The greatest spiritual imperfection of a seeker is the obsession with her spiritual perfection Spiritual perfection is not about the seeker; it is about the principle behind the seeker: it is about God.
We approached the Giver of States in awe and reverence seeking a glimpse of that burning and annihilating ecstasy. Hearing our footsteps a voice came from the Throne of the Void, infinitely near and infinitely far from our ears, “In my perfect justice no state is dispensed in vain.” “Tell us our Lord, what constitutes … More Fanaa: From Time to Eternity
The whole is always infinitely greater than the sum total of its parts. Thus, the content of the whole, God, becomes both immanent and transcendent with regard to the manifested content. One such example is the real line in mathematics. We know from Real Analysis that the interval between numbers 0 and 1 has the … More Wholes & Parts
We must remind ourselves, those of us practicing religion as a means of salvation rather than welfare, that the spiritual life, the life of God, is about God and not us. That we complain so often of our imperfections and the subsequent suffering is a misunderstanding of religion. Perhaps we think that spiritual life is … More The Grace to Embrace
Many a times I thought how can one explain to the critics of religion that what lies at the heart of religion, the inward truth of which religion is only an outward expression, has nothing to do with the heinous acts done under a cloak of religious zeal, that such acts are of men oblivious … More The Cloak of Religious Zeal
One must first seduce the world into that notorious journey. One must have already offered the world all that one has and all that one is, to have treated the world like one’s own child, with unconditional love, for the idea of the journey doesn’t even cross the mind of the one who cannot love … More Faith: The Quintessence of The Path
There is nothing that cannot be achieved through concentration. In all esoteric traditions in which the aspirant is initiated into the way for the attainment of truth the most important requirement is the intense longing for the goal. It and it alone if held with consistency brings about the result. This though first appearing as … More Pursuit of Our Dreams
Jnana Yoga is the esoteric path toward the attainment of truth and liberation. It is esoteric since it moves inwardly through knowledge rather than outwardly through love and devotion which pertains to the exoteric way of the Bhakta. Jnana Yoga is designed for the intellectually-oriented aspirant whose temperament is that of detachment and intellection. The … More The Jnana Path of Knowledge
Science’s worst nightmare is metaphysics. Science came to say that everything metaphysics says is wrong and that science knows better! Let us compare the general outlines of what the two have had to say. Metaphysics claims the supreme reality to be the only reality that exists: Supreme Reality is Absolute and Infinite. Its unity and … More Science vs Religion & Truth
Pure Intellect in the face of the Absolute It is the case that mysticism is often associated with faith or spiritual experience rather than reason and intellect. Many mystics have condoned intellect as a means of attaining to the truth. The way of the mystic is understood to be alien to the way of the … More The Esoteric Nature of The Intellect
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