Author: sipractce

Following are the three verses of the Morning Prayer song composed by Swami Adi Sankaracharya: In the early morning I meditate (smarami) on the Self, residing in the deep wells of our hearts. It is Real Knowledge, Eternal Happiness, the state reached by those who have transcended to the fourth state of consciousness; Self illumines…

Who am I? There are two aspects to “Who am I?” or the “Knowledge of the Self”. One is the cognitive aspect which we can relate to readily. The other is the in-cognitive forces of nature (Brahman) the enabler or substratum of everything cognitive. I am the Cognitive person:   Each of us can identify ourselves…

Athma Bodh (Knowledge of The Self) Composed by Bhagawan Adhi Sankaracharya An interpretive translation with commentaries; Acknowledgement: Preparatory reading included the book by Swami Chinmayananda.  Swami Adi Sankara has composed a morning prayer that contains three verses. He has also composed the text Athma Bodha (Knowledge of the Self) which is composed of sixty eight…

In our essays on Spirituality in Life, we see an undercurrent, a constant theme: Living life with a conscious self-awareness; engagement in life with a larger perspective that includes others (and everything) as much as we can.  It is equally important to realize that life of Spirituality in Practice is not limited to those who…

Thendral is a monthly publication in Tamil Language published from Bay Area, CA. USA. Recently I read the following letter in a recent publication of Thendral in the column that provides advice to the readers: “Dear friend: I am 77 years old; my husband 84 years old. We have been married for 53 years. Ours…

Thank you for your support reading the blog posts and occasionally offering your comments. As we draw to the conclusion of the year 2019 (and hence this decade!) below is a summary of our blog posts through this year. Each summary is linked to its original post. We have also posted a large body of…

Relationship is a two way street. Mother loves her child and the child in turn is attached to the mother. The same goes for any parent and child, husband and wife, brothers, sisters, relatives, etc. In every case there are two parties involved. When both persons involved in a relationship see eye to eye, there…

There are times when my professional work and my writings on philosophy intersect. Here is an example. Happy Reading! Recently I attended an on-line seminar on “Ethics and Artificial Intelligence (AI)” by Roberto Zicari (Prof. of DBIS) – Goethe University Frankfurt) on the need of an Ethical AI Due Diligence. http://cognitive-science.info/community/weekly-update/ It was an interesting…