Paripurna (meaning perfect fullness) was born to share the lessons that I have learnt from nearly 35 years of intensive work on personal development, meditation, spirituality and mysticism. My philosophical orientations during this time varied from polytheism to atheism to non-duality. But what was a constant was an almost obsessive searching. I didn’t even know what I was searching for. Looking back, I was searching for a way out of the deep emptiness that I felt.
No matter what I did, life just felt futile. I decided that perhaps setting and accomplishing big goals would be the solution. So I became really good at setting and accomplishing goals. But eventually, this felt futile too. What was the point of these arbitrary goals? Do I have to endlessly chase purpose and meaning in life?
As I talked to others, I realized that the feeling I had was not uncommon. Many people feel that emptiness, but attempt to mask it with either consumption or production. Consumption via endless doom scrolling, food, drinks, fast cars, TikTok videos etc. Production via making more money, manipulating the opinions of others, obsessively working etc. We become so adept at deceiving ourselves that we don’t even realize the deep emptiness that we feel.
Thanks to my teachers, I eventually understood that the antidote to the emptiness, perfect fullness, is accessible in this very moment.
Paripurna is my attempt to help others recapture that fullness of being. The paradox is that fullness is our very nature. But the heavy layers of mental conditioning make us forget our nature. If you want to recapture that fullness, you are in the right place.
What makes Paripurna unique?
- A focus on principles: Real spirituality is profound common sense. It doesn’t require blind faith, just an open mind.
- Embracing life: Paripūrṇa espouses a philosophy of embracing life, not running away from it. There is no real difference between spirituality and life. As a seeker, every moment in life is an invitation for spiritual practice. When seeking ends, life is spiritual practice.
- Emphasis on direct experience: All the teachings at Paripūrṇa are to engender direct experience. A picture may be worth a thousand words. But not even a million pictures can convey the richness of direct experience.
- Staged progression: Meeting you where you are and gradually building up your understanding and experience
- Empowering you to share: My teachers always taught me with the goal of making me skilled enough in the tradition to share it with others. I will do the same for you.