Nov 16
Find and associate with a self realized person ! He is verily God. Don’t worship idols or icons in temples, etc. Well I don’t know anyone like that – then find a true person on the path I don’t know anyone like that – then go to some living samadhi in India I don’t know …
Nov 16
Prayer in which your very soul is burning with desire for God is the only effectual prayer. You have prayed like that at some time, no doubt; perhaps when you wanted something very badly, or urgently needed money – then you burned up the ether with your desire. That is how you must feel for …
Nov 15
So is there God? Just the divine self? Who casts the grace? There is God when you don’t know yourself This puny ego which you call your self needs that Grace. Why disgrace yourself? Why get stuck in that ego? What a fool! John 10:34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, …
Nov 15
So is there God? Just the divine self? Who casts the grace? There is God when you don’t know yourself This puny ego which you call your self needs that Grace. Why disgrace yourself? Why get stuck in that ego? What a fool! Know ye not that your
Nov 15
Because they have ego The biggest ego is thinking they know and understand Even these blogs – there is a sentence from day Ramana maharshi. Or Yogananda What do I do ? I write an understanding / explanation / expound on what they say or meant. Worse still is when we try to correct what …
Nov 15
The Searcher of Hearts wants only your sincere love. He is like a little child: someone may offer Him his whole wealth and He doesn’t want it; and another cries to Him, “O Lord, I love you!” and into that devotee’s heart He comes running. Don’t seek God with any ulterior motive, but pray to …
Nov 15
Someone assured this question My reply was Depends on what level you are at and what you seek Smoothest book – the divine Romance Wow book – how to talk with God Sheer Yoga – God talks with Arjuna Intellectual book – science of religion Talking about books there is a nice book by Donald …
Nov 15
This is what Yogananda said Why forgive one who wrongs you? Because if you angrily strike back you misrepresent your own divine soul nature — you are no better than your offender. But if you manifest spiritual strength you are blessed, and the power of your righteous behavior will also help the other person to overcome his …
Nov 14
You CANNOT regress to learn about past life with hypnosis This has been kept hidden and will remain hidden till your sufficiently advanced Those who claim hypnosis as a tool to past life are liars In fact regression even into childhood memories is inadmissible in court of law since it has been almost always a …
Nov 14
Kriyā Yoga is an instrument through which human evolution can be accelerated. The ancient yogis discovered that the secret of cosmic consciousness is intimately linked to the domain of breathing. This is an immortal and incomparable contribution that india offers to the flow of human knowledge. Vital Energy, which is generally absorbed in the maintenance …
Nov 14
You’re Still ‘Alive’ After Death Say Researchers, Who’re Studying the Conscious Mind https://www.theepochtimes.com/youre-still-alive-after-death-say-researchers-whore-studying-the-conscious-mind-2_2954766.html For the latest US and political news download The Epoch Times app now! https://ept.ms/2mCEjel Having said that – epoch times is not a very reliable source Neither is Dr Oz What do a do?
