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2020 archive
Dec 24
Painful life
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Dec 20
Thoughts on thoughts
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Dec 19
All about consciousness – Rumi
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Dec 10
Half baked knowledge
**The new age is “****Saakshi bhaav”orwitness attitude.What is it? Just silently observe. Observe your thoughts and emotions! Aurobindo talks about it and there is mention of it in Sankhya yoga ** **In case you were not aware Gita is based on Sankhya yogaThe newer Buddhists technique interpreted the witness attitude in either mindfulness or vipassana …
Dec 10
Ego check – a story from Autobiography of a Yogi -Ram Gopal
Ego check – a story from Autobiography of a yogi – Ram Gopal We are all very confident and ecstatic about our spiritual Growth. We read a lot and learn a lot. And we know so much about chakras. And we can impress so many people with the information we have gained And oh ! …
Dec 09
Circumstances in life Or how to change life difficulties
**We often find that those who are pure and want to make spiritual progress face adverse circumstances repeatedly. They are very troublesome. And those who are very materially inclined have a smooth peaceful life. The conclusion we draw is life is very unfair. ** **I see this quite often. And I Agree with them whole …
Dec 06
Types of meditation
In reality, there is only one meditation. Merging into pure consciousness is the only meditation. It is Samadhi but there is much more to it. Very few reach there. Why? Because they get stuck in all the other types of illusionary meditation or misunderstood meditation **So what happens in true meditation. The mind is dissolved. …
Dec 06
Antiques
Yogananda Maharaj****talked about antiques. In great detail. He used the word antiquated furniture What did he mean by it? He was referring to souls who have been thinking the same way for thousands of years! Same habit. Same style. With no change whatsoever! **For example – if they were stuck in collecting information , all …
Dec 04
A smart disciple
One common misconception people have is I am interested in making spiritual progress and hence every Guru will accept me and my work is done. There is nothing further from the truth A true Guru is not interested in disciples. None whatsoever. He only wants a few genuine disciples. Rest of the world, those who …
Dec 03
Meditation?
In the last a few days, a thought has passed by. Without giving details, how often should one meditate? Yogananda said if you read one hour meditate for 10 hours He also said meditate twice day 8 hours a day Vivekananda and Ramkrishna talked about 24 hours of mediation Yoga sutras imply something similar It …
Nov 29
A modern story of Ganesh – failure of the mind
In 1995 there was a huge story circulating through out India. Ganesh and his idol is alive and drinks milk https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.thewire.in/article/religion/ganesh-milk-miracle-1995-sangh-parivar/amp Here is one of the link What happened was some devote had milk too the idol. ( Left it on a container near Ganesh idol). And the milk disappeared! The news spread like wild …
Nov 28
Stupidity
Let us all applaud on the stupidity on the net. What’s app So many profound foolish statements abound Look at this statement No anger means no enemy outside! But there are many times, enemies on outside just create fear, anguish, despair. Enemies – outside? Where is outside when you are in mediation! If you don’t …
Nov 26
Karma – Shaivism way
Everyone has their own definition. And they use their own logic and add prepositions etc According to Babaji and Yogananda, true karma or satkarma ( pure or good karma ) is ONLY THE KARMA THAT LEADS TO SELF REALISATION! ( refGod talks with Arjuna) Everything else is akarma ( wrong karma ) Your efforts to …
Nov 23
Klesha
God Patanjali wrote about yoga. He gave the world the fastest way to liberation. It can be as fast as 3 years. However , for that you need to understand and implement exactly what he said Having said that, those ego can explain it – there is maybe one person right now. Since most readers …
Nov 21
Disciple
We read these great biographies and autobiographies. And we see how wonderful the Guru and the amazing gifts that the disciple got. What we dont see or understand, the tests the Guru had with his disciples. A guru simply will not accept a disciple without appropriate tests. The tests can be vicious and unforgiving. The …
Nov 18
What a tragedy
Oh what a tragedy! Bound by ego Intellect wayward You see the glitter Run after fake gold A life wasted Oh what a tragedy! Oh what a tragedy! The enlightened hide All in pain sight! Serve them Don’t demand But your ways wrong Oh what a tragedy! Oh what a tragedy! The enlightened won’t say …
Nov 14
Learn to go within
At the end of the day, all religions talk about going within Meditation – go within Singing hymns , bhajan – it is you be done only after you feel God within you Mantra – a method to focus within and invoke presence of God Prayers – we close eyes , a sign of shutting …
Nov 14
What is missing in life?
