) 

(With 2-minute context switching, it is a 48 minutes/ one muhurtha engagement for those who seek it) 

Also, organized all the posts of this blog into a document for someone interested in reading it as a whole - The self-referencing link to the large document excludes this post itself!

--Bhishma EkAdaSi of Sri SObhakRt year on 20th February 2024

P.S: https://medium.com/darsana-sastra-vijnana/pratyahara-the-art-of-sensory-withdrawal-in-yoga-and-tantra-1e7d465a64ca is an additional resource that could help practitioners of yOga in the pursuit of samAdhi or samyama. 

--☺️--

Sri SubhakRt year jaya EkAdaSi

By the infinite glory of Guru parampara, another cycle has been witnessed blissfully. The tithis of year Sarvadhari (2009) and SubhakRt (2023) are aligned with the common calendar with a 5-day gap. That means, the tithi of February 5th of 2009 happens to be on January 31 of 2023. Due to this, the social media based reminder systems have a lag of 5 days this year with 2009. Miraculously each of the experiences has been reminded and relived on the tithi of SrI SubhakRt year making the realization refreshed for this little identity. 

Continuous renewal is the nature of reality even in its gross and subtle divisions of it. Conservation is the very dharma. Even though all appear to rise and set in cycles, nothing actually rises and sets beyond the ego. Only within the scope of egoistic division, one side is known as the field and the other side becomes known as the energy that operating in the field. 

May the grace of Guru parampara continuously shine forth through the most ancient and traditional paths of yOga-vEdAnta on one and all! 

Om tat sat

Jaya EkadaSi of Sri Plava year

As the prarabdha karma unfolds at its own pace, the moon has completed 161 pradakshinas around the Earth since The Final Post 

By the infinite grace of Guru, the study into the mahA rAmAyaNa came all the way up to the Uttara-artha of nirvaNa prakaranam.

Bhagavan Vasishtha says to Lord rAma (NirvaNa uttarartha Sarga 32 Slokam 18) :

kOham kathamidam dRSyam kO jIvaH kim ca jIvanam
iti tattvjna samyOgAt yAvajjIvam vichArayEt

Who am I? How does this appearance emerge? Who is the jIva (individual-consciousness)? What is this process called life? By associating with a realized person (tattvajna) continue the vicharaNa (inquiry) all along! 
This is the advice for the one who has reached the conclusion. 

Studying yoga vasishtha serves the purpose of satsanga and vichara.

."..As it is difficult to identify a real tattvajna, first discuss with all sorts of teachers... they will give their own opinions... and also contradict other teachings... when you take a non-partial view about such teachings and discussions, you will arrive at the conclusion for yourself. You will also identify the truly realized teacher.... then go to such realized teacher in private to get your own inquiry sharpened. Once you have learned self-inquiry, that is the best method...."

May the grace of Lord rAma be on one and all in all layers of existence on the "jaya" EkAdaSi eternally! 

om tat sat

AdhyAtma rAmAyaNam - 12th lunisolar year closes first Jupiter cycle

On the eve of bhIshma EkAdaSi today, my merger into spiritual bliss completes a full Jupiter cycle (1) by the boundless grace of Swami virAjEshwara saraswati Maharaj (my Guru). 

For the embodied observer attached to the earthly layer, time moves through days (4400), months (149), and years (12). It is a great opportunity to recollect, refresh and renew through these cycles. 

The trayOdaSaksharI tAraka jaya mantra consists of three components. As the practice of it revealed my true identity, I also realized the nature of this mantra as well from the yOga vEdAnta perspective. 

• The first part of the tAraka is all about purushOttama SrI rAmA's outward journey, the essence of vAlmIki rAmAyaNam.
• The second part is all about the inward journey of rAma described in vaSishTha mahA rAmAyaNam.
• The third part is the applied individual journey as revealed by the supreme lord mahAdEva to pArvati; revealed to us by sage veda vyasa as Srimad AdhyAtma rAmAyaNam. 

During the 12th year cycle of the celebration of spiritual bliss, the grace of Guru and God directed 'me' to study Srimad Adhyatma rAmAyaNam. 

