Author: Kaudinya Arpan
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Brahma’s Day, Kalpa and the Phenomenology of Kalpana
Kalpa should not immediately be translated into some kind of “cosmic simulation” as if the Indian knowledge traditions were secretly proposing a primitive version of a modern computer simulation hypothesis. That interpretation misses something much more difficult and much more interesting.
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Intention is the Curvature of Phenomenological Spacetime? A Comparative Philosophical Worldview
Karma is simply the tendency of consciousness to continue traveling smoothly along the geodesics created by its own accumulated intentional curvature. Every moment of awareness is quietly participating in the architecture of the next moment. Freedom is not the impossible ability
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Eating Junk Food? Know Karana Sharira
People give highly mystic explanations of Karana Sharira as something exotic which is beyond the level of understanding and heavily fantasized. However, this is a completely bad interpretation. The definition is already given by Adi Shankaracharya in the book Tattvabodha. Anirvācanyam-anādyavidyā rūpam sarvakāraṇam | Svātmasvarūpājñānam yat tatkāraṇaśarīram || The direct translation would be: That which…
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Witnessing doesn’t dissolve Karma, but Dharma does
There is a profound misunderstanding haunting your modern spiritual pursuit. It is the seductive belief that observation is synonymous with purification. You are often taught to simply watch the mind and observe the world. You cultivate the state of the passive witness. You believe that if you do not actively participate in the chaos of…
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Chaos is Not Disorder, It is the Friction of Evolution
Born in Russia in 1917, his family fled the violent upheaval of the Russian Revolution when he was just a child…We spend our lives trying to build a quiet room where the world cannot reach us. We seek out safe jobs.
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The way you look into Jyotish will change forever after reading this
Real Vedanga Jyotish is not a cheap parlor trick to guess your future. It is actually one of the six essential Angas, or limbs, required to truly understand the Vedic thought process.
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Closed Eyes Vedanta vs Open Eyes Samkhya
You might have often been told by your parents or elders not to question the existence of God or the validity of scriptures. In many modern households faith is often equated with silence and piety is measured by how quickly one accepts dogma without a murmur of doubt.
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Not Mysticism, Mythology but Phenomenology
We often encounter two opposing groups of people who speak in contradictions when discussing Indian philosophies, where one side dismisses the entire Indian tradition as mere mythology.
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Aham Brahmasmi Is Not “I Am God”
Recently, I was interacting with a person who casually stated Aham Brahmasmi as “I am God.” The words came out confidently, almost effortlessly. When I objected
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Devi, Devatas and Disassociation
When identity misfires, you call it disorder. When identity is culturally allowed, you call it trance. When identity is trained, you call it sadhana. When identity dissolves, you call it moksha. The difference is not in the phenomenon. The difference is in your understanding.