It is everyone's experience that the basis of daily living is facing life from moment to moment, necessarily accepting whatever the moment brings – sometimes pain, sometimes pleasure. The interconnected opposites of pain and pleasure, along with the opposites of every conceivable kind, beginning with male and female, form the very basis of life and living; and, therefore, it is impossible to separate one from the other. What the human being wants is one and not the other – pleasure and not the pain. And this pursuit of one as against the other is the main cause of why religion flourishes, various god-men flourish, promising the impossible and leading to frustration.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ramesh S. Balsekar
Ramesh S. Balsekarr, an awakened sage, discusses the philosophy of Advaita with an inspired clarity. Speaking and writing in English, he has authored over twenty books and has spoken with seekers daily from his Mumbai home for the last two decades, offering unique insight into the basic premise of this philosophy, that all there is is Consciousness. Serving as a translator for Nisargadatta Maharaj, his Guru, and being a devotee of Ramana Maharshi, he brings the teachings of both to bear in this translation and interpretation of the 13th century classic, Amritanubhava (Experience of Immortality), by the Maharashtran saint, Jnaneshwar.
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