1. SrI rAma hRdayam - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10163800621690151/
2. SrI paraSurama kRta stotram - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10163852577935151/
3. ahalyA kRta stotram - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10163843758000151/
4. ayOdhyA kAndam - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10163884600850151/
5. agasthya rAma samAgamam - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10163942197805151/
6a - Sarga 4 - 7 araNya kAnda - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10163949144000151/
6b - Sarga 4 - 7 araNya kAnda - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10163949292550151/

7 - Sarga 8,9,10 araNya kAnda - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10163955627270151/

8 - kishkindha kANda Sarga 1,2,3 - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10163998283890151/

9 - sarga 4,5,6-kishkindha kANda - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10164048657050151/ 

10 - sampAti vanara samagamam - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10164084403270151/

11 - Sundara kAnDa part 1 - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10164124543625151/

12 - Sundara kAnDa part 2 - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10164165008405151/

13 - yuddha kAnDa part 1 - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10164202728065151/

14 - yuddha kAnDa part 2 - https://www.facebook.com/776915150/videos/10164239045640151/

15 - yuddha kAnDa part 3a - https://www.facebook.com/776915150/videos/10164284414760151/

15 - yuddha kAnDa part 3b - https://www.facebook.com/776915150/videos/10164284622400151/

16 - yuddha kAnDa part 4 -- https://www.facebook.com/776915150/videos/10164325509075151/

17 - yuddha kAnDa part 5 - https://www.facebook.com/776915150/videos/10164364119185151/

18 - yuddha kAnDa Conclusion - https://www.facebook.com/776915150/videos/10164389997080151/

Above 18 parts of Srimad AdhyAtma rAmAyaNam read between 12th April 2020 and 16 July 2020 i.e.,. between SrI rAma navami and kAmika EkAdaSi on karkataka sankramanam. 

May the grace of Lord rAma be on one and all in all layers of existence on the "jaya" EkAdaSi eternally! 

om tat sat

Updates from 11th year

It has been 11 years since https://prasadchitta.blogspot.com/2009/02/final-post-who-am-i.html

It has been a tradition to mark each year with one post on this blog to keep it alive. Last year's update: https://prasadchitta.blogspot.com/2019/02/a-decade-merges-in-time.html

During this year, that brings us again to bhIshma EkAdaSI, notable "spiritual" activity is on ashTAvakra gIta. 18 links below give a quick access to those live audio recordings on Facebook.

01 - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10162472492525151/
02 - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10162477083145151/
03 - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10162481608165151/
04 - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10162486179550151/
05 - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10162490542970151/
06 - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10162494679745151/
07 - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10162498296835151/
08 - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10162504231770151/
09 - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10162510937310151/
10 - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10162516435005151/
11 - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10162524669505151/
12 - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10162530257500151/
13 - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10162534674400151/
14 - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10162538758905151/
15 - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10162543158185151/
16 - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10162547300270151/
17 - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10162551721140151/
18 - https://www.facebook.com/prasad.chitta/videos/10162555906725151/

"A sincere seeker of TRUTH may not have to search too much; he will automatically led by Supreme power to a great sage when he is really qualified" - Swami Virajeshwara Saraswati

So, the TRUTH is as clear as the amalaka in the palm. 

https://medium.com/darsana-sastra-vijnana/hastamalakiyam-with-bhashyam-4b228862603c

Om tat sat

A decade merges in time....

By the grace of Guru, His Holiness Swami Virajeshwara Saraswati Maharaj, A full decade of luni-solar years, 124 moon cycles, 248 EkAdasI tithis, 523 weeks, 3663 days - merged in time since removal of ignorance of true identity of the Self. That is 79120800 micro cycles of life span. This day is dedicated to the unfailing resolve "bhIshma" every year.

End of year 9: https://prasadchitta.blogspot.com/2018/01/jaya-ekadasi-of-sri-hemalamba-year-9th.html

End of year 8: https://prasadchitta.blogspot.com/2017/02/nyasa-in-sat-for-eight-years-by-this.html

(Earlier year links can be found successively in the past posts!)

