Vedanta Explained: Advaita, Self & Ultimate Reality

Have you ever stared at a wall while thinking deeply about something, and then suddenly “come back” to the room? In that moment, something shifted. That shift — that’s the difference between consciousness and awareness, and it’s more fascinating than you might think.

We understand that the hand touches something and the brain processes the information. But how does the experience of “I feel this” actually happen? A very popular example in neuroscience is this: How do you experience the redness of red? Or the taste of mint?

Liberation is known as the freedom, Moksha and with many names in different philosophies. But the goal is one freedom from what we are now, freedom from pain, sufferings. This is the goal that we all are working for knowingly or unknowingly. What we do everyday the goal is happiness and what we do in our whole life, the goal is the same happiness.

The conscious being inside us exploring this world and feeling every moment, the Indian Philosophy named it Atman. This Atman is trapped inside the body/mind construct hence bound by the power of the body, but when this Atman break this limitation, it can have access to all knowledge and power, this is called Paramatma in Indian Philosophy.

The world is filled with so many religions, within one religion there are many beliefs. What we follow is something we get from the plains of our own civilization and culture. All these religions take us to the one path, a path to reach a God.

Hindu gives complete guidelines to the individual and the society, starting with an overall mission in life, with objectives, strategies to fulfill them, and an action plan to follow. Life becomes purposeful and worth living. all the struggles, ups, and downs can be handled with ease and strength. 

Upanishads are the basic foundation of the Indian spiritual thought and the source of the Indian Spiritual Philosophy. They are the poetic spiritual work of the sages to discover and understand the ultimate reality. Upanishad mainly contains the dialogs between Guru and Shishya.

There are three core beliefs or the 3 pillar thoughts that make Hinduism more scientific and close to god. Hindus see the universe and everything in it as belonging to and being a part of God. Hindu believes that each person is divine and that human life’s purpose is to experience this divinity.

The four Purusharthas are the fundamental principle of Hinduism. They are the target of human life, and following them will lead a proper meaningful life and at the end will be eligible for Moksha. 

It would be great if people get to do it according to their own nature. They will be more satisfied, can contribute more towards society, and make a happy living. Choosing a work, according to one’s own nature is the base of the Varna system

The concept of the three Rin is based on the idea that we are all indebted to others for our existence and well-being. We owe a debt to the gods for creating us, to our ancestors for giving us life, and to the sage for providing the knowledge from ancient times. 

In Hinduism life is divided into four stages each with some specified goal to achieve. This division helps us to focus on the work that we have to do during a particular time of our lives. Each stage has its own set of duties and responsibilities.