The Himalayan Wisdom

I am writing today at my MacBook, having green tea and looking through my long glass window at the majestic Himalayas. Yes, my home. I spent years (more than two decades of spiritual sadhana) on my spiritual quest, and the Himalayan range always felt like home to me. Nah, it is never a retreat or holiday; it is always coming back to the only awareness that matters to me. The same place where my guru attained enlightenment, where my traditions and Himalayan spiritual lineage established their footprints. Even all my sadhanas and rituals directed me to the last frontier — Shiva consciousness, where the abode of my true creators' energies reside.

I wanted to be a monk twice, and my guru never allowed me to renounce this world. He always said there will be a time when not only through your knowledge of the practicality of business will people benefit, but also torn, disheartened, and hurt people will get benefitted with your spiritual awareness. I didn’t falter in my direction of life, followed my guru’s instruction. Later, after years of penance both in the material and spiritual worlds, the attainment came and made me empty inside. Nah, it was never a void but a state of super-consciousness that pushed me to unknown terrains in life. Who says you can’t attain self-realization in this world? It is very much possible. It is never about going somewhere to search, but about peeping into your inner world, your own backhome. I say the same to my own disciples after initiation: know yourself, and this is what all matters, really.

My today’s blog is excerpts from my own experience and truth. Himalayan wisdom does not come through words but through stillness. I don’t think there is someone sitting in a snowy mountain, garlanding a snake, with the ever-flowing Ganga from his hair and clad in tiger skin. Although the energy teaches firmness, stillness, and awareness, where you find the truths of life. Silence here is thick and peaceful, and pure consciousness.

Mountains don’t speak, yet they answer.

Same with the dense forests surrounding the Himalayan range. The Himalayan forests teach through energies. Thousands of yogis, siddhas, tantriks, and aghoris attained enlightenment here, and many of them breathed their last here. Their energies still circulate here and meet awareness. The equation is as follows, according to my own experience:

Shiva consciousness (awareness) + Shakti (energetic forms of Mother Divine) = Supra-consciousness

Modern life tells you to learn a lot. That’s fine for daily works. However, Himalayan siddhas teach only one thing — unlearn. The same philosophy Gautam Buddha told to his disciples once:
“Meditation didn’t give me anything but emptied my mind, and I recognised myself.”

You unlearn kama (lust or intense desire), krodha (anger), lobha (greed), moha (attachment), mada (arrogance), and mātsarya (envy). The siddhi blooms like a flower in their absence or when a person commands and controls them while still walking in society.

This is why Himalayan masters radiate such peace — there is nothing extra inside them.

In the mountains, time slows down because your mind slows down.
You will notice things that you don’t usually.
Your breath is different here.
Your thoughts walk slower.
The mind becomes steady — naturally, without effort.
Why?
Because the Himalayas have sattva in its purest form.
Earth energy rises, and mental agitation dissolves.

This is why siddhas choose Himalayan caves — not to escape the world, but to dissolve the inner noise. At the same time, the forests remove a veil from your mind, and you feel rawness, expansion, serenity, silence — beautiful.

If you sit alone under a deodar tree for 10 minutes, you’ll understand more about yourself than after 10 days in the city. This is the mirror of the mountains.

Service (Seva) is the highest Himalayan path.
People walking the Himalayan path don’t chase enlightenment.
They serve — quietly, humbly.

A hidden truth:
Seva dissolves ego faster than meditation.

Carrying wood, lighting lamps,
Cleaning temples,
Helping travelers,
Feeding animals,
Supporting sadhus —
this is the Himalayan way:

Serve, and you will see God.

I can’t describe more, as whenever I write or speak such things, it is always less. It is better to surrender everything to the All-Father and get drenched in wisdom. Try this sometimes. :)