Blog – Neev Community for Self Inquiry & Sustainability

When The Elephant Vanishes: Seeing Through Maya

In the timeless tradition of Advaita Vedanta, the pursuit of truth begins with a radical inquiry: Is what I perceive truly what is? This blog, based on an insightful article by Vivek, a member of… Read More
The War on Joy: How Society Conditions You to Stay Unhappy & How To Break Free

In every civilization, power structures have evolved to control the masses. While in the past, these structures relied on brute force—kings, empires, and oppressive regimes—today’s world operates on far subtler mechanisms. The modern system does… Read More
IPL Cricket Through the Lens of Advaita: A Modern Perspective

Advaita Vedanta has often been perceived as a philosophy of renunciation—a worldview that urges seekers to retreat from the world to realize the ultimate truth. Yet, when we look at the teachings we see that… Read More
Advaita, Capitalism And The Red Pill Of Truth

In this post I talk about why the understanding of Capitalism and uprooting it from one’s life psychologically and physically is essential for the study of Advaita and attaining it’s goal of liberation, especially for… Read More
Unplugging From The Matrix: The Challenge of Awakening

In The Matrix, when Morpheus tells Neo that “many are not ready to unplug from the system,” he is speaking to a profound truth about human nature, which reflects both the story’s fictional world and… Read More
Ignorance, Liberation and Non-Duality in Advaita and Theravada Buddhism – Part 1

Introduction Advaita and Buddhism are two non-dual paths that talk about liberation from suffering. Theravada Buddhism is a school of Buddhism that claims to be based on the original Pali transmission of the Buddha. In… Read More
Cleaning of Washrooms and Non-Duality

Has cleaning of washrooms got anything to do with non-dual teachings. Read on to know further Read More
Preparations For The First NEEV Advaita Retreat on 17th Nov. 2023 – 19th Nov. 2023

We are slowly gearing up, the NEEV Centre for Self Inquiry, to become a vibrant centre for disseminating the teachings of Advaita Vedanta to seekers across the world. The first step we are taking in… Read More
You Are Not the Thinker/Doer: A Dialogue

In my teachings, the journey of self-inquiry goes through four stages of deconstruction. At the end of stage one, the thinker is deconstructed, at the end of stage two, the doer/experiencer is deconstructed, at the… Read More
Observing the Rainbow of Sensations/Samsara: A Dialogue

One of the most pervasive conditioning of human beings is that there is an objective, really existent world out there that is perceived by a really existent subject. It is this duality that is the… Read More