As a continuing spiritual endeavor, all that is needed for spirituality is contained in several prakaraNa granthas. The supreme consciousness made me read out the complete vivekachudamani in 43 topics  during the year that passed: The live recordings of facebook live audio compiled below for easy access:




om tat sat

Jaya EkAdaSi of SrI hEmalamba year - 9th year, 111th month of tattvAvabOdha

tattvAvabOdhO bhagavAn sarvASA tRNa pAvakaH
prOktH samAdhi SabdEna na tu tUshNImavastithiH 

--- 8th verse of 62nd sarga of upaSama prakaraNa of yOga vASishTha mahArAmAyaNa

This was said by suraghu (a tribal king, who continue to engage in actions) to his close friend parigha (who is a realized rAjarshi, taken up the sannyasa) visiting him.

Meaning: O bhagavAn! (any realized person is addressed as bhagavan) realization is verily the fire that burns all the desire blades of grass; having burned all of them the state is called samAdhi. samAdhi is not a temporary state that comes and goes!!


This post marks 111th lunar cycle after firmly establishing in such permanent samAdhi for me. It is impossible to get into the ignorant belief of thinking any temporary thing as permanent after realizing the true nature of self.

By the guru's unconditional grace, the wisdom shines forth beyond the daily experience of space and time. The body and mind ever engaged in the actions on their own nature never come to obstruct the supreme reality of self in which all is ever established.

Om tat sat

nyAsa in the sat for eight years by this mAgha Sukla EkAdaSi

bhIshma EkAdaSi marks another revolution of Earth around the Sun after:  https://prasadchitta.blogspot.in/2016/02/jaya-ekadasi-of-sri-manmatha-year.html

Guru's way of life, every action as well as inaction and silence will reflect wisdom. --- Swami Virajeshwara Saraswati

nyAsa is to keep in the custody. For example if I have a car and then I am going abroad, keeping the car with one of my trusted friend is called nyAsa. I am not giving it away completely, but keeping it in the safe custody. My friend will take care of the car, use it as needed. When and if I come back and take it or I can let him do what he wants with it. That is nyAsa.

So, keeping the ego under the custody of pure conscious self known as sat is called sat+nyAsa = sannyasa.

This day signifies the eight anniversary of my sannyasa. The ego is thoroughly under safe custody of the infinite, pure, blissful conscious self by the grace of my Guru. Once in a while the trusted friend individual jeeva, borrows it and uses it to act in this world through the body, speech and mind layers animated by the life force.

Considerable spiritual work during the last revolution:
1. 18 minute read on medium: https://medium.com/darsana-sastra-vijnana/bhagavad-gita-as-i-see-it-d85bbb6c6edf (Bhagavad Gita — As I see it)

2. The heart of God: https://medium.com/darsana-sastra-vijnana/aditya-hrdayam-the-heart-of-god-30a9257a89b7 (Aditya hRdayam)

om tat sat

jaya EkAdaSi of SrI manmatha year

As we reach the eve of jaya EkAdaSi of SrI manmatha nAma samvatsara, it marks 173rd EkAdaSi upavasa with complete understanding of the subject called SELF beyond all objects and their symbolic expressions.

By ever flowing grace of guru, continuing spiritual saadhana. The year passed and calendar changed since the last post http://prasadchitta.blogspot.in/2015/01/first-ekadasi-of-sisira-rtu-again.html 

Spiritual work by unlimited grace of swami: 

1. ulladu nArpadu i.e., 40 verses on reality of bhagavan ramaNa maharshi on Medium - https://medium.com/upadesa-saram/saddarsanam-prarthana-5da651b8c26a
2. A short talk on Srimad bhagavad gIta on Gita jayanti 2015 at Hamsa Ashramam. 

om tat sat

First EkAdaSi of SiSira Rtu again

This post marks completion of 74 lunar cycles (72 sankramaNas of Sun through the zodiac) after I came to my final spiritual conclusion six years back on this mAgha Sukla EkAdaSi dedicated to bhIshmAcArya also known as jaya EkAdasi that grants victory in the year named jaya as well.

