Akilesh NorCal 2024 workshop on surrender, inquiry, and Ramana's supplement to 40 verses - Day 4 pm
Akilesh NorCal 2024 workshop on surrender, inquiry, and Ramana's supplement to 40 verses - Day 4 am
Akilesh NorCal 2024 workshop on surrender, inquiry, and Ramana's supplement to 40 verses - Day 3 pm
Akilesh NorCal 2024 workshop on surrender, inquiry, and Ramana's supplement to 40 verses - Day 2 pm
Akilesh NorCal 2024 workshop on surrender, inquiry, and Ramana's supplement to 40 verses - Day 2 am
Akilesh NorCal 2024 workshop on surrender, inquiry, and Ramana's supplement to 40 verses - Day 1
Attachments and the discerning methods of surrender and self-inquiry
Weakening attachments is most of the ball game in the spiritual search. Attachments prop up the illusion of mind; seeking peace through concentration weakens them. But while the peace of concentration can be attained in different ways, there are special advantages to surrender and self-inquiry.
Surrender is like trusting that breathing will happen on its own
Surrender offers the beauty of effortlessness, but of course we are afraid of it leading to death, since we think that to sustain life requires our effort. It is not so. In fact, what is necessary will happen by itself -- but it may not SEEM so, for several reasons. We have to persevere through this illusion to get to the other side.
Akilesh interviewed by Dr. Prasad Kaipa
Some topics covered (links in the description of the video):
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Formative years
3:54 What made him feel he hit a 'brick wall'?
9:54 Do 'spiritual' people need therapy?
13:32 Therapy vs Psycho-analysis - a comparison
23:20 Indian and Western psychology - similarities and differences
32:10 Multiple levels of the mind - In Indian psychology and psychoanalysis
51:33 Is there an experience of oneness through psychoanalysis?
53:14 Liberation, enlightenment, self-realisation - distinction
58:21 Impact on 'normal' life
1:00:44 Identifying oneself at various levels
1:11:00 Perspective on religious traditions other than Hindu thought
1:13:06 Importance of knowing the scriptures
1:17:20 Need for a spiritual search among academicians and leaders
1:24:14 Mapping the consciousness of spiritual leaders to present contexts
1:30:00 Developing the attitude of karma yoga