Feb 09
Before you can understand the above statement, you have to understand the heart There are several possibilities Something that is emotional The heart in the left of the chest The hridaya chakra in the right of the chest Anahata chakra in the center of chest The heart of shiv. Obviously it is not 1 or …
Feb 08
But first you have to introspect. In mediation. Silently observe where thoughts come from. Where the feeling of happiness arises from. And then pass through layers after layers of happiness Then suddenly you realize it is from the real you Right now if you eat something you like. You constantly think you and pizza are …
Feb 07
So this is true – for example when you don’t pass, or don’t get healed quickly etc. and you resolve that you will next time do better in exam etc. That is the general interpretation. Like everything when Yogi make a statement there are many layers that requires explanation So here goes. With failure We …
Feb 07
BEWARE THIS MAYBE THE WORST SIN AGAINST SPIRITUAL PROGRESS Lies. Rumors. All for selfish agenda. It has led innocent people to suicide, wrong people to be apprehended and can destroy nations. This is what Yogananda said …”Worldly minds are morbid; they thrive on sensationalism and often distort the facts or exaggerate the words of others, …
Feb 07
Whispers from Eternity: Day 7 – Sunday, February 7th from “I beheld Thee hiding in a flower” “I looked at a flower and prayed. Suddenly, O Spirit, I beheld Thee hiding there. It exhaled the perfume of Thy presence. The blush of Thine innocence colored its petals; the gold of Thy wisdom shone in its …
Feb 06
Karma yogi Someone who has given up fruits of his action. That is karma yoga. Simple ! Not quite. Everything we do , we want and aim towards the results You study. You want To pass – failed from karma yoga standpoint You see pizza You want it to taste good. And when it does …
Feb 06
Ramana maharshi and yoga Vasistha Claim the world is an illusion From their awareness of self consciousness, I am sure it is true. But for those caught in this world it is Real and a night mare. Sadly pinching ourselves can’t wake up. Maybe a liberated Guru can do that So what is the solution. …
Feb 05
The same is true when people try to solve the question of God They try to fill in gaps in their logic with pure fantasy. Why not just meditate?
Feb 05
Nowadays in many countries they talk about being tolerant and having equality White / Caucasians must be tolerant to other African American or Hindu to Muslims or African American to Caucasians, tolerant to gay etc Then when they can’t settle it based on culture or humanity, they bring in religion. Now religion is very dogmatic …
Feb 05
The Indian word for ignorance is agyana. And stupidity is murkh To read books , memorize shloka, and listening to lectures etc can really never get rid of ignorance. You can accumulate information that way. You read my blog. You accumulate information. If you smart, you ponder on it. And say oh this is what …
Feb 05
Many things. But there highest manifestation of pure consciousness is pure love. It is love. When you reach there , you don’t seek love in material things or another person In fact when we “love” someone it is an error because we stopped seeing the divine everywhere and changed it someone In that state – …
Feb 04
Constant happiness causes boredom and then bad behavior / insanity of a sort Constant anguish is unbearable Let’s say you enjoy sex. You just can’t keep doing it all day. Or you like pasta pizza dosa. You Eat daily and soon your mind will seek something different The mind is programmed in that Why? The …
Feb 04
So Once your soul is sufficiently purified. No longer craving material things. It can then go into samadhi. Staying in self consciousness. However with force of past habit the material things crop up again. Although not binding So one must make Meditation a habit. Meditate for hours and days together. Till it is national. This …
Feb 03
You can see the great saints who are in tune with God. They can help guide and take us there But what about God ? Can he be seen? Sadly the answer is no. Well not really. In one aspect yes. Since God himself has become the universe in that sense yes. But some he …
Feb 03
Can you tell the guru from the photograph? Well we know it is Yogananda. But how? Clothes? His face? His eyes? How do you know? How does one enlightened person recognize another enlightened one? Well they have a few yoga methods. No dialogue or question is needed. Since they are known automatically to the enlightened …
Feb 03
One cannot always Find a Guru easily. But a Guru must appear when you don’t desire the world but desire God. So how do you get rid of worldly desires? But good company – the highest to achieve – is difficult. You can’t Recognize or know who is good company. We err Those pure souls …
Feb 03
Thinking of money – how often do we waste our time thinking about it ? Worrying about it? Wanting it? Wanting to buy things with it? Wanting to travel using it? Wanting to enjoy Life with it? Do you see the evil inherent in money. Invariably it corrupts the mind with desires for material things. …
Feb 02
So my article – it is not meant to talk about those who have the medical condition autism But it is the best term I could think of how un coperative and un reasonable and relentless our mind can be and drive us insane Those who have dealt with autism can recognize the Pain and …
Feb 02
So we all are autistic. Trust me – we are. In our own stupid vestigial way our mind is autistic. How? We keep repeating again and again – in our Own minds – idiotic stupid demands. Without those demands the mind is never happy. And finally we cave in To the demands We have built …
Feb 02
A powerful statement. All we need is constant effort to destroy the mind What do only a few succeed? Because others gave up. They did not try continuously. Without break / pause Worth if in the end Why be a beggar when you’re a king? Why toss Around with emotions when your the fountain of …
Feb 01
A saint wearing ochre color robes? Anyone can do that and does it? He should be a avadhoot – minimum clothes maybe naked. Let me look for some infants !! He should be a rich person but detached – how are you going to know if he is detached? Ram cried for days together when …
Feb 01
Here are some very reassuring words from Ramana Maharshi Yogananda said “ it takes very very good Karma to be interested in God / liberation “ 7.7 billion people. Hardly a few are interested Of those few only a few are genuine Of those few genuine, only a few will get a living Guru who …
Feb 01
There are three main disciplines in it; “divyachar” for practitioners of satva-guna, “virachar” for practitioners of rajo-guna and “pashvachar” for practitioners of tamo-guna. The activities of unqualified practitioners of “Virachar” and specially “pashvachar” have badly damaged the image of tantra and have earned bad name for it. Besides the tantric scriptures it has also been …
Feb 01
There are many Upanishad Upa means near Shad sitting near The wisdom that is obtained by sitting near a Guru. There are 108 Well to know the Upanishad you have to sit at the feet of an enlightened Guru. There is no other way So in the name itself it tells you everything So the …
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