ADVENTURES IN ADVAITA VEDANTA...

Adventures in Advaita Vedanta, the philosophy and science of spirit. We are one you and I; are you curious why?..


Taking It Outside

Hari Om
Monday is AUM-day; in search of meditation

SOLITUDE. Does it serve a purpose for the meditator? Does it have to mean 'lonely'? We are going to explore the writings of a number of notable contemplatives of various backgrounds and explore the role of solitude in spiritual pursuit. These are from a collection published by Chinmaya Publications.

After Gurudev's offering, there are two further essays, one by his own Guru, Swami Tapovan and another by Dr Paul Brunton, both on the virtues of time spent in nature. These we shall leave unrepeated here. Section three now takes up "Solitude Among The Many"… for today let us take a quote only…