Nevertheless, because she received much special attention, Radha became filled with pride. So one day the Lord Krishna said to her, ” Let us steal away together.” He played on her vanity, making her think he wanted to be alone with her. She was feeling very happy and favoured. They walked some distance, and Krishna …
June 2020 archive
Jun 28
Ashtavakra Gita
Ashtavakra was enlightened. There is a story he was enlightened even before he was born. When in his mothers womb, his father would recite the vedas and shlokas and would make mistakes. Ashtavakra would wince and his body would twist in mothers womb. So when he was born, he had 8 parts of his body …
Jun 28
Positive thinking
One of my uncle, Dineshkaka always emphasized positive thinking He has been instrumental in guiding me in my spiritual path throughout In this day and age failure in many tasks is common. However like Yogananda, he Always insisted on positive thinking. So even if you repeated fail to ride a bicycle, do we not try …
Jun 27
One pointed attention or dhayana or mediation
BE DETERMINED WHEN RESTLESS THOUGHTS INVADE THE MIND So, develop your desire for God; and when you are meditating, every time a distracting thought comes, remember that it is only static. Tune it out. If you are praying to the Heavenly Father, and suddenly you think that you should be in the kitchen working, just …
Jun 26
Hidden enemies
To find freedom from the enslaving power of the senses, the greedy, angry, sensual individual first must avoid the material environment that easily excites his specific psychophysical weakness, and then must kill the inner desires that will otherwise accompany him wherever he goes. The devotee who exercises outward self-restraint and thereby feels secure against temptation …
Jun 24
Difficulties on the path
This will be in 2 parts First let me display what Aurobindo wrote You are quite mistaken in thinking that the possibility of the sunlit path is a discovery or original invention of mine. The very first books of Yoga I read more than thirty years ago spoke of the dark and the sunlit way …
Jun 23
Family
The happiness of one’s own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one’s own happiness, the happiness of others. ~ Sri Paramahansa Yogananda This may seem incorrect at first. After all why would a hungry starving person in Africa Make the soul unhappy? Or a child crying for …
Jun 22
Karma
Generally people are narrow minded. They think of karma as amount of money, security, people and relations they get. Usually many people focus on their bad fortune and use it to justify not helping others who suffer But here is a powerful statement from Yogananda If you give out love and kindness you will get …
Jun 22
God is everywhere but
“Gazing one Sunday morning at the masses of flowers that decorated the church, the Master said, “I thank you for the flowers. God is always pleased to receive flowers because He Himself is beautiful, and He created beauty in the flowers so that they would speak of Him. More than anything else in nature they …
Jun 22
Goals of life
If your on the spiritual path – know your true self. The Atman or pure consciousness If your religious – demand to know God but having him appear while you are still in the body If your a scientist’s and don’t believe in God – find out what existed before the Big Bang or find …
Jun 21
Reincarnation
Something to ponder Divine Justice and the Law of Reincarnation. “”””””””””””””‘”””””””””‘”” You may or may not believe in the law of Reincarnation;but if life is the beginning and the end of Human existence,it is impossible to reconcile the enequalities of life with a divine justice. Why is one man born in a rich family, whereas …
Jun 21
How many kriya yogis are there?