The post at end of fifth year : http://prasadchitta.blogspot.in/2014/02/five-cycles-of-saadhana.html
The post at the end of fourth: http://prasadchitta.blogspot.in/2013/02/progression-as-it-were.html
and end of third : http://prasadchitta.blogspot.in/2012/02/third-pradakshina-around-truth-of-self.html
The post at the end of second: http://prasadchitta.blogspot.in/2011/02/another-year-revolves.html
and the first year end post: http://prasadchitta.blogspot.in/2010/01/lunar-year-after-samanvaya.html

Having taken a deep dive within with the help of SAstra and satsanga with wise men is like drinking nectar, Bliss overflows and makes a stream of knowledge run in a gentle flow.Started a medium publication https://medium.com/darsana-sastra-vijnana to share some fundamental ideas of spiritual life.

A major event that marks this year is mahA samadhi of parama pUjya gurudev 
swami virajeshwara saraswati maharaj.

guru pAduka

After innumerable number of life spans animating various forms of low and high degrees in various worlds, I have entered the present manifestation due to the precipitation of virtue that was accrued all along.

Then came an intense desire to know the source and realize the truth.

Finally the Guru appeared. Guru helped to establish unfailing faith on scriptures. Then came the tAraka mantra and assurance of Guru who has attained the final goal using it.

Gradually, confusion lifted itself away giving rise to vivEka and vairagya; firmly established in sAdhana in three layered auspiciousness! Guru's grace is just beyond all the words, it has to be experienced by everyone!!

कामादिसर्पव्रजगारुडाभ्यां विवेकव्ऐराग्यनिधिप्रदाभ्यां ।
बोधप्रदाभ्यां द्रुतमोक्षदाभां नमो नमः श्री गुरुपादुकाभ्यां ॥

కామాదిసర్ప వ్రజ గారుడాభ్యాం వివేకవైరాగ్యనిధిప్రదాభ్యాం
బోధప్రదాబ్యాం ద్రుతమోక్షదాభ్యాం నమో నమః శ్రీ గురుపాదుకాభ్యాం

om tat sat

Five cycles of saadhana

On this bhIshmm EkAdaSi of srI vijaya year, it is the start of sixth revolution of this tiny Earth around its basis after the little ego identified its dependent appearance.

BhagavAn ramaNa says:

अहम् अपेतकं निज विभानकम्
महत् इदं तपो रमण वागियम्

As a review of past revolution, a good two months has been spent on "writing" on upadeSa sAram on Medium - https://medium.com/upadesa-saram/

Saadhana is for removal of the ego. Saadhana should sink deep into the core of very being of the saadhaka. That is the greatest tapas. The tapas should be done in most gentle, most gracious method as provided by the successive teachers starting from Lord NarayaNa, Lord Brahma, BhagavAn vaSishTha, all the way down to my Guru through the great philosopher of all time Adi Sankara bhagavadpAda AcAraya.

It is bliss all the way through the saadhana, it is bliss that is attained by the saadhana and most importantly it is the same bliss everything ever originated from!!

om tat sat.

“Progression” as it were!

SrI nandana nAma samvatsara mAgha Sukla EkAdaSi – bhIshma EkAdaSi marks another circumambulation of the tiny self on this Earth around the universal self – Sun.   

The seed of life on earth is Sun, the food that sustains life here is Sun, one who devours life on Earth is Sun as well. There is no way that the universality/unity of Sun’s nature is no way distinct from the diversified picture seen here on the Earth with huge variety of ecosystems in the water, on the land and in the air. Forests, rivers, societies, countries, cultures, wants, needs, fights, wars, construction and destruction everything appear to happen only due to the light of Sun and only to the subtle life force that acts in the Eye of the being witnessing all these things.

In this modern world, all the confusion seems to be caused by two misconceptions.

