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“At first was laid a strange anomalous base, A void, a cipher of some secret Whole, Where zero held infinity in its sum And All and Nothing were a single term” Is this the non being, the void or the shunya Buddhists talk about? If so then what is “being ” and how do being, non-being and becoming related to one another🤔?

Non-being simply implies that the Being and everything else is held back. It is not an absence but a state of infinite possibilities yet not released like all the colours are held back in the white and the white itself is held back in the black. It is like the tree waiting in a seed. Or a book waits in the heart of the author. This is Non-being.

But once the stir of creation begins, the author appears. He is the same, as Non-being and Being, two poises of One Reality just as the person before the urge to write and after he has the urge to write are not two different beings. The writing itself is the becoming. It is the Author expressing himself, releasing all that was held back within his heart. Creation is the extension or the objectivisation of the Creator. Being is becoming, the Creator flows in His creations.

Affectionately,

Alok Da

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Dada, there is a professor at IISC who is a sadhaka in the sampradaya of Madhvacharya, and he says that, according to him, the way to find your Swadharma is to do what you can persistently despite failure. I want to ask, is this a good way of practically knowing, or is it too reductionist? And according to you, what can be the best practical way for a young child?🧒📚✨🌱

May 22, 2026

That is one way of looking at it. But a slightly negative and outer way of looking at it. There are plenty of things we do which do not involve success or failure. We do it because we find a natural joy in it. This spontaneous joy …

Is drinking small quantities of alcohol really that bad? Most people I know consume alcohol in some measure. I noticed that the ones who quit it completely face backlash from Society. For example, I heard business people say that you can’t trust a person who doesn’t drink. 🥂💬🍸🎶[…]

May 22, 2026

It is not a question of good or bad from a moral point of view. But drinking alcohol is certainly harmful for the physical, as well as psychological and I would even say spiritual health. The list of physical problems is too long and generally too well known to elucidate. …

Yesterday suddenly realised during my prayer with my mother that the seat of the Psychic Being is Highar Vital, in the Hridaya Chakra. Initially, I feel Peace, Bliss and Delight up to the Vishudhi Centre. Suddenly realised that my heart has received The Mother’s Peace and is spreading to all the centre of my all the inner parts and similar to the mother light also. Suddenly feel that the heart centre is doing everything. Alok da, is our Sadhana going in the right direction? Please guide me. 🪷✨💖🕯️

May 22, 2026

Yes absolutely, the psychic being is behind the heart centre and when open and in the front then all becomes easy and natural.
Your prayer is a beautiful psychic prayer and the yoga going in the right direction.

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