Our whole life is like a puzzle 🧩, with each part it is getting more complete. We cannot dismiss any part of it. We will only see the whole picture when it is complete. Now my plane has departed already, and I have to find another solution. I was […]
Can you handle the truth? We measure reality according to our conditioning. The last morning in the Green Mandala Inn arises. I was ready to get back to Portugal. I had breakfast with Max, some curd with nuts and fruits. After breakfast, I was walking the […]
Another beautiful day in the Green Mandala Inn. The last full day here before I fly back to Portugal. After breakfast I walked up to the Kopan Monastery. I asked the guard if I could visit the monastery, I was welcome. It is a beautiful place, […]
Psychotic people believe that two and two make five; neurotic people know that two and two is four – but they can’t stand it. I can feel that the end of my journey is coming closer. It feels right to be in Portugal soon. After breakfast, […]
Between Sex and Samadhi, the bridge is Love. The day started sunny. I went down for breakfast at 07:30. Since I am here Max and I are having our meals always together. For today is the plan to walk into the forest and visiting the Jagadol […]
Work as Meditation Not burden and fulfilment of duty should be the basis of our work, but joy and creativity. It is not important what we do, but much more how we do it. The amount of love we put into our work determines not only […]
Religion is an individual approach towards truth. I dreamed of being in my old company in Hamburg while I was working as a software developer. Some thoughts remain about it. I met Max for breakfast at 07:30 as usual. There are other guests in the house, […]
The meaning of conscious life lies in the fact that in rational beings, a mirror of the whole universe arises, in the light of which the original thoughts from the bottom of the world soul become conscious. I slept deeply the first night in the Green […]
Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple. This was my last night in Pokhara. My flight will be at 13:20 to Kathmandu with Yeti Airlines. I packed all my stuff into both backpacks, so I was ready to leave at any time. There […]
You can close your eyes to the things you don’t want to see, but you can’t close your heart to the things you don’t want to feel. Today is a sightseeing tour. I left the hotel to have some breakfast first. There is the MED 5 […]
The purest form of insanity is to leave everything as it is and at the same time hope that something will change. ~Albert Einstein I fell very early asleep last night, even without undressing. My sleep was a bit restless then. I felt like going for […]
Those who enjoy the present will have a wonderful past in the future. Another day just to relax. After walking a lot yesterday, I feel like spending the day more quietly. I left for breakfast late morning, I intended to go to the place where I […]
Any man who reads too much and uses his brain too little falls into lazy thinking habits. Logic will get you from A to Z. Imagination will get you everywhere. ~Albert Einstein Another morning in Pokhara. My plan for this morning was to visit the World Peace […]
Max will leave this morning. He has a flight to Kathmandu and will stay in the Green Mandala Inn for a while. We went out for breakfast at 07:30, he knows a unique Restaurant, about a 30-minute walk from the Hotel Mountain View where we stay. […]
In my view, this is precisely the great moral value of scientific education: that we must learn to have reverence for the truth, regardless of whether or not it agrees with our wishes or preconceived ideas. When I woke up, it was raining. It was still […]
In the mind of the ignorant, philosophy degenerates into foolishness, science into pure superstition, and art into pedantry. ~Bernard Shaw~ I woke up before the alarm would ring at 05:30. Everything was packed, I brushed my teeth, and left for the bus ticket agency on the […]
Pay attention to your thoughts, because they become words.Pay attention to your words, because they become actions.Pay attention to your actions, because they become habits.Pay attention to your habits, because they become your character.Pay attention to your character, because it becomes your destiny. This morning I […]
My brain is only a receiver My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists. ~Nikola Tesla~ This […]
Science and Religion Religion is the science of the inner. Science is the religion of the outer. This was my last morning in Kathmandu-Thamel. I had breakfast on the rooftop of my hotel, then finished packing. I went down to buy some water. Before 12:00, I […]
The only way to make change happen Q. A gentleman then asked – I have been here for two beautiful weeks. Now I must get back to my two teenage boys. Things are very different now in the world. They are constantly distracted by screens and […]
