June 2018 archive

Difference in mahayoga and abhav yoga

There are some who believe they can go in deep samadhi and when they are out they claim they went into nirvana or nothingness and are happy Yogananda warned against it. This is known as abhav yoga and the happiness felt is tamas True samadhi / some call it maha yoga or siddha yoga / …

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Sheer foolishness

The soul is encased in 3 bodies. Gross, subtle ( sukshma) and causal or karana Realization must follow awareness and control of those three bodies first. Merely saying I am divine or shudha atman or pure consciousness without realizing FULLY the three fretters DOES NOT WORK Pick your path wisely. Think to yourself are you …

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So now you have 2 choices

After reading the previous blog – it should be clear You have 2 choices. Follow the millions of other techniques and guru and teachers and spiritual healers / awakeners online and in public Or learn true yoga from someone who has accomplished it The other option is to follow the stupid “gyana or path of …

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Yoga

All our concepts of yoga – a correction Correct pronunciation is Yog not yogaa sadly even Indians are messing up Yoga means union with the divine / God Yoga is not about different postures or exercises. It is about meditation Original Yoga as started by Patanjali – read up on it Yoga Darshan is the …

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Am I doing it correctly?

A recent study showed According to Buddhist teaching, the self is an illusion. The religion preaches a fundamentally selfless worldview, encouraging followers to renounce individual desires and distance themselves from self-concern. To advance this perspective, millions of people around the world practice yoga and meditation. But a recently published psychological study directly contradicts that approach, …

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Gyana

Gyana is not book knowledge but experience Experience of god or pure consciousness It can only be reached through….

Why do the true Guru not reveal things?

Perhaps the fault is with us. We are not ready Those who have reached a certain level Learn one thing – that spiritual injunctions of not revealing things is a must. Do their blogs will say a few things but not directly Yogananda did not say much about kriya yoga. Yes he told a few …

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Scriptures

The scriptures have very deep meaning everywhere This can only be understood by yogis Rest of the world will try to have an intellectual or allegorical meaning For example the avatars – as suggested by a German philosopher many decades ago – thought it referred to evolution. Some Indian then adapted the meaning and out …

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Nandi

I am not sure if I wrote the story of Nandi Nandi was a very pure person. He was so pure that Shankar bhagwan turned him onto a bull. And gave him the blessing that if anyone want to see me, they have to go to you first. You will be at entrance of my …

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What is the right question?

Some people do google searches – what are the benefits of Kevali pranayama? Or benefits of a certain type of asana ? Or a mantra? Or kriya yoga? The correct question is – what is kebali? Teach me how to do it If those two things are done you know the results better than any …

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Why is there so much confusion?

There is a lot of confusion in spirituality. Partly because of Sanskrit language and the same word having multiple meanings I suspect god wanted it this way , so that a disciple realizes he has to go to a guru for further progress. Take the word kriya yoga ! So many people have taken it …

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Finally ……..

After many months I wrote my blog. If only. The good thing is my web pages are less often seen in google search. This is wonderful. How do you argue with stupidity? Yesterday , someone argued Vivekananda was not advanced. How foolish! Little do they know that 30 years after vivekananda left his body, when …

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