Hundreds of thousands, not dozens merely, of Kriya Yogis are needed to bring into manifestation the world of peace and plenty that awaits men when they have made the proper effort to reestablish their status as sons of the Divine Father….May all men come to know that there exists a definite, scientific technique of Self-realization …
Jun 19
Why knowledge or experience
Knowledge prepares the way to love. You cannot love that which you do not know. Knowledge of God must therefore precede love for Him. That knowledge comes by practice of Kriya Yoga, the technique that Lahiri Mahasaya gave. When you know God, you will love Him; and when you love Him, you will surrender yourself …
Jun 18
Atma siddhi
How do you know you have established yourself in God? Many things but the bare basic is as follows as per Paramhansa Yogananda Please not the words obtain at will! Peace when in external turmoil. Those are more Long lasting signs. Sporadic peace is equally important but slowly with patience one must increase it Per …
Jun 17
Cosmology and Aum – an introduction to dark matter and energy
Paramhansa Yukteshwar clearly described Aum. First it is the wave of love and then there is Aum which is 4 things all occurring simultaneously and are identical. They are – space, time, particle and the sound of Aum Now these things can be easily verified by any disciple when there is awakening of Shakti. This …
Jun 17
A riddle and old poem
Tell me tell me What it is No thought no logic No ego no emotions Neither life nor death Who am I ? Knowledge limits you Beyond understanding am I Compassion am I But I have no compassion Love I have none For love am I Thus spake the great The riddle to be solved …
Jun 17
Bubble of pure consciousness
The Ocean of Spirit has become the little bubble of my soul. Whether floating in birth, or disappearing in death, in the ocean of cosmic awareness the bubble of my life cannot die. I am indestructible consciousness, protected in the bosom of Spirit’s immortality. ~ Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda, “Metaphysical Meditations” This is a description …
Jun 17
Child – experience of pure consciousness
“In the spiritual life one becomes just like a little child, without resentment, without attachment, full of life and joy.” “What are you afraid of? You are an immortal being. You are neither a man nor a woman, as you may think, but a soul – joyous, eternal.” ~ Paramahansa Yogananda (Autobiography of a Yogi) …
Jun 17
Where is the enemy
Learn to see God in all persons, of whatever race or creed. You will know what divine love is when you begin to feel your oneness with every human being, not before. Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda, “The Law of Success” The only enemy we had was our own personality. We held on to so many …
Jun 17
Body
So long as we are immersed in body consciousness, we are like strangers in a foreign country. Our native land is omnipresence. Paramahansa Yogananda—Sayings of Paramahansa Yogananda So this is the problem. When we sleep we are not aware of the body. When immersed in a wonderful movie we are not aware of the body. …
Jun 17
When can I see God
He is the nearest of the near, the dearest of the dear. Love Him as miser loves money,as an ardent man loves his sweetheart,as a drowning person loves breath. When you yearn for God with interest,He will come to you… Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda. Where There Is Light… Page-183. Ramkrishna described it the same way …
Jun 17
Witness attitude
My only interest in people is to help them. And as long as breath shall flow in this lungs, so long shall I try to help others and tell them to get away from this motion picture of delusion. Because you are a part of it now, you suffer. You must stand aside and watch …
Jun 17
Private talks Yogananda
Everything is God. This very room and the universe are floating like a motion picture on the screen of my consciousness…. I look at this room and I see nothing but pure Spirit, pure Light, pure Joy… The picture of my body and your bodies and all things in this world are only rays of …
Jun 13
Satsang part 3
There is constant exchange of magnetism between you and your surroundings and people with whom you come in contact. For example, on meeting someone, you may become aware that something is happening to you, you are actually receiving a current from that person. In order to receive another’s magmatism, you must be near him. When …
Jun 12
Satsang part 2
Regarding Arjuna’s query to Krishna, it can be said that people misuse the coercive power of habit to perform evil, while they should use that force only to perform good. Ignorance, lack of watchfulness, want of discretion in selecting right actions, and carelessness in choosing proper friends often entrap a person in a quicksand of …
Jun 12
Satsang
If you have a mind that absorb everything like blotting paper, you must keep that mind free from evil influences. Just as a blotting paper that has become soaked with split oil will no longer absorb water, so must your mind first be saturated with good until it becomes impervious to evil. Be strong in …
Jun 12
What do the enlightened feel
Eternity yawns at me below, above, on the left and on the right, infront and behind, with in and without. With open eyes I behold myself as the little body. With closed eyes I perceive myself as the cosmic centre around which revolves the sphere of eternity, the sphere of bliss, the sphere of omniscient, …
Jun 12
Annapurna stotram
These verses were composed by Shankaracharya Maharaj There is a story that Lord Shankar talked about the illusory nature of the world. Now the word , the world is an illusion is grossly misunderstood. Yes we can say it is an illusion when you no longer have a body. But while you have a body …
Jun 10
Tattva shuddhi
Aum Aim Atma Tatva shodhayami Nama: swaha Aum Hrim Vidhya Tatva shodhyami Nama: swaha Aum Klim Shiva tatva shodhayami Nama: swaha Aum Em Hrim Klim Sarva Tatvam Shodhyami Nama: Swaha These are steps of shuddhi This is not just the sankalpa that Brahmins have you do with water but much more!
