Raman used to give a technique to his disciples: they were just to enquire, “Who am I?” In Tibet they use a similar technique, but better than Raman’s. They don’t ask, “Who am I?” They ask, “Where am I?” – because the who can create a problem. When you enquire, “Who...
It is agonizing, because if you go deep into it, it creates the greatest ecstasy possible… but the way to ecstasy goes through agony. It is agonizing because the moment you ask, ‘Who am I?’ you become aware that you don’t know. Not knowing is...
How to encourage active humming to support well-being – of course, besides the important non-activity, silence. Do we make enough noise? In most traditional and “primitive” societies, there is far more talking, shouting, singing, laughing and general human noise in...
Laugh, Cry, and Let the Scars of the Past Be Dissolved in Silence For 21 days, laugh for 3 hours a day for 7 days, cry for 3 hours a day for 7 days, and then sit silently, for 3 hours a day for 7 days. Whenever any experience is not fully lived in the moment, it...
“Gautam Buddha said as his last statement: ‘Be a light unto yourself’. The day I leave the body please remind me, so that I can make my last statement: ‘Be a joke unto yourself’. That is far more joyful than being a light unto yourself....
“Meditation is not to escape from society, but to come back to ourselves and see what is going on. Once there is seeing, there must be acting. With mindfulness, we know what to do and what not to do to help.” Thich Nhat Hanh I am back home after a 7-day...
Do those cells needed for a lively and growing intelligence have only a limited lifespan, so that there is a point beyond which one either becomes senile or stagnates? Or, given the necessary stimulus, is it possible to continue to grow right up to the moment of...