Nov 14
Someone asked me about Deepak Chopra. He has been on multiple national TV shows, has multiple books. Surely he is great My answer to this question was Being famous , popular, liked or rich does not mean there is anything of substance Very similar to many politicians, singers, religious leaders, doctors – famous but no …
Nov 14
So many words seem different but they mean the same Why do they appear different ? Ignorance. No experience Be still Love yourself Love God Know yourself Surrender Knowledge ( experience ) Bhakti Yoga Mediation But they can be known as the same only when you reach the final step. Before that – there are …
Nov 13
Paramahansa Yogananda meets Sri Ramana Maharshi * Swami Yogananda with four others arrived at 8.45 a.m. (29th November, 1935) He looks big,but gentle and well-groomed. He has dark flowing hair, hanging over his shoulders. The group had lunch in the Asramam. Mr. C. R. Wright, his secretary, asked: How shall I realise God? Sri Ramana …
Nov 13
ENDURANCE; You need not drown in the river of life when you encounter the strong storms of trials. Learn to be an expert boatman and you can row across this tumultuous river to the safe shores of God. “He that endureth to the end shall be saved” (Matthew 10:22). As you work and plan, remember …
Nov 13
Love for someone else is inferior. And is binding. Love for yourself – here yourself refers to the higher pure consciousness which is the true self – is true self. However without mediation you will think and only know yourself as Ego. Loving that ego brings destruction. Why? You will not be able to find …
Nov 12
A human life is rare? Human population is 7 billion Insect population – 10 quintillion Fish – 3.5 trillion Bacteria 5 million trillion trillion Human life is relatively rare. This brings the question of rebirth – some may agree. However, many will not be able to believe in rebirth as an animal The only way …
Nov 12
I suspect this was not translated properly. Here instead of work, use the word money. If your not destined to make money you simply won’t. However, you must make the effort If your destined to make money, you will make money at the right time. Meaning there is no need to steal, or do other …
Nov 12
Now in this message there is a hidden trick given. However few can grasp it and fewer will know how to use it You have to learn it from someone
Nov 12
VICHARA IS NOT INTELLECTUAL, BUT INWARD AND SUBTLE D. If I go on rejecting thoughts can I call it vichara? M. It may be a stepping-stone. But really vichara begins when you cling to yourself and are already off the mental movement, the thought-waves. off the mental movement, the thought-waves. D. Then vichara is not …
Nov 10
“They both listened silently to the water, which to them was not just water, but the voice of life, the voice of Being, the voice of perpetual Becoming.” Hermann Hesse – Siddhartha Guruji – Lake Chapala, Mexico 1929. Yogananda quoted this in the past The water is a secret yogic technique which creates life I …
Nov 10
How do you create it? We keep reading books. We think we have love and faith. But the moment we get a speeding ticket, we get apprehensive or angry In difficult times our behavior changes. We wonder is our prayer reaching God. We have spent multiple life’s and will spend more life’s trying to figure …
Nov 10
“It is never a question of belief; the only scientific attitude one can take on any subject is whether it is true. The law of gravitation worked as efficiently before Newton as after him. The cosmos would be fairly chaotic if its laws could not operate without the sanction of human belief. ~ Sri Yukteshwar …
Nov 10
Now when you read this, all written by Maharshi it seems like a riddle The method to dissolve the mind has to be slowly uncovered. Like a banyan tree leaves. The final peel and there is no mind ! What he says is – the final step is giving up the struggle to know. And …
Nov 10
How to do it? Satan is fear. Satan is doubt. Satan is ego. Satan is illusion Since it is part of our thinking how do we rid of it ?
Nov 09
“Egotism is an anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.” Spiritually we are extremely stupid. We think we have made progress when all we have done is made a tiny step. An example is – you read my blogs. And you think there is something gained. But what was gained is clarity. However most often, …
Nov 04
Do you think of past experiences? Oh that was a good time or bad time? Then you have more to work on! What is that source? What does it feel like? Oh its like water on a lotus petal
Nov 04
True partly. To keep the mind at its source is not easy. It constantly has its demand for food, pleasures. So it cannot go to its source That’s why meditation!
Nov 04
A simple test For those who do not have knowledge [of themself], [and] for those who have, the world is real. For those who have not known [themself], reality is [limited to] the extent of the world; for those who have known [themself], reality pervades devoid of form as the support for the world. This …
Nov 04
Remember that when this happened in Chicago, Yogananda was not born. Vivekananda saved his life while Vivekananda was in India Vivekananda never mentioned what he did to anyone “Mr. Dickinson!” The next parcel contained a gift, which I had bought in a Calcutta bazaar. “Mr. Dickinson will like this”, – I had thought at the …
Nov 04
Vivekananda said Swami Vivekananda’s wisdom for daily inspiration. I will tell you a great lesson I have learnt in this life. It is this: “The higer is your ideal, the more miserable you are”.
Nov 03
He [Sri Yukteswar] added humbly. ‘If ever you find me falling from a state of God-realisation, please promise to put my head on your lap and help to bring me back to the Cosmic Beloved we both worship’. ~ Paramhansa Yogananda -Autobiography of a Yogi Yukteshwar was asked by Yogananda parents and yukteshwar told them …
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