Shunryu Suzuki The beginner plays with many possibilities, for the expert there are only a few. Good morning! I had another good sleep last night. There will be breakfast on the roof terrace. This morning I had a muesli with curd and fruits. The next step […]
Bhagawan Sri Ramana Maharshi What exists in Truth is the Self alone. The Self is that where there is absolutely no ‘I’-thought. That is called silence (mauna). Self itself is the world. The Self itself is ‘I’. The Self/itself is God. I slept very well the […]
BOW DOWN IN SILENCE Bow down in silence to the earth, to the trees, to the moon, to the sun. It does not matter what the object is, what matters is bowing down – surrender, that feeling of gratitude. Wherever one is full of gratitude, there […]
LIVE LIFE MOMENT TO MOMENT A sannyasin has to learn to live life moment to moment, with total intensity, as if there is going to be no other moment. And because there is only this moment to live, all his energy is poured into this moment. […]
PRAYER IS ABSOLUTE LOVE And there is another kind of love where we have stopped our attempts to break away from the whole. That is called prayer. Hence, prayer is absolute love. After my morning procedures and Meditation, I gave it a second attempt to fix […]
TRUTH PENETRATING YOU Death is the point at which knowledge fails, and when knowledge fails, mind fails. And when mind fails, there is a possibility of truth penetrating you. This morning I decided to visit the State Museum. There is also a zoo connected to it […]
DISAPPEARING WITH ALL THE STARS Early in the morning when the sun rises and the stars disappear, feel yourself disappearing with all the stars. And when the sun has risen and the dewdrops on the grass leaves start disappearing, feel yourself disappearing like the dewdrops. Feel […]
THE BEAUTY OF THE STARS One has to become more aware than one ordinarily is. To be a sannyasin means to enter into the phenomenon of the sacred. For that, more awareness is needed, much more, because it is not something mechanical, something routine. It is […]
WHAT IS BUDDHAHOOD? What is buddhahood? Becoming aware of the inner sky that was in the rock, in the animals, in the trees, in man and in woman. Once you become aware of that inner sky, you are released from all forms. That is freedom. Not […]
YOUR NATURE IS CONSCIOUSNESS The true master creates discontent in you … and such a discontent that nothing of this world can ever satisfy it. He creates such a longing in you, that unless you attain to the ultimate you will remain aflame, afire. He creates […]
READY TO DISAPPEAR If you are ready to disappear, I am already not there. I exist only in your mind. As far as my own existence is concerned, it is not there. If you are ready to dissolve, suddenly you will become aware that you have […]
STAY ALERT! What is the secret to the art of life? The secret is this: Live in full awareness. Don’t grope in the darkness. Don’t walk in sleep. Walk in awareness. Whatsoever you do, no matter what it is – even if it is as insignificant […]
THE VOID We fight with the void and are then defeated, not because the void is stronger than us, but because it is not. Now, stand up and fight with the empty space of the room so that you can know and taste the whole stupidity […]
CANDLE OF AWARENESS Buddha says: Light the candle of awareness in your heart, and your whole being will radiate compassion. I felt better today. My nose has stopped running, I still feel an irritation in my chest. I went out for breakfast to Bodhi Cafe, but […]
IN THE PRESENT, HERENOW A man who is aware cannot move in the past, because it is no more. A man who is aware cannot move in the future, because it is not yet. A man who is aware lives in the present, herenow. Here is […]
AWARENESS HOLDS ALL Man is very tiny if you look at his body, man is very foolish if you look at his mind, and man is tremendously vast if you look at his consciousness. Three things meet in man. The vast, the infinite, meet in his […]
YOU BELONG TO ETERNITY You exist in time, but you belong to eternity. You are a penetration of eternity into the world of time. You are deathless, living in a body of death. Your consciousness knows no death, no birth. It is only your body that […]
LIGHT AND DARKNESS Light and darkness cannot exist together, they cannot have a co-existence. Why can light and darkness not exist together? Because darkness has no substance in it, darkness has no existence in it. It is nothing but the absence of light, so how can […]
I had breakfast at Sathya’s this morning. Max and Lalio were already sitting there. Then Holger came in and sat down with his new tailor-made shirt. It looked very well. But he was not in the mood to talk about his shirt. His wife had a […]
