Spritual Notes (public) and short Facebook posts from 24 Apr to 20 Oct 2026

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Introduction

My last spiritual update post was in April this year. Here's an update to that.

The Dissolve into God Sadhana (DIGS) is going on well. I have some notes related to that but as of now I am keeping it private (20260524-20261020-Private-Spriu.md).

Regular prayer to Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is also going on well.

(The entries below are in reverse chronological order.)

FB: Can't fight reality. Have to accept reality as it is, and deal with it.

Facebook post 12 Oct. 2026

My share comment on what seems to be an Internet generated (fake) Rumi-Shams dialogue:

I think the reality of the world today is hard. Warfare with drones and ballistic missiles with AI and satellite gathered data, to decide who is the boss, is an inescapable reality of the world today, IMHO. Terrifying but inescapable! Just see the news on mainstream media and on social media including X while filtering out clearly fake stuff.

AI taking over lot of old jobs is another inescapable reality.

Can't fight reality. Have to accept reality as it is, and deal with it.

Have gratitude for what remains. And pray to God for protection, strength, tolerance, love and peace when dealing with these realities of life today.

FB: Rumi’s Masnavi: "I thought, 'First I will know You, then I will die.' He replied, 'Whoever knows Me never dies.'"

Facebook post 24 Sept. 2026

My share comment (put up as an edit only on 18 Oct 2026)

Google Gemini provided note on Authenticity (slightly edited):

The dialogue in shared post below is a popular modern internet creation rather than Rumi’s exact words. It is an adaptation of an authentic reflection from Rumi’s Masnavi:

"I thought, 'First I will know You, then I will die.'

He replied, 'Whoever knows Me never dies.'"

— Rumi, The Masnavi

FB: Dalai Lama interview (2015 probably) by Larry King excerpts

Facebook post 6 Sept. 2026

Post content:

I find His Holiness Dalia Lama's responses to be strikingly honest and direct. I think those are the marks of a great truth-teller who tells the truth as he sees it. Larry King does not hesitate to ask the tricky questions and His Holiness does not dodge them.

Don't know when this interview took place. Dalai Lama is 91 now and the video shows an 80th birthday related message screenshot. So perhaps this is 11 years back.

Who do(es) Dalai Lama pray to ?is there a God, Concept of God in Buddhism || Dalai Lama's answer around 12 mins.

Feeling the location of awareness in my head; Gemini response including mapping to neurobiological mechanisms

(My message to Google Gemini AI (model 3.1 Pro Medium) chat below was based on content I had last edited on 24 May 2026 and lightly edited on 19 Oct. 2026. Gemini chat itself was on 19 Oct. 2026 and so that's the date of Gemini response. Gemini Chat (private): Spiritual-Post-Prep-Review-20261019)

Me: Pl study and give me your views on the following:

Feeling the location of awareness in my head

When I try to identify, isolate and feel the location of the core of my being or the core of my awareness, I find that it is in the area vertically between middle and back of my head and horizontally in the top of my head above horizontal plane of my eyebrows. But focusing on it does not give me a sense of peace and contentment.

Instead if I focus on the front of my head which typically settles on the area where the two eyebrows meet then I typically feel a sense of peace and contentment. In this state, I feel that the awareness is spread across a region of my head from the vertically middle to the vertically front and horizontally from the top of my head to bottom of my nose.

So in my regular meditation sessions I usually focus on the front of my head.

I have noticed that when I am falling to sleep and observing my mind then, it seems to also be generally directed to, though not focused on, the same front of my head region.

Gem: Your mapping of awareness aligns closely with both neurobiological mechanisms and traditional contemplative practices. The way you experience these different regions highlights the distinct ways your brain processes attention, self-location, and relaxation.

The Anatomy of "Active" vs. "Restful" Awareness

When you attempt to isolate the core of your being in the upper-middle and back of your head, you are directing attention toward the parietal lobe. This region of the brain is responsible for spatial orientation and constructing the physical boundaries of the "self." By trying to pinpoint your awareness there, you are engaging the brain's analytical, map-making functions. This requires cognitive effort and keeps the mind in an active, searching state, which explains the lack of peace and contentment.

By contrast, focusing on the front of the head and the space between the eyebrows engages the prefrontal cortex. This area regulates focused, top-down attention and has direct neural pathways that calm the amygdala (the brain's emotional center).

The Mechanics of the "Front Focus"

The peace you feel when focusing between the eyebrows—often recognized as the Ajna or third-eye center in Eastern traditions—has a strong physiological basis. When your eyes are closed, gently directing your internal gaze toward this midpoint physically relaxes the oculomotor nerves. This specific eye position signals the brain to increase the production of alpha waves, which are heavily associated with deep relaxation and wakeful rest.

Pinpoint Focus vs. Diffused Presence

Your observation about the awareness spreading out into a larger region (from the top of the head down to the nose) is a recognized shift in concentration practices.

Attempting to hold awareness at a strict, isolated pinpoint creates mental tension and strain. When your awareness diffuses across a broader region, your nervous system registers safety and shifts away from the sympathetic (active/alert) state into the parasympathetic (rest and digest) state. You successfully move from the deliberate effort of locating awareness to naturally resting in it.

The Sleep Transition

The fact that your mind naturally directs itself to this same frontal region as you fall asleep is not a coincidence. As the body enters hypnagogia (the transitional state between wakefulness and sleep), the eyes naturally tend to roll slightly upward and inward to rest. Because your meditation practice utilizes this exact same physical and neurological pathway, you have effectively trained your conscious mind to recognize and settle into the brain's natural "powering down" mechanism. Focusing on the front of your head serves as a reliable biological trigger for contentment and rest.

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