Maharishikaa addresses a concern about Ramana Maharshi’s self-inquiry non-dualism practice being misrepresented as Shiva Dhyan asks for Maharishikaa’s interpretation.

Unromanticizing the fog that surrounds certain practices given by Ramana Maharshi, Maharishikaa lays bare how his teachings and practices have been butchered by Westerners on the path of spiritual awakening.

She comments on the immense cherry-picking of Ramana Maharshi’s teachings, which began with the first books that were written and popularised in the West, including works of Paul Brunton.

She further explains how the crucial aspect of surrender, as well as the context of Guru-shishya Paramparaa—under the aegis of which these practices were transmitted to those students who were in surrender to Ramana Maharshi as their Guru—was completely left out, undermining the principles of Advaita Vedanta and self-inquiry non-dualism.

These isolated, cherry-picked practices—popularised by the author who eventually left Ramana Maharshi as well as new-age neo-advaitin Western gurus posturing as disciples of the lineage - have now become the starting point for many young spiritual seekers on the path of Neo-Advaita. Practices like the ‘Who am I?’ or Neti-Neti, which were originally not practices but questions and experiences arising along the self-realization journey, now lead to havoc in the minds of young seekers who practice these disconnected teachings, ending up entirely confused and disoriented. They arrive at Maharishikaa’s satsang seeking the sanity they feel they’ve lost by taking up these disconnected practices while seeking the experience of oneness and spiritual awakening.

Maharishikaa brings the discourse back to Shiva, reminding him that instead of hanging around in tea shops and reading spiritual books, it’s time to take up the saadhana, the practice of surrender to the Soul.

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