This morning Satsang was special. Nobody was asking a question for 60 minutes. Also, there are fewer people now, less than 100 I would guess. It was beautiful, I was deeply in Meditation this time. After Satsang, I left to have brunch at the Inner Child […]
Wisdom There are many speakers in this world. Those who walk are rare. The walkers remain silent. I woke up at 05:00 because my skin was itching. There was a mosquito in the room. I started the fan and got my Sarong which I use as […]
Wisdom True learning starts when the teaching stops. No Satsang and no Kirtan today. There is another event today at 17:00 on the rooftop of Wild Child. Some Sufi music with simple dance or step moves, but my feet will not do it, I still have […]
Wisdom Keeping oneself in the Truth, facing situations, acting according to knowledge, and learning lessons from them keeps one’s practice balanced and full. I left for breakfast at Sathya’s this morning. Max and Holger were sitting there. Breakfast is always self-service here, including Idli, Sambal, and […]
Wisdom Real freedom is freedom from the body, mind and ego, and not freedom of the body, mind and ego. I had big blisters on both feet this morning. It is really painful to walk. Anyway I had a shower and later I left for Satsang. […]
Wisdom The peace that is present when I am ‘nobody’ can never be experienced when I become ‘somebody’, however great it (‘somebody’) may be. This morning, I decided to have breakfast at Tasty Cafe. I ordered a cheese-salad sandwich and an Americano. Tasty Cafe is very […]
Wisdom Demanding respect will not bring respect. Respecting everything around you makes you respectable. Time for Satsang. Just one more week before I go to Rishikesh. Satsang was relaxed and inspiring this morning. I have an appointment with Sarah, she is at Sunshine Guesthouse joining a […]
Wisdom Being the source of all joy, we have forgetfully wandered outside, identifying happiness with different objects. In life, suffering (from any object/person) comes to indicate that happiness is not present there. It is our wrong vision which gives reality to suffering. To realize and recognize […]
Wisdom The one who values time and life goes beyond both. I should mention that Maa has an excellent singing voice and frequently ends her satsangs by rendering one of her favourite chants or songs. Adi illada anandam ‘The bliss that has no beginning’ The bliss […]
Wisdom The shradda (attention) you put on something is the value you give for it. After having a shower and reading for a while, I started towards the Ashram. Today is Sunday, so there are more Indian tourists in the Ashram than on other days. I […]
Wisdom We always smile during the good times, but if we smile during the times of adversity, that is knowledge. I stopped at Sarala’s Cafe, they also have a laundry service. The lady said I can pick it up this evening. This morning, I decided to […]
Wisdom When I really know ‘I do not know’, I am opening all the doors of possibilities. I went directly into the Sri Ramanasramam this morning. Sitting down in Samadhi Hall, I waited for the chanting of the Vedas to start. I waited until it was […]
Wisdom An unconscious life is ignorance. A very conscious life is wisdom. I slept a little longer today than the nights before. Still enough time to read, to write, have a shower. I went directly to Satsang this morning, also, there I was a bit later […]
Patterns of Mind Inside and outside exist only to the body or mind, which act as reference points. When there is no reference point, where is inside and where is outside? I still woke up slightly puzzled about yesterday’s experience, the lady who distracted me from […]
Patterns of Mind The expectation and the thought of action only makes the action bound, but the action itself is not binding. And again I woke up at 05:00 and couldn’t sleep anymore. Once I wake up, I am done sleeping. Maybe my nap in the […]
Patterns of Mind Apparent action of the body (movement of the limbs) is not real action. The thought ‘I am the doer’ makes it an action. I woke up very early around 05:00. There was a mosquito somewhere and it felt quite warm. At one point […]
Patterns of Mind The intellect and the mind split things, the heart unites things. There will be no Satsang today, Sunday morning. That is the only difference. It is getting warmer in Tiruvannamalai. It is now 35 degrees in the daytime and 20 degrees at night. […]
Patterns of Mind The nature of the mind is exclusion. Awareness is all inclusive. I haven’t been for a while in Tasty Cafe for breakfast. This morning I decided to go there. I enjoyed a fruit salad with curd and an obligatory black coffee. Then it […]
Patterns of Mind If the mind is recognized only as a force that arises from the Self, there will be no worry. I woke up early again, still not feeling like having breakfast somewhere. So I took my time for other things and left for Satsang […]
