Reinvent The Self!

A meditation on the poles of truth and the seductive illusion between them I. The Geography of Reality There is a teaching so simple it escapes us, so radical it appears conservative, so obvious it remains hidden: Reality has two faces, and we’ve been staring at the space between them, calling it truth. Imagine consciousness Read More

In our last meditation, “The Unstable Middle,” we laid out a stark geography of reality. We found two “stable” Poles of Truth: And between them, we found the “unstable Middle Realm”—the Anitya (impermanence) of the causal world we inhabit. We defined this realm as the “maddening confusion” of our normal waking state, and causality as Read More

A closing meditation on living after liberation I. We’re Still Here Three essays now. Three attempts to map the unmappable, explain the unexplainable, capture in words what exists before words. In “The Unstable Middle,” we drew the geography: two stable poles of truth (Emptiness and Fullness), and between them the seductive confusion of causality. In Read More

A philosophical journey from the traces of consciousness in science to the pre-cosmological choices that shape reality Introduction: The Initial Intuition The dialogue began with a seemingly simple yet profound observation: “Science is the trace of consciousness. The most loved trace probably.” This statement, while appearing straightforward, contained within it the seeds of a revolutionary Read More

There is a phrase I have always known, one that is held up as a cornerstone of a righteous life: “Shariram adyam khalu dharma sadhanam.” The body is indeed the primary instrument for fulfilling one’s purpose. On the surface, it is impeccable logic. Wise. Practical. For years, I took it at face value. And for Read More

What if the true revolution isn’t to do things differently, but to cease being defined by the “need” for difference at all? What if it’s not about writing a better rulebook, but about seeing that action—the living gesture—always precedes whatever’s written down? I. Every Model is a Shadow Pandemics, depressions, black swans—they never arrive from Read More

What if everything you’ve been taught about cause and effect is not just wrong, but the very prison keeping you from recognizing what you already are? The Unraveling Begins It started with a simple question on a Wednesday morning in Pune: “Should I give my child a mobile phone?” Harmless enough. A modern parenting dilemma. Read More

In our last exploration, “From Anguish to Instrument,” we arrived at a profound resolution to the problem of action: the state of being a Nimitta Mātram, a divine instrument. In this state, the anxious, decision-making “I” gives way, and action flows through us as a divine command. Arjuna doesn’t decide to fight; the fight is Read More

In our previous post, we were left with an unsettling question. If the world is pure “emergence” and causality is an illusion, on what ground can we stand to make ethical choices? How do we avoid a detached quietism in the face of suffering—the proverbial “drowning child”? The dialogue from which this series springs did Read More

In a world that demands our constant engagement—a world of professional deadlines, parental decisions, and personal dilemmas—we often operate on the assumption that “I” am the one making the choices. A recent, profound dialogue challenged this fundamental assumption, sparking an exploration that journeyed from modern anxieties to ancient wisdom, confronting one of philosophy’s most formidable Read More

How seeing through the illusion of causation reveals the unchanging source “Every damn thing this world cares about is actually an emergent property.” These words, spoken during a profound dialogue on consciousness and action, cut through millennia of human assumption about how reality works. We live in a world obsessed with causes and effects, with Read More