Talks With Gautam Sachdeva, September 2017, Mumbai

Описание: Sunday morning talk at Gautam's residence in Mumbai.

02:50 - Aghori baba Vimala Nanda - You must learn to live with reality otherwise reality will come to live with you

07:47 - Nisargadatta Maharaj - What were you before hundred years before you were born and what will you be in hundred years after you pass way

09:33 - Nisargadatta Maharaj - Pleasure is the interval between two pains

11:09 - Biggest cause of unhappiness is the need to want to control each and every situation, people and our lives, own own emotions

13:15 - We are the only living species which can separate "being" from "experience"

15:50 - Nisargadatta Maharaj - Only as a witness can you truly help another

18:57 - Choice and control

21:53 - Grip of samsara - blame, condemnation, hatred, malice, jealousy, envy, shame

27:18 - Ramana Maharshi - Story of attack in the middle of the night. Jesus - The meek shall inherit the earth

29:10 - Bhagvad gita - Do what you are designed to do

31:02 - Ramesh Balsekar - Why did God create handicapped children, what harm have they done and to whom?

32:10 - Question - In reality there is no duality right? It is just for us to understand things.

34:51 - Who is the “I”?

37:07 - Advaitha is Love

37:54 - Question - If you are living in a society which has been made with laws, automatically judgement of someone comes because of the law of the land, and may be for someone’s doing one is sent to jail, but in reality that judgement is also not correct.

41:13 - Question - What is surrender? What does it mean to be surrendered? Does humility arise spontaneously from this state?

46:14 - Ramesh Balsekar - We are converting simple imprisonment into rigorous imprisonment. Nisargadatta Maharaj - You have squeezed yourself into the volume of a body and the span of a lifetime.

49:20 - Peace is your birthright

51:30 - Question - Do I need to take any effort or will this(referring to the aspect of having no control) happen automatically?

54:44 - Question - We all experience at some point loss in our life, of a person, situation, piece of property. What is the best approach with regards to experiencing loss or even the possibility or thought of loss?

01:05:47 - Nisargadatta Maharaj - Not only am I dead, I am double dead, I am dead to my mind and am dead to my body.

Gautam Sachdeva speaks and writes on the subject of Advaita (non-duality). He writes with a specific focus on peace of mind in daily living. He spent over nine years in close association with renowned Advaita sage Ramesh Balsekar, assisting him with the editing and publishing of some of his books. Ramesh’s guru was Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, whose famed book I Am That is considered a modern spiritual classic. With the blessings of Ramesh, Gautam went on to write books based on his experience with the teaching. He also shares his experiential understanding of Advaita during talks with groups of like-minded people, with the specific focus of ‘peace of mind in daily living’.

Gautam is also the founder of Yogi Impressions, a publishing house that is at the forefront of publishing books on spirituality and personal growth. Yogi Impressions publish books across categories such as non-duality, kundalini, religion, mythology, paranormal, tarot, biography, mental health, parenting, health and wellness. Some of the authors and spiritual masters published include Alan Jacobs, Alan Watts, Eckhart Tolle, Deepak Chopra, Joseph Campbell, Mooji, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Peter Russell, Rainer Maria Rilke, Rajini Menon, Ramana Maharshi, Ramesh S. Balsekar, Robert Adams, Santosh Sachdeva, Tony Parsons. Visit https://yogiimpressions.com/

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