Atmamun
The Bliss of the Himalayan Swamis. And the Freedom of a Living God.
No steps, no techniques, no self-help — Gupta just keeps pointing at the cell door. Uncomfortable in the way only true things are.
Kapil Gupta is a former surgeon who now works as a private advisor and writer. “Atmamun” (2018) is structured as a set of dialogues in which he keeps redirecting every question back to one point: you already live in a mind-made prison, and freedom starts with seeing the bars, not with any technique.
A few lines worth keeping:
Man’s greatest dilemma is that he lives in a prison and he believes that he is free.
Organized religion, self-help, new age, and motivational vehicles are meant for entertainment rather than Transformation.
The life that you are experiencing is not being experienced directly by you. It is being experienced by you through the filter of the mind.
The one who waits for bliss is the one who is not blissful.
Life has nothing to offer him. That nature has structured life in such a way that bliss is only available in the most mundane of places: This Very Moment. And nowhere else!
It is not done For joy. It is done Out Of joy.
Wealth, success, and luxury do not harm a man. What harms a man is the Attachment to these things.
If you are serious about living a peaceful life, drop all matters pertaining to the world, and pursue all matters pertaining to yourself.
A fraction of daily peace in your own life will benefit you more than any sort of “world peace.”
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