Patterns of Mind The desire to perform an action when there is no need for it invites karma. Keeping oneself inactive when a step needs to be taken also invites karma. After waking up and doing my morning stuff, I went directly to Satsang. There was a […]
Patterns of Mind Holding on to anything (with the mind) is of the past. The Truth is always in the present. Today is Maha Shivaratri. Maha Shivaratri is a Hindu festival celebrated annually in honor of the deity Shiva, between February and March. According to the Hindu calendar, the festival is observed […]
Jiva ‘Jiva Samadhi’ happens when the ego subsides in the heart. We have to build the samadhi for the jiva within while living. For such ones, what does it matter whether the body is cremated or buried? I am getting used to not having breakfast before […]
Jiva Ahankara is not a mistake, it’s a false veiling. Understanding this is jnanam. I woke up quite early, around 05:00. This always happens when I fall asleep early. So I had time to read and write, learning Portuguese. I haven’t focused much on our new […]
Jiva The idea of ‘I ‘ (individuality) is always related to the past, stuck in its own story. Whereas in the present it has no story. Sunday morning, there is no Satsang on Sundays with Amma. But there is Kirtan at 10:00 on the rooftop of […]
Jiva The cause for objective reality is the subjective reality (‘I’ -sense). This morning I had breakfast again at Tasty Cafe. There are always very few people in the morning. Before 08:45 I left for Satsang. These days it is quite easy to find an empty […]
Jiva Objects lie within the subject (‘I’ – the ego). By renouncing the subject, the reality of the existence of objects naturally disappears. Real renunciation is the realization that the subject never existed. My cold and my running nose are still getting on, but it is […]
Jiva Only when the total inability of the ego to do anything is realized, does it (the ego) submit to the power of Grace. Grace also gives the experimental knowledge of the powerlessness of the ego because the ego can never accept its defeat. Another beautiful […]
Jiva When there is fear, doubt, faithlessness and misery, understand that the ego is working. When there is peace, contentment, and bliss, know that the Self is shining and the ego is absent. I didn’t feel very well this morning; my nose was still running. At […]
Jiva I felt I had caught a cold; I could feel it in the night already. My nose started running. It might be from the fans everywhere or from bike riding. I skipped breakfast and left directly for Satsang. Today, I reached in time so I […]
Jiva Wherever we fail with ego, we are unhappy. Whenever we fail without ego, we are happy. When we fail with ego, we have no acceptance of the failure but have the desire to win, and so, we are unhappy. When we fail without ego, we […]
Jiva Every jiva takes ownership for its own actions but questions God for its unfavorable results. Today is Sunday, so there will be no Satsang. I spent the morning in bed before I started my bike and left for Café Nandhini‘s. I have never been here […]
Jiva Jiva is Ishvara Himself. A jiva identifies itself with its body, with the ones around it as ‘mine’, and limits itself to this lifespan. When these identifications are dropped, what remains as jiva is not different from Ishvara. This is the first morning in my […]
Compassion God cannot show you compassion out of sympathy. He can show it only by looking at your forbearance (titiksha). The last morning in Sri Lanka arises. I spent some time in my room reading and writing. I better leave the curtains closed, the view outside […]
Compassion Real compassion comes out of true dispassion. After I woke up this morning I had a shower and was reading for a while. At 09:00 it was knocking on my door, it must be my breakfast. Ruan’s parents were there. I had my breakfast on […]
Compassion The highest expression of compassion is the principle of Guru (Guru Tattvam) This was my last night in the mountains. Today I would take a train west to Colombo. Everything was packed, so I ate breakfast at 08:00. Mary made a Sri Lankan breakfast with […]
Compassion Compassion is an act of giving without a giver. I fell asleep last night before 23:00, with light and laptop still on. I had a good sleep. The ceiling lamp in my room was so strong that I used my headlight, placing it on a […]
Grace Everything that happens in front of you is within the field of Grace. So, accept them all as blessings. When I woke up it was still dark, sunrise was at 06:23. I started reading and got ready with my backpack. I found a house on […]
Grace Self-realization can happen at any time if the pure intelligence of the Self invokes its presence within to reveal ‘who I am’. The first time I woke up at 05:00. I was still tired, so after a while, I fell asleep again. It was 07:45 […]
