Future Unwritten Upanishads
The Sacred Texts We Haven't Written Yet
What if the sages were alive today? What would they say about presidents tweeting, influencers selling salvation, the endless Net of distraction, or the marketplace of selves? Future Unwritten Upanishads offers glimpses of those conversations — sometimes hymn-like, sometimes satirical — always pointing toward the eternal behind the absurd.
These are not scriptures. They are not revelations. The Upanishads — the true ones — were heard by sages who lived long before us, and they remain the wellspring of Vedantic wisdom.
What follows are fictions. They are experiments in listening: what might the eternal sound like if spoken into the age of brands and algorithms, idols and illusions? They are not additions to the canon, but mirrors held up to it. They borrow the voice of the ancient texts to echo the confusions of our present.
Like the real Upanishads, they speak in paradox, in riddles, in sudden silences. They are not meant to be explained away, but sat with. They are offerings in the spirit of art, not authority.
May they serve not as scripture, but as sparks — reminders of the timeless truths that even now flicker beneath the worship of screens, the nets of illusion, the markets of selves, and the puppet-kings of power.
Ārādhanā Upanishad (The Worship)
A whimsical yet piercing meditation on the new idols of our age — celebrities, brands, influencers, and screens — cast in the cadence of the Upanishads. The Ārādhanā Upanishad exposes the hunger of modern gods and turns the seeker back toward the only worthy object of worship: the Self.
Māyājāla Upanishad (The Net of Illusion)
The Māyājāla Upanishad speaks to the digital web of our time — the glittering net of screens, endless connection, and insatiable hunger. In the voice of the ancient seers, it exposes the cords of craving and points the seeker toward the Seer beyond the net.
Ātmā-Bāzār Upanishad (The Marketplace of Selves)
The Ātma-Bāzār Upanishad envisions a great market where selves are bought and sold — masks, brands, avatars, and identities. Satirical and whimsical, it exposes the emptiness of consumerism and identity-trading, and turns the seeker toward the only Self that cannot be bought or sold.
Rājamaya Upanishad (The Puppet Kings)
The Rājanmaya Upanishad unmasks the illusion of political power, portraying rulers as puppets bound by fear, desire, wealth, and praise. With irony and allegory, it reveals that only the one who serves truth is truly free.
Antarmukha Upanishad (The Inward-Turning)
The Antarmukha Upanishad is an austere meditation on the inward path. Fragmentary and paradoxical, it brings the series to a close by turning the seeker away from idols, nets, markets, and kings, and toward the silence of the Self.