Embracing the Paradox.

Hosted by Bobbi Paidel in conversation with Vijay Shyam.

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June 2025

13. If Meditation Is the Answer, Then What Is the Question?

Nobody wants to suffer. Everybody wants to pinpoint the problem and to know the solution.

Jun 17 • 

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12. Perception is Deception

In one swift movement of your awareness, you seem to traverse infinite space. And time. And scale. How is that possible?

Jun 3 • 

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May 2025

11. Where Did the Ego Come From?

"When we “look out” through our senses, we are in fact looking into a small world of appearances. When we look inwards (in meditation) we are in fact…

May 11 • 

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April 2025

10. The Lonely and Hungry Ego

The Eternal Path.Ego feels trapped and lonely—ego is itself the trap. Ego has the compulsion to keep manifesting its elusive sense of immortality, but…

Apr 28 • 

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9. Are We Confused About Confusion Itself?

These numbered posts are companion pieces to my weekly meditation and self inquiry classes and are written as a natural continuous unfolding of the…

Apr 13 • 

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8.What is a Seeker?

What is a Guru?

Apr 9 • 

Vijay & The Eternal Path

A Himalayan Retreat

24th October – 31st October 2025 Kullu Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India

Apr 3 • 

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7.Does awakening result in passivity?

How to act with wisdom?The moment you think you are separate, you are caught in a very particular game of movement and thought driven by aversion and…

Apr 2 • 

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March 2025

6.Are you looking at reality through a cracked lens?

How to see wholeness.

Mar 27 • 

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Vijay & The Eternal Path Vijay Writing About The Eternal Path Spiritual and philosophical writing free of dogma. Inspired by traditions of…

Mar 16 • 

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5.Can You Hear God Clearing His Throat?

How to make illusion your guide on the path,

Mar 14 • 

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