God. From our perception In all 72 ways So what is the end result? The mind is constantly looking for happiness. There is no reason to look for it. The mind freezes when it touches inner self Joy But since it has not touched it – we seek to talk and discuss. We want to …
Nov 07
A very enlightening quote
From the venerable Kallatta “ Mastery over tuti in inhalation and exhalation gives omniscience” Just an amazing statement.
Nov 07
Theory of Karma
Many people have written on this. Both Yogananda and Vivekananda have talked about it in length And a million other books are out there on karma and sadly, these books are all wrong What is to be done? People use theory of Karma to justify pain and sometimes happiness in their life. It helps minimally. …
Oct 31
Failure to change
Social reform. Spiritual reform An abundance of spiritual and religious books. Yet almost no one changes Why? Most religions preach kindness. Love. Tolerance. Love for God. Accepting Gods will. Not to retaliate. Forgiveness And they are perfect! Hinduism and Sanatan dharma. Goes a few steps further and states you must give up desires or food, …
Oct 31
Yoga sutra chapter 2 verse 19
The translation by Vivekananda is The states of the qualities are the defined, the undefined, the indicated only, and the signless. visheshavisheshalinggamatralinggani gunnaparvani The web link is http://oaks.nvg.org/yoga-sutras.html Veda Vyas has explained it i great detail. However the translation of what Veda Vyas wrote and typed by a variety of translators has been weak …
Oct 30
I feel sad for them!
I feel sad and sorry for the politicians. This is true for the rich also All their life they work hard, some get it without hard work. And make lots of money But the money was not given for personal pleasure or to imprison Laxmi ( Vishnu wife) in your bank account It was given …
Oct 30
The lokas – confusing terminology?
In the holy science, Sri Yukteshwar maharaj gives the 7 lokas Satlok – the creator / God / self Tapolok- this refers to Lalitha. This has nothing to do with tapa or penance Janlok- sons of Gods Maharlok- Maya Swarlok – maha shunya great void Bhuvar lok – shunya or void Bhuvarlok – the all …
Oct 28
Karma
Thought itself is karma. Whether you act on it or not , it is karma The effect of thought related karma is significant in hindering meditation What kind of thoughts create the biggest obstacle in meditation? Not having love for everyone on Earth. Wish everyone well. No exception. The other is anguish and hurt feelings. …
Oct 21
Don’t lover in an illusion!
We like to think we are making progress! In some ways we are. But in many ways we are stuck. We repeat the same senseless mistakes. Let’s say you think you are mediating. But instead of making progress we make the error of thinking how to make progress or imagining progress or making a dialogue …
Oct 18
I finally found and understood salvation
I studied history. And finally I got to put things together. Maybe i should guide the rest of the world and maybe even be a super Guru. So this is what i realized. It came to be suddenly, while driving. I realized it in a second. Maybe even less time. And there was a lot …
Oct 18
Important to remember – life
From the internet but really worth whole The Law of Wasted Effort Do you know that lions only succeed in a quarter of their hunting attempts — which means they fail in 75% of their attempts and succeeds in only 25% of them. Despite this small percentage shared by most predators, they don’t despair in …
Oct 11
The slow intellect
A slow intellect – I mean this spirituality slow intellect. Where people are unable to grasp things Why does this happen ? It is not their fault. It is a game of blind people. Allow me to explain. The Mahatmas talk about kriya yoga. Or pranayama. Or divine light. Or divine sound. They actually experience …
Oct 09
Can you have experience without Yoga?
No Blog over But I am so smart. God is beyond your intellectual grasp But I read great books. Look above I do mantra and prayer. You are still in the physical world. God is beyond the physical senses I do yoga. So does a crane. Or crocodile. Neither see God. What you think is …
Oct 08
Depressing blogs
Sometimes my blog gets depressing Depressing for the reader All I want is people to be cautious and not accept everything on the web. Or the million odd self proclaimed Guru That would be an unfortunate mistake. A life that did not accomplish much The immortal Gurus like Babaji, Ramkrishna Paramhansa, Neem Karoli baba, shirdi …
Oct 07
Satyam Vadami
I say the truth That is the translation. Sanskrit to English Why do I have to say that? If only you experienced things by going within – there is a tremendous wealth within. So much that all the books put together seem worthless ! All these great books, Blogs, etc are so insignificant you would …
Oct 07
Why is it so complicated?