1.       You only live once

2.       It’s my life

Life is eternal and it animates multiple bodies across multiple worlds depending on each one’s desires and actions. Only due to unconditional compassion of Lord a being appears at a suitable place for a suitable period of time to enjoy/suffer the results of its own thoughts/words/deeds. Lord gives innumerable chances to any being to realize the ultimate and “human form” is the best suited to do so. To born as a man is a great privilege earned through the compassion of God.  So, the misconception of “You only live once” causes unnecessary hurry to enjoy things and results in over consumption and over production causing a lot of damage to the “nature” of God.

All life is connected wherever it is. The air that we breathe is not bounded by any boundaries. The light we take for Sun is neither bounded, the water which flows as rivers is all due to the Sun’s heat that evaporates the water in the oceans and makes them as clouds. But everything is bound by the law of karma – one should be responsible for all the thoughts, words and deeds performed by him/her. All the results of such things resulting harm for another being beyond the allowance granted by God will have to be paid for. The legislation established by the Lord is unfailing and applies to each being equally here. So, the misconception of “It’s my life” causes harm to other beings and ultimately to the individual.

Life is eternal and connected. Living a simple, pious life leads to ultimate good for the individual leading him directly towards the highest knowledge of one-ness of everything.

“vAsudEvaH sarvam iti” is the right knowledge leading one to highest eternal bliss.

Om tat sat

Third pradakshina around The TRUTH of SELF

anantasamsArasamudratAra
naukAyitAbhyAm gurubhaktidAbhyAm |
vairAgyasAmrAjyadapUjanAbhyAm
namO nama: SrI gurupAdukAbhyAm ||

guru pAduka

SrI khara naama samvatsara, uttaraayana, sisira Rtu, mAgha maasa, shukla paksha, dasami (eve of Bhishma Ekadasi, or Jaya Ekadasi... ) that marks three pradakshiNas of Earth around its bearing principle SUN after "flower of my mind" established firmly at the gurupAdukas and let me realize the unlimited TRUE SELF (turiya) beyond mind and its five vrittis that encompass three states of being - jagrat, swapna and shushupti. 

"IT IS A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO BE BORN AS MAN, DO NOT FRITTER IT AWAY"

om tat sat

Another "Year" Revolves!

Sri Vikruti naama samvatsara Maagha Suddha Dasami, Ravivaaram 13th Feb 2011. It marks another revolution from the auspicious day of "Bhishma Ekadasi" last year.

Let me write a brief summary of Life and its Purpose:
1. Human form of life is very unique with its discriminative intelligence (viveka)
2. Its purpose is to evolve the "individual consciousness" to divine realm. (called Moksha)
3. The divine realm is beyond the three usual states of consciousness i.e, waking, dreaming and deep-sleep and three divisions of time i.e., past, present and future.
4. The individual time-quantum (called ayush) is limited during which one should attain THE GOAL! (of evolving to divine realm)
5. "Yoga Vedanta" path is one of the surest & simplest path for attaining this highest goal of moksha.
6. The individual surrender happens in following parts:
Part1: put together all the intellectual energy and surrender it at the lotus feet of GURU
Part2: put together all the emotional energy and surrender it at the feet of LORD (iswara)
Part3: put together all the physical energy and surrender it at the feet of VIRAT (God's universal form)
7. "saadhana" is the process of achieving the complete surrender as described above. Saadhana requires a conscious effort.
8. As soon as this surrender is complete, the individual finds his individuality dissolve completely in the universal existence, consciousness in universal consciousness and merges in the eternal BLISS.
9. GURU is the trusted GUIDE during the process of saadhana as he has gone through the process and knows the starting point, process and the end point of the saadhana.
10. Swetasatara upanishad (6:23) says:
यस्य देवे पराभक्तिः यथा देवे तथा गुरौ ।
तस्यैते कथिताह्यर्थाः प्रकाशन्ते महात्मनः ॥
11. The Ananda is the TRUE NATURE of the self. It is the non-duality of existence-consciousness-bliss can only be experienced and never be explained!

My Guru's words:
"An ounce of practice (saadhana) is better than tons of theory. Don't give up saadhana. Give up EGO. Sacrifice the ego in the sacrificial fire and burn it down and be a child. Be a Satyakama Jabala, a Nachiketa. Be a Dhruva. You will Realize the Self very next moment."

om tat sat

Note: As "years" revolve, it is only an indication that the SELF (=GURU = GOD) that is observing the "prarabdha karma" take its own course as a continuous saadhana of sacrificing the ahamkaara!