Grace The mind and the intellect can only assume about the Self. Only the pure intelligence of the Self can reveal it and give the “Yes” (conviction) from within. I have packed my stuff last night. So I was prepared for the train to Ella. I […]
Grace There is only one sign to understand that the Grace has entered our life after unconditional surrender. When Grace starts working, life becomes a happening beyond all our plans and expectations. We totally lose our hold on anything; or rather Grace takes over everything and […]
Grace The work of Grace is to constantly reveal ‘who I am not’. After having a good sleep I learned some Portuguese and read some News. I had a nice shower before I went up with my laptop to the veranda doing some work. Pringi brought […]
Grace Grace is the Atmashakti (power of the Self) which gives recognition of the Self, makes one abide in it and destroys the ego completely. The personification of Grace is Guru. I woke up early as usual. This morning Lal and his driver would pick me […]
Jnani The most ecstatic experience, even if it is spiritual, is also a disturbance for the Jnani. Today is Independence Day in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka’s Independence Day is celebrated on February 4th each year. This national holiday commemorates Sri Lanka’s political independence from British rule […]
Jnani We live our lives with our opinions, attachments and desires. These are resistances to life. Life flows one way, but we want it to be different. Whereas a Jnani completely moves with the flow of life. I sit on the veranda with my laptop every […]
Jnani The Jnani is not indifferent. He only appears so to those whose mind knows only difference. Indifference is seen only if there is difference. Indifference. Indifference is also a mental mode whereas a Jnani’s state is all inclusive, where there is neither difference nor indifference. […]
Jnani The Jnani is full and empty at the same time. He is totally empty of the mind and full of Brahman. I slept well the first night in my new residence ‘The Peppermint’ in Kandy. When I look out of my window I look at […]
Jnani Pure Consciousness does not have arms, legs or a mouth to speak of Its existence. Luckily, the Jnani who is no different from consciousness, by His own experience, describes what and how that state is. My alarm was ringing at 04:00 early in the morning. […]
Guidance for Seekers Only if I have had enough of all wordly interests, my total attention will fall on the Self. The dawn of my last day in Goa. There was a heavy dog barking episode in the middle of the night. When one dog starts, […]
Guidance for Seekers What is the right action? Whenever I lose my identity as a separate entity, the right action happens through me because the door is absent. There are only two days left in Goa before traveling to Sri Lanka. I didn’t feel like going […]
Guidance for Seekers When I love the Truth and its attainment is a necessity for me, all actions leading to it are totally effortless. A mosquito bothered me again in the night. I used my spray and continued sleeping. When I woke up I felt a […]
Guidance for Seekers When mukti is a desire, the one who desires remains to gain something. When it is a need, the necessity to come out of the bondage is natural. Day 85 of my journey already. Time is passing fast. The day started smoothly as […]
Guidance for Seekers While reading the biographies of Saints and Sages, sometimes, one may unknowingly fall into imitation. The mind compares and forms false ideas, believing that it must do the same actions as the Saint to attain freedom, as though it is a fixed path. […]
Guidance for Seekers Don’t mix ‘I am Brahman‘ idea with the one (ego/mind) who thinks he knows and understands about Self. When the knower is non-existent, what exits is only Brahman. I woke up early in the morning, before 06:00, probably because I am moving today […]
Guidance for Seekers Discipline is to refrain from moving with the tendencies of the mind (vasanas). The ego must be kept under the watchful eye of awareness. All external and yogic disciplines come under this. This internal discipline is direct and the only way to bring […]
Guidance for Seekers Fulfillment gives the real sannyasa and not any lack within. Usually, I am writing this blog in the morning for the previous day. Sometimes it’s difficult to remember what happened the day before. Or was it another day? After our morning Meditation and […]
Guidance for Seekers ‘Summa Iru’ (Be Still) is an instruction neither for the Self nor for the body, but for the ego. Days pass quietly and peacefully (except for the construction noise from the neighbor). It doesn’t need to be exciting things in my life constantly. […]