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Akilesh Ayyar was interviewed by Rhoda Makled. During his interview he spoke of the importance of two practices. Surrender and Self-inquiry. With intense consistency and interesting story telling, he pointed back again and again to the two practice from Sri Ramana Maharshi.
Akilesh Ayyar is a spiritual mentor and writer who has been engaged with the Hindu school of Advaita Vedanta (nonduality) for over 20 years. He specializes in a modern interpretation of Sri Ramana Maharshi’s ideas as a path to ultimate truth and liberation. He has written two books on self-realization, How to Find What Isn’t Lost, and, more recently, Spiritual Dialogues with Akilesh: Q&A on Liberation and Truth. He has graduate degrees from Carnegie-Mellon University, the City University of New York, and Harvard Law School. He has taught and has presented at Science and Nonduality, Nothing Conference, InciteSeminars, HealHaus, Maha Rose, the New York Self-Inquiry group, and elsewhere.
You can find out more about Akilesh Ayyar on his website: www.siftingtothetruth.com. He guides seekers one-on-one and in groups. He also has a YouTube Channel, Sifting to the Truth.