I have many friends abroad, like in the West, who have never visited, yet always been fascinated by us in the East. The reason for this is, besides India being a land of color, the impression that spiritual enlightenment is easy to come by. Everyone who lives here is supposed to be partaking of this sublime aura – how I wish it were true!
The reality is very different. Gian Kumar, author of the book ‘The Ultimate Reality’ (which is very appropriately named), has burst this bubble in a gentle...

The belief that God is out there, waiting to protect and help us in our hour of need, may be just an illusion. Being agnostic, I do believe in a greater power. However I also believe the divine spirit resides within me; since we all are one with the Universe, it naturally follows that God and I are one. This is what the Author of the book ‘The Ultimate Reality’’ Gian Kumar, conveys to us. He says, “The point is to awaken from our existence of ignorance, in which we exist in separation, and re...

From dust unto dust……….so the saying goes. Science has burst the bubble of our egos by claiming everything that exists is just formless energy. Since we are all part of the same cosmos, existing as waves and particles of energy, what is all this who-ha about? The author Gian Kumar has taken us on a journey to our source of existence. Quoting from ancient Indian scriptures like the Upanishads, he shows us that “……there is only one reality, one existence, which is total and self-contained….’ Ye...

As an eager student of spiritualism since the last few years, I have been reading a lot on the subject. Gian Kumar’s book ‘Think from the Heart Love from the Mind’ is my latest acquisition. It caught my attention because of its title, to begin with. Having spent a few years in the West, I realized how logic dominates thoughts and actions there, as against thinking emotionally and spiritually in the East. This book has shown me that “The science of spiritualism is as important as the science o...

A very common phrase these days is ‘Art of Living’. People find it fashionable to say they have attended lectures on the subject, and their lives have improved. So my question is, how does one go about perfecting this art? I turned to Gian Kumar’s book ‘The Ultimate Reality’ for some enlightenment on this. He says, “The art of living is not in renouncing or suppressing what we do not like, but rather in accepting everything with total respect…….thus we reduce the discriminatory and egoistic...

The title should say it all. I am simply at loss of words—can’t express the beauty that this beauty contains. The author has done wonders and I wish him well for his future works also.

Read the first two parts, this seems over extension. But ya to be bought if you have the other two

A deep thinker and philosopher, Gian Kumar has, through his books, taught us how to leave our meandering thoughts behind, and enter the no-mind zone, where awareness and consciousness come into play.Of course, this sounds so much easier than it is to put into practice. Our minds are always in conflict with the dualities of existence, and so we forget we are part of and influenced by our environment. Spiritualism as the author reminds us has always claimed that “Brahmn (energy) exists everywhe...

I found this book, the third of a Trilogy by Gian Kumar, a fitting conclusion to his study on various facets of Spiritualism. Among the features covered by him on the subject, one which especially suits the times today is the comparison between religion and spirituality.Having been born and raised in a secular country such as ours, I find it a shame that we have to listen to outsiders talking about our ‘religious intolerance’ in recent years. Yes there have been instances lately; senseless in...

Man is a social animal; yet we are often wrapped up in our self-centered, egocentric world. So when things go awry we are hit with bouts of loneliness. We feel we are alone in our misery and no one out there gives a hoot! Maybe they don’t, but are we not partly responsible for this?In one of my low phases I went out for some spiritual help from the nearest book store, and found an interesting looking title, The Ultimate Reality, by Gian Kumar. I found just what I needed in the Chapter on ‘The...