witness
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Who Is the Real You?
Most of us spend our lives believing that we are our thoughts. If the mind is anxious, we say, “I am anxious”. If the mind is happy, we say, “I am happy”. We become so closely identified with our mental activity that we rarely stop to ask a simple question. Who is actually aware of… Continue reading
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Vedantic Technique to Detach from the Mind
Meera works as a Software Engineer in Bangalore, navigating the relentless pace of deployment deadlines, coding and endless Slack notifications. One evening, after an exceptionally brutal production outage, the pressure caught up with her. Sitting at her desk, her chest felt tight. Her mind was racing. “I am incredibly anxious”, she thought. “I can’t handle… Continue reading
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Vivekananda – Witness Your Mind
Most of our struggles don’t come from the world outside, but from the storm inside. We are constantly overwhelmed by stress, anger or anxiety. Swami Vivekananda taught that the problem isn’t the thought or the feeling itself – the problem is our identification with it. When a wave of anger rises, we don’t just see… Continue reading