June, 2020

The Observing Self by Dr. Arthur Deikman

Namatse, Sunil Rao here. Today we will briefly talk about Dr. Arthur Deikman and one of his books, titled “The Observing Self”. He had been a pioneer in the scientific investigation of the psychological effects of meditation. His papers have appeared in major books such as, The Nature of Human Consciousness and Altered States of   →

Introduction to my podcast

 Namaste, I am Sunil Rao: Attention: is important and most of the times we are so indifferent to it. We are not taught about attention as need, as fundamental as food; and we go blundering about, seeking ways to assuage the craving, instead of learning how to provide ourselves with what we need, sensibly and   →

Doctor’s Orders

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), as we begin today ‘let us remember this about ‘Attention’. Our life experience would ultimately amount to whatever we had paid attention to. Attention: is important and most of the times we are so indifferent to it. It is as fundamental as food; and we go blundering about,   →

Excerpt from Kalila and Dimna – 13 precepts

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), as we begin today ‘let us remember this about ‘Attention’. Our life experience would ultimately amount to whatever we had paid attention to. Attention: is important and most of the times we are so indifferent to it. It is as fundamental as food; and we go blundering about,   →

Choices

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), as we begin today ‘let us remember this about ‘Attention’. Our life experience would ultimately amount to whatever we had paid attention to. Attention: is important and most of the times we are so indifferent to it. It is as fundamental as food; and we go blundering about,   →