Ravi S. Iyer: Spiritual

The main contents of this post were shared as a public Google Drive PDF document dated 24 May 2023,  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_OLX_MWOeN8i4_lbNwrbp2Y-QWST7CFJ/view?usp=sharing  . So the date of contents of this post is 24 May 2023. The contents below have been slightly edited as they were converted to HTML from the original Word document used to create above PDF. Associated blog post giving some background: Sharing my limited self-realization experiences - document links, https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2023/05/sharing-my-limited-self-realization.html . What do I mean by limited self-realization experiences? With some meditation effort, I am able to quieten/stop the mind and experience the core of my being which is an awareness that never changes (changeless awareness) and which has not changed over my life. This is different from my mental being/mind which has changed over my life. Of course, it is also different from my physical body which has also changed over my life. F

The contents of this post were shared as a public Google Drive PDF document dated 24 May 2023,  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wXGvGTTck1D3wNFVrSATJAglJdlPCBj4/view  . So the date of contents of this post is 24 May 2023. Associated blog post giving some background: Sharing my limited self-realization experiences - document links,  https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2023/05/sharing-my-limited-self-realization.html . Sometime around or slightly prior to 2008/2009, if I recall correctly, I was able to separately experience a changeless awareness part of me as one entity and my mind and mental identity (as Ravi S. Iyer person) as another entity. Prior to Experiencing Changeless Awareness Part of Me 1.        Prior to me separately experiencing a changeless awareness part of me which is mentioned above, I experienced myself as my mind and mental identity which had changed over time and would continue to change over time. As far as I can recall, I had not identified and experienced a changele

Last updated on 29 May 2023 Over the past couple of weeks or so, I have been sharing a document about offering to share my limited self-realization experiences with a few friends and family and persons known to them interested in this topic. Later I prepared and shared a document on my limited self-realization experiences itself with these few friends and family. Yesterday night and today early morning (this post was published at 12.10 AM today i.e. 23rd may 2023), I had an inner urge to make these two documents public. So I followed the urge by suitably modifying the documents and making them public. On 29th May 2023, I provided HTML versions of the PDF document and have added the HTML links below. Given below are links to the two publicly shared documents: 1) "Sharing my limited self-realization experience and associated sadhana (spiritual practice) with interested genuine seekers" document: HTML -  https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/2023/05/sharing-my-limited-self-realization_

Last updated on 19 Jun 2023 This post shares an edited version of some of my meditation practice notes from early April 2023 to now (early May 2023). 3rd April 2023: I am now at a spiritual crossroads. Over past 9 months or so, I have done lot of Jap (chanting of mantra) and Dhyaan (meditation) sadhana. My stamina for Jap Dhyaan has increased in that I can do it for longer periods than earlier. Also my Dhyaan sometimes is somewhat deeper than earlier. One to two hours at a stretch Jap-dhyaan is normal now. But the mind does make its appearance at times and I get caught up in some thoughts for some short period of time. Then I am able to catch myself, dismiss the thoughts and focus back on Awareness-I. If I include short breaks (less than or around 5 minutes) driven by mobile timer for activities like putting food in fridge or taking medicines, then I have done it to around 3 hours and I think (if I want to) I can do four hour stretch of japa-dhyaan. This is far more than what I was doi