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When a Sādhak (seeker of Truth) dives deep within with one pointed focus and explores deeper levels of the Consciousness, s(he) is likely to get divine wisdom uncommon to most of us mired deeply in the outer world. The certain Sādhak - "A"- whom I mentioned in the part 1 of this "Satsang" series, gave a refreshing import to one of the most popular Dohas of Kabeer, which supports the point I made at the start. People interested in spirituality are likely to enjoy this pearl of divine inner-worldly wisdom and enrich themselves. The Kabeer doha goes like this: चलती चक्की देख कर, दिया कबीरा रोय । दुई पाटन के बीचमें साबुत बचा न कोय ॥ (Chalati chakki dekh kar, diyā Kabeera roy | Duee pātan ke beechme sābut bachā nā koy ॥ ) Common understanding (as far as I know of including my own) of this couplet will be that Kabeer is in tears seeing that most beings are slowly, surely & heart-wrenchingly crushed and destroyed in this Sansār/repetitive cycle of

This post is about a small yet valuable exchange between two seekers of Truth walking on the path of “Atma Vichar”. One of the two seekers (Novice –N) was going through the acclaimed treaty called ‘Tripura Rahasya’. Tripura Rahasya is a celebrated Vedantic treaty of the same level   of Yoga Vaasishtha but probably less popular. It has been highly recommended by Ramana Maharshi and other spiritual masters. The YV is the discourse between Rishi Vasishtha (Guru) and Lord Ram (Disciple) whereas the TR contains the instructions of Guru Dattatreya and disciple Parashuram. Both, YV and TR instruct about the highest truth and also use many relevant analogies, stories and examples. ‘N’ came across few initial pages wherein human body is severely criticized (for the purpose of removing the attachment from the body pleasures) and sent those phrases to the other seeker who is wiser and more advanced (Advanced –A). ‘N’ wanted to provoke wisdom-filled comments from the fellow seeker ‘A’ on