It is not These are the thoughts of a Yogi A funny pun. Think about it ! Silence the mind, emotions and logic. No ego. That is the bare minimum as a starting point I can’t silence the mind. Of course you can’t. You never practiced it. Your habit is to think, analyze, react. Pretend …
Oct 06
Greek mythology
The ancient Greeks were very advanced. Look at their architecture and prolific work of literature But , many of them where perfected or nearly perfected souls Vishnutirthji maharaj was there too in one of the births Socrates taught Plato. Plato disciple was Aristotle. Alexander the Great followers Aristotle, came to India. He could not go …
Oct 05
Be careful of the books you read or people who you hear
The mind is very impressionable. Once a wrong concept goes in your mind, it takes a lot of work to get rid of it In the name of spirituality , you think all books are ok to read and everyone is good to listen to – that is not true From my perspective – all …
Oct 03
I want to be spiritual and make progress
It seems wonderful. Many try. Most fail And why is that? Many reasons Of course if you don’t have a true Guru you will not progress. Nothing real will happen The mind is very artistic and easily creates an illusion of a divine experience but it was not real. It was your mind playing tricks …
Oct 01
Sanskrit
A comment I made on what’s app about Sanskrit. A little background It might be folklore but one thing is certain – it is very difficult for anyone to comprehend Judaism – they claim that their book – Torah was created before the universe was created Samskrt – is considered to be the language of …
Sep 09
Writing blogs
I have not been writing much What is the point ? No one truly gets the concept People continue in their ways. They try and perhaps make significant effort to go forward. But Their efforts are in vain – because they don’t want to change in their ways of thinking or give up the selfish …
Sep 09
Is my surrender complete?
This has to be with all your mind, all your emotions, not a shred of ego, with all your heart, no logic and no selfish interest that if I surrender God will take care of your wishes or needs. The surrender should be such – I don’t care if I am deprived of everything in …
Aug 14
A miracle
Don’t expect this all the time If miracles occurred to us all the time , we would lose its importance But miracles do occur every second to the siddha and enlightened. But we can’t see them Once in a while Shakti reveals those miracles to us Here is a story of Yogananda “I remember at …
Aug 04
Kitten or monkey
2 types of Bhakti Described by Ramkrishna. He said kitten like is better. I personally believe starts as monkey and evolves to kitten In time. Not easy This is what Yogananda said Preparing for your next incarnation The Right Attitude Toward Suffering There are two kinds of seekers: those who are like the baby monkey …
Aug 03
Time to go – can we say that now?
Surrender to God If God were to say to me today: Come home! without a backward glance I would leave all my obligations here -organization, buildings, plans, people- and hasten to obey Him. Running the world is His responsibility. He is the Doer, not you or I. ~ Sri Paramahansa Yogananda, “Sayings of Paramahansa …
Aug 03
How much spiritual knowledge is there?
You can add all the books from all religions together and it will not even be .1% A Guru of course has it all – 100%. Yet people insist on reading books and texts What true knowledge is – it starts after you go into Samadhi. Not before Anything external will only guide you to …
Aug 02
Is material happiness equal to spiritual progress?
Of course not But yet most people – when they get material happiness they feel more secure. Feel powerful. And they feel just happy. This they equate to blessings from the fake Guru, or doing karma yoga or worship or tirth or mala And that dream is eventually shattered and they reevaluate their situation A …
Aug 02
An interesting forward
Here is an interesting forward https://www.quora.com/Who-is-Lord-Shiva/answer/अहम-जोगी-Aham-Jogi?ch=3&share=9c6864a4&srid=8hzMM You can choose to read it Or not read it If you read it you can choose to believe it Or not believe it If you believe it you can choose to call him a Guru or say interesting I did not read it. Just glanced at it I …
Aug 02
Indifference
In Gita there is a shloka that says to an enlightened person gold and rock are the same and sees friends and foe alike This is in chapter 14. Verse 24-25 ? But even these enlightened people need food and need some money for daily sustenance. They live in society or interact with society. As …
Aug 01
Freedom
At the final moment, if you have no remaining desire , you are free In our foolishness we think that without meditation you can overcome desire. But that is not possible. Why is it foolish? The mind inherently goes out. You see a good looking man or Woman and there is a desire. Or you …
Aug 01
A different way of looking at progress
The silence descends into the inner being first — as also other things from the higher consciousness. One can become aware of this inner being, calm, silent, strong, untouched by the movements of Nature, full of knowledge or light, and at the same time be aware of another lesser being, the small personality on the …
Jul 31
When will I get results?
No one can say! She knows. Shree Lalitha. However how and when is kept a big secret. When on the verge of I liberation your Guru can tell you. But before that, it depends on your effort and endurance. Since it is a personal choice, and God does not interfere with personal choices – there …
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