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Excerpt from Chapter 1

The Eternal Wisdom of India

When people in the West seek for the deeper meaning to Life, they make the mistake of assuming all religions are some variation of Christianity.

But the spiritual Traditions that come from India are drastically different to Judaism,

Christianity and Islam in how they practice, yet there is a common substratum that

underpins them all.

The most common assumption is that religious people believe in God.

Belief means to put your faith in something you don’t know is true.

If I ask you “do you believe the Sun exists?”

You will reply, “no! It is more than that!

I see it everyday and feel its warmth!”

The Indian traditions speak of something INTRINSIC to you and help you discover and experience this.

Yogis are not believers!

They are seeking an experience of the Divine.

They aspire to become KNOWERS of the deepest Truth of Life.

They know there is no God in the sky.

That is why I call it a wisdom tradition …. there are layers and layers to this, which may reveal themselves to you when you are sincerely seeking.

It is an organic, flowing, living river of wisdom, of seekers and finders, and of great Souls who have reached God realisation and left a message for us.

This is an experience of Life that is available to every human being, whether you are an atheist, a religious person, or simply on your own personal spiritual path.

You don’t have to believe anything.

You just have to see a different way of looking at life.

“God is the beauty and force of Life itself.

God is Mother Nature.

I am born from Mother Nature.

Mother Nature is my Mother.

God is my Mother.

Life literally physically gives birth to us.
We are made of the five elements. Fire, Earth, Air, Water, and Space.

When we breathe, we breathe life in …. and out ….

The Whole Universe is connected to itself.

The more we realise our connection, the less problems we experience in Life.

Differences between races and religions fall away as we realise we are all just different versions of Life – in different shapes and form and sizes.

With this way of life, we and GOD are connected.

God is no longer a man with a white beard in the sky!”

– Satpal Singh on explaining the wisdom traditions of India.

A deep reverence for life takes hold, when we realise that all living things have this same God force making them alive.

With this way of looking at life, we become protectors of Life and Mother Nature.

That is why we stop praying and start praising.

It’s about spending your whole life in appreciation for what life is.

Contents

Chapter 1: THE ETERNAL WISDOM OF INDIA

Chapter 2: IT ALL BEGINS WITH GANESHA

Chapter 3: CREATING CONNECTION WITH GANESHA

Chapter 4: THE SEARCH IN TRADITIONAL INDIA

Chapter 5: WHAT IS SANATANA DHARMA?

Chapter 6: ARE SEEKERS BORN OR MADE?

Chapter 7: FREE WILL?

Chapter 8: RISHIKESH – ABODE OF THE RISHIS

Chapter 9: DEATH AND REBIRTH OF A SEEKER

Chapter 10: A SURPRISE MEETING WITH BABAJI

Chapter 11: EXPLAINING SHIVA AND SHIVA LINGAM

Chapter 12: PILGRIMAGE TO PURI IN ORISSA

Chapter 13: THE CHAI SHOP

Chapter 14: THE DREAMERS AND THE DREAM

Chapter 15: THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED

Chapter 16: THE WORLD IS A STRANGE PLACE

Chapter 17: THE MYSTERIOUS SUBJECT OF DEATH

Chapter 18: IF GOD IS ONE, WHY MANY DEITIES?

Chapter 19: THE HINDU TEMPLE

Chapter 20: PILGRIMAGE TO THE HIMALAYAS

Chapter 21: SADHUS, YOGIS, AND MYSTICS

Chapter 22: HARIDWAR MAHA KUMBH MELA

Chapter 23: THE LIVES OF THE BABAS

Chapter 24: THE LIFE OF SRI GNANANANDA

Chapter 25: THE INDIAN BUS STAND

Chapter 26: THE GURU-DISCIPLE RELATIONSHIP

Chapter 28: BENARAS – CITY OF LORD SHIVA

Chapter 29: STRANGE STORY OF TRAILANGA SWAMI

Chapter 30: SOUTH INDIA – LAND OF THE SIDDHAS

Chapter 31: TIRUVANNAMALAI – ABODE OF SAINTS

Chapter 32: SELF REALISATION BEYOND RELIGION – SRI RAMANA MAHARSHI

Chapter 33: THE QUEST FOR ENLIGHTENMENT

Chapter 34: A TRUE SHIVA STORY

Chapter 35: TRAUMA – A CATALYST FOR THE SPIRITUAL SEARCH

Chapter 36: ON THE ROAD TO NOTHINGNESS