Positions in meditation: Siddasana vs Padmasana

Its been a while since I started my advanced yoga practices. I thought I will keep a journal of these practices in my blog. In this post I will talk about positions that I use for my meditation. Initially I was attracted to siddasana. For its charm. It uses heel to press into the perinium. …

Detachment is the key

When we were young we used to shake the guava tree so that the ripe guavas would fall down and we would eat them. I also remember a time when someone in my life said: "We should continuously stir the psychology of people.". I asked why then he said "When they are stirred then the …

Vipassana meditation retreat

Today , I just came back from the meditation retreat. This is the first day after retreat where I can use my computer. The experience and knowledge of retreat is still fresh in my mind. I thought I would come up with a post before the experience fade away once I begin to interact with …

The cycle of blessing and curse

We are both blessed and cursed when we are born in this world. There is nothing which can be only blessing or only curse. There is side to everything. One function of our mind is to overlook one aspect while looking at the other. When it is seeing the blessing it overlooks the curse in …

Buddhas snake has bitten few too many

In the realm of mind there is no middle way. There is only duality . Mind can only generate duality. The duality of me and other. US and THEM. Be aware of those politicians/powerful persons who meditates on a soft white cushion in the morning and who goes to sign a weapons deal in the …

Weak and strong within me

Within my mind I observe a struggle. A struggle between two ME. The first me is weak and coward. It does not know that. The second is strong and brave. It does not know that either. There are various times in which either of these two me become the commander of my mind body. The …

Real benefit of meditation

Following the breath is so mundane . It is unexciting. Neither it reassures that all our trouble will be gone nor it makes us know all there is to know. I occasionally question myself "Why am I doing it anyway?" What REAL benefit has it given me? I know at every level there are some …

Mindfulness coloring book : a new age shortcut

I am little skeptical about buying a best selling book. I have been repeatedly disappointed by the best sellers over and over. But I find it interesting to go through the best seller lists and particularly their reviews. In one way the best seller reviews help me understand those books which I would not have read …

Rene Descartes vs Eckhart Tolle: What are you?

The world is a stage to observe our attachment and reaction to it. It is a medium where we can take our inward journey to find what we are. The process of finding what we are consists of stripping of those labels which we are not. We are constantly dragged to identify with everything else. …

Thinking: a necessary evil

         The biggest illusion is the power we assign to thinking. Our thinking mind has given us so many things but yet the belief that ideas come by thinking on them is incomplete. Ideas are ever floating in our mind we just need to be aware to catch those ideas. What is …