The Awareness Drive
I first read the Bhagavad Gita in 2014. My mind was deeply restless. I was searching for a Krishna—someone who could hold my hand and take me far away from the conflicts and dilemmas of life.
If you are not attaining it, know this: it is because you do not truly desire it.
When Swami Vivekananda first met Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, his very first question was, “Have you seen God?” Such was the intensity of his longing. There was a burning urgency within him. He wanted the truth now, not someday in the future.
The universe, and indeed life itself, has two dimensions. One is matter, and the other is consciousness (conscious energy). Both exist on different planes and produce different outcomes.
A fool is one who goes on trusting; a fool is one who goes on trusting against all his experience. You deceive him, and he trusts you; and you deceive him again, and he trusts you; and you deceive him again, and he trusts you. Then you will say that he is a fool, he does not learn.
Ignorance (Avidya) is not merely the absence of knowledge but the root of human delusion. Discover how spiritual wisdom dissolves illusion and leads to self-realization and inner freedom.
Appearance sells more than thought and wisdom, miracles sell more than reason,
and “Babas” sell more than truth. Such a society may appear modern from the outside, but within, it remains frightened and mentally enslaved.
There is no significant difference between self-respect and pride. There is a difference between the ego and self-respect or pride. Self-respect and pride are simply natural to your individuality. They are your dignity. They are your acceptance of yourself.
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