Q: What happens when the result of an action is the complete opposite of what you are wanting and that result is something very terrible?
Why would I give thanks…
Q: The results of my action and indeed “what happens”, is not up to me, so I surrender, relax, let go and let Ishvara do it's thing. Basically, sit back…
Humility is the Key to Moksa
There are billions of experiences we could be having in every moment of our existence. Life never stops delivering them. You can only ever…
Ordinarily, in daily life, we form opinions and judgments based on data we have and experiences we undergo. They are based on ideas available to us through various branches of…
Dear James,
How are you?
James: Never better!
Inquirer: May I present you with some of my thoughts. It is often somewhat unclear and searching in nature, I apologize for…
Dear X,
Thank you for the classy way you informed me of a parting of ways. It seems you are over the hurt and in a dispassionate frame of mind. …
Thank you for this beautiful testimonial, it is much appreciated. Indeed, having James as a teacher of Vedanta is much like having a kind loving hand on your shoulder, guiding…
This is the first part of the talk I gave on our Zoom satsang last Sunday. The second part will be given this Sunday.
We have been talking a great…
"The most enlightening part of what John said on Sunday, which I hadn't fully understood before—but now grasp thanks to the transcript—is the following:
However, there's a weakness in the…
What do you mean by meditating on samadhi? I don’t understand this. Isn’t samadhi a state? How can one meditate on a state?
James: The word "samadhi" refers to both…