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After reading this, I went into a flashback to the day when I was sitting on the stairs during the satsang as a volunteer and that guided meditation.

After the initial instructions I totally gave in to the process, and after that, I don’t know what happened. I was sitting there still... for how long, I don’t know.

There were two or three flies moving around my face. I was aware of them, but they were not bothering me at all. I stayed still there.

After some time, I opened my eyes with a little effort and saw my mother standing below the staircase. The other volunteers were putting up the hall, and she looked a little confused and worried about me. Just one look at her brought me out of that state.

What I felt after that, I still cannot fully articulate.

My whole body was filled with a certain kind of pleasantness. Even if I was sitting, it felt as if I was simply lying down in deep ease. I was not feeling thirsty. I was not feeling hungry. I was just enjoying that state.

It lasted for a few days strongly, and then slowly daily routine started again, but still I remained in a very pleasant state for almost 3–4 months, I guess.

Even now, sometimes when I focus on that memory, I can feel traces of it.

Since then, my awareness has improved a lot. The same simple things now look so deep and intense to me. People around me often wonder why such ordinary things affect me so profoundly.

I can focus much better in my work and other things if I consciously pay attention. Otherwise, I usually remain less bothered about what is happening around me.

I still don’t know exactly what happened to me that day... but something definitely changed.

The Butterfly Never Hated the Cocoon...

Maybe that's why breaking our limitations feels painful.

The cocoon once protected the butterfly... just like our beliefs, identities, comforts, and psychological patterns protect us.

But there comes a moment when life within us wants to expand beyond what once felt safe.

Sadhguru says...

“Belief is just psychological alcohol. Alcohol works on your body; belief works on your mind.”

And maybe that is why beliefs can feel comforting.

They make us feel certain, secure, and settled... even if they quietly keep us trapped within limited dimensions of life.

The butterfly does not fly by becoming comfortable in the cocoon... it flies by breaking through it.

Perhaps transformation begins the moment we dare to experience life beyond the intoxication of fixed beliefs and familiar comforts...

Loose parts exploration during free play time in my kindergarten classroom.

I intentionally keep open-ended materials like lids and waste objects accessible for children to explore independently as they enter the classroom.

Today, one child spent a long time sorting these lids, arranging them in circular patterns, and building a tower in the centre. I was fascinated by the focus, patience, spatial thinking, and creativity involved in the process.

Moments like these remind me how capable children are when given freedom, materials, and time to explore.

Recently I came across Sutra 1 from the Vigyan Bhairav Tantra and it genuinely intrigued me.

The simple meaning itself felt very profound: “Observe the space between two breaths.”

As I sat with it for some time, reflected on it, and looked within my own experience during meditation... my understanding slowly started expanding a little further.

So I created this image and shared a few reflections that arose within me while contemplating the sutra.

I’m not trying to explain the sutra authoritatively or claim any deep knowledge here... just honestly sharing my perspective and exploration.

These sutras feel so vast and experiential that perhaps each person understands and interprets them differently according to their own awareness, experience, and inner journey.

Would genuinely love to hear how others here reflect upon these teachings as well.

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When I try to capture 🌙 and eagal also comes in frame.. I am also crescent, see me flying😊

Recently I came across Sutra 1 from the Vigyan Bhairav Tantra and it genuinely intrigued me.

The simple meaning itself felt very profound: “Observe the space between two breaths.”

As I sat with it for some time, reflected on it, and looked within my own experience during meditation... my understanding slowly started expanding a little further.

So I created this image and shared a few reflections that arose within me while contemplating the sutra.

I’m not trying to explain the sutra authoritatively or claim any deep knowledge here... just honestly sharing my perspective and exploration.

These sutras feel so vast and experiential that perhaps each person understands and interprets them differently according to their own awareness, experience, and inner journey.

Would genuinely love to hear how others here reflect upon these teachings as well.

😌💕

Vigyan Bhairav Tantra Sutra 1 | Shiva Reveals the Secret of Watching the Breath

What if the doorway to the deepest truth is hidden inside a single breath?

In the very first sutra of the ancient Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Shiva begins revealing to Devi one of the 112 powerful methods of awakening — not through belief, ritual, or philosophy, but through direct inner experience.

Shiva says to Devi:

“Watch the breath silently… and the watcher will reveal itself.”