Jun 10
Steps to getting rid of worry
Seems easy But is difficult Each time a swarm of worries invades your mind, refuse to be affected; wait calmly, while seeking the remedy. Spray the worries with the powerful chemical of your peace. Paramahansa Yogananda-in a Para-gram Your peace – your self realization as Atman or pure consciousness Refuse to be affected – stand …
Jun 10
Power of a true smile
You Have Power; You Do Not Use It………. “”””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””” Do you think that you have been completely unsettled by circumstances– ruffled, shattered, whipped, lacking power? Banish such thoughts! You have power; you do not use it. You have all the power you need. There is nothing greater than the power of the mind. Resurrect your …
Jun 09
Be careful of your thoughts – why?
“As water by cooling and condensation becomes ice, so thought by condensation assumes physical form. Everything in the universe is thought in material form. The spirit could not create matter as anything different from itself, for it had only itself as the tissue or material with which to build the cosmos. There is essentially nothing …
Jun 09
Wisdom or Gyana
When Wisdom comes, her first lesson is, “There is no such thing as knowledge; there are only apercus of the Infinite Deity.” Sri Aurobindo. Here the word wisdom refers to experiencing God. Everything else including bookish knowledge of God is considered Avidya or ignorance Apercus means entertainment To say this more clearly Once you have …
Jun 07
A sign of greatness!
Generally people think the more popular a person, he must be great. That’s what democracy works on. Popular vote. Not on merit. Just on perceived talent. Now most of the people who have an opinion don’t necessarily evaluate the candidate or care about it So what about in religion? Sadly it is the same thing. …
Jun 07
Gayatri Mantra and photosynthesis
I want to talk about sunlight – the external sun and how its light is used by plants to make food. Without sunlight, there is no plants. Without plans no animals can survive and so eventually all life would perish. So, we are entirely dependent on the sunlight So deep inside the sun, not in …
Jun 07
God – is he everywhere?
He exists in two forms. Simultaneously. The one beyond all creation. The other in the smallest of small atom, proton, quark, lepton , boson. In fact all the energy of boson and the four fundamental forces of life come from him. Thus he is both everywhere and no where and in this world and beyond …
Jun 07
Death
Here Is a description of death. BUT THIS IS THE DESCRIPTION OF DEATH FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SUBSTANTIAL PURITY IT DOES NOT APPLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE SELFISH OR HAVE DONE BAD DEEDS. PLUS THE COMMITTING SUICIDE FOLLOWS A DIFFERENT COURSE But for those with good deeds not to fear ( good deeds measured by …
Jun 07
Inadequate translation
I did not reveal this for a long time. Many times j have hinted in my blogs about faith. Even in prashnoupanishad, it is said God First created prana and then faith Faith is important everywhere. It is important in business relation, family relations, spouse relations and just in general to run the world In …
Jun 07
Sensitive
We get it all wrong. We are sensitive to things that offend us. But not sensitive to the v feelings of others. Such is a manifestation of ego It is easy to understand. But time and again we fall prey to our ego and get hurt All the world problems right now , the discrimination …
Jun 06
Was Ramana Maharshi a yogi?
Well, he talks about observing where ego or thoughts come from. He gives everyone freely, and discusses ideas But… But , in some dialogue he very clearly talks About yoga. He even talks about kriya yoga This is a clear indication of him talking in terms of yoga The sattvic mind resolves itself into the …
Jun 04
Vegetarian or Non veg
A common debate. Recently someone sent me a video by SadGuru, about his take on Veg versus non veg. For a Yogi, this is no debate. Anything that increases your attachment to a body is not good for meditation Now of course there is no scientific study out there. But a yogi, it does not …
Jun 04
What we lack
God is readily available. What we lack is a strong desire for him Yes. When we have pain inn life, physical challenges, health issues, financial or legal issues, social issues we wonder about the world. But that is not Rankit truly seeking God is it? It is our way of dealing with the problem. And …
Jun 04
The inquiry method
Ramana maharshi talked about the insurer method On surface it looks like it is nit yoga and your contemplating But that is not true. All the thoughts you have in the inquiry method becomes an object and is no longer the source So he talks about who am I? And says find the I Now …
Jun 02
Truth or fact?
fact can be sometimes be harmful… “”””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””” Truth is always wholesome; fact can sometimes be harmful. However true it may be,a fact that goes against good is only a fact;it is not truth. Never reveal unpleasant facts that cause meaningless suffering to someone else,such as speaking out unnecessarily against the another character. This is often …
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