How does the readjustment of the mind happen? What are the signs of a readjusted mind? What is the goal of meditation?Reflections are based on Self-Unfoldment...

What tips can be used to maintain concentration of the mind? What is samādhi? How do we make sure we have success in meditation?Reflections are based on Self-...

What are the steps to practice Meditation?Reflections are based on Self-Unfoldment, a book by Swami Chinmayananda that guides us in transfor...

What is meditation? How do we prepare ourselves for meditation? Why is preparation needed?Reflections are based on Self-Unfoldment, a book b...

What are the six qualities that are to be cultivated psychologically to progress spiritually? What is Mumukshutva and why does a spiritual aspirant need that? Reflections are based on

How do we measure spiritual progress? What is Sādhanā? What qualities are to be cultivated to progress spiritually?Reflections are based on Self-Unfoldment

How does a person of wisdom act in this world? How does he see the world? How does he see his relationship with the world? Reflections are based on Self-Unfol...

What is our relationship to Om, the Supreme Reality? What determines this relationship?  Reflections are based on Self-Unfoldment, a bo...

What causes us to forget our real nature and mistake ourselves to be this limited entity? How do we overcome rajas and tamas to develop the sattvic component in us? How does that help in our spiritual evolution?Reflections are based on ...

If Brahman is really our nature as Vedanta asserts, then why do we feel so limited and finite? What is māyā? Reflections are based on Self-Unfoldment...

What is Vedanta? Where did the knowledge of Vedanta originate from? What is the goal of Vedanta?Reflections are based on Self-Unfoldment, a ...

In this episode, I have a conversation with Apoorva Gupta Jalan to discuss the importance of inner work and how yoga facilitates this work.Apoorva is a yoga therapist, coach, and healer living in Gurgaon, India with her husband and thei...

What constitutes the cosmos or the macrocosm? What is the concept of the God-principle? Reflections are based on Self-Unfoldment, a book by ...

What are the three states that we experience? How do we transcend the three bodies and experience the pure nature of the Self as different from the three states?Reflections are based on

The five sheaths that we discussed in Self-Unfoldment #38 episode, can also be classified as three bodies that envelope the Self. Ref...

In this episode, I have a conversation with Vivekji (Vivek Gupta) about the importance of holistic education to be successful in any field. Vivekji is a spiritual teacher and public speaker with Chinmaya Mission, an international non-pr...

As we progress in our spiritual life we understand where this world has come from, how the world is functioning, etc. Then we start wondering how our body is functioning and continue probing into the subtler realms as we start looking more with...

What is it that makes human beings so different? What are gunas? What is the difference between the three gunas? How are people categorized based on their gunas?Reflections are based on

In this episode David and I catch up to reflect on how spirituality helps us handle the chaos within and in the world, amongst other topics. David Jairaj, currently living in Hyderabad (India) is a fellow seeker and a long time fri...

Does Vedanta prescribe a path for everyone with different personalities to exhaust their vasanas?Reflections are based on Self-Unfoldment, a...

In this episode, Nikhil and I explore what creativity means to us. Nikhil shares his insights on a range of topics from the process of creating, what drives him, how collaboration is important and how he relates creativity to happiness, amongst...

What is Karma Yoga? What attitude should we have while working? And how do we control our sense organs? What is the secret prescription for work of high inspiration?Reflections are based on

What creates our life? When and how are our vasanas created? How do we exhaust these vasanas to experience a higher level of consciousness?Reflections are based on

I cherish the relationship I have with my daughter. It came with its own challenges at times but along the way we figured out how to use those challenges to enrich our relationship. This is a conversation I had with my daughter reflecting on th...

What is the future? Is it some kind of mystery? How does the understanding of the Law of Karma help us with our daily living?Reflections are based on Self-Unf...