Lezione 1
The Eternal Seeker
We all want to be free from suffering and experience lasting happiness, feel fulfilled, limitless and complete. We desire whatever it is that can remove suffering and bring happiness. In fact, desire seems to drive everything we do.
Going to work, what we do at home, spending time with friends and relatives. All this, in one way or another, is driven by your desire to avoid suffering and enjoy happiness. Desire ultimately provides the stimulus or motivation for all our actions.
All desires have something in common that is when desires are unfulfilled we suffer, we feel unfulfilled, and we feel that something is missing. But by fulfilling desires, we seek to remove that feeling of being deficient or incomplete.
In this session, we will examine if fulfilling desires is the source of happiness.
Lezione 2
The Steps For Assimilation
In this session, we will see the three steps of assimilating or understanding this inquiry, by which it will really work for us.
Lezione 3
Wealth, Power, Friends & Family
In this session, we will begin self-inquiry, the process of discovering our true selves. This inquiry will culminate in the 10th session.
We will try to find the answer to the question, "Who or What am I?" Basically, this question points to what is it that we think of ourselves. Starting with an answer from a common person to an advanced philosophical answer, with each session, we will arrive at a more sophisticated answer until we reach the real answer, to the question, "who am I?"
From today, we are starting with Neti-Neti meditation, Neti-Neti means Not this-Not this. This meditation process helps us to detach ourselves from restrictive ideas of self. It is a process of systematically dropping everything that I understand is not me. As we go deeper into self-inquiry our meditation practice will also become deeper with it.
Lezione 4
I Am Thin
In the previous session, we saw the point of view of an ordinary person who has not even thought about the question, "Who am I?" In this session, we will see the point of view of someone who has begun to think about the question.
In the meditation part, we will continue with Neti-Neti (Not this-Not this) Meditation.
Lezione 5
I Am Seeing
In the previous session, we found an answer to the question, "Who am I?" In this session, we will challenge the previous answer to find an even deeper answer to the same question.
In the Meditation part, we will continue with Neti-Neti (Not this-Not this) Meditation.
It is a process of systematically dropping everything that I understand is not me as we are going deeper into self-inquiry. In meditation, these new understanding will also be introduced, making it even deeper.
Lezione 6
I Am Alive
In the previous session, we found an answer to the question, "Who am I?" In this session, we will challenge the previous answer to find an even deeper answer to the same question.
In the Meditation part, we will continue with Neti-Neti (Not this-Not this) Meditation.
It is a process of systematically dropping everything that I understand is not me as we are going deeper into self-inquiry. In meditation, these new understandings will also be introduced, making it even deeper.
Lezione 7
I Am Feeling Good
In the previous session, we found an answer to the question, "Who am I?" In this session, we will challenge the previous answer to find an even deeper answer to the same question.
In the Meditation part, we will continue with Neti-Neti (Not this-Not this) Meditation.
It is a process of systematically dropping everything that I understand is not me as we are going deeper into self-inquiry. In meditation, these new understandings will also be introduced, making it even deeper.
Lezione 8
I Have Decided
In the previous session, we found an answer to the question, "Who am I?" In this session, we will challenge the previous answer to find an even deeper answer to the same question.
In the Meditation part, we will continue with Neti-Neti (Not this-Not this) Meditation.
It is a process of systematically dropping everything that I understand is not me as we are going deeper into self-inquiry. In meditation, these new understandings will also be introduced, making it even deeper.
Lezione 9
I Don't Know
In the previous session, we found an answer to the question, "Who am I?" In this session, we will challenge the previous answer to find an even deeper answer to the same question.
In the Meditation part, we will continue with Neti-Neti (Not this-Not this) Meditation.
It is a process of systematically dropping everything that I understand is not me as we are going deeper into self-inquiry. In meditation, these new understandings will also be introduced, making it even deeper.
Lezione 10
I Am
We have finally arrived at the final answer to the question,' Who am I?'
In this session, we will further reflect on the answer to help us to bring more clarity about the self, or the real I.
In the Meditation part, we will continue with Neti-Neti (Not this-Not this) Meditation.
Lezione 11
The Substance Of Everything
We will have a beautiful story that will show us, how Self is the substance of everything.
In the meditation part, we will have a complete practice of the Neti-Neti meditation.
Lezione 12
The Only Sure Thing
In this session, we will again have a story. This will show us the importance of knowing the Self and will show how profound this question, 'Who am I?' is.
In the meditation part, we will start with Vedantic Meditation, which will help us to contemplate the Self.
Lezione 13
Only Self Is Real
In our last session, we had the story of the emperor Janaka. In this session, we will further explore the meaning of this story.
In the meditation part, we will continue with Vedantic Meditation and contemplate the Self.
Lezione 14
Non-Dual Self
Self is non-dual, that's there are not two because there is nothing apart from consciousness just as gold is non-dual with respect to bangle, necklace, and ring.
The ring is distinct from the necklace and the necklace is distinct from the bangle but none of them exist apart from gold. In fact, in all of them, gold is the only reality because if you remove the gold, it will disappear. So with respect to these three, gold is Advaita or non-dual.
In this session, we will further explore this in the context of consciousness. In the meditation part, we will continue with Vedantic Meditation and contemplate the Self.
Lezione 15
Defining The Limitless Vast
From this session to our 18th session is a very crucial part of this course, where we are going to define the Self or have a clear understanding beyond any doubts about what the Self is…. what you truly are.
In the meditation part, we will continue with Vedantic Meditation and contemplate the Self.
Lezione 16
The Existence
In our last session, we saw the first of three words that define the Self. The first word told us that the Self is Anantam or unlimited.
In this session, we will see the second word: Satyam, which means truth. In the meditation part, we will continue with Vedantic Meditation and contemplate the Self.
Lezione 17
The Knowledge
In the last session, we saw two of three words that define the Self. The first word told us that Self is Anantam (unlimited) and the second word told us that Self is Satyam (reality). Now comes the last word of this definition, Jnanam, which means knowledge.
What is knowledge? We will explore it in this session. In the meditation part, we will continue with Vedantic Meditation and contemplate the Self.
Lezione 18
Sum It Up
In the last three sessions, we defined the Self. Because this definition is so important, we will again go through it and try to sum it up in this one session.
In the meditation part, we will continue with Vedantic Meditation and contemplate the Self.
Lezione 19
The Problems
Along this course, we have established that our true self is consciousness, the pure awareness -presence, the unlimited, which is bliss itself, love itself, the existence absolute, beyond time and space, beyond any limitation. In this session, we will see, what the problems or impediments are in the realization of our being established in our real Selves.
In the meditation part, we will continue with Vedantic Meditation and contemplate the Self.
Lezione 20
The Solutions
In our last session, we discussed the three problems we face in realizing of Self. In this session, solutions to these problems are discussed.
In the meditation part, we will continue with Vedantic Meditation and contemplate the Self.
