According to the message of non-duality, suffering arises from the mistaken identity with a conceptual sense of self. The cause of suffering is not in external conditions, psychological wounds, or circumstances. It lies in ignorance — not knowing one’s true […]
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In the message of non-duality, the human experience of feeling limited, lacking, fragile, and bound by fear, particularly the fear of death, is understood as a direct consequence of identifying with a separate individual self. However, this understanding also reveals […]
Our conventional understanding of psychology often assumes the existence of a separate individual mind, interacting with a separate body and an external world. This perspective views consciousness, if considered at all, as something personal, limited, and possibly a byproduct of […]
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, a prominent figure in the Advaita Vedanta tradition, offered a unique and penetrating view on the nature of the human mind, behaviour, and the psychological condition of suffering. His teachings, as captured in the dialogues of books […]
Imagine you’re wearing a mask, but you’ve worn it for so long you’ve forgotten you’re wearing it. You believe the mask is your face, your whole identity. This is a bit like how many of us live, according to Sri […]
We usually think that the world around us is made of physical “stuff” called matter. And we tend to believe that this matter exists whether or not anyone is looking at it or experiencing it. For example, the chair in […]
“The map is not the territory… The only usefulness of a map depends on similarity of structure between the empirical world and the map…” – Alfred Korzybski According to a philosophical view called empiricism, all the knowledge we have about […]
Have you ever wondered how we know anything at all about the world around us? Think about how you learned that ice is cold, or that strawberries are sweet. You learned these things by experiencing them directly – by feeling […]
We often think of our minds as having “hidden depths.” It’s like picturing a vast ocean beneath the surface of our everyday thoughts, full of deep feelings, secret desires, and fixed beliefs that shape who we are. We imagine we […]
Imagine you’re reading a captivating novel. You get to know the characters through their actions, their words, and what the author tells you about them. You might feel like you understand them deeply – their hopes, their fears, their motivations. […]
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