The excellent path ‘Who Am I?’ (Parts 1 and 2) | Self-Enquiry guidance and support| Ramana Maharshi

After the invocation to Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi, Tom offers a vital talk on what Ramana discovered as the foremost path of all — Self-Inquiry, the question “Who am I?”.

He invites us to reflect: What path are we really following? With vivid metaphors and images, Tom illuminates how the practice of Self-Inquiry is unlike any other activity, spiritual or worldly. Instead of planning, scheming, playing, creating… we turn toward the “I” itself — the doer we believe ourselves to be. This is the source of all problems, the very root of suffering.

Though this is deeply challenging for the mind, Tom reminds us that awakening to our true nature is the freedom we long for. Nothing special is required; by opening up to the question, “Who Am I?” along with sacred silence and Bhagavan’s grace, liberation shines and delusion and ignorance are seen to have never occurred.

Here is Part 1:

In this second part, Tom responds with clarifications and pointers to help deepen understanding. If you have your own reflections or questions, you’re welcome to share them in the comments below.

Here is part 2:

2 Spiritual Secrets For Profound Transformation

In this moment in satsang, Tom shares two simple yet revolutionary teachings — practical secrets that can be effortlessly woven into your daily life. Many who walk the path of devotion to Ramana Maharshi have found that these treasures spark profound transformation, bringing quiet but powerful shifts in both subtle and significant ways.

These practices can be embraced together or on their own, offering you a direct doorway into presence and devotion and sacred silence; they can guide you to your True Nature and longed for liberation.

If you feel moved, we invite you to share in the comments how these teachings resonate with you, or to tell us about your own experiences of devotional practice—whether with Ramana, or with an image of the Divine that speaks to your heart.

This video was recorded live during a Satsang meeting with Tom Das on September 11th, 2025 and put together by volunteers. To download full unedited satsang recordings see here: https://payhip.com/tomdas

To attend satsang, see here: https://tomdas.com/events

2 Spiritual Secrets For Profound Transformation

In this moment in satsang, Tom shares two simple yet revolutionary teachings — practical secrets that can be effortlessly woven into your daily life. Many who walk the path of devotion to Ramana Maharshi have found that these treasures spark profound transformation, bringing quiet but powerful shifts in both subtle and significant ways.

These practices can be embraced together or on their own, offering you a direct doorway into presence and devotion and sacred silence; they can guide you to your True Nature and longed for liberation.

If you feel moved, we invite you to share in the comments how these teachings resonate with you, or to tell us about your own experiences of devotional practice—whether with Ramana, or with an image of the Divine that speaks to your heart.

This video was recorded live during a Satsang meeting with Tom Das on September 11th, 2025 and put together by volunteers.

To download full unedited satsang recordings see here: https://payhip.com/tomdas

To attend satsang, see here: https://tomdas.com/events

The Art of Spiritual Guidance

Have you ever wondered if you’re really letting go and letting your higher power lead the way? What of spiritual guidance? In today’s conversation, we dive into how surrendering — really handing things over — can bring a surprising sense of happiness and ease. If you’ve ever struggled with wanting things to turn out a certain way, or found it hard to trust that things are truly being taken care of, this video is for you.

The Highest Teaching That Is Always With You

Welcome to this moment of Satsang. In today’s gathering, Tom shares the essence of the Highest Teaching — the truth that is always with us, closer than we can imagine with our minds. He reminds us that liberation from suffering and delusion isn’t something we accomplish on our own; true freedom arises through awakening to our True Nature.

To awaken to who we truly are, we must open up to connection, love, devotion, and silence. At our core, peace is our true nature. For many on this path, the guidance of Bhagavan Ramana, our beloved Guru, reveals the unchanging presence within—the heart’s ever-known reality.

Words and teachings are only signposts, pointing to a silent wisdom that cannot be spoken but is always present. Who we truly are is deeper than any concept and prior to all words. To realize this, Tom invites us to draw back the veil, to reveal what lives in the heart — the eternal flame of being in the hearth of our own true Self.

This is an invitation to truth, to life eternal, to beauty, peace, love, and light—so simple, so profound.

You Are Immensely Privileged – Your Head Is In The Tigers Mouth!

In this Satsang, a “shadow” questions and feelings arises—some many of us quietly carry: Am I truly an advanced seeker after all my reading, study, contemplation, practice, service… or just a beginner caught in ignorance and pride? Sometimes feelings of jealousy surface toward our teachers, those who seem to hold a light we can’t quite touch. But what if that jealousy is only the flip side of a deep longing for freedom – the desire to end suffering and discover lasting peace? Maybe it can better serve us to see this energy as inspiration.

Here, Tom responds with compassion and honesty, sharing his own journey of exhausting all teachings until only humility and surrender remained. True surrender begins when we see the futility of our own egos striving and allow the Self – Bhagavan – to move within us; to do what our minds simply cannot do. 

And for Tom in his journey, liberation became secondary to simply being with Ramana, in love and gratitude. This is a powerful pointer for some of us!

Tom continues to inspire, by giving us his view, that if you have heard the name Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi, you are deeply blessed. If his image has touched your heart, you are blessed even more. And if you resonate with the teachings and are drawn to them, you have won the spiritual lottery! “Your ego’s head is in the mouth of the tiger; it’s not a matter of if, but when, awakening apparently happens”.

Ultimately, nothing is missing. There is no need for jealousy—only inspiration, gratitude, and trust in your own unique unfolding.

This video was recorded live during a Satsang meeting with Tom Das on September 25th, 2025 and put together by volunteers.  To download full unedited satsang recordings see here: https://payhip.com/tomdas

To attend satsang, see here: https://tomdas.com/events

Awakening Beyond Suffering – Understanding The Grip Of Samsara | Ramana …

Why is letting go of suffering such a challenge? In this Satsang, a participant reads from Aham Sphurana: A Glimpse of Self-Realization, from a passage titled Surrender written on July 17, 1936. The reading covers the first three questions and answers given by Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi.

Following this, Tom offers a spontaneous response with presence, silence and words, that sheds fresh light on Bhagavan’s words, pointing out the subtle dilemma of the mind and it’s attachments and revealing both the medicine and the cure for our suffering; Bhakti/Devotion, Self Love, connection, stillness and sacred silence.

This video was recorded live during a Satsang meeting with Tom Das on August 31st, 2025 and put together by volunteers.

To download full unedited satsang recordings see here: https://payhip.com/tomdas

To attend satsang, see here: https://tomdas.com/events