The meaning is deeper than it appears.

Shiva is not asking Devi to control the breath.

He is not teaching concentration in the ordinary sense.

He is pointing toward awareness itself.

Normally, human beings are lost in thoughts, emotions, desires, memories, fears, and constant inner noise. The mind keeps moving endlessly. But Shiva says that if one simply watches the breath silently — without forcing, without interfering — something mysterious begins to happen.

The observer slowly separates from the mind.

A distance appears between awareness and thought.

And gradually, the watcher — the pure consciousness behind all mental activity — reveals itself.

This is why the breath is so important in the Vigyan Bhairav Tantra.

The breath is always present.

It connects body and consciousness.

And when watched in silence, it becomes a bridge toward meditation.

There are 112 sutras in the Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, and from now on, every day I will upload one new sutra with its deeper meaning and meditation insight until all 112 sutras are completed.

This journey is not about belief.

It is about direct experience.

About discovering the silent awareness hidden behind the mind.

Inspired by the teachings of the Vigyan Bhairav Tantra — not a direct scripture translation.

Source:

Vigyan Bhairav Tantra — Sutra 1

“I am a child of the Equinox.”

I heard Sadhguru say this recently, and even though I don’t fully understand Equinox yet, that line stayed with me.

Why would someone describe themselves that way?

I started reading a little about Equinox and realized ancient civilizations across the world seemed deeply connected to these celestial transitions.

Temples

Calendars

Agricultural cycles

Rituals

...many things appear aligned with these moments when day and night become nearly equal.

Today, most of us barely notice it.

I’m genuinely curious what people here think:

• Did ancient cultures genuinely understand something profound about human life and natural cycles?

• Was Equinox mainly symbolic/spiritual?

• Or are we modern people over-romanticizing ancient observations?

Not trying to push any belief system here... genuinely curious after hearing that phrase.

“Twice a year... something shifts on Earth.”

For a long time, many cultures feared planetary positions, eclipses, Rahu Kaal, and celestial timings...

But what if ancient systems were not created out of superstition alone?

In this conversation, Sadhguru explores whether the cosmos is something to fear... or something human beings once learned to observe deeply.

Are celestial movements merely symbolic?

Psychological?

Energetic?

Or did ancient civilizations perceive life in ways modern people have largely forgotten?

This short clip opened many questions in my mind... especially about the difference between blind belief and conscious observation.

Curious to know how others here see this.

Do you think ancient cultures genuinely understood celestial influence in a deeper way... or do we romanticize the past too much? 🌌

Sometimes I wonder if life really moves in a straight line... or in spirals.

Certain situations, emotions, people, and patterns keep returning... not exactly the same, but wearing different faces each time.

Maybe existence is not repeating itself unnecessarily.

Maybe it is simply waiting for us to see what we could not see before.

I recently came across this Sanskrit line:

“What’s meant for you will not pass...

it circles you until you are ready.”

And somehow it felt deeply true.

But then someone shared another beautiful perspective...

Maybe we are not moving in circles at all... but in spirals.

From one angle, it looks like we are coming back to the same place again and again.

But from another angle, we are not truly where we were before.

Something within has shifted.

Something has deepened.

Each return carries a little more awareness... a little more openness... a little more understanding.

Like a spiral moving upward.

The same experience that once created suffering may later become wisdom.

The same silence that once felt empty may later feel peaceful.

Every life situation becomes a unit of learning.

How we handle it depends on many things... awareness, wounds, openness, effort... and sometimes something beyond effort too... grace.

Perhaps growth is not about escaping the pattern...

but becoming conscious within it.

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Just watched a clip of Sadhguru talking about the most unfortunate way to die... and honestly it stayed with me.

He said most people don’t die in fear... they die with a certain bewilderment on their face... as if life ended before they truly experienced it.

That hit deeply.

Not because death is scary... but because we spend so much of life postponing living itself.

Waiting to feel alive.

Waiting to explore.

Waiting to love fully.

Waiting to experience life beyond survival and routine.

And suddenly the “last episode” arrives.

Maybe fulfillment is not about achieving everything... maybe it is simply about living intensely enough that when death comes, there is a sense of completeness instead of shock.

Curious how others here see this.

Moon always grabs my attention.