by Ranjeet Chowdhury | Dec 22, 2020 | Spiritual
I’ve heard people recounting tales of various occult or mystical experiences they’ve had in their life – mostly tales of spirits & ghosts and a few otherworldly experiences. I too have a mystical experience to share, which I used to have during my early...
by Ranjeet Chowdhury | Dec 21, 2018 | Social, Spiritual
I turned vegetarian in my mid-twenties. I still remember the day; it was 11th of August. The date remained in my memory as I had pre-decided it. Why I chose 11th? In fact, during those days I was not aware of actual date of my birth which wasn’t 20th as...
by Ranjeet Chowdhury | Nov 16, 2018 | Spiritual
In the last part of this write-up, I had observed that the common objective of all the three meditation techniques I had discussed was to attain a state where we’re in complete unbroken awareness of our body – a state which was required to bring equanimity/ composure...
by Ranjeet Chowdhury | Nov 9, 2018 | Spiritual
In the first two parts of my present write-up, I didn’t really touch the subject of meditation as such except at one place where I had briefly discussed about the most appropriate way to meditate as per my understanding of the subject thus far. Now in this part I...
by Ranjeet Chowdhury | Feb 23, 2018 | Spiritual
As I said I did not find the experience at Igatpuri anywhere near ‘enriching’ however, the same did provide me with a lot to ponder about which led me to further clarity in my spiritual quest. The first thing I became aware of was that ‘you are not your mind’. I don’t...
by Ranjeet Chowdhury | Feb 21, 2018 | Spiritual
It was in the summers of 2016 when I took up the ten-day Vipassana meditation course along with my elder cousin and my aunt at Dhammagiri in Igatpuri (Maharashtra), where courses in Vipassana Meditation, as taught by SN Goenka in the tradition of his Burmese mentor...