if you're going to worship a false avatara you might as well worship one with prema-bhakti

सर्वभूतस्थमात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चात्मनि ।
ईक्षते योगयुक्तात्मा सर्वत्र समदर्शनः
यो मां पश्यति सर्वत्र सर्वं च मयि पश्यति ।
तस्याहं न प्रणश्यामि स च मे न प्रणश्यति
सर्वभूतस्थितं यो मां भजत्येकत्वमास्थितः ।
सर्वथा वर्तमानोऽपि स योगी मयि वर्तते
आत्मौपम्येन सर्वत्र समं पश्यति योऽर्जुन ।
सुखं वा यदि वा दुःखं स योगी परमो मतः

The one whose self is united in yoga, who sees the Self abiding in all beings and all beings in the Self, sees equally everywhere.
He who sees Me everywhere and sees everything in Me—for him I am not lost, nor is he lost to Me.
He who, established in oneness, worships Me dwelling in all beings, that yogi abides in Me, however he may act in every way.
He who, by comparison with himself, sees equality everywhere, O Arjuna, whether in pleasure or in pain—that yogi is considered the highest.

Bhagavad Gita 6:29-32

its a crime that the most popular gita translation in english is bhagavad gita as it isn't

i'm not a qualified non-dualist but there's a lot to like about ramanuja's bhashyas.

spf stands for super protect face

eating offal meats inflames the passions, so does eating allium to a lesser extent

sadharmya > svadharma

plenty of people are beneath being liked but no one is beneath being loved. frankly its a flaw of the english language that love means both something sublime and "strong like". it shouldn't be possible to love one's child or God and also to love pepperoni pizza.

i want to embody the vedantic ideal so badly.

i need to stop walking the dog if i actually want my skin to heal

translating scripture in a misleading way to further a divisive or polemical agenda is a great sin.

the right kind of air fryer can actually make chicken taste good. my diet is doomed

the worst part of the bhagavad gita is the part about diversity (guna theory, the demonic vs the divine), while the best part of the bhagavad gita is the part about unity (vedanta).

the worst sin is to experience the divine presence and still hate God

there's the notion that Jews can't be antisemites because then they'd hate themselves (what nonsense, the notion that one can't hate oneself), and many Jews are indeed self-hating, but I'd say the most judeophobic Jews actually quite like themselves and think they're different and better from other Jews. whether because they're christian, or marxist, or whatever. some non-Jewish antisemites accept judeophobic Jews enthusiastically, while others say "nope, you're just like the rest". but the former reveals itself to be cut from the same cloth as the latter when the Jew-hating Jew makes the slightest misstep!

all happiness comes from God, but some happiness leads us away from Him and some happiness is derived from Him. and only happiness from God is permanent.

i'm the greatest (worst) hypocrite

desire leads to anger and anger leads to hatred and hatred slays the Self.

fucked up that i got a sunburn, even a mild one

souls are equal, its maya which effects us differently