Ravi S. Iyer: Spiritual

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Last updated on 1 Oct. 2025 I was hesitant to share my view about this statement attributed (don't know if the attribution is correct) to the great Nisargadatta Maharaj, in a Facebook post : "It is the person you imagine yourself to be that suffers, not you. Dissolve it in awareness. It is merely a bundle of memories and habits." After some internal debate, I decided to share it, as I thought it may be of some help to some spiritual aspirants. Dissolve suffering in awareness - I find that very interesting as I am very much into "Dissolve in Awareness-I/God meditation" nowadays. "Dissolve in Awareness-I/God meditation" is giving me great contentment and peace but only when my body is relatively free from significant issues or when I am not facing other serious problems. However, as of now at least, I cannot dissolve suffering in awareness. I have to try to resolve any suffering issues I have by prayer to help cope with them and also prayer to get them ...

Last updated on 2 Oct. 2025 Over the past several months, I think I have got some mental clarity on the big and very confusing issue that has been quite dominant in my life since my health emergencies of early 2022. That issue is about what is the best approach for me as a single spiritual aspirant, to handle health challenges and associated financial burden. BTW my health issues are quite under control now with regular medication and lifestyle control but there are many limitations these health issues have introduced in my life as compared to my life before 2022. This 'mental clarity' is, as of now, only at my thinking and mental preparation level and has been stable over past several months. But I really do not know whether they will stand the tests of any additional real life major health challenges in future. Nonetheless, earlier on, after early 2022 challenges, I did not have even this mental clarity, and had got into a lot of major confusion about what is the right way fo...