also finally settled on the new title/subtitle for my blog. most of the advaitic traditions seem kind of dry (to me) and i think the only thing missing from them is the love aspect. so guess i am trying to say that - nothing matters in life but love. if you feel love for others in whatever form, then you are on the way to the divine/ enlightenment/ happiness/ contenment/ being a better person etc. and the thing is that you can begin to feel this love for others only when you overcome the "love of yourself" and rise above your own petty desires/ problems/ concerns etc.

to put it in sri sri's words - "The direction of life is towards one thing: that is love. You be prosperous and have no love, that prosperity has no value. You are on spiritual path but you don't experience (love), then that spiritual path is no path, it is very dry: it's all up here."