Pure Experiences

These are the tendencies at the second level of evolution. The creature is governed by pleasure and pain. Lets check some symptoms.

How can the bliss that I am be expressed in our daily life? How to neutralise the karmic bonds? Why are all our good or bad actions meaningless when we are unaware? Which action will liberate me? What is really wrong with the world? Who is a Bodhisattva and what is their mission? How to become a Bodhisattva? Why would Maya allow anyone to liberate people? Why won't Gurus simply liberate everyone for once and for all? What options are we left with when we try to liberate people? What are the guidelines about becoming a Bodhisattva? What does the user manual of Maya say about getting happiness? How to turn all actions into non-action? How does the real bliss look like?

This is the first level of evolution from the point of view of a spiritual seeker. We use the method and parameters to know it here in this part.

How to measure our progress on a spiritual path? How to judge someone else's progress? What measures and parameters can be used? And finally, what can go wrong? This is an introduction to a method of ascertaining our level of progress which will be shown in coming episodes.

External obstacles are easy to see and diagnose, unlike the internal ones, but they can also cause a seeker to regress on their spiritual path. Let us examine a few examples.

What are obstacles and how are they intertwined with spirituality? Let us take a look at some of the internal obstacles in this episode.  

How to deal with instability of awareness? Can the truth be known using the mind? How does the mind react to its failure in keeping the awareness on? What is the final solution to the problem of mental noise? How can detachment bring liberation from cyclic births? What is this technique of playback of events that happened in unawareness? Why does the mind keep repeating suffering even after knowing that it is painful? What are the signs of awareness? How do we fool ourselves by believing that I am really aware? What is true surrender? What brings surrender? How is survival based on fear? Can knowing a few random words make me progress? Which is better - belief or evidence? What is living faith? Why do some guru always refer to scriptures? What happens at the end of path of knowledge? What happens when true and false are reversed? What happens when the whole is removed from the whole? What is the universal joke?

Do books provide any kind of knowledge? What books to read? Who needs to be rescued, individual or the society? How books lost their context? Why are autobiographies and histories totally useless? Why is knowledge not given in schools? What is the value of education? How to survive easily away from the society? Should we teach children spiritual stuff? What is the best age to start on the path of knowledge? How to learn about the Maya? What is the difference between disinterest and detachment? Why do we lose interest in life? How is the awareness practice paradoxical? How to do the nondoing? Is it possible to have peace of mind? What is meditation madness? Why is listening so important? How does it affect a mind? How surrender brings happiness? What remains after I let go? How does my bliss affect the mental machine? Why do egos need to maintain a safe distance? Join the Pure Experiences Online Satsang

What is greatness? Who inspires us most? Can a practice be effective without knowledge? How to sharpen the tool of the mind? Is philosophy one subject? How to recognise extreme stupidity? On what level of knowledge am I? How to handle stupid conspiracy theories? Why can't I die? Why do Aghoris do what they do? What does eternal life mean? Are we trapped in time? Join the Pure Experiences Online Satsang

What practices are recommended on the path of knowledge program? Is the last thought while dying important? Do the impressions of my practice reappear in the next life? Why are yogis in a hurry to evolve? What is stored in the causal body? What use is remembering a past life? What are all those liberated people doing? What is the real plot? How is our path of knowledge program unique? Join the Pure Experiences Online Satsang

How are all experiences, experiences of a memory? What is the difference between NPNM memory and the memory we recall in waking state? How is all that is arising from the emptiness an illusion? Why is Shaivism so difficult to understand? Can strange experiences make me progress? Is oneness changing too? What is awareness? Can the experiencer be known? How do we delude ourselves that I know and I am aware? Can we know oneness via logic? Is there a need to meditate on the path of knowledge? How does the ego delay spiritual progress? How do seekers manage to waste their time? Join the Pure Experiences Online Satsang

How to find time for spiritual things in my busy life? What comes first - duties or practices? Why non-existence is impossible? How does the self realisation happen? What changes are seen after self realisation? What can be done about the impurities? Is there a greater illusion than this one? What kind of illusion are we in right now? What is our universe really made up of, who managed to cook up such a thing? What are some strange occult theories about our world? How to hunt for hidden occult knowledge? Why was magic removed from this world? Is our world under some kind of protection? Why is a miracle ordinary and ordinary a miracle? How to get unlimited knowledge? Why do people limit themselves to narrow fields of knowledge? Join the Pure Experiences Online Satsang

What kind of language a seeker needs to use? Can the knowledge be conveyed? Is knowledge subjective or objective? How does one know that one knows? Where do seekers generally fail to grasp? Does one know the greater illusion once the essential knowledge is there? Is there any difference between worldly ignorance and spiritual ignorance? Can one progress and become everything? Is evolution real? What are obstacles and resistances? Why don't we simply surrender and end this seeking? Join the Pure Experiences Online Satsang

What is the state of deep sleep? What experiments can be done here and what are the results? (This is an audio version of the video series here: The Path of Knowledge)

What can be the side effects of experimenting with projected states? What precautions are needed to avoid potential negative effects? (This is an audio version of the video series here: The Path of Knowledge)

Can mystical experiences be called knowledge? Can we have knowledge of completely subjective or abstract ideas? Can one know but not understand? Can one experience and not know? Can we call paradoxes as knowledge? Are there many paths to the truth depending on many subjective experiences? Why is there a war among philosophies? How to deal with reactions to the world and with emotions? How can my normal life continue when I am always in awareness? Can we misunderstand the direct experience? Why is a live embodied master so important? How can I bring forward any hidden ignorance in order to get rid of it? Why is the mind trying to sedate this organism? How can mistakes made on the spiritual path become a boon? Why are biographies of great masters mostly useless? The direct path delivers the knowledge in a single day, so what should I do for the rest of my life? Join the Pure Experiences Online Satsang

What experiments can be done while in the projected state? Are there any consequences of my actions here? What experiments can be done in the state of death? (This is an audio version of the video series here: The Path of Knowledge)

How to enter a projected state? What are the requirements and techniques for that? What are the stages of separation? (This is an audio version of the video series here: The Path of Knowledge)

What are projected states? Which memory areas are involved in projected states? What is the state of death? Why is recall so important in these experiments? What are projected worlds? (This is an audio version of the video series here: The Path of Knowledge)

What are the do's and don't for those who are joining the path of knowledge program? Why so much weight on writing notes? How can we reduce suffering by non-doing? How can awareness destroy attachment to thoughts and resistance to negative thoughts? Can the mind stop? Does non-doing happen automatically? Who intends to do something? What is the relation between experience and the experiencer? What happens when we mix the teachings at various levels? How does the identification actually work? Why are spiritual teachings sugar coated? How are teachings divided depending on the level of the student? What is the end result of knowledge? What solves the problems ultimately? What is the fundamental difference between a seeker and an ordinary worldly person? How come seekers get the problems, even if they are good natured? Why can't I simply choose a peaceful life?