So much of the perennial wisdom points to the importance of shifting our perspective on the things we ordinarily take for granted or simply accept as is. Take the wee-hours wake up call that, for so many of us, feels like a curse. Why is it that, for so many of us (particularly as we [...]

Nisargadatta Maharaj was an Indian spiritual teacher and, throughout much of the 20th century, one of the world’s best-known proponents and teachers of Advaita Vedānta (aka nondualism). A Mumbai resident, Nisargadatta married young, had children, and lived a simple life as a shopkeeper selling bidis (hand-rolled cigarettes) and other sundry items. Nisargadatta gave satsang (spiritual [...]