1 Question: My wife and I just finished reading your book: "Buddha: A story of Enlightenment". This was our first reading into the life of Buddha and his teachings and we both enjoyed it very much. However, a question keeps ringing in our minds; why did Buddha decide to stay and teach people after he reached […] 1 Question: My wife and I just finished reading your book: "Buddha: A story of Enlightenment". This was our first reading into the life of Buddha and his teachings and we both enjoyed it very much. However, a question keeps ringing in our minds; why did Buddha decide to stay ..read more

1 Question: I've been reading some of your books for a couple of years. You have changed my life, I thank you for that. I married the love of my life six years ago; we have two beautiful children a boy and a girl. I’m afraid the karma I created in the past will come […] 1 Question: I've been reading some of your books for a couple of years. You have changed my life, I thank you for that. I married the love of my life six years ago; we have two beautiful children a boy and a girl. I’m afraid the karma I created in the past will come and destroy my family. When I met my husband I destroyed a ten ..read more

For most people, the two words "timeless" and "eternal" seem roughly the same. They spell the end of clock time, and for many religious believers, Heaven is eternal, a place where time goes on forever. Butthere are problems with these concepts, and if we really go deeply into the subject, time is very different from what we casually accept. We take it for granted that one species of time--the one measured by clocks--is real-time, but that's not true. Three different perceptions of time, while waking, dreaming, and sleeping, are knowable only as personal experiences. There is no absolute clock ..read more

1 Question: My son is 16 months old and I am curious if there is a way to determine his dosha at such a young age. I want to make sure he is starting out properly with his dosha. Any advice would be helpful. Response: The best way to determine his constitution at that age […] 1 Question: My son is 16 months old and I am curious if there is a way to determine his dosha at such a young age. I want to make sure he is starting out properly with his dosha. Any advice would be helpful. Response: The best way to determine his constitution at that age is to take him to a qualified Vaidya (Ayurvedic ph ..read more

1 Question: My question is:   What is the difference between the 'inner self', 'the higher self', and 'the silent witness'. Response: These are all terms for the same thing: Atman, our permanent identity beyond the changing, conditional aspects of our personality. As this light of consciousness grows stronger through meditation, its presence, vis a vis […] 1 Question: My question is:   What is the difference between the 'inner self', 'the higher self', and 'the silent witness'. Response: These are all terms for the same thing: Atman, our permanent identity beyond the changi ..read more

1 Question: I am very curious to know how the reality of bliss is explained or understood in terms of biology.  Within our current framework of understanding, lower levels of neurotransmitters like serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine are associated with depressive states, while elevated levels of these chemicals bring with them a more joyful experience.  For […] 1 Question: I am very curious to know how the reality of bliss is explained or understood in terms of biology.  Within our current framework of understanding, lower levels of neurotransmitters like serotonin, dopamin ..read more

1 Question: I'm a 26-year-old male who has been meditating for a few years now. I understand the term "silent witness" and often experience it throughout the day. Although I am glad to have such an experience, it doesn't seem to help when I am playing sports. I was playing soccer with my friends the […] 1 Question: I'm a 26-year-old male who has been meditating for a few years now. I understand the term "silent witness" and often experience it throughout the day. Although I am glad to have such an experience, it doesn't seem to help when I am playing sports. I was playing soccer with my friend ..read more

1 Question: I just finished reading” your book Life After Death" which I think is a wonderful and enlightening book.  It helps one to accept death as a part of an ongoing cycle of life and learning.  Hopefully, I can work on higher levels of consciousness in my life. I am someone who has suffered […] 1 Question: I just finished reading” your book Life After Death" which I think is a wonderful and enlightening book.  It helps one to accept death as a part of an ongoing cycle of life and learning.  Hopefully, I can work on higher levels of consciousness in my life. I am someo ..read more

The present moment is more than a little baffling. Sometimes it brings experiences of love, kindness, creativity, beauty, and insight. In those moments no one needs to ask why it’s good to live in the now. (The body’s trillions of cells, including brain cells, don’t ask the question, because they are designed to only live in the present, occupied with thousands of chemical reactions and electrical signaling every second. Even when you recall a past event, your brain is strictly confined to the now in order to retrieve the memory.) The first thing to know is that if you want to live in the pres ..read more

1 Question: It seems when I am talking to certain people, whether on the phone or in person, I get a flash of pain in my head. It feels like a headache out of nowhere. Is it true that we can pick up people's mental energy?  I get these headaches in various places but always when […] 1 Question: It seems when I am talking to certain people, whether on the phone or in person, I get a flash of pain in my head. It feels like a headache out of nowhere. Is it true that we can pick up people's mental energy?  I get these headaches in various places but always when speaking directl ..read more