rohit singh

Today, someone reported that a person in the neighbourhood has walked the path of death—the Mahapath. This is not a sudden or accidental event. Yet many are surprised by the news, unaware of the continuity behind it. Death appears abrupt only because we fail to see that it is the culmination of what has been unfolding at every moment along our spiritual journey and the path of life. Death is the clear realisation that life, as we know it, is disintegrating. The moment this realisation dawns,...

Returning from a trip to the hills, I notice something curious. There is always an attempt to climb, but rarely an attempt to descend. The climb is exhausting, full of struggle and effort. The descent, in contrast, is easy, effortless. And yet, the man seeks only to climb. Perhaps it is because climbing reinforces the spiritual ego, while descending is the immersion of the ego, the ending of the “I” and the true beginning of the spiritual journey. But the path of spirituality is the opposite...

Rising above the plain, I have come to the top of the hills. From these heights, the vistas that once seemed vast are now faintly visible. What once appeared significant has almost disappeared. And this is not true only of the material world; it is equally true in the spiritual realm. As one climbs higher and higher on their spiritual journey, the particular merges into the universal, the specific dissolves into the general. The child who once cried when a toy was broken now laughs at the...