21 Feb 2020 archive

Maha Shiv Ratri Part 2

Like I said previously Maha refers to the month The hunter – is the soul. Always on the hunt for pleasures of the senses. It has climbed the tree with leaves of three The three refers to sensual pleasures of three types ( sattwa, tamas, rajas) For example – the ears can listen to harsh …

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A reminder

Paramahansa Yogananda’s First Experience in Cosmic Consciousness. My body became immovably rooted; breath was drawn out of my lungs as if by some huge magnet. Soul and mind instantly lost their physical bondage and streamed out like a fluid piercing light from my every pore. The flesh was as though dead; yet in my intense …

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Maha Shiv Ratri part 1

In Gujarat the current lunar Month is Maha Today is the 14 Th waning moon. Tomorrow will be new moon. The night before the new moon , in the month of Maha is called Maha ( month) Shiv ( lord Shankar ) ratri ( night ) The story goes of a hunter. He was looking …

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