A "lunar year" after the "Samanvaya"

Sri Virodhi Naama Samvatsara Maagha Suddha Dasami - Monday 25 Jan 2010.

This post is just to mark an year (one pradakshiNa of this tiny earth) of arriving at the "Thisis" and completing my "Samanvaya" phase of Advaita Saadhana.

I (the ego) have not found any contradiction (virodha) to the Thisis arrived at a year back!

Still (i = ego) thoroughly surrendered to the GURU ( = true self = GOD!)

om tat sat

Final Post - Who am I?

|| AUM || Shri Gurubhyonamaha!

Sadasiva Samarambhaam Sankaracharya Madhayamam
asmad acharya paryantaam vande guru paramparam.

shruth smruti puranaanam Alayam karunAlayam
Namami Bhagavadpaada Samkaram Loka Samkaram

Sri Vishnu rupayaa Sadaasivaya

Sri Sarvadhaari Naama Samvatsara, Maagha Suddha Ekadasi - Bhishma Ekadasi.

This is the last Post on to this blog - There is nothing left to SAY!!

"Ekam Sat"; "Vipra Bahudaa Vadanti" |

Truth is ONE; The Wise men say it differently.

I am THAT TRUTH. I am THAT TRUTH. I am THAT TRUTH.
That TRUTH comes into DIRECT EXPERIENCE for a sincere SEEKER of TRUTH.

There is very little (or nothing worthy) one achieves until he/she reaches the lotus feet of GURU (=SELF =GOD)

There is nothing left to achieve ONCE the SEEKER completes the SURRENDER at the lotus feet of the GURU. (The realized sage). This surrender happens ONCE & only ONCE. All the mis-identification merges into its source and vanishes completely without a TRACE.

THE TRUTH is immutable, eternal, infinite, existence, consciousness, bliss.
There is NOTHING beyond, behind, in front of, prior to, posterior to, above, below, greater than, smaller than, similar to, different from, before, after THAT TRUTH.

GOD is THAT TRUTH;
GURU is THAT TRUTH;
I AM THAT TRUTH;

OM TAT SAT.
OM TAT SAT.
OM TAT SAT.
|| AUM ||

Owner and Knower of the Field

There is really an important difference between the "Knower" and the "Owner" of the Field (kshetra).

What is the Field?
It is the World/Universe [what appears in a larger sense] and Body/Mind/Intellect [what sees]; both the Seen and Seer are part of the Field.

Owner?
The Seer "thinks" that it is the OWNER of "some of the Seen" and it wants to expand the OWNERSHIP to the rest of the Seen. This is the nature of the OWNER.

Let us see the two important properties of this OWNER:
1. This OWNER thinks that he is conscious. Thinks that he has his OWN awareness.
It is like one of the cells of the body thinking that it is independent, it gets oxygen and food on its own effort, it has to work to sustain and build itself and it is distinct from its environment. Each cell of the body is part of a subsystem, all the systems put together it is the BODY. The consciousness is ONE across the body which supplies awareness to all the cells. Similarly, all the consciousness/awareness seen all over the universe is ONE. So, thinking that each individual body has its own awareness/consciousness is a fallacy.

2. This owner draws an imaginary boundary, assumes OWNERSHIP within the boundary and Identify itself with this boundary.

But this OWNER is just the THINKER (mind); Who thinks that he owns some of the Field. It is clear that "this OWNER" is not different from the Field itself. The Field includes this Body/Mind/Intellect. Hence this idea of OWNERSHIP is a fantasy.
{This OWNER is EGO - the Illusory Thing}

Knower - kshetrajna
Knower is the one who knows the true nature of the Whole Field. The Field as a "thing-in-itself" as a whole devoid of words and ideas. {Please refer to the Thing, Word and Idea post} The object of the Knower is the Intellect, through which the rest of the Field is seen. To Know a thing in itself one has to completely pervade that thing. So this Knower pervades the whole of the Field and completely distinct from it at the same time ONE with it.
{This Knower is SELF - REAL THING}

Conclusion:
A OWNER can never be a Knower and vice-versa. A OWNER is assumed in the KNOWER. OWNER is missing the first "K" and confused over the letters "O" & "W".
The goal is to be the Knower, by filling up the correct understanding and removing the confusion.

I am the Knower of this Field, I OWN nothing - absolutely nothing.

Note: The above is an attempt to put the Words of Lord in my own Language...
Any reader interested can get hold of the original holy book Srimad Bhagavad Gita. Chapter -XIII explains the nature of Kshetra and the Kshetrajna.

Om Tat Sat.

Practice - Saadhana

"Simple Natural Living and Profound High Thinking" is what the Saadhana all about. Have Faith in this simple truth. That is saadhana. Saadhana is like the prescription to the disease. The result is restoration of Health - The original state.

Body:
What you eat is what you will become. Conquer the three inch long tongue. This is the first step of Saadhana. For the sake of this one small tongue the whole body is put to trouble by the ordinary human being. Without a healthy body, no further practice can be done.

Eat natural, simple, balanced food sufficient to maintain the body. Avoid excess of sweets, spicy food, oil, salt, and other strong tastes.
Sprouts, unpolished rice, pulses etc give wonderful nutrients to the body.

The age of cells on the tongue is about 14 days. If you strictly follow a satvic food continuously for 15 days, the new cells formed on the tongue will start liking and relishing the sattvik food.

Asana - The good posture of sitting, standing and in overall living to be inculcated.

Clean the body externally, give sufficient rest and sufficient entertainment to the body. (yukta ahara viharasya yukta cestasya karmasu, yukta svapnavabodhasya YOGO bhaviti duhkahaa - BG 6-17)

Vital Force (Prana):
The air outside when enters the body becomes vital force. Regulate the breathing process. Get to the rhythm of regular full capacity breath to fill and EMPTY the lungs. This will help cleaning the 80% of the toxins produced in the body.

Drink sufficient water, as the water only becomes Prana as per the Upanisads.
Drink water early in the morning, 1 hour before solid food and two hours after the food. It will help cleaning body from inside. (remaining 20% cleaning)

Mind:
Mind is nothing but the stream of thoughts, continuously changing and never sticking to one point. Try bringing the Mind to one place and one thought stream. Dharana and Pratyahara are the technical terms for this process. It is loosely translated into English as Meditation. Do meditation.

Naama Japa is an excellent tool for bringing the Idle mind to one pointed concentration. Take a favorite god and just repeat the name of the god. No praying for some worldly gain, no complaints to god, no requests, no desires.... Just chant the name. God knows what is best for you. He will surely give what you DESERVE. Have Faith.

Over a period of time the good qualities will automatically come into the mind.
Dama - control of senses in all situations
Daattam - charity to the needy ones in what you have
Daya - compassion to all beings

Use the mind as the tool to control the senses, developing the righteous path. To the continuous stream of right thoughts, unbroken and uninterrupted.

Knowledge (Vijnana):
Satsanga - Associate with the wise people. Associate with the SAT - the being. Association with wise alone can give the correct Knowledge.

Swadhyaya - Study the literature from divine scriptures.

Descriminative knowledge of eternal and non-eternal to be inculcated.
Whatever is produced, purified, transformed, obtained is NOT eternal. It could be destroyed, tainted, further transformed, lost over time.
Whatever has parts is NOT infinite.

The absolute whole without parts is the only eternal - That is supreme, That is self.

Vichara - Inquire into that self, The real I, the Subject without any objects.

Bliss (Ananda):
This is automatic for a Saadhaka who is regulating the food and posture, vital air, mind and developing virtues of dama, dattam, daya along with the association with the wise.

This bliss is infinite, everlasting and unending. - This is directly experienced. Yes - It is experienced directly - the original and natural state of the self.

Saadhana is not mere studying scriptures, discussing about the TRUTH. It is about practicing and directly realizing the TRUTH